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12:45 PM ET, January 26, 2011

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Us Weekly:
Report: Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem Welcome a Boy!  —  According to Spanish newspaper El Pais, the infant was born at Cedars Sinai Hospital in L.A.; Spanish magazine Hola broke news of the baby's gender.  Hola also reports that members of the couple's family flew in from Spain for the birth …
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Shirley Halperin / Hollywood Reporter:
EXCLUSIVE: Inside the Hot Business of ‘Glee’ … The following story appears in the current issue of The Hollywood Reporter available on newsstands Thursday.  —  The note was practically a high “A-sharp”; the cacophony of voices blended perfectly to form an instantly recognizable tone …
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Shirley Halperin / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Glee’ Vs. Kings of Leon, Round 2 … The six-month-old feud between the hit Fox show Glee and rockers Kings of Leon is heating up yet again.  The Grammy winning band famously turned down the show's request to Glee-ify the song “Use Somebody,” sparking outrage from Gleeks everywhere …
Sean O'Neal / A.V. Club:
Glee creator Ryan Murphy: “F**k you, Kings Of Leon”
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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DailyTelegraph:
Singer Jimmy Buffett falls off the stage in Sydney, taken to hospital  —  AFTER singing “It's been a lovely cruise, I'm sorry it's ended” singer Jimmy Buffett crashed off the stage after his final Sydney concert last night and was rushed to hospital with a head injury.
RADAR:
NEW DETAILS: Singer Jimmy Buffett Suffers Head Injures After …
Discussion: National Enquirer and Extra
Jimmy / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Mike Tyson & Wife — It's A Baby Boy!  —  Former boxing champion Mike Tyson is a dad for the eighth time, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.  —  The Hangover star and his wife Lakiha Spicer Tyson welcomed a little boy on Tuesday.  —  PHOTOS: Mike Tyson's Wife Shows Off Her Baby Bump
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Sarah Michaud / People.com:
Mike Tyson Welcomes a Son
Lara Martin / Digital Spy:
Mike Tyson welcomes eighth child
Discussion: omg!
TMZ.com:
‘Top Chef’ Star's Baby Daddy: I Want Custody!  —  The baby daddy of “Top Chef” star Padma Lakshmi has filed legal papers to wrestle custody away from her ... TMZ has learned.  —  Adam Dell — brother of the computer king — filed papers today in a Manhattan court.
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New York Post:
Padma ex fights for custody
Style News:
The Designer Details of Natalie Portman's One-of-a-Kind Engagement Ring  —  When it came to designing Natalie Portman's engagement ring, the star's choreographer fiancé, Benjamin Millepied, relied on his leading lady and the art of ballet for inspiration.
Discussion: The Frisky
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InStyle.com What's Right Now:
Natalie Portman's Engagement Ring: The Designer Details!
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Oh No They Didn't!
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Meet the Real Housewives of OC's “Feisty” New Star!  —  The Real Housewives of Orange County have a new blonde in town!  —  Stay-at-home mom of two Peggy Tanous is set to join the cast of the smash Bravo reality series, UsMagazine.com can exclusively reveal.
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
TMZ.com:
Snooki's New Show — MAJOR Toilet Paper Crisis  —  Snooki is about to face off with some of the GREATEST challenges of her life — mortgages, career decisions ... and toilet paper clean-up ... so says the outline for hew new reality show obtained by TMZ.  —  We got our grubby little mitts …
Discussion: Jezebel and Celeb Dirty Laundry
PopEater:
Did ‘Bachelor’ Brad Ditch a Girlfriend for the Show?  —  In his second turn at being ‘The Bachelor,’ Brad Womack has claimed over and over that he's a new man, that he's gone through years of therapy and that he's really ready to settle down.  —  According to Life & Style magazine …
Sara Hammel / People.com:
Oprah Winfrey Is ‘Taking It Slow’ with Half-Sister Patricia  —  The half-sister Oprah Winfrey never knew she had has been revealed to the world, and now the two siblings are getting to know each other.  —  “We're taking it slow,” Winfrey said of Patricia (whose last name has not been revealed) …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
People.com:
How Reese Witherspoon Found Mr. Right  —  What kind of bride-to-be is Reese Witherspoon?  A focused one.  —  The actress, 34, hit Paris with three of her closest girlfriends for a whirlwind pre-wedding weekend on Jan. 20.  Gearing up for her nuptials to showbiz talent agent Jim Toth, 40 …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Tanner Stransky / Inside TV:
Sarah Michelle Gellar's new CBS thriller pilot ‘Ringer’: The producer spills details!  — EXCLUSIVE  —  The networks have been on a pilot-greenlighting tear lately.  But which possible show has the potential to be a gem of the 2011-12 season?  We'll go out on a limb here …
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed and TV Squad
PopEater:
James Franco Gets Trapped By Mini-Fridge on ‘Daily Show’  —  James Franco barely survived a harrowing experience on ‘The Daily Show.’ After having to get into character for his film ‘127 Hours,’ where his character's arm was trapped in a rock collapse, it must have been eerie to suffer a similar calamity.
