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● T.I. thinks that Tracy Morgan's "If you can take a dick, you can take a joke" joke about gay people being too sensitive is really funny and also "kind of true." And he thinks it's his American right to do so. "If you’re gay you should have the right to be gay in peace, and if you’re against it you should have the right to be against it in peace," he told Vibe, sounding about as clear on the First Amendment as he is on the Second. [TMZ]

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● Selena Gomez checked into a hospital complaining of "nausea and a severe headache" after her appearance on The Tonight Show. Jay Leno gives us migraines, too. #getwellsoonselena [DailyMail] ● Last night was a big one for live-tweet aficionados: there were a lot of theater jokes, a lot of basketball jokes, and a lot of jokes about all the bad jokes. The Book of Mormon won nine Tonys, and on the court, the Mavericks beat Lebron James and the Miami Heat, taking home their first championship trophy (and some cool wide-brims). [NYT/NYT] ● Demi Lovato's worst-life-ever continues, with her mom now in rehab and her boyfriend, Wilmer Valderrama, now her ex. Sometimes things don't get better... [Page Six]

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This formula might sound vaguely familiar: Controversial topic + inappropriate Kanye comment + angry outcry from the public and fellow celebrities = all-caps apology and maybe an explanation. So far, we’re stalled at three out of four. Last night, Kanye West was feeling particularly inspired on the topic of abortion and wanted to share his thoughts via Twitter. Queue the inevitable outcries from the Twitter nation, and even an outraged tweet from Lily Allen.

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● Lil Wayne's probation states that he must go three years without alcohol - his welcome home party at a strip club, which had 48 bottles of champagne paid for before anyone even walked in the door, must've been difficult. [TMZ] ● Lily Allen, just after announcing her second miscarriage, has been hospitalized with septicaemia, a "potentially lethal blood poisoning condition." [Us Weekly] ● There are no naked pictures of Emma Watson on the internet, so leave her alone. [Daily Mail]

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● Disney singer Demi Lovato has left her tour with the Jonas Brothers in order to treat "emotional and physical issues" believed to be an eating disorder and cutting. Mamas, don't let your daughters grow up to be Disney stars. [LAT] ● Pop star Lily Allen, who recently announced she was pregnant and due in January, had a second miscarriage this week. [People] ● Bill Maher claims the joint Zach Galifianakis sparked on his show was "cloves or something." We were born at night, but not last night, Mr. Maher. You're grounded. [Vulture]

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● Former New York City mayor and all-around asshole Rudy Giuliani was probably none too pleased yesterday when his daughter, a 20-year-old Harvard student, was caught shoplifting cosmetics from Sephora in New York. She warned you that her allowance was too low, Daddy. [NYP] ● Drew Barrymore says that phone sex is like "wearing orange" -- it "can work" but it's "totally fucking weird." She must be talking about Tom Green. [HuffPo] ● New ads for the important upcoming Joaquin Phoenix "documentary" were done by Shephard Fairey, an artist best remembered for depicting the president. [Vulture]

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Between docs like Lagerfeld Confidential and The Devil Wears Prada, and reality series like Project Runway and Kell on Earth, there has been no shortage of fashion-centric entertainment in recent years. Yet TV execs still seem to be singing the tune of the more the merrier when it comes to creating new style focused shows. Hitting a TV near you this year are shows from both budding boutique owner Lily Allen, as well as former MTV host Alexa Chung and chum Henry Holland. "Allen, who quit the music scene earlier this year to open a boutique called Lucy in Disguise with her half-sister, will be followed by Channel 4 cameras who will record her first independent foray into the fashion industry," says Vogue UK.

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Nobody's terribly sure what happened to Courtney Love after daughter Frances Bean declared herself legally emancipated from her mother and Perez Hilton used that as an opportunity to wind up the volatile rock icon. But in the interim, Courtney Love really tested our allegiance, finding a reason to pick a fight with Lily Allen. Apparently it all started at the Brits, where Love made her love for Chanel well-known on the red carpet, quickly adding that Allen placed a lock on Chanel, forcing her to settle for Miu Miu.

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Models, actresses and singers all want to be designers these days. From Coco Rocha's recently launched line to Nicole Richie's boho-inspired collection, there's no shortage of crossover into fashion designer. The latest photogenic faces trying their hand at designer? Lily Allen and Jessica Stam. The latter tweeted yesterday, "Just finished my first design meeting with @Rachel_Roy. I'm doing a capsule collection with her for Macy's. So much fun sketching designs!"

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With the campaign for her sterling sophomore effort It's Not Me, It's You approaching a close, Lily Allen's already looking to 2010-2011 to get away from the forefront of the music biz. She's aiming to take a more behind-the-scenes approach by way of setting up her own label. Allen told BBC's Radio 1, "I'm going to get into signing new bands but at a really early level." It's a sort of hat-tip to the way was plucked from MySpace obscurity. Allen seeks to find unknowns and groom them into more marketable assets, all the while not directly locking horns with other labels. "I don't want to compete with other record companies but I want to support new artists." This idea, plus her plans to open a fashion boutique, then make sense of the exit she's been teasing for sometime now. It was never a complete departure from music, just a slight left turn away from the limelight. Her last live date is in March, touring with Dizzee Rascal. Meanwhile, Allen's just released her final single off It's Not Me, "Who'd Have Known," which features a Take That sample. Jump to see Lily Allen as an obsessive Elton John groupie in the single's video.

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