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NEW YORK – Comedy Central won't be renewing "The Jeff Dunham Show" for a second season.

The show, featuring comedian Jeff Dunham and his repertoire of puppets, attracted plenty of attention, both positive and negative. Its debut drew 5.3 million viewers, a season premiere record for Comedy Central. But all most of the reviews were terrible, and ratings dwindled during the season.

Comedy Central spokesman Steve Albani says the network will continue "to be in business with Jeff in a big way," including a live tour, standup special, DVDs and consumer-products partnership.

Comedy Central signed a multi-platform deal with Dunham in March.

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Olivia Newton-John’s troubled daughter Chloe Lattanzi collapsed in front of a Los Angeles strip club last week after she and a girlfriend were turned away from the sleazy venue for being too drunk.

A dishevelled Chloe, 23, fell to the ground and needed assistance to stand up after she and her friend were refused entry to the gaudy strip club in West Hollywood.

The shock collapse again raises fears about the health of the aspiring pop star, who appeared to have finally won her long battle with eating disorder anorexia nervosa.

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Le Morte d'Magneto
Young Magnus, we hardly knew ye.
by Scott Collura


December 22, 2009 - Yeah, so that young Magneto movie that David Goyer was supposedly working on? It's dead. Not that this news comes as any great surprise to anyone who has even sorta been following the development of Fox's X-Men franchise lately.

Aside from the complete and utter lack of forward momentum on the project in recent months, word came last week that Bryan Singer was returning to the franchise he started to direct X-Men: First Class, an origin/prequel tale about Marvel's band of merry mutants. The thing is, part of that story is to involve the young Magneto and his relationship with the young Professor Xavier. That seemed to be the nail in the Magneto solo-film coffin, and now Singer has pretty much confirmed as much.

"This story would probably utilize some of the Magneto story because it deals with a young Magneto, so it might supersede that because this would explore that relationship between a young energetic professor and a disenfranchised victim of the Holocaust," the director tells The Hollywood Reporter. "But no, I don't see an exhaustion [of the franchise]. The X-Men universe is boundless. These are great characters. And as young characters, they are quite different than the characters we have seen in the contemporary movies."

Singer also says that in all likelihood his other project, Jack the Giant Killer, will go into production before First Class.


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It's our final iTunes Chart Watch for 2009, and it ends with Ke$ha and Owl City at the top of the singles and albums charts, respectively.

I angered Owl City fans earlier this year and I don't feel a bit bad about it. What I do feel bad about is taunting my niece when I found out she got the CD for Christmas. I shouldn't have teased her but I feel like I've failed her. She likes that song. What kind of uncle am I where I can allow something like that to happen? I fear for the younger generation. It's a good thing 2009 is coming to a close. For the first time in a few years I'm actually considering writing some New Year's Resolutions and tracking my progress. This might be an area I address. I need to save as many of the younger generation as possible, but I'm only one man!

The iTunes charts usually seem to trend a little younger and it's no surprise that would be the case looking at some of these singles and albums. Unless I miss my guess, a lot of these were purchased with gift cards given as Christmas presents. I can't do anything about parental supervision, but these charts would look different if I could.

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Taylor Momsen says she’s sick of people reminding her that she’s only 16!



The Gossip Girl actress and rocker told Seventeen magazine, “I think people don’t really take me seriously because I’m 16. And they think most 16-year-olds don’t know what they want to do. But I actually really do, because I’ve been thinking about it since I was [two-years-old].”

And just like most teenagers, Taylor admits, “I am angsty. I’ll be angsty until I’m 80 years old. I think that keeps things fresh. But I always think angst is such a derogatory word toward teenagers. It just means you’re figuring s*** out, and I don’t know why that’s a negative thing.”

As the lead singer of her band The Pretty Wreckless, Taylor admits, “I love working. I’m a workaholic, and no one believes it. I’m in the recording studio until three in the morning.”

Taylor, we’ve all been there! Have you ever worked hard to live your dream, only to have people tell you that you’re too young to be taken seriously? —Corynne Steindler

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Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault arrived at LAX yesterday with their daughter Valentina and half-siblings Francois, 11, and Mathilde, 9 (December 26).

The Frida star made it into the top 10 on this year's Celebrity Impact Rankings, which determines which celebrities earned the most money for their favorite charitable causes. It's estimated that Salma brought in over $1.6 million for UNICEF in 2009. The #1 spot on the list went to Justin Timberlake, who raised a whopping $9 million for the Shriners Hospital for Children



After arriving in LA yesterday, 2-year-old Valentina Paloma Pinault was spotted on her way to lunch at The Little Door restaurant with her adoring dad Francois-Henri and half-siblings Francois, 11, and Mathilde, 9 (December 27). She is such a cutie!

Mom Salma Hayek wasn't with the group, though she arrived with them at LAX earlier in the day.




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Following your passion is the key to becoming a sexy geek, according to Marina Orlova. She should know: The nerdy wordsmith has built an online empire with her Hot for Words videos that make philology more fun than a trip to the library.

“The ultimate thing that makes a geek sexy is that fact that the geek is really good at something,” Orlova told Wired.com in an e-mail interview. “It’s an undying passion for something [that's] usually perceived to be a waste of time.” When computer nerds became billionaires in the ’90s, everything changed, Orlova said. “Voila, geeks are now sexy!”

Orlova (pictured), a consistent force in Wired.com’s annual Sexy Geeks competition, placed first in 2007 and second in 2008. With her YouTube videos racking up 350,000 views a day, a new Hot for Words book in stores and a TV show in development, Orlova is a poster geek for turning obsession into a money machine.

She has one geeky goal left: “I’m still trying to figure out how to turn World of Warcraft into a successful career,” she said.

