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11:15 AM ET, January 17, 2013

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Deadspin:
Manti Te'o's Dead Girlfriend, The Most Heartbreaking And Inspirational Story Of The College Football Season, Is A Hoax  —  Notre Dame's Manti Te'o, the stories said, played this season under a terrible burden.  A Mormon linebacker who led his Catholic school's football program back to glory …
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ESPN:
Story of Manti Te'o girlfriend a hoax  —  SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame says a story about Manti Te'o's girlfriend dying, which he said inspired him to play better as he helped the Fighting Irish get to the Discover BCS National Championship, turned out to be a hoax apparently perpetrated against the linebacker.
TMZ.com:
Manti Te'o — Fake Girlfriend Called Me AFTER Her Supposed Death
Discussion: Bossip
E! Online:
NEWS/Kim Kardashian Talks Baby Names, “Love of My Life” Kanye West and Slams Khloé and Lamar Odom Split Rumors  —  Kim Kardashian has a lot to smile about these days.  —  The pregnant Kourtney & Kim Take Miami star gushed to E! News Wednesday that Kanye West is “the love of my life.”
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Dahvi Shira / People.com:
Kim Kardashian: I Would Love to Be Divorced  —  Enough is enough - Kim Kardashian just wants to be legally single again.  —  More than a year after filing to dissolve her marriage to Kris Humphries, the reality starlet, 32, said on Tuesday, “In a perfect world, of course I would love to be divorced.”
lifeandstylemag.com:
Khloé Kardashian Kicks Lamar Odom Out, Stays at LA Hotel for Week (EXCLUSIVE)
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Sarah / People.com:
Baby Boy on the Way for Kara DioGuardi  —  Kara DioGuardi is going to be a mom!  —  The Grammy-nominated songwriter, who also served as a judge on American Idol's eighth and ninth seasons, confirms to PEOPLE exclusively that she and husband Mike McCuddy will welcome their first child via gestational surrogate in the coming weeks.
Britney Spears / TMZ.com:
IN BIDDING WAR!  —  There is a raging war among 3 Las Vegas properties to snag Britney Spears as their headliner ... TMZ has learned.  —  TMZ broke the story last week ... Britney was in serious negotiations with one of the Caesars properties to perform several nights a week on a regular basis …
Justin Ravitz / Us Weekly:
Jenelle Evans Confirms Second Pregnancy, Debuts Baby Bump in Bra  —  Bump alert!  Early Thursday, Jan. 17, Jenelle Evans confirmed the news that she's pregnant with her second child with photographic proof on Instagram.  Clad in a bra and sweatpants, the 21-year-old Teen Mom 2 star posed …
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TMZ.com:
Michael Lohan — My Daughter Lindsay is Not a Hooker!!!  —  My Daughter Is  —  NOT A HOOKER  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Lindsay Lohan is NOT banging rich dudes for money ... despite reports she's a highly paid escort — so says her father.  —  Michael Lohan is quoted in the reports in question …
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Michael K / Dlisted:   Michael Lohan Never Said That Lindsay Lohan Is A High Paid Escort, So Says Michael Lohan
Merle Ginsberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Nicole Kidman on Sex Scenes, Scientology and Saying No to Studios  —  Now 45 and happily married, the star of Sundance horror movie “Stoker” proclaims: “My heart is independent.”  —  It's Jan. 10, just a few days before the Golden Globes, and Nicole Kidman has jetted in to L.A. after a whirl­wind few weeks of travel.
Us Weekly:
Exclusive: Selena Gomez Holds Hands With Luke Bracey at Golden Globes Party After Justin Bieber Split  —  Credit: Gregg DeGuire/WireImage, Frazer Harrison/Getty Images  —  Jelena is so 2012.  Former “It” couple Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez have gone their separate ways — “for good” …
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Zach Johnson / Us Weekly:
Selena Gomez Confirms Justin Bieber Breakup During Golden Globes Bash
Discussion: PerezHilton
TMZ.com:
Conrad Bain Dead at 89  —  Actor Conrad Bain — who famously played father figure Phillip Drummond on “Diff'rent Strokes” — has passed away.  He was 89.  —  Bain family sources tell TMZ, Bain died Monday night at a retirement home in Livermore, CA.  So far, details surrounding his death are unclear.
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People.com:
Conrad Bain Dies at 89
People.com:
Jennifer Lopez Thought Her ‘World Had Fallen Apart’ After Split  —  Jennifer Lopez knows how Leslie Rodgers feels.  —  The actress-singer, 43, who plays the character in the crime thriller Parker, tells PEOPLE that when she and Marc Anthony began divorce proceedings, she “felt like my whole world had fallen apart.”
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Daily Mail:
Disgraced golfer Tiger Woods tries to ‘win back ex-wife Elin with a $200 million deal and she says yes!’, claims new report  —  Tigers Woods is attempting to win his ex-wife Elin Nordegren back with a $200 million deal, according to the National Enquirer.  —  The shamed golfer, 37 …
Discussion: Bossip
Jon Boon / RADAR:
Family Feud!  Jessica Simpson Refuses To Work With Dad Joe On Her New Sitcom  —  Joe Simpson is the executive producer on her daughter Jessica's new TV show, but don't expect the pair to reconcile any time soon.  —  When the singer-turned-actress begins taping scenes for her semi-autobiographical NBC sitcom …
Discussion: PerezHilton
Jennifer Garcia / People.com:
Jason Trawick Will Still ‘Be Involved’ in the Lives of Britney Spears's Sons: Source  —  Britney Spears and Jason Trawick have ended their relationship, but the pop star's ex is still planning to be a part of her life.  —  “Jason adores [Britney's] kids; he loves them,” a source tells PEOPLE.
Celebslam:
This isn't gonna help the gay rumors  —  Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence at a screening of Silver Linings Playbook in L.A. (11/19)  —  Bradley Cooper says he would never sleep with Jennifer Lawrence because she's too young.  WTF?  She's not Dakota Fanning.  No one's gonna think you're a pedophile.
Discussion: Celebrity Blog …
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Nicole Eggenberger / Us Weekly:
Jennifer Lawrence Defends Meryl Streep Golden Globes Speech Diss: “It Was a Quote From First Wives Club”
TMZ.com:
Ex-Miss America Ericka Dunlap — Show Producer Moved My Seat Because I'm Black  —  Because I'm Black  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Miss America 2004 Ericka Dunlap is DEMANDING an apology from the beauty pageant organization — claiming a racist producer moved her from a prime seat during the competition …
Discussion: Bossip
 
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lifeandstylemag.com:
Bethenny Frankel Leaves Dream Home She Shared With Jason Hoppy—Escapes to Upper East Side Post Divorce (EXCLUSIVE)
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Us Weekly:
Exclusive: Kandi Burruss Engaged to Todd Tucker: See Her Engagement Ring!
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Celebslam:
Megan Fox wants more kids
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