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● Whether their romance is "hot and heavy" or "they were just hooking up," the fact remains that Ryan Phillippe, at 36, is exactly twice Demi Lovato's age. [Us] ● There's been an up-tic in graffiti this past year and officials can't tell if it's a result of high unemployment rates, because everyone thinks they're artists now, or because maybe kids will be kids. [NYT] ● Spike Jonze's new Beastie Boys video is all action figures, only a little bit about the song, "Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win," and actually pretty awesome. [BeastieBoys]

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● Plans for the Courtney Love-sanctioned Kurt Cobain biopic are moving forward, because if you're an artist, your life is only a path to the movie about your life. [Rolling Stone] ● A sadly predictable new survey shows that Harvard students rarely get laid. They blame "over-scheduling" and "isolated academia," which is what non-Ivies call "no game." [Lime Life] ● Ryan Phillippe is done with Reese Witherspoon -- I mean, Abbie Cornish. Wait, who? [People]

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Meh, it's anyone guess how LiLo, ever the object of public curiosity, keeps finding the eleven letters of her name magnetically drawn to almost-A-listers lately. There was that whole sordid thing with Gerard Butler, although Lohan reportedly put the kibosh on that. So now there are whispers -- just breathy susses, at that -- of LiLo and former Mr. Reese Witherspoon Ryan Phillippe "getting cozy" at L.A. club Voyeur recently.

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● Ryan Phillippe’s lady love Abbie Cornish is the new face of Calvin Klein. [ElleUK] ● Shortly before his death, Marlon Brando wanted to sell goods on QVC for some extra cash…seriously. [IMDB] ● London designer Alice Temperley will show her next collection in all four fashion capitals. [ElleUk]

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