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2:20 AM ET, January 27, 2011

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Alexis Chiu / People.com:
Cheryl Burke Reveals: I Was Molested  —  As any fan of Dancing with the Stars knows, Cheryl Burke exudes confidence when she's waltzing, quick-stepping or doing the tango in front of millions.  —  But for the two-time DWTS champ, life wasn't always so smooth: As a child …
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Michael Starr / New York Post:
‘Dancing’ star Cheryl's molest agony
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: How Chelsea Handler Broke Rapper 50 Cent's Heart  —  Comedian, TV host...man-eater?  —  A source tells the new issue of Us Weekly (on stands now) that Chelsea Handler dumped 50 Cent just before the holidays, leaving the 35-year-old rapper “heartbroken.”
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Will Ferrell Helping Steve Carell's Exit From ‘The Office’ With Four-Episode Arc  —  EXCLUSIVE: Will Ferrell has committed to a four-episode arc on NBC's comedy The Office.  He will play a branch manager who comes from the home office and is just as inappropriate as Steve Carell's Michael Scott character.
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Rebecca Macatee / PopEater:
Will Ferrell is 'The Office's' Newest Hire
Discussion: omg! and Inside TV
Zach Dionne / PopEater:
Elton John Magazine Censored By ‘Family Shield’ in Supermarket  —  A Harps supermarket in Mountain View, Ark., censored an Us Weekly cover featuring Elton John, husband David Furnish and their new baby, Zachary.  Deemed inappropriate for “young Harps shoppers,” the store placed a “family shield” in front of the magazine.
Discussion: Bumpshack.com
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Lauren Sherman / Fashionista:
Gaga's Fragrance Will Reportedly Smell Like “Blood and Semen”  —  You can't make this stuff up.  —  According to sources close to the nose hired to develop Lady Gaga's first fragrance, the pop star has requested that the scent “smell of blood and semen.”  —  The idea is mildly shocking …
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Rebecca Macatee / PopEater:
Lady Gaga Creating Fragrance That Smells ‘Like Blood and Semen’
TMZ.com:
Jimmy Buffett Hospitalized After Fall from Stage  —  Jimmy Buffett was rushed to a hospital in Australia today after he fell off the stage during a concert ... and it appears flashing lights from the lighting director may have triggered the fall that left him unconscious ... TMZ has learned.
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TMZ.com:
Jimmy Buffett's Frightening Fall — Caught on Tape
Stuart Pink / The Sun:
It's good Muse as Matt to wed Kate  —  ROCK star MATT BELLAMY and Hollywood actress KATE HUDSON have got engaged in secret.  —  They hosted a family party at a London hotel on Monday after jetting from Los Angeles to celebrate.  —  Muse frontman Matt, 32, and Kate, 31, confirmed last week they were expecting a baby.
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X17 Online:
Report: Kate Hudson And Matt Bellamy Engaged
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Access Hollywood:
Regis Philbin Reveals His One Regret About Leaving ‘Live!’  —  Regis Philbin,TV,Kelly Ripa,Barbra Streisand,Tony Potts,Live  —  Regis Philbin is leaving the daytime talk show world later this year and he admitted to Access Hollywood's Tony Potts he has one regret — there was one guest …
Discussion: TVbytheNumbers and PopEater
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Jesse James Has More Alarming Nazi Pics  —  After Us Weekly uncovered a 2004 snapshot of Jesse James dressed in a German Nazi hat giving a “Heil, Hitler” salute last spring, the motorcycle mogul, 41, denied claims of anti-Semitism.  —  But now Us has discovered new …
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Padma Lakshmi Speaks Out on Custody War Over Daughter, Nearly 1  —  Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi's adorable daughter Krishna celebrates her first birthday next month — but her parents are suddenly at war in a surprise custody battle.  —  Krishna's father, venture capitalist Adam Dell …
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People.com:
Father of Padma Lakshmi's Child Seeks Greater Custody
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed and Pop2it
Carina Adly MacKenzie / From Inside the Box:
‘90210’ cuts the grown ups: Lori Loughlin and Ryan Eggold out  —  In teen television dramas, parents are a necessary evil.  No one really cares what happens to them (with the exception of Sandy and Kirsten Cohen, perhaps) but if they're not around, the don't-these-kids-have-parents complaints would never stop.
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Michael Ausiello / TVLine:
90210 Exclusive: Lori Loughlin, Ryan Eggold Exit
Discussion: TV Fanatic, Pop Crunch and TV Squad
Dodai Stewart / Jezebel:
Betty White's Nude Photos Are Frankly Adorable [Peep Show]  —  Betty White's Nude Photos Are Frankly Adorable  —  Betty White's recent pin-up calendar isn't out of character: She was a model in the '40s and '50s, and sometimes there weren't any clothes involved!
Discussion: The FABlife, The Awl and TresSugar
PopEater:
Jessica Simpson's Controversial Workout Video May See Light of Day  —  An exercise video Jessica Simpson filmed six years ago may soon be released, despite a long legal battle eventually ensuring the opposite.  —  According to RadarOnline.com, Simpson made the tape for Speedfit but did not approve …
Discussion: RADAR and Right Celebrity
People.com:
Jennifer Aniston Is Not Adopting a Child, Rep Says  —  She's been dogged over the years by rumors she's in the process of adopting a child, and once again Jennifer Aniston wants to set the record straight.  —  “It is completely false,” her rep tells PEOPLE of the new round of reports.
Leigh / Hollybaby:
Carrie Underwood Is Reportedly Two Months Pregnant!  —  Although Carrie said she and hubby Mike Fisher wanted to wait a while before becoming parents, sources say the country singer is keeping a big secret!  —  There might be another mommy-to-be in town!  Newlyweds Carrie Underwood, 27 …
Rob Shuter / PopEater:
Kelsey Grammer Invites Camille to His Wedding  —  Camille Grammar broke the news to me first that she had met her estranged husband Kelsey's fiancee, Kayte Walsh.  And now friends of Camille tell me that the ‘Frasier’ actor wants so badly for his children to attend his upcoming wedding …
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Javier Bardem Wanted For ‘The Dark Tower’  —  EXCLUSIVE: After Javier Bardem's terrifying Oscar-winning turn as the hitman in No Country For Old Men, is there any doubt he'd fit as the gunslinger Roland Deschain in The Dark Tower, the mammoth adaptation of the Stephen King novel series that'l …
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Pal: Eddie Cibrian's Sick of His “Philandering Sleaze” Image  —  Eddie Cibrian's discovered that his bad boy rep doesn't work on everyone.  —  The actor, who left wife of eight years Brandi Glanville, 38, in 2009 after Us uncovered his affair with LeAnn Rimes, 28, has hired an image consultant.
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Will Kristen Stewart Follow Viggo Mortensen In ‘Snow White And Huntsman?’  —  With word circulating that Viggo Mortensen is in talks to play one of the title characters in the Rupert Sanders-directed Snow White and the Huntsman for Universal Pictures, will Twilight Saga's Kristen Stewart end up with playing Snow White?
copyranter:
(nsfw) American Apparel's new porny pencil illustration ads.  —  (click ads, via) Cotton: the fabric of their underage? lives.  Aw, how innocently sleazy.  The artist is Boris Lopez, whose graphite pencil works have appeared in such cultured periodicals as Hustler's Barely Legal and Tight.
Discussion: Celebrity Smack and Gawker
James Hibberd / Inside TV:
‘Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome’ stars revealed: Here's the new Adama — EXCLUSIVE  —  Who's going to play young William Adama in Syfy's highly anticipated Battlestar Galactica prequel?  —  Syfy has cast Luke Pasqualino (Skins - UK) as Adama.  Ben Cotton (Hellcats, Riese) …
Laura Kalnicky / Life and Style:
Bachelor contestant Michelle Money admits to affair with married basketball star  —  Life & Style can exclusively reveal that Bachelor contestant Michelle Money had an affair with NBA star Carlos Boozer — while he was married.  Opening up about the scandal for the first time …
Michael Ausiello / TVLine:
Grey's Anatomy Exclusive: Kate Walsh Returns for March 31 Musical Episode!  —  In what can only be viewed as an ominous sign for that little bun in Callie's oven, Private Practice heroine Kate Walsh is bringing her baby doc back to Grey's Anatomy later this season, sources confirm to me exclusively.
 
