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12:40 AM ET, January 9, 2011

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Lynette Rice / Inside TV:
'Sarah Palin's Alaska': No second season.  (Dang?)  —  It's easily one of the most-buzzed about (or should we say slammed?) shows in the history of TLC, so it's natural to assume that Sarah Palin's Alaska could have a future on the cable network, right?  Unfortunately for you caribou-hunting fans …
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Us Weekly:
Sarah Palin's TLC Reality Series Not Renewed for Season 2: Report  —  Sunday's season finale of Sarah Palin's Alaska is said to be the show's last episode, Entertainment Weekly reports.  —  The former Alaska governor's TLC reality series — which premiered Nov. 14 — averaged 3.2 million viewers per week …
Discussion: Boing Boing and Hollywood Life
Bruna Nessif / E! Online:
Sarah Palin's Alaska Shot Down After One Season  —  For all those who enjoyed watching Sarah Palin conquer the land of blatant self-promotion Alaska, we have some disappointing news for you...  It looks like Sunday's season finale will be the last time you'll experience this, um, pleasure.
Sarah Michaud / People.com:
BUZZ: Are Zac Efron & Vanessa Hudgens Back On?  —  Has absence made the heart grow fonder?  It sure seems that way for Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens.  —  The pair, who announced their split in December, appeared to be more than friends at Friday evening's SHG's Eden Hollywood opening …
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Cristina Gibson / E! Online:
Are Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens Back On?!  —  Is our favorite Disney duo back on again?  —  Just last night, Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens hit Eden nightclub together, and what they got up to should make for some very good news for all you Zanessa fans!  —  Here's what went down...
Discussion: Hollywood Life
Us Weekly:
Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens Spotted Making Out at L.A. Club Post-Split
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Us Weekly:
Kardashians Sued for $75M in Debit Card Damages  —  Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian have been sued for $75 million in debit card damages — and they didn't even slap down the plastic themselves.  —  The sisters, along with mom Kris Jenner, are being sued by The Revenue Resource Group …
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Natalie Finn / msnbc.com:
Kardashian sisters sued for $75 million
RADAR:
Kardashian Sisters Sued For $75M In Credit Card Damage
New York Times:
Congresswoman Giffords Shot in Tucson  —  TUCSON — Gabrielle Giffords, a congresswoman from Arizona, was shot in the head on Saturday at a public event held at a grocery store in Tucson.  President Obama, in a statement, said that she had been “gravely wounded” and said that others had died.
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Michael Ausiello / TVLine:
Exclusive: Glee Does Justin Bieber!  —  Heads up, Twitter: You're seconds away from exploding.  Sources confirm to me exclusively that Glee is doing a February sweeps episode that's Justin Biebercentric.  —  Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on Chuck, Glee, Bones, Smallville, House, Grey's and More!
Tim Stack / Inside TV:
‘Glee’ exclusive: Season 2 to feature more Gwyneth and Gaga!  —  Gleeks, I've got such amazing scoop that I almost piddled in my pants when I heard it so I can't imagine how you're gonna react: EW has learned exclusively that the phenomenal Gwyneth Paltrow is officially reprising her role …
Us Weekly:
Kennedy Miniseries Starring Katie Holmes Axed By History Channel  —  Looks like Katie Holmes won't get her big moment in the sun as Jackie O after all.  —  A&E has canceled the eight-part miniseries The Kennedys, in which Holmes, 32, stars as former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
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Christine Fenno / PopEater:
Katie Holmes' New ‘Kennedys’ Miniseries: Canceled!
TMZ.com:
SamRo Rolls Out Red Carpet for Lindsay Lohan  —  Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson were this close to becoming the new Hatfields and McCoys — but TMZ has learned the former couple just struck a truce over LiLo's move to Sam's block in Venice, CA.  —  Sources extremely close to Lindsay tell us …
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RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Lindsay Lohan Given A Free Ride, Gets $135K New Range Rover
Ann Oldenburg / USA Today:
Injured ‘Spider-Man’ actor returns to theater  —  Christopher Tierney, the actor hurt when he tumbled from the stage at the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, returned to the theater for the first time since his accident Friday night.  —  He went backstage to wish the castmembers …
Cynthia Wang / People.com:
Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo to Guest Star on Hawaii Five-0  —  Book 'em Danno - for guest roles.  —  Real-life engaged couple Vanessa Minnillo and Nick Lachey have been cast on the CBS drama Hawaii Five-0, PEOPLE has learned.  —  According to a source, in an episode airing February …
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Tom Ayres / Digital Spy:
Lachey to guest star on ‘Hawaii Five-0’
Discussion: omg!
Daily Mail:
‘I was blind in one eye’: Black Swan star Mila Kunis reveals her secret health struggle  —  Mila Kunis has revealed a closely guarded secret - for years she was blind in one eye.  —  The Black Swan tells U.S. magazine Cosmopolitan that she struggled with chronic iritis, an inflammation of the iris, for years.
PR Log:
R&B Crooner Comes Out As Bisexual  —  Former Teen Idol Omarion Announces That he Is Bisexual  —  omarion1  —  Twitter was set a blaze on January 6th when The H8terade Blog announced that R&B singer Omarion was gay.  Today Omarion, 26, made his only official statement.
Discussion: That Grape Juice and Sandra Rose
 
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Discussion: Bossip and The Young, Black …
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Hollywood Reporter:
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Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
The Washington Post's new Your Personal Podcast, which offers AI-generated customizable podcasts, was developed under a multiyear agreement with ElevenLabs

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Arkansas PBS severs ties with the PBS network, the first state public TV system to do so since Congress cut CPB funds, citing the annual $2M+ membership cost

Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Sources: the tenure of Anastasia Nyrkovskaya, Fortune's outgoing CEO, was marked by turmoil over a clash with Victor Pang, a lawyer for the company's owner

 
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