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12:30 PM ET, January 9, 2011

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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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Us Weekly:
Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens Spotted Making Out at L.A. Club Post-Split  —  Could Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens be back on?  —  The couple of nearly five years — who parted ways in early December — came together Friday for an outing at Los Angeles nightclub Eden.  —  And their reunion seemed to go off without a hitch.
Cristina Gibson / E! Online:
Are Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens Back On?!
Discussion: Hollywood Life
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 …
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Henry Goldblatt / Inside TV:
No Justin Bieber episode for ‘Glee’  —  Contrary to a previous online report, EW has learned that Glee will not be airing a Justin Bieber tribute episode.  Let's hear the deets from Mr. Glee himself, Ryan Murphy: “Those [tributes] are reserved for artists with big catalogs,” he explains.
Discussion: Hollywood Dame
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!
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
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TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan — Giving New Roomie a Free Ride  —  Lindsay Lohan won't be living in her new Venice pad by herself — TMZ has learned she's going to have a roommate ... and the girl will be staying there rent-free.  —  We're told LiLo's new roomie is a girl she met during her time at Betty Ford.
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Mark Gray / People.com:
Ex-Boyfriend Arrested for Murder in Showgirl's Disappearance  —  The former boyfriend of a missing Las Vegas showgirl has been arrested for murder.  —  The arrest of Jason “Blu” Griffith comes after much doubt had been cast on him considering the couple's often tumultuous relationship …
Discussion: Bossip and The Hollywood Gossip
Christine Fenno / PopEater:
Jim Carrey, Tutu Funny in SNL's ‘Black Swan’ Spoof  —  Not since Justin Timberlake shimmied on ‘Saturday Night Live’ as one of Beyonce's ‘Single Ladies’ dancers has a guest host made sexy black spandex so goofy.  Enter Jim Carrey, stage right, all limbered up for a silly send-up of the intense Natalie Portman ballet drama ‘Black Swan.’
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.
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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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.
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 …
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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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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