Discussion: TV Squad and The Frisky
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: The Hairpin and Gawker
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Naomi Watts Joins ‘J. Edgar’ Hoover Cast  —  EXCLUSIVE: Naomi Watts has signed on to star in J. Edgar, the Clint Eastwood-directed biopic.  Watts will play Helen Gandy, J. Edgar Hoover's loyal secretary for 54 years.  Hoover (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) called her indispensible …
John Currin / Interview Magazine:
Tom FORD  —  I DECIDED I WOULD NEVER GO BACK TO FASHION UNTIL I HAD SOMETHING NEW TO SAY, UNTIL I COULD HAVE FUN CREATING FASHION AGAIN.  IT HAD BECOME REALLY FORMULAIC.  —  When Tom Ford walked away from womenswear more than six years ago, he wasn't just vacating his post as creative director …
Rob Shuter / PopEater:
‘Real Housewives’ Coming to Miami and Bringing Along a Drag Diva  —  The wildly successful ‘Real Housewives’ series is taking its talents to South Beach, well, Miami to be exact, for its latest expansion of the franchise.  But aside from the possibility of bumping into the odd ‘Jersey Shore’ straggler …
Discussion: Extra
The TV addict:
First Look: Katy Perry Rocks HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER  —  Just how gaga is CBS when it comes to promoting the upcoming 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards airing February 13 at 8PM?  Well, put it this way, not only will Justin Bieber be pulling double duty on both the LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and TV Tattle
Us Weekly:
Rosie O'Donnell Defends Teen Mom Franchise  —  Sorry, Kim Kardashian: Rosie O'Donnell isn't among the Teen Mom haters out there.  —  At the Sundance Film Fest in Park City, Utah to promote her new OWN TV show, the mom of four told UsMagazine.com she and her teenaged daughter recently checked out the controversial MTV hit.
Christine / CONCRETELOOP.COM:
SPOTTED: CHRIS BROWN SPRAY-PAINTING MURAL IN LOS ANGELES + TALKS ART INSPIRATION (VIDEO)  —  Singer Chris Brown has been busy tapping into his visual artistic talent lately.  The 21 year-old recording artist was spotted outside an art studio earlier this week in West Hollywood, working on an animal animated, spray-painted mural.
Discussion: INF Daily
TMZ.com:
Miss Teen Arkansas — ‘Mortified’ Over Drunk Arrest  —  An ex-Miss Teen Arkansas USA — who was arrested last weekend for public intoxication — is “mortified” about the situation ... and says she's “sorry if I brought any shame on my state.”  —  A rep for the Miss USA Organization tells TMZ …
Silvia / AceShowBiz.com:
Disney's Princess Ke$ha in New Funny or Die Video  —  The foul-mouthed princess chooses a different look with ‘glitter, fur and animal prints’ in this newly-unveiled video.  —  Following her previous Funny or Die video where she explains the meaning of “$” in her moniker …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
 
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NME:
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Catriona Wightman / Digital Spy:
Fox orders two more comedy pilots
Discussion: omg!
Ben Fritz / Company Town:
'King's Speech' may be recut for lower rating, gets new ad campaign …
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Elton John: I Won't Be Invited to the Royal Wedding
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Jessica / INF Daily:
Paris Hilton Straps On A See-Thru Dress & A Dog To Visit Sister
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