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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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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.
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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Variety:
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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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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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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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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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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Hilary Duff: Breastfeeding Is “Challenging, but Wonderful” — Hilary Duff is up for each and every challenge that being a new mother offers her — including the highs and lows of nursing her son, Luca, 4 weeks. — “I'm breastfeeding now so that's a really wonderful experience …
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Anya / People.com:
Hilary Duff: Seeing Luca Thrive on Breastmilk Is Rewarding
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The Superficial:
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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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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Noelle Talmon / Starpulse:
Nicki Minaj Nearly Blinds Fans With Fluorescent Yellow Legwarmers … Nicki Minaj knows how to get attention while promoting her new album “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded.” She left her hotel in London today wearing a colorful leotard with furry fluorescent yellow leg warmers.
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Nadia Mendoza / Daily Mail:
If Barbie did bondage! Nicki Minaj wears bubblegum pink PVC corset with giant platforms …
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Keith Caulfield / Hollywood Reporter:
Lionel Richie's ‘Tuskegee’ Album Hits No. 1 On Billboard 200
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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.
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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