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11:25 AM ET, January 1, 2010

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PopEater:
Pizza Giant Warns Snooki: ‘Your 15 Minutes Are Up’  —  The outspoken cast of MTV's ‘Jersey Shore’ has angered many, including various one-time sponsors of the reality show.  After Dell, American Family Insurance and Domino's Pizza withdrew their ads from ‘Jersey Shore’ in protest of content …
Discussion: TV Envy and ImNotObsessed.com
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Brian Moylan / Gawker:
Filmmakers Vow to Eradicate the Last Remaining Difference Between Jersey Shore and Porn  —  It was only a matter of time before we got Jersey Whores, but now that it's here, our brain is about to explode.  What is the result of a parody of a self-parody?  Implosion?  Destruction?  Beauty?
Discussion: Pop Crunch and OK! Magazine
Linda Marx / People.com:
Brooke Mueller's Lawyer Denies $1M Claim  —  Reports that $1 million will be added to Brooke Mueller's pre-nuptial agreement with husband Charlie Sheen are premature, Mueller's attorney Yale Galanter tells PEOPLE.  —  “I have heard nothing concerning any kind of talk about financial issues between Brooke …
Discussion: iVillage
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Elizabeth Leonard / People.com:
Friend: Charlie Sheen ‘Let Himself Down by Drinking’
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
PopEater:
Lawyers: Sheens Want To Reconcile
Discussion: Anything Hollywood and omg!
Alex Dobuzinskis / Reuters:
Theater owners name Sandra Bullock 2009's top star  —  Buzz up!  —  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In the eyes of U.S. movie theater owners, Sandra Bullock shined as 2009's top Hollywood star at the box office, as the actress nicknamed “America's Sweetheart” scored with audiences after a two-year absence from screens.
Discussion: Perez Hilton and ScreenCrave.com
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PR Newswire:
Sandra Bullock Top Money-Making Star of 2009
Discussion: Jezebel
X17 Online:
Lindsay Gets Ready To Ring In The New Year In St. Barth!  —  image courtesy of Lindsay Lohan's Twitter Hot damn!  Lindsay Lohan is currently in St. Barth, but she didn't let the cloudy weather stop her from busting out a neon pink bikini earlier today!  Lindsay tweeted a pic of herself elegantly posed …
People.com:
Caught in the Act!  —  • Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo racked up some frequent flyer miles recently, hopping a flight from the singer's hometown of Cincinnati to N.Y.C. The couple sat together in coach, “and were very low-key,” says a source, who noted they were both in jeans and cozy tops.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Us Weekly:
Stars Share Their New Year's Resolutions!  —  What are your favorite stars' goals for 2010?  Read on!  —  “To keep being positive and try to live in the moment and enjoy this.”  —  “To see family that I live out of town from more and more.”  —  Courteney Cox  —  “I don't have any yet!
TMZ.com:
Mike Tyson - Free at Last, Officially  —  Mike Tyson will not be prosecuted for allegedly punching a photog at LAX, TMZ has learned.  —  The L.A. City Attorney officially rejected the case today, citing “insufficient evidence.”  —  Tyson's lawyer, the ever-effervescent Shawn Chapman Holley …
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler and X17 Online
TMZ.com:
AT&T Hangs Up on Tiger Woods  —  Tiger Woods just got a dropped call from AT&T — as in, “Hello, Tiger?  You've been dropped.”  —  AT&T did not explain why they're ending the sponsorship with Tiger.  —  The news comes in the wake of a study, which shows Tiger's sponsors took …
Discussion: omg!, X17 Online and Backseat Cuddler
Richard Johnson / New York Post:
Insole offense  —  Paris Hiltonstole my insole!  So claims a shoe company suing her over the design of a heart-shaped insole she allegedly copied from them.  New York-based Gwyneth Shoes says it patented the heart pad in 2007, months before the February 2008 launch of Paris Hilton Footwear.
Discussion: New York Magazine
PopEater:
Van Morrison Baby Story Was a Hoax  —  Reclusive singer Van Morrison has denied reports that he has become a father again at 64, chalking the announcement on his Web site that led to countless news articles as a hacker-perpetrated hoax.  The statement which was briefly on VanMorrison.com Tuesday announced …
Discussion: Reuters and omg!
Rob Shuter / PopEater:
Kate Gosselin's Got a New Dating Show?  —  Kate Gosselin's first stab at reality didn't end up smelling like roses (more like a bad scented candle that you can't re-gift), so I'm left scratching my head with word that the original TV octo-mom may be looking love via reality television.
 
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Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
Sources: WaPo CEO Will Lewis floated several plans to make the company profitable again; some efforts failed to pan out, part of a pattern of fits and starts

New York Times:
Amazon's $35M marketing campaign for Melania is ~10x the budget for similar documentaries like CNN's RBG; some suggest Amazon is currying favor with Trump

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