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    NEW YORK - OCTOBER 08: Lil' Mama attends Jump Start's "Read for the Record" at Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library on October 8, 2009 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Mark Von Holden/Getty Images for Jumpstart)
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    Actress Nicole Kidman visited the Omega flagship boutique in New York, on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. Kidman signed the cases of twenty select, recently released Omega Constellation timepieces which will be available for purchase at the store with 50 percent of the proceeds from sales going to Kidman's charity of choice, UNIFEM. (AP Photo/Marion Curtis, StarPix)
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    The world-famous Radio City Rockettes rehearse for the 2009 Radio City Christmas Spectacular on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Amanda Schwab, StarPix)
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    Actress Mary Louise Parker reads Eric Carle's classic children's book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" on the NBC "Today" television program in New York Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009, as part of Jumpstart’s 4th annual National Read for the Record Day. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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    Jenna Bush Hager, special contributor for the NBC "Today" television program, appears on the show in New York Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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    Singer Justin Bieber appears on the NBC "Today" television program in New York Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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    Actor Vince Vaughn is interviewed by NBC "Today" television program co-host Meredith Vieira on the show in New York Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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    Actress Madison Pettis, second left, and actress Jennifer Stone, second from right, of Disney's "Wizards of Waverly Place," read Eric Carle's classic children's book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" on the NBC "Today" television program in New York Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009, as part of Jumpstart’s 4th annual National Read for the Record Day. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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    Television reality celebrity Jon Gosselin is followed by photographers along 72nd Street in New York Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
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    German writer Herta Mueller holds a news conference in Berlin, Germany, Thursday Oct. 8, 2009. Herta Mueller, a little-known Romanian-born author who was persecuted for her critical depictions of life behind the Iron Curtain, won the 2009 Nobel Prize in literature Thursday in an award seen as a nod to the 20th anniversary of communism's collapse. The decision was expected to keep alive the controversy surrounding the academy's pattern of awarding the prize to European writers. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
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    MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 08: The Black Eyed Peas attend Australia's "Nomad Two Worlds" art preview event, a collective project encompassing art, music and cultural education as launched recently in New York, at the National Gallery of Victoria on October 8, 2009 in Melbourne (Photo by Robert Prezioso/Getty Images)
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    U.S. actor Josh Hartnett, left, and South Korean actor Lee Byung-hun pose in an opening ceremony of the Pusan International Film Festival in Busan, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. One of Asia's top film festivals opened Thursday by taking a lighthearted look at the South Korean presidency.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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    SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 08: Dave Mustaine of Megadeth performs on stage at the Hordern Pavilion on October 8, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
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    British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, left, stands with Iranian-born Canadian Ramin Karimloo, right, who plays the Phantom, and Sierra Boggess from U.S., who plays Christine Daae, as they promote his new production "Love Never Dies" at a theater in London, Thursday Oct. 8, 2009. The new musical continues the story of "The Phantom of the Opera". (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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    AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 08: Pip Brown, aka Ladyhawke poses with her six Tui awards for Single of the Year, Album of the Year, International Achievement, Best Female Solo Artist, Breakthrough Artist of the Year and Best Dance/Electronica Album during the 2009 Vodafone Music Awards at Vector Arena on October 8, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)
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    Actress Mischa Barton attends the Sony VAIO event Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, in New York, where Sony unveiled their newest laptops. (Photo by Diane Bondareff/Picture Group for Sony)
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    MURFREESBORO, TN - OCTOBER 07: Country music singer LeAnn Rimes teams up with volunteers from The Home Depot, Academy of Country Music, KaBOOM!, the United Way of Rutherford and Cannon counties, and the local community members to build a playground in just one day at Spring Valley Apartments on October 7, 2009 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. (Photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images)
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    Singer Paul Simon watches activities before Game 1 of the American League division baseball series between the New York Yankees and the Minnesota Twins at Yankee Stadium in New York Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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    Hip hop artist Jay-Z watches Game 1 of the American League division baseball series between the New York Yankees and the Minnesota Twins at Yankee Stadium in New York Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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    NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon and his wife Ingrid Vandebosch arrive at the Pepsi 500 event in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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    NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon and his wife Ingrid Vandebosch arrive at the Pepsi 500 event in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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    Audrina Patridge poses atop a race car after arriving at the Pepsi 500 event hosted by NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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    NASCAR drivers Jeff Gordon, left, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. mingle at the Pepsi 500 event hosted by Gordon in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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    HOLLYWOOD - OCTOBER 07: Melissa Joan Hart arrives at the Auto Club Speedway's Pepsi 500 held at The Roosevelt Hotel on October 7, 2009 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
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    HOLLYWOOD - OCTOBER 07: Natasha Henstridge arrives at the Auto Club Speedway's Pepsi 500 held at The Roosevelt Hotel on October 7, 2009 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
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    HOLLYWOOD - OCTOBER 07: Actor Balthazar Getty arrives at the Auto Club Speedway's Pepsi 500 held at The Roosevelt Hotel on October 7, 2009 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
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    NEW YORK - OCTOBER 07: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) (L-R) Chef Mario Batali hosts a Night of Magic To Benefit The Mario Batali Foundation at Del Posto restaurant on October 7, 2009 in New York, New York. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
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    Kourtney Kardashian and Kris Jenner celebrate the grand opening of "Famous Cupcakes" on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, in Beverly Hills. (AP Photo/Alaric Lambert)
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    Kim Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian Odom celebrate the grand opening of "Famous Cupcakes" on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, in Beverly Hills. (AP Photo/Alaric Lambert)
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    Kiss performs at the General Motors Centre in Oshawa, Ontario, during their tour, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)
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    Actress Susan Sarandon attends a special screening of "An Education" on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
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    Actor Dylan McDermott attends a special screening of "An Education" on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
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    Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, celebrates his 78th birthday in Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. (AP Photo)
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    Musician Rick Springfield poses for a photo at his home and recording studio, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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