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8:10 PM ET, November 21, 2009

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NY Daily News:
Island Def Jam Records exec James Roppo arrested after tweens cause riot at Justin Bieber signing  —  A top record label exec was arrested Friday after a crowd of hysterical teenyboppers caused a near-riot at a Long Island mall while waiting in line for autographs from a 15-year-old pop sensation, police said.
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ABC 7 Eyewitness News:
Bieber fever ends in mall mayhem … GARDEN CITY, NY (WABC) — A planned appearance by a teenage singing sensation at the Roosevelt Field Mall turned into chaos on Friday.  —  According to a spokeswoman for Roosevelt Field Mall, a store called Justice was having a signing with tween idol Justin Bieber on Friday afternoon.
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Hollywood Life
TMZ.com:
Girls Gone Wild at Justin Bieber Mall Signing  —  Cops tell TMZ a young girl was hospitalized this afternoon after fans went crazy ... anticipating the arrival of 15-year-old music star Justin Bieber at a Long Island mall.  —  Cops said the girl was taken out of the Roosevelt Field mall on a stretcher just moments ago.
Discussion: Dlisted and Gossip Teen
Us Weekly:
Nicole Richie Home from Hospital; “All Is Well,” Joel Madden Says  —  Nicole Richie is back at home with her family.  —  Suffering from pneumonia, the 28 year-old star checked into Cedars-Sinai Hospital earlier this week.  —  “Don't worry,” her boyfriend Joel Madden wrote on the website for his band, Good Charlotte.
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com and Popeater
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Cheekyoziechick / Good Charlotte:
Ahhhh what a week.  —  So I stepped off the plane after a month out of the country, and basically went straight to the hospital for the week.  But don't worry all is well and we are home with no problems.  I was supposed to go into the studio a finish the last few vocals for the record, but that had to wait.
Discussion: X17 Online and The Celebrity Truth
Ken Lee / People.com:
Nicole Richie Back Home with ‘No Problems’
Discussion: EW.com
Howard Breuer / People.com:
Michael Jackson Doctor Investigation Will Go into 2010  —  It will be at least a couple of more months before authorities decide whether to arrest Dr. Conrad Murray, the personal physician who treated Michael Jackson before his death.  —  “A decision (on whether to prosecute) will be made in 2010.
Discussion: EW.com and Popeater
Ken Lee / People.com:
Heidi Klum Officially Takes Seal's Last Name  —  The bond between Heidi Klum and husband Seal just got a little closer.  —  On Friday, a Los Angeles commissioner approved Klum's legal name change to Heidi Samuel, her husband's surname.  —  In her filing, Klum, 36, gave a one-word reason for the change: Marriage.
STAR! Magazine:
Eva Longoria: ‘Sex is out!’  —  Eva Longoria says life is too busy for sex!  —  Eva Longoria says that Desperate Housewives ruins her sex life!  —  The actress admits she and husband Tony Parker can only get steamy between the sheets at weekends because of her filming schedule in Hollywood …
Discussion: X17 Online and Perez Hilton
Us Weekly:
Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart's Late-Night PDA at Club  —  What did Kristen, Rob et al look like back in the day?  Check out our Before They Were New Moon Stars slideshow  —  While their castmates Kellan Lutz, Peter Facinelli, Elisabeth Reaser, Ashley Greene, Nikki Reed …
Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:
Oprah Promises Cable Show “Smaller & Different”; Wants Biz In LA Not Chicago; “Why Would Anybody Stay?  It's Freezing Here, And I Have A Mansion In Montecito That I Haven't Been Able To Enjoy”  —  NEW: Oprah Says “Much Prayer And Months Of Careful Thought” Led To Her Decision UPDATES TOLDJA!
Diane Pucin / Los Angeles Times:
Marv Albert gets recognition from Jimmy Kimmel, but not everyone at show  —  His guest appearance results in a scuffle, as protectors for fellow guest 50 Cent don't appear to recognize sports broadcaster.  —  On Sports Media  —  It's not easy being on late-night television.
TMZ.com:
Gay & Racial Jabs on ‘Entourage’ Set  —  The creator of “Entourage” is vowing to put a stop to the gay and racial “jokes” being thrown around on the set of his show, after one of the stars revealed he's “occasionally” targeted ... and unhappy about it.  —  Rex Lee — who plays Lloyd on the show …
Discussion: Perez Hilton, omg! and Movieline
X17 Online:
New Moon Shatters Box Office Records, Earns $26.2 Million For Midnight Screenings Alone!  —  Holy vamp this is a big deal!  Summit Entertainment has just announced that New Moon opened with $26.27M in 12:01AM screenings from 3,514 theaters across the country!  Sure, that's a lot of seats, but $26 million for ONE showing!?
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