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3:15 PM ET, October 27, 2012

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Taylor Swift:
RED TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT & DETAILS!  —  Taylor Swift announced tonight that she will launch a North American stadium and arena tour in early 2013 in support of her blockbuster new album, RED.  Taylor made the special announcement in partnership with ABC News on tonights primetime TV special …
Discussion: ABCNEWS and PerezHilton
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Natalie Finn / E! Online:
NEWS/Newly Single Taylor Swift Announces Next Concert Tour  —  Taylor Swift has the right idea: It's always good to keep busy after a breakup.  —  The newly single pop superstar on Friday announced plans for the Red Tour, a 58-date extravaganza that will start crisscrossing North America early next year.
Discussion: OK! Magazine
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Kennedys still love Taylor
Justin Timberlake:
AN OPEN LETTER  —  To my family, friends, and fans:  —  The last time I wrote a letter like this, it was when I had the good fortune of attending a once in a lifetime experience by sharing an evening with some of America's finest at the Marine Corps Ball about a year ago.
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TMZ.com:
Justin Timberlake — I'm ‘Deeply Sorry’ For ‘Distasteful’ Wedding Video  —  I'm ‘Deeply Sorry’ for  —  ‘Distasteful’ Wedding Video  —  BREAKING NEWS  —  Justin Timberlake has just issued a formal apology for the “distasteful” wedding video that hit the Internet this week …
TMZ.com:
Lil Wayne Hospitalized — SECOND SEIZURE  —  Lil Wayne is about to be released from a Louisiana hospital ... after suffering ANOTHER seizure on board an airplane ... his 2nd seizure in 24 hours ... TMZ has learned.  —  Weezy was on board a flight from Texas to LAX — when he began to convulse.
Discussion: Bossip, Dlisted and Gossip Cop
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Lesley Messer / People.com:
Jessica Simpson Saddened by Her Parents' Split: Source  —  Her parents may be getting a divorce after 34 years of marriage, but Jessica Simpson is coping with the situation well, according to a source.  —  “She's going on with everything,” the source tells PEOPLE.  “She's sad, but she's okay.”
Discussion: Dlisted, Gawker, TMZ.com and OK! Magazine
Gina Serpe / E! Online:
NEWS/Nicki Minaj's “Va Va Voom” Music Video Premiere—Watch Now!  —  Oh, Barbz.  You are going to love this.  —  E! News has the exclusive premiere of Nicki Minaj's new music video “Va Va Voom” and it's safe to say this video has something for everyone.  —  Starting with Nicki herself looking damn good.
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
‘How I Met Your Mother’ Plots ‘Buffy’ Reunion With Seth Green  —  Alyson Hannigan's former ‘Vampire Slayer’ co-star is set to guest on the CBS comedy.  —  Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans, prepare to geek out.  A key couple from the long dead WB drama is reuniting in primetime.
Discussion: PerezHilton
PEOPLE Pets:
Usher Wins Bidding War for $12,000 Puppy  —  Usher will do anything to win - even if it costs him $12,000.  —  And win he did last night at the Pencils of Promise Gala in New York City, where the singer (and a judge on season 4 of The Voice) bid that many hefty pennies for a goldendoodle puppy.
Neetzan Zimmerman / Gawker:
Outspoken Little Girl Hates Princesses, Lets Pippa Middleton Know It  —  Kids, am I right?  —  Pippa Middleton ran into a bunch of them while promoting her new party planning book in London, and one of them was bit too outspoken for the royal-adjacent.  —  While hosting a costume-making party inside …
Discussion: Telegraph
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Michael K / Dlisted:   Hero Of The Day: Little Girl Shades Pippa Middleton
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
‘Gladiator’ Scribe John Logan To Write Next Two James Bond Films  —  EXCLUSIVE: As buzz builds for the 23rd James Bond film Skyfall, the franchise's producers have quietly made a deal with John Logan to write not one but two 007 films.  I'm told that Logan pitched an original two-movie arc …
New York Times:
Nanny in a Coma; Motive in Killings Remains a Mystery  —  A horrified mother walked into her Upper West Side apartment on Thursday to see the family's nanny stabbing herself with the same bloody kitchen knife that she had already used on two of the woman's young children, who lay dead in a bathtub …
Discussion: Gawker
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
'Awkward's' Beau Mirchoff to Co-Star in ‘Wizards of Waverly Place’ Special (Exclusive)  —  He'll play Dominic, a handsome and mysterious heartthrob who may not be as sweet as he seems in the Selena Gomez Disney Channel telepic.  —  Beau Mirchoff  —  Beau Mirchoff is going from MTV to Disney Channel.
Discussion: PerezHilton
 
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Zach Johnson / Us Weekly:
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TMZ.com:
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Discussion: PopSugar
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is preparing to fire CEO Bob Bakish as soon as Monday, after he lost the trust of controlling shareholder Shari Redstone

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Sammy Gecsoyler / The Guardian:
BBC presenter Liz Bonnin's likeness was used in an ad after the company running the campaign was tricked by a fake, likely AI-generated, version of her voice

 
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