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12:40 PM ET, November 16, 2010

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Simon Perry / People.com:
Prince William and Kate Middleton Are Engaged!  —  The wait is over: Prince William and Kate Middleton, having been a couple on and off for eight years, are finally set to wed, they have announced.  —  While no date has been revealed, it is thought the ceremony will be held in a few months …
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PopEater:
Prince William Engaged to Kate Middleton  —  Prince William and girlfriend Kate Middleton are engaged and will marry next spring or summer in London — a royal wedding that Britons have been eagerly awaiting for years.  The announcement Tuesday by royal officials ends an on-again …
Daily Mail:
From BA all the way to Balmoral, the awkward rise of the Middletons  —  The invitation of Kate Middleton's parents to be part of a private shooting party on the Queen's Scottish estate earlier this month - as revealed by the Daily Mail - was clearly a significant step.
Liz Corcoran / People.com:
Kate Middleton's Family ‘Absolutely Delighted’ About Engagement  —  Royal-watchers around the world are giddy over Prince William and Kate Middleton's engagement - but one family is especially tickled.  —  “I would just like to say that Carole and I are absolutely delighted by today's announcement …
Us Weekly:
Prince William and Kate Middleton Are Engaged!
Discussion: Bumpshack.com
Jill Lawless / Associated Press:   Prince William gives UK long-awaited royal wedding
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Baz Luhrmann Tells Deadline: Carey Mulligan Is My Daisy Buchanan  —  EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Baz Luhrmann has found his Daisy Buchanan.  He has officially given the starring role in The Great Gatsby to Carey Mulligan, the Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps star who'll play the manipulative heroine …
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Sandy Cohen / Associated Press:
Schwarzenegger, Luhrmann eulogize De Laurentiis
Discussion: The Corsair
Christina Aguilera / PopEater:
Christina Aguilera & Cher Stun Crowds at ‘Burlesque’ Premiere  —  Christina Aguilera and Cher attended the premiere of their film ‘Burlesque’ on Monday at Hollywood's Grauman's Chinese Theater.  Aguilera wore an Elie Saab emerald green empire waist silk chiffon gown and Neil Lane jewels.
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Rob Shuter / PopEater:
Did Jessica Simpson Pay for Her Own $100,000 Ring?  —  The sight of Jessica Simpson's $100,000 ruby-and-diamond Neil Lane engagement ring alone is enough to make you gasp, but the fact that she may have purchased it herself is enough to bring you to tears.  —  “No way could Eric …
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Us Weekly:
Nick Lachey Speaks Out on Jessica Simpson's Surprise Engagement
Sara Hammel / People.com:
Britney Spears's Divorced Parents Reconciling  —  Britney Spears's parents, Lynne and Jamie Spears, are reconciling eight years after their divorce.  —  “They are back together and are doing well and happy,” a source tells PEOPLE.  “[They're] not remarried but back together.”
Julie Jordan / People.com:
Leeza Gibbons Is Engaged  —  Leeza Gibbons has been keeping a secret.  —  The former talk show host and her beau of two years, Steven Fenton, got engaged in June, she reveals to PEOPLE exclusively.  —  Fenton, 40, asked Gibbons, 53, to marry him on the lawn of their new home in L.A. before they moved in.
Discussion: PopEater and EW.com
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: The Secret That Is Haunting Lindsay Lohan In Rehab  —  Lindsay Lohan is making “remarkable progress at Betty Ford”, but her treatment team is now turning their attention on an issue that has yet to be made public.  —  PHOTOS: Celebs Who Have Been In Rehab
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RADAR:   EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Director Of ‘Deep Throat’ Movie May Film Without Lindsay Lohan
Perez Hilton:
Whatcha Doin' There AnnaLynne McCord and Kellan Lutz?  —  Why, sneaking out of a motel with her ex-boyfriend, that's what?  —  For whatever reason, AnnaLynne McCord and Kellan Lutz want to keep us in the dark that they could still be dating.  So Sunday morning, when she and Kellan left …
Discussion: Seriously? OMG!
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TMZ.com:
Kellan & AnnaLynne — Motel Undercover Lovers
Discussion: PopSugar and AceShowBiz.com
TMZ.com:
Michael Jackson — The New Music Video  —  For the first time in years ... a brand new Michael Jackson music video has surfaced ... one that MJ first began working on back in 2003.  —  Earlier today, the long awaited video for the 2003 MJ song “One More Chance” mysteriously appeared online ... and TMZ has confirmed it's the real deal.
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TMZ.com:
Sean Taylor's Ex Marries N.E.R.D. Member
Sharon Cotliar / People.com:
Michael Douglas's Ex-Wife Won't Get His Wall Street Money (For Now)  —  Michael Douglas's money is safely his ... for now.  A Manhattan judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Douglas's ex-wife Diandra Douglas, seeking half of his paycheck from his fall film Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.
Discussion: EW.com and PopEater
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Former Bachelorette Jen Schefft Welcomes Baby Girl!  —  It's a girl!  —  Former Bachelorette Jen Schefft and husband Joe Waterman welcomed their first child, Mae Elizabeth Waterman, on Saturday, November 13.  —  “She was 7-pounds even at 20 inches,” Schefft tells UsMagazine.com exclusively.
In Touch Weekly Magazine:
Bristol: “Maks does not like me!”  —  Some viewers are criticizing Bristol Palin's longevity on this season's Dancing With the Stars, and according to the Alaskan beauty, certain fellow dancers are giving her the cold shoulder, as well!  “Maks (Chmerkovskiy) does not like me.
Deadline.com:
‘Bang Theory’ Ups Mayim Bialik to Regular  —  EXCLUSIVE: The girls are rising on The Big Bang Theory this season.  The CBS comedy — which just upped costar Melissa Rauch to a full-fledged series regular — has rewarded Mayim Bialik with a similar bump.  The former Blossom star made her debut …
Discussion: EgoTV and EW.com
Willa Paskin / New York Magazine:
Winnie Trailer: Jennifer Hudson Takes on a Mandela  —  As its title suggests, Winnie is a biopic of Winnie Mandela, the wife of Nelson Mandela, a key figure in the anti-apartheid struggle, and a controversial figure who at various points has been convicted of kidnapping, fraud, and theft.
Discussion: The Playlist
Lara Martin / Digital Spy:
Stars turn out for ‘Harry Potter’ in NYC  —  Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick were among the stars who attended a screening of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 in New York.  —  The couple took their son James Wilkie, 8, to the premiere at Alice Tully Hall last night …
Discussion: INF Daily and X17 Online
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
Guillermo Del Toro And David Eick To Create New ‘Hulk’ TV Series For ABC And Marvel  —  Talk about a dream pairing for film and TV sci-fi/comic book fans: Guillermo del Toro, the mastermind behind Pan's Labyrinth and the Hellboy movie franchise, and Battlestar Galactica executive producer David Eick …
ETonline:
Breaking News: Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt Say ‘I Do’ — Again!  —  There may have been a Mexican elopement and a lavish Hollywood ceremony in front of “The Hills” cameras, but Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt have finally said “I do” for their first “real” wedding and ETonline Senior Editor Nicole Dabeau …
Steve Zeitchik / 24 Frames:
French horror hit ‘Martyrs’ will undergo an American exorcism  —  EXCLUSIVE: Cineastes and hardcore horror fans are already familiar with the French film “Martyrs,” Pascal Laugier's dark and violent tale centering on two teenage girls who are not what they appear to be.
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Antoine Fuqua, Gerard Butler In ‘Afterburn’ Glow  —  EXCLUSIVE: Relavity Media is in talks with director Antoine Fuqua and Gerard Butler to come aboard Afterburn, an adaptation of the Red 5 Comic title by Paul Ens and Scott Chitwood.  The scifi saga takes place a year after a solar flare burns half …
Discussion: Splash Page, The Playlist and The Wrap
 
