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Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Ugly firings on model show — Model turned media mogul Tyra Banks swung the ax at her longtime “America's Next Top Model” co-stars J. Alexander, Jay Manuel and Nigel Barker yesterday, dismissing three of the competition's longest-running personalities in one fell swoop.
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Zach Johnson / Us Weekly:
Tyra Banks Fires America's Next Top Model's Nigel Barker, J. Alexander and Jay Manuel — Tyra Banks has one photo in her hand . . . and none of them belong to America's Next Top Model's Nigel Barker, J. Alexander or Jay Manuel. — Host and producer Banks, 38, has fired her panel of experts …
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Rebecca Macatee / E! Online:
Nigel Barker: America's Next Top Model Firing “Wasn't a Shock” — Business isn't always pretty. — On Friday, Tyra Banks confirmed the news on Twitter that J. Alexander, Jay Manuel and Nigel Barker had been fired from America's Next Top Model. But Barker saw the writing on the wall long before he got the ax.
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Jessica / INF Daily:
Pics! Coco Squeezes Into Barely-There Top to Take Pups to the Park — What would Friday be without Coco showing us just a little more than we really needed to see? — We found Ice-T's super curvy wife chilling at the dog park with her two super adorable English bulldogs.
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Jessica / INF Daily:
Pics! Nicki Minaj & Her Props Try Too Hard in London
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Jennifer Gould Keil / New York Post:
Aniston dumps NYC digs — Jennifer Aniston just sold her two stunning West Village condos for $6.5 million to a non-boldface mystery buyer, The Post has learned. — That's a half-million less than what she bought them for last year, when she paid $7.01 million for two prewar condos …
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Alison Schwartz / People.com:
Jennifer Aniston Sells Her N.Y.C. Apartment to Mystery Buyer — Not even Jennifer Aniston gets a break when it comes to the housing market. — Months after moving into an 8,500-sq.-ft. Los Angeles estate with beau Justin Theroux, the actress's New York City apartment is officially off the market …
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Guy Pearce bonds with ‘Iron Man 3’ — Actor to play geneticist in Marvel sequel — Guy Pearce is in final talks to join Marvel Studios and Disney's “Iron Man 3” as the geneticist Aldrich Killian. — Shane Black is helming the film, that brings back Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark and Iron Man …
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Todd McCarthy / Hollywood Reporter:
The Avengers: Film Review — Director Joss Whedon pulls off a stunning feat in bringing balance to this superhuman circus, engineered to charm the geek core and non-fans alike. — The All-Star Game of modern superhero extravaganzas, The Avengers is humongous, the film Marvel and its legions of fans have been waiting for.
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Jeff Sneider / Variety:
Taylor Swift in tune with Joni Mitchell role — Would be pop star's first bigscreen drama — Taylor Swift is circling the role of Joni Mitchell in Sony Pictures and Di Bonaventura Pictures' adaptation of Sheila Weller's book “Girls Like Us,” which would mark the pop star's first turn in a bigscreen drama.
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Adam S. Levy / RADAR:
Is Rihanna Switching Teams? Tweets Of ‘Date Night’ With Female ‘Lover’ — Apparently it's not just boys who are welcome under Rihanna's umbrella. — “I'm on my first date in almost 2 yearz,” the 24-year-old singer tweeted late Thursday night, prior to revealing her date …
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Chicago Sun Times:
Justin Bieber engaged? He's ring shopping with Selena Gomez — Justin Bieber and girlfriend Selena Gomez are very young, and their people laugh off the suggestion of a pending wedding. But several people close to the superstar couple say they're convinced an engagement is in the very near future.
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How Will Lindsay Lohan Mess Things Up? Bar Fights. She'll Mess Things Up With Bar Fights. — I haven't really touched this story much, so just to bring everyone up to speed, two weeks ago Lindsay Lohan was accused of getting in a fight with a chick at The Standard except she's adamantly denied …
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Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Francis Lawrence Is Lionsgate's Choice to Direct ‘Hunger Games’ Sequel ‘Catching Fire’ (Exclusive) — Sources say that Lawrence will receive an official offer this afternoon. — Francis Lawrence — After a quick but fairly exhaustive search, Lionsgate has chosen Francis Lawrence to direct the Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire.
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Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Director Francis Lawrence Chosen For ‘Hunger Games’ Sequel ‘Catching Fire’
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Jessica / INF Daily:
Pics! Rihanna Bares Her Garter Belts at Dinner! — Rihanna was looking all sweet and wholesome when we ran into her as she was leaving Il Ristorante di Giorgio Baldi with her best friend Melissa Forde in Santa Monica last night. Well, except for baring her thigh-highs and garter belts - she's gotta do something, you know?
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People.com:
Kate's Lookalike Crowned Miss Wales! — Miss Wales Sophie Moulds (left) and the Duchess of Cambridge — Seeing double? That's what some observers of the Miss Wales competition are claiming when they gaze upon Sophie Moulds, the 19-year-old new Miss Wales who bears more than a striking resemblance to the Duchess of Cambridge.
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Jack Osbourne's Baby Is Due Any Minute, Says Mom Sharon — Jack Osbourne tweeted this week that his pregnant fiancee Lisa Stelly's due date was April 18, and now that the date has passed with no labor pains in sight, his famous family is anticipating the little one's arrival even more!
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Paul Chi / People.com:
Zac Efron: Having His Mom See His Love Scenes Is ‘Awkward’ — Stripping off his clothes to shoot love scenes with Taylor Schilling for The Lucky One was fine with Zac Efron - until he watched the movie with his mother, Starla. — “We saw the film together and I was kind of squirming,” …
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
NBC Picks Up Matthew Perry Comedy Pilot ‘Go On’ To Series — And we have the first pilot from this year's crop to make it to the schedule for next season: I've learned that NBC has picked up comedy pilot Go On to series with a 13-episode order. The project brings back to NBC's primetime …
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Jessica Misener / The Huffington Post:
Lady Gaga Cleavage Makes A Sexy Appearance In South Korea (PHOTOS) … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Lady Gaga, Video, Lady Gaga Boobs, Lady Gaga Cleavage, Lady Gaga Korea, Lady Gaga Sexy, Photo Galleries, Style News — Lady Gaga isn't exactly shy about showing off her body.
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Perez Hilton:
Beyonce Gonna To Get Her GED? — Momma's getting schooled!! — Blue Ivy's mom (formally known as Beyonce) is SO over being a high school drop out. — Yesterday, we spotted the diva stepping out of her limo in New York and entering the W. 35th Street Alternative Education Complex — aka GED school!
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