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Associated Press:
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs set to guest on ‘Hawaii Five-O’
Discussion: PopEater
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
CBS Renews ‘The Talk’
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TMZ.com:
Condom Company — ‘Skins’ Needs Our Protection!
John Hopewell / Variety:
Brian De Palma finds ‘Passion’ project
Discussion: AintItCool and The Moviefone Blog
Bruce Horovitz / USA Today:
Justin Bieber ... and Ozzy? ... to star in Best Buy Super Bowl ad
Discussion: OK! Magazine, Pop Crunch and Pop2it
Marco / X17 Online:
Jayden James Grabs Frozen Yogurt As Spider Man
The Cheese / Hollywoodtuna:
Gemma Merna Looks Like A Smart Woman
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Jimmy / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Lindsay Lohan Calls 911 On ‘Stalking’ Paparazzi
TMZ.com:
Porn King to Octomom — You HAD Your Money Shot ...
Discussion: Celeb Dirty Laundry, omg! and PopBytes
The Superficial:
Vanessa Hudgens in a Bikini For Candie's
X17 Online:
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS - Justin Bieber Goes Topless In Sexy Photos For …
Discussion: Celebs.com
TMZ.com:
Snooki's New Show — MAJOR Toilet Paper Crisis
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount is planning for what happens if no big deal happens, mulling cutting $2B in costs, selling BET and TV stations, starting a streaming JV, more

Ben Smith / Semafor:
Sources: Nicholas Carlson, who has been the global editor-in-chief of Business Insider since 2017, is expected to leave the publication later this summer

Laura Wagner / Washington Post:
Over 50 journalism professors call on the NYT to address questions on its report that described a “pattern of gender-based violence” in Hamas' October 7 attack

 
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