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10:55 AM ET, May 9, 2011

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msnbc.com:
Vieira will step down after nearly 5 years, but will continue in a new role at NBC News  —  Below:  —  TODAY.com  —  After nearly five years as co-anchor of TODAY, Meredith Vieira has decided to leave the show in June.  Ann Curry will take her place as co-anchor of America's No. 1 morning show alongside Matt Lauer.
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Us Weekly:
Meredith Vieira: Yes, I'm Leaving Today Show  —  Not such a shocker.  —  On Monday morning, Meredith Vieira finally confirmed one of the worst-kept secrets in TV: After five years, she's leaving her post as co-anchor of NBC's The Today Show next month.  Taking Vieira's spot alongside Matt Lauer …
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
Kelly Fisher / PopEater:
Meredith Vieira Officially Announces She's Leaving ‘Today’  —  ‘Today Show’ co-host Meredith Vieira is officially leaving the NBC morning show, she announced during Monday's broadcast.  —  “After months of personal reflection and private conversations between my family and my friends …
Kathleen Perricone / NY Daily News:
Justin Bieber was ‘a brat’ during ‘CSI’ guest appearance, punched a cake, says Marg Helgenberger  —  Has fame gone to Justin Bieber's head?  —  The 17-year-old singer played a troubled teen in a multi-episode guest appearance on “CSI” this past winter and he must have been doing method acting …
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Chrisa / RADAR:
VIDEO: CSI's Marg Helgenberger Brands Justin Bieber ‘A Brat!’  —  CSI: Crime Scene Investigation hottie Marg Helgenberger called teen pop star Justin Bieber a brat in a radio interview in France, saying the singer of Never Say Never misbehaved during production of his two-episode role!
Hollywood Reporter:
Paula Abdul on Joining ‘X Factor’: ‘We Have a Whole New Approach’ … After a bumpy road of negotiations to join Simon Cowell's The X Factor, Paula Abdul is ready to resume her seat behind the judging panel and get down to business.  —  “I am who I am,” she told reporters before heading …
Discussion: Socialite Life
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AceShowBiz.com:
Victoria Beckham Posts Picture From Baby Shower  —  Hosted by Eva Longoria and hairstylist Ken Paves, the baby shower over the weekend was all-pink in celebration of Victoria's first baby girl.  —  Victoria Adams was kind enough to let her fans have a sneak peek inside her private baby shower held on Saturday, May 7.
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Perez Hilton:
Jersey Shore Delayed After Florence Revokes Shooting Permits  —  Picture this:  —  The Situation and DJ Pauly D are packing up their shake-weights, barrels of hair gel and grenade whistles for the trip of their lifetime - an all expenses paid vacay to Florence, Italy.
Discussion: Girls Talkin Smack
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Perez Hilton:
Tom, Are You Friends With Levi Johnston???  —  We so didn't expecto this!  —  On Friday night, Tom Felton was on hand at Levi Johnston's 21st Birthday at Chateau Nightclub and Gardens in Las Vegas.  —  And we're all like: what...why?  Where would you have even met Levi?  This is...so weird!!!
Discussion: Girls Talkin Smack
Charlotte Griffiths / Daily Mail:
Was a 3am balcony leap the reason Prince Harry looked a tad under par at the Abbey?  —  As he stood at his brother's side in Westminster Abbey waiting for the bride to arrive, Prince Harry drew more than a few questioning glances.  —  Despite his smart military uniform …
Discussion: Socialite Life and Hollywood Life
Michelle Ward / People.com:
Lindsay Lohan Poses as a Vampire in L.A. Art Show  —  Lindsay Lohan has a new gig - and she bared her fangs for it.  —  The starlet attended photographer pal Tyler Shields's exhibit, “Life Is Not A Fairytale,” Saturday night in a warehouse in East Los Angeles for the unveiling of several artful shots in which she portrays a vampire.
Daily Mail:
Andrew Garfield re-boots Peter Parker on the New York set of Spider-Man  —  These pictures from the set of the new Spider-Man movie should be enough to get any Spidey fan's senses tingling.  —  They're the first glimpses of British-raised actor Andrew Garfield, 27, really getting his teeth …
TMZ.com:
Pippa Middleton — $5 Mil Porn Offer from the States  —  Time for a little porn math — Pippa Middleton = 5 Octomoms ... because TMZ has learned a major company is offering Kate's little sister a whopping $5,000,000 ... for JUST ONE SCENE.  —  Vivid Entertainment honcho Steven Hirsch sent Pippa the letter …
 
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From Mediagazer:

The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount CEO Bob Bakish steps down; Brian Robbins, Chris McCarthy, and George Cheeks will run Paramount on an interim basis as an “Office of the CEO”

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
The Financial Times signs a deal with OpenAI to train AI models on the publisher's archived content and to let ChatGPT reply with short summaries of FT articles

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: NBCUniversal is prepared to pay an average of about $2.5B a year to air a package of NBA games, as WBD makes last-ditch efforts to keep those rights

 
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