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David Letterman and Craig Ferguson Laughing It Up on CBS Through 2014

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David Letterman is on his way to making TV history and he's taking Craig Ferguson along for the ride.

The gap-toothed comic and his protégé have reupped their contract with CBS that will ensure The Late Show with David Letterman and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson will continue yukking it up through at least 2014.

The new pact Letterman's Worldwide Pants struck with CBS means Letterman will surpass Johnny Carson's record 30-year run emceeing NBC's The Tonight Show to earn the title of the longest-serving late night TV host of all time—though not on the same programs, of course.

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So True? So False? Is Rihanna Joining Simon Cowell as New X Factor Judge?!

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So True So False, STSF

At this point, if everyone who had been rumored to be joining The X Factor judging panel was actually joining The X Factor judging panel, then Simon Cowell's revamped reality show would be the most star-studded series in the history of television.

But hey, eventually one of these A-list names is going to stick, and if the latest round of breathless reports are to be believed, then the caustic Brit has found his new panelmate in Rihanna.

Though everyone from Fergie to Britney Spears to Janet Jackson to LeAnn Rimes has been rumored at some point to be pulling up a chair next to Cowell and L.A. Reid, reports pegging RiRi as the chosen one reached a fever pitch this week.

It would be quite the coup if Simon somehow pulled it off, but did he manage it? Is Rihanna really in talks to be the new X Factor judge? Cue the Hallelujah chorus, because this rumor is...

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EXCLUSIVE!

Model Lauren Scruggs Lands Seven-Figure Settlement, Considering Book Deal

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No amount of money will make up for the hand and eye Lauren Scruggs lost in her horrific encounter with a plane's propeller last Dec. 3 that nearly killed her.

But the part-time model and fashion editor can at least take heart that she won't have to struggle so much financially now that her lawyers have reached a "seven-figure settlement" with the plane's insurance company.

E! News has the exclusive scoop.

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Girl Next Door No More: Kendra Wilkinson-Baskett Leaves E!'s Airwaves

Kendra Wilkinson-Baskett, CEG TCA Party Gregg DeGuire/PictureGroup via AP IMAGES

Kendra Wilkinson-Baskett, we hardly knew ye!

Actually, on second thought...after two megasuccessful reality series chronicling the ins and outs of her career and personal life that took the erstwhile Playmate from Hef's gal to best-selling author to devoted wife and mother...we pretty much knew all there was to know about, um, ye.

And since all good things must come to an end, Kendra and her brood have said goodbye to E! and are waving hello to a whole new reality family...

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She Likes Pop: Nicki Minaj Signs Major Endorsement Deal With Pepsi

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Nicki Minaj is the choice of a new generation of marketers.

The Pink Friday songstress is standing up for the red, white and blue—cola, that is—as she's signed on to be the new face of Pepsi.

Guess her exorcism performance at last month's Grammy Awards went over well with the soda executives.

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Lindsay Lohan and Audrina Patridge's Bling Ring Burglar Cops Plea, Gets Jail

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Commit the crime and do the time.

Nicholas Prugo, one of the members of the infamous Bling Ring that burglarized a host of celeb residences in the Hollywood Hills three years ago before L.A.'s Finest got the bead on them, just learned that the hard way after pleading no contest today to swiping luxury goods from Lindsay Lohan and Audrina Patridge.

And now he's going straight to jail.

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Harry Potter Grows Up? J.K. Rowling to Write First Adult Book

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Here's a novel idea. Literally.

This may come as a shock to the legions of avid and not exactly youthful readers of the Harry Potter series, but the books chronicling the exploits of a boy wizard were in fact for kids.

But just as Hogwarts' star pupil has grown up, so too has the readership targeted by author J.K. Rowling, as it was announced this morning that the best-selling scribe has signed a publishing deal to pen her first novel intended for adults (ahem).

Here's the deal...

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Stephen Colbert to Write Children's Book About a Pole

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Stephen Colbert has a little something for the youngest members of Colbert Nation.

Inspired by his two-part interview last month with legendary Where the Wild Things Are author Maurice Sendak, Comedy Central's fake pundit is teaming with Grand Central Publishing to release his very own children's book...about a pole.

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Five Awesome Things We Learned From the Sundance Film Festival

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The curtain is almost down on this year's Sundance Film Festival.

The illustrious Grand Jury Prize and other top honors will be handed out this weekend, but there's already been enough partying, canoodling, deal-making and oxygen-giving over the past week to last us all year.

But what did we particularly take away from this year's snowy cinematic extravaganza? Here it is:

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Lil Wayne Writing Book About Jail Time

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Lil Wayne is ready to share all the gory details of eight-month prison stint.

Weezy is getting an unspecified sum to give Grand Central Publishing the diaries he kept while jailed in New York City's Rikers Island from March to November 2010. The book promises to be a riveting first-hand account of the people he met, his family, and his future.

And what's the the "Lollipop" rapper calling this tome?

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