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The pair met while on vacation in the Caribbean two years ago. They exchanged at Oheka Castle in Huntington, New York, on Long Island. The wedding — which took place against the backdrop of blistering blizzard — had a fairy tale theme and included a castle and an enchanted forest.

Kevin even gave his bride glass slippers.

“I knew that my princess needed her glass slippers and her castle,” Kevin told PEOPLE.

“I always wanted my wedding to have that princess feel,” Danielle added. “I couldn’t have imagined this.”

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USA Release Date: August 10, 2010

Starring: Julia Roberts, Richard Jenkins, Javier Bardem, Viola Davis, Billy Crudup, James Franco 

Plot Summary: The project is based on Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia," published by Viking in February of 2006. The story focuses on a married woman who seemingly has it all but realizes that she's not living the life she wants. She divorces her husband and sets off on a journey around the world.


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HELLRAISER WITH HEART: Colin spends Christmas Day with patients

By Jane Last

Tuesday December 29 2009

KIND-HEARTED new dad Colin Farrell paid a secret visit to sick children in Our Lady's Hospital, Crumlin, on Christmas Day.



The In Bruges actor played and chatted with children for several hours on Christmas Day and also brought them presents.

And it wasn't his first festive visit -- he has carried out similarly unheralded visits to Crumlin for the past few years.

"He keeps a low profile when he comes in. He doesn't want photographers or anything," a well-placed source told the Herald about the actor's visits.

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Pussycat Dolls creator Robin Antin has confirmed she is rebuilding the girl group around singer Nicole Scherzinger after a year of turmoil and public bickering. Reports have suggested the group is splitting up, but Antin maintains the Dolls will be back in 2010 - stronger than ever.

She tells MTV News she's planning collaborations with Fergie and Snoop Dogg, and fans can expect to see a few new faces in the band.

She explains, "It's Nicole and... a couple new faces. Some of the girls want to go and do their own thing. We're moving on."

The announcement comes a month after Antin dismissed ongoing split rumors, which suggested Scherzinger was no longer in contact with the rest of the band.

In a statement, she wrote, "The Pussycat Dolls are very much ALIVE and there is NO truth to the silent treatment statements.

"Nicole and the Dolls have ALWAYS been close. Nicole is and always has been a strong creative force within this group and I cherish the way we collaborate."

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The live-in shrine to all matters footwear that is 3am.co.uk’s entire flat may suggest to the casual observer that there’s nothing we wouldn’t do for shoes. Most people take their favourite shoes to bed after all, don’t they? Don’t they?

And while we admit to putting ourselves through a wee bit of discomfort for the most delish pair of Jimmy Choos ever bestowed on the world, we wouldn’t have surgery on a toe just to be able to fit into a pair of Giuseppe Zanottis.

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They’re always up for a publicity opportunity, and last night (December 28) Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon were spotted at the 14th Annual Capri Hollywood International Film Festival in Capri, Italy.

The “Always Be My Baby” songstress and her handsome hubby were more than happy to ham it up for the cameras as they made their arrival.

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Hollywood is currently shut down for the holidays, but that's not stopping a few casting rumors from leaking out. According to Hollyscoop (who are probably just as reliable as the dude who sells dope on the corner near your house), both Sam Worthington and Ryan Reynolds are two of only a handful of actors on the Flash Gordon shortlist. Hollyscoop' source is, of course, one of those shady "Hollywood insiders", though we already know they're gearing up this film for a potential 2012 release, and so I'm sure there's a little bit of truth here, especially since Worthington and Reynolds would be the go-to frontrunners for these types of roles (I wouldn't be surprised if we hear Worthington mentioned for Captain America, too).

"But he's Australian!", you might scream. That's why one insider says it could be a pretty big deal if Worthington lands the part of the All-American Flash Gordon, an American football player who finds himself and his girlfriend as unwilling passengers onboard a rocket ship heading to the planet Mongo, ruled by the evil Emperor Ming the Merciless. Since Reynolds already has Green Lantern and Deadpool on his plate, I can't imagine he'd slide into the role. But Worthington, who's been starring in what feels like every big, effects-heavy film to hit theaters even though he's not all that memorable of an actor, might be a good fit (and based on his performance in Avatar, we know he can pull off tough, American jock quite well.

Breck Eisner, who's finishing up The Crazies as we speak, is still in line to helm Flash Gordon off a script from Mike Sazama and Burk Sharpless. Speaking about the project earlier this year, Eisner said, "The thing about 'Flash' is, you've got to throw away the 80s version of it ..."
... "For me it's about reinventing 'Flash' - we're still staying true to the adventure origins of it, and the adventurous spirit in that movie, absolutely. It's this man brought to another planet and uniting the disparate groups on Mongo, but there is a gritty, intense, dynamic, active quality to the movie. Very modern. It's not camp."


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Making the most of their family holiday, Heidi Klum and Seal took the kiddies ice skating in Aspen, Colorado on Monday afternoon (December 28).

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Well look who decided to spend the Holidays together out and about around Miami. Gabrielle Union hit up her baller boo Dwyane Wade’s Heat game in Miami last night. But before the game, the two did what lovers do and hit Miami beach for a swim. I see they’re A-OK with being seen in very public places now.

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Why is it always raining in California now? The mild drizzle is annoying omg!

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On Dec. 22, Kourtney Kardashian, 30, and Scott Disick, 26, invited Life & Style over to meet their then-8-day-old son, Mason Dash Disick. In their first interview since becoming parents, the couple opened up about the experience of giving birth, how they picked their sons name, the joys of being parents - sleeping schedules, diaper duty, breast feeding and more!

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