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Zach Dionne / PopEater:
Meet GQ's Men of the Year: Colbert, Franco, Bridges and Drake …
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Greta Lee / MTV:
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Rob Shuter / PopEater:
Travolta and Preston Gearing Up for ‘Silent Birth’
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
EXCLUSIVE: Muppet movie loading up on cameos
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Jennifer Still / Digital Spy:
‘Dancing With The Stars’ Week 9 recap
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Matt Goldberg / Collider:
First Set Photos of John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe in James McTeigue's THE RAVEN
Discussion: AceShowBiz.com and Crushable
Ethan Smith / Wall Street Journal:
Apple iTunes, at Long Last, Gets Rights to Beatles
Us Weekly:
Jane Lynch: My Glee Wedding Will Be “Freakin' Weird”
Discussion: Perez Hilton
James Hibberd / Hollywood Reporter:
NBC Unveils Dramatic Midseason Schedule Changes, Renews ‘30 Rock’
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Hollywood Dame
 

 
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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Netflix reports Q1 revenue up 15% YoY to $9.37B, vs. $9.28B est., paid users up 16% YoY to 269.6M, vs. 264.2M est., and net income $2.3B, up from $1.3B YoY

Sara Fischer / Axios:
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Essence magazine's parent, Sundial Media Group, agrees to buy Refinery29 from Vice Media and names former Vice COO Cory Haik as CEO of Refinery29

 
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