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So let us get this straight. While millions of fans and hordes of paparazzi around the world are going bat-poop crazy trying to gain access to Hollywood's No. 1 It man, a petite little artist who was so shy she used to eat her lunch alone in a bathroom stall just—whoopsie!—bumped smack into him?

'Tis true. Oh yeah, and she also just so happened to win America's Next Top Model.

You know the drill: Along with the title, Nicole Fox receives a $100,000 contract with cosmetics giant CoverGirl, management by Wilhelmina Models cover and a Seventeen magazine cover.

But now apparently there is a new prize: a backstage rendezvous with Robert Pattinson.

We spoke with Nicole this morning, and in addition to dishing the deets on her ANTM victory, she revealed her surprise run-in with the world's most celebrated vampire earlier today...

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On tonight's finale, America's Next Top Model front-runner Nicole and Kentucky dark horse Laura face off in their final CoverGirl commercial and runway competition. Who do you think will win the coveted crown?

Most important: If Nicole falls short in tonight's showdown, will Wanda Sue design the wardrobe for her granddaughter Laura's six-page fashion spread in Seventeen magazine?

Finally, what is going on this splendor-in-the-grass picture from tonight's show? Just how close do the two finalists become after all the other girls are gone?

So many questions! Tell us what you think in the comments, predict the winner in the poll and come back tomorrow for all the scoop from our one-on-one chats with both Nicole and Laura.

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Click through our Top Model gallery for one last look at this cycle's girls!

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Oops. Did we speak to soon? The identity of the newest Top Model won't be announced publicly until next week's finale, but based on what we've learned from our eliminee interrogations today, we have all but certified that Nicole will be victorious.

Ever since the premiere of this season of America's Next Top Model, every sign has pointed to a Nicole victory—and when we spoke to eliminated model Jennifer this morning, she tacitly confirmed that Bloody Eyeball will be the show's 13th winner.

Read on to find out what Jen and fellow eliminee Erin dished about the odds-on favorite...

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Whew, that's a relief.

We have to admit we were worried when Sundai—the girl who said becoming America's Next Top Model is "more important than living"—was eliminated last night, just shy of making it to the top four.

But the teenage former foster kid reassured us this morning that her perspective is definitely sunnier, even though she believes she shouldn't have been sent home...

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Mahalo no she didn't!

Instead of heading abroad, the petite contestants of America's Next Top Model boarded Fierce Airlines for Hawaii this week. But without kimonos or Carmen Miranda fruit hats to make their experience culturally relevant, Tyra Banks had to get creative and...biracialize the models?!

Mathematician Brittany, who was sent packing in this week's episode, explained why Tyra thought it was a good idea to change the models' skin color and play Yahtzee with cultures and ethnicities in the name of fashion.

Break it down, Brittany...

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Whew—Bloody Eyeball lives!

Based on the reality-show ratio of camera time to elimination, Nicole's departure seemed certain in last night's America's Next Top Model. The Gollum look-alike let her crazy flag fly (even more than usual), terrifying even choreographer Benny Ninja.

In the end, though, Nicole's "stoner" voice, disappointing photo shoot and horror-show dance routine didn't even land her in the bottom two. Going home instead was, ironically, a professional dance instructor—and the girl Tyra Banks discovered in her studio audience, whom we just chatted up today for scoop...

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The poignant second episode of The Amazing Race 15 opened with a moving pit stop.

Literally.

The riverboat where contestants enjoyed their first mandatory rest period had traveled to a new destination: the Mekong Delta, which saw heavy fighting between Vietcong and the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. With that history, emotions were sure to run high during this leg. Read on to find out why this episode was also a touching tribute to fatherhood...

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"Is Bianca the verb and not the noun?"

This is the question noted ANTM fashion photographer Tyra Banks asked during her fabricated photo shoot. In other words, Bianca can model but is not a model.

So despite learning to soften her expression by thinking of her savior—"Jesus brings the softness into the mix," explained Jay Manuel—the judges ruled that Bianca still forgets her face. Nigel was an even harsher critic: "I'm sort of fed up," he said about the bald beauty.

Before sending Bianca home, however, the girls demonstrated all kinds of nasty. Who was "playing dirty" and confusing a little contest with a physical "football" game? And who shocked Tyra by "getting a little horny" during the photo shoot? Read on...

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Which phone call does a TV show runner fear more? (1) "Surprise...we're canceling your show!" or (2) "Surprise...I'm pregnant!"

Obviously, no one wants their series axed. But no matter how welcome that bundle of joy might be, an expecting actress presents all manner of complications for her show's writers.

And the clock is ticking.

Some brave producers scrap their original storylines and incorporate the pregnancy into the plot, but most rely on props and costumes for camouflage.

TV's veritable baby boom is calling for even more ingenuity in fooling its mothers' natures, so who deserves the most props?

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Vote for your favorite stowaways in the comments and then play spot the prop in our Life Unexpected: TV Pregnancies photo gallery.

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Talk about budget cutbacks.

For the first time ever, The Amazing Race eliminated one team before they ever crossed the starting line. Worse, this pair was stuck in the L.A. river basin while the other teams headed to the airport for the Race's first leg: Tokyo. Hey, one-way flights to Japan aren't cheap.

Before the two-hour season premiere ended, the number of teams had been slashed from 12 to 10. Click in to find out who wasn't big in Japan...and which frontrunners are most likely to raise Phil Keoghan's signature eyebrow.

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Another petite America's Next Top Model contestant was sent home in yesterday's yawner. Is it just us, or is this cycle seriously short on the dramz? What's in store for us now that one of the most outspoken little spitfires had to pack her petite bags—and the shy girl is doing most of the gossip? Read on to hear what the eliminated model had to say about her fickle foe...and to defend her ferocity.

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The seventh season of Curb Your Enthusiasm is looking pret-ty, pret-ty good.

With the Seinfeld cast reuniting for the first time in more than a decade, Curb is sure to draw a record number of viewers. "It will be our most popular season," Jeff Garlin told us at the HBO premiere. "I know that."

Most important of all, though? The Blacks are back! But for how long? Will Loretta's cancer diagnosis ruin Larry's hopes of another reunion—with his ex, Cheryl? No matter what happens, Leon isn't leaving anytime soon. J.B. Smoove assured us, "Leon knows a good thing when he sees it. He'll be hanging around a little bit." 

Click in for more clips of Larry hanging with the Seinfeld cast, along with some juicy tidbits from the first episode, "Funkhouser's Crazy Sister."

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