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Brad Pitt Defends Jen & Angelina in the Same Article (E! Online)
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E! Online - Is Brad Pitt trying to declare peace in the Brangelina vs. Jennifer Aniston media smackdown?
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Aerosmith gets back to work after '08 break (Reuters)
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Reuters - Aerosmith is ready to return to work on its next studio album, according to drummer Joey Kramer.
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Japanese emperor marks 20th anniversary of reign (AFP)
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AFP - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko have commemorated the 20th anniversary of their reign by visiting the tomb of war-time Emperor Hirohito.
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CNN's Medicine Man Tapped for Surgeon General? (E! Online)
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E! Online - Barack Obama is apparently looking to bring sexy back to Washington.
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"True Beauty" another TV travesty (Reuters)
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Reuters - The Ashton Kutcher-ing of television continues with ABC's "True Beauty," a pandering show that finds the actor who gave us "Punk'd" and "Beauty and the Geek" serving as one of eight executive producers.
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Amy Winehouse abandons Norway drug fine appeal: prosecutor (AFP)
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AFP - British pop singer Amy Winehouse has decided not to appeal a fine she received in Norway in 2007 for drug possession, the prosecutor in the case said Wednesday.
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Jennifer Hudson Gets Some Image Love (E! Online)
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E! Online - Professionally, at least, things in Jennifer Hudson's world are looking up.
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Schadenfreude Still Nailin' the Palins (E! Online)
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E! Online - If Sarah Palin was feeling some "fear and despair" over daughter Bristol's situation before, we can only imagine what things are like now that both the father and paternal grandmother of little Tripp are dealing with some maj...
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Jennifer Garner delivers another daughter (Reuters)
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Reuters - Actress Jennifer Garner gave birth to her second child in Los Angeles on Tuesday, People magazine reported.
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Travolta's son cremated, ashes flown to Florida (Reuters)
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Reuters - The body of actor John Travolta's 16-year-old son, Jett, was cremated in the Bahamas after his sudden death during the New Year's holiday and his parents flew to Florida with his ashes, a Bahamian lawmaker said on Tuesday.
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Book links JFK murder to killing of RFK and MLK (AP)
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AP - "Legacy of Secrecy/The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination" (Counterpoint, 848 pages, $33), by Lamar Waldron with Thom Hartmann: A new, heavily researched book on John F. Kennedy's murder and its investigation sees links with a bag...
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HBO lands rights to inaugural ceremony (Reuters)
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Reuters - HBO will kick off coverage of Inauguration Week with an exclusive Sunday, January 18, telecast of the star-studded opening ceremony, two days before the saturation coverage of President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration begins ...
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Is Nicole Richie Headed for Gossip Girl? (E! Online)
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E! Online - OK, confession time: We didn't hate Nicole Richie on NBC's Chuck earlier this season. (She was actually good.)
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Calling All Fanboys, Tron 2.0 Tracks Down Star (E! Online)
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E! Online - The sequel to Tron is ramping up on the casting front.
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Jay-Z to play concert on eve of Obama inauguration (AP)
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AP - Jay-Z isn't performing at President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration, but he is planning to make a big splash on the eve of the event.
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