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7:00 PM ET, January 23, 2013

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Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
Aretha Franklin ‘Really Laughed’ About Beyonce Lip-Sync Controversy  —  Beyonce sings the National Anthem at the inauguration, Jan. 21, 2013.  ; Singer Aretha Franklin performs during the inauguration ceremony for President Obama at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2009.
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TMZ.com:
Steven Tyler — Beyonce Deserves a HOT PASS for Fake National Anthem  —  Beyonce could've done a sock puppet lip-synch of the “Star Spangled Banner” — as far as Steven Tyler's concerned — as long as her smoking bod was in plain view at the Inauguration.  —  Steven was outside the Viper Room …
Discussion: PerezHilton, The Wrap and Gossip Cop
Justin Ravitz / Us Weekly:
Exclusive: Beyonce Lip-Synch Scandal: She “Didn't Think There Was Anything Wrong” With Using Pre-Recorded Track
Marco / X17 Online:   EXCLUSIVE VIDEO - KATY PERRY DEFENDS BEYONCE: “SHE DIDN'T LIP-SYNC”
Jeff Kravitz / Us Weekly:
Exclusive: Kelly Osbourne Secretly Engaged to Matthew Mosshart!  —  No question about it: Kelly Osbourne is absolutely gaga over her boyfriend-turned-fiance Matthew Mosshart.  The E! Fashion Police cohost, 28, and Mosshart, 29, quietly got engaged just a few weeks before Christmas …
In Touch Weekly:
Exclusive: Robert Kardashian's Private Diaries Reveal Dark Secrets from Kim, Kourtney and Khloé's Childhood  —  In Touch has exclusively obtained the late Robert Kardashian's handwritten diaries from his widow, Ellen Kardashian.  —  In the journal entries, dated throughout 1989 and 1990 …
TMZ.com:
Shawn Holley to Lindsay Lohan: I'm Done With You!  —  I'M DONE WITH YOU!!!  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Shawn Holley is saying goodbye to Lindsay Lohan for good, even though Lindsay has begged her to come back on board as her lawyer ... TMZ has learned.  —  Sources connected with the case tell us …
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Atereszcuk / RADAR:
The Real Reason Lindsay Turned Down DWTS! Lohan Can't Handle Live TV
Discussion: TMZ.com
RADAR:
Justin Bieber's Stoned Sex Romp With Nursing Student Drove Away Selena Gomez, According To Star Magazine  —  Justin Bieber's debauchery-filled evening in Los Angeles — in which, in a stoned haze, he engaged in sexual activity with a 22-year-old nursing student — was the last straw …
Matt Gutman / ABCNEWS:
Manti Te'o Tells Katie Couric He Briefly Lied About Girlfriend After Hoax Discovery  —  Manti Te'o briefly lied to the media and the public after discovering his online girlfriend did not exist and was a part of an elaborate hoax, he admitted in an exclusive interview with ABC News' Katie Couric.
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Kristen Mascia / People.com:
Manti Te'o's Real Ex-Girlfriend Speaks Out: He Was the Victim of a Hoax
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Zach Johnson / Us Weekly:
Kim Kardashian Rocks Baby Bump in Tight Black Dress, Fur Coat  —  Kim Kardashian's baby bump is starting to show!  Less than a month after Kanye West shared their baby news with the world during a concert in Atlantic City, the 32-year-old E! reality star showed off her pregnancy curves during …
Discussion: PopSugar
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
NEWS/Ryan Seacrest Talks Girlfriend Julianne Hough: “She's the Best Part of Every Day”  —  Leave it to Chelsea Handler to get Ryan Seacrest gushing.  When not doing his best to brush off pointed zingers, that is.  —  “She's so beautiful...stunning,” the American Idol host said about his girlfriend …
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Perez Hilton:
Chelsea Handler Scoffs At The Notion Of Sleeping With Ryan Seacrest...While She Interviews Him!
Discussion: omg!
Liza Hamm / People.com:
Paula Deen: How My Whole Family Got Fit!  —  Paula Deen is the first one to admit: “When I first found out I was diabetic, I had no solutions.  I couldn't even help myself, much less somebody else.”  —  Now - one year after she announced her Type 2 diabetes diagnosis to a mix of criticism and support …
Maggie Coughlan / People.com:
Taylor Swift Poses As Rapunzel for Disney  —  Taylor, Taylor, let down your hair!  —  In a new photo, Taylor Swift poses as the fairy-tale character Rapunzel featured in Disney's Tangled, who is famous for her long, golden locks.  Swift, 23, is the latest star to pose for Annie Leibovitz's …
Hollywood Reporter:
SXSW Rejected Lindsay Lohan's ‘Canyons’ Over ‘Quality Issues’  —  A festival insider tells THR the Paul Schrader-directed thriller has “an ugliness and a deadness to it.”  —  Are there no film festivals willing to welcome Lindsay Lohan's The Canyons?  —  Sources tell THR that SXSW …
El Mayimbe / Latino-Review.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Marvel Going After BIG Comedic Actors For ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’  —  Happy New Year Cool Kids!  Your fanboy fabulous journo here hard at work on a frigid New York night.  Let's get to it since this scoop is actually twofold.  —  Here is what I know so far on Guardians Of The Galaxy …
Inside Edition:
Michelle Obama's Epic Eye Roll Towards John Boehner  —  Everyone's still talking about Michelle Obama's “eye roll” during the inaugural luncheon as she sat between the president and arch rival, John Boehner, the Republican Speaker of the House.  —  Only INSIDE EDITION can tell you what caused …
Adam S. Levy / RADAR:
Jenelle Evans: I'm Getting A Divorce ASAP!  —  Pregnant Teen Mom star Jenelle Evans announced on Twitter Wednesday she's divorcing husband Courtland Rogers just 51 days after their shotgun wedding, after Courtland abandoned her Tuesday, the same day she was rushed to the hospital with fears she might have had a miscarriage.
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In Touch Weekly:
Exclusive: Ice-T and Coco Austin Plan For a Baby: “I Want a Little Coco”  —  In Touch can exclusively reveal that there are baby plans in the works for the Ice Loves Coco stars.  “I want a little girl!”  Ice-T's wife Coco Austin tells the mag, out now.  “We already have the name — Chanel.
E! Online:
NEWS/Shakira Welcomes Baby Boy!  And His Name Is...  Shakira has birthed a bouncing baby boy!  —  The Colombian-born singer and her man, Spanish footballer Gerard Piqué, welcomed a son tonight in Barcelona, their first child together.  —  The proud mamá revealed his name …
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TMZ.com:
Justin Bieber — Accused of Being a Gym Rat-Bastard
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Tierney Bricker / E! Online:
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‘Prepare to die’ t-shirt causes stir on flight
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Lena Dunham Talks Rihanna, Chris Brown Relationship: ‘It Cracks My Heart In Half’
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Simon Perry / People.com:
Adele Wears the Name ‘Angelo’ Around Her Neck
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount is planning for what happens if no big deal happens, mulling cutting $2B in costs, selling BET and TV stations, starting a streaming JV, more

Laura Wagner / Washington Post:
Over 50 journalism professors call on the NYT to address questions on its report that described a “pattern of gender-based violence” in Hamas' October 7 attack

Ben Smith / Semafor:
Sources: Nicholas Carlson, who has been the global editor-in-chief of Business Insider since 2017, is expected to leave the publication later this summer

 
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