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The trial of Jodi Arias – who claims self-defense in the killing of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander – reaches week 10, and HLN continues its coverage featuring expert analysis of the testimony.
As the defense attorney conducts the re-direct of Ms. Arias this week, HLN anchor Vinnie Politan, HLN law enforcement expert Mike Brooks, and pro wrestler David Otunga, dissect her testimony of the night of the murder and her claim of being body-slammed, with a reenactment.
Please see below link to clip of reenactment:

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HollywoodNews.com: Anderson Cooper is going to have some free time on his hands as his daytime talk show has been canceled after two seasons.
‘Anderson Live’ will be wrapping up production after it completes its second season, states UsMagazine.com. The final episodes will reportedly air through summer 2013.
“I am very proud of the work that our terrific staff has put into launching and sustaining our show for two seasons,” Cooper said about the experience.
It is rumored that the show was canceled due to poor ratings. He will continue to host his CNN show ‘Anderson Cooper 360.’
What do you think about the show being canceled?
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HollywoodNews.com: It sounds like viewers might soon be seeing even more of Kris Jenner as it is rumored that she is in talks for her very own daytime talk show.
Jenner is reportedly working with Twentieth Television on the idea with possible plans to do a summer test run on FOX stations next year, states RadarOnline. A spokesperson for the FOX stations only commented, “Everyone wants to do a test with the Fox TV stations.”
Jenner has guest co-hosted a number of talk shows before as she stepped in on ‘The Talk’ and the fourth hour of the ‘Today’ show.
Would you watch her talk show?
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By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: Ben Lewin’s “The Sessions” has been pleasing crowds since the Sundance Film Festival, where it took home the Audience Award and a Special Jury Prize, then competed for the fest’s Grand Jury Prize. After a strong showing at the Toronto International Film Festival, “Sessions” has decided to get in front of mainstream crowds a week earlier than planned.
Lewin’s film, about a handicapped man (John Hawkes) hoping to lose his virginity to a sex therapist (Helen Hunt), will now open in limited release on Oct. 19 – one week earlier than the announced Oct. 26 date, Deadline reports. This will give the film a limited-release debut to continue building on the buzz before it finally goes wide in most major markets.
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Any why not? The film’s finished, and has been collecting positive reviews for the honest portrayal of sexual curiosity. Hawkes and Hunt each give stellar performances in difficult roles, while William H. Macy brings levity and insight as Hawkes’ parish priest, a soundboard for the man’s complicated emotional journey.
Here’s the latest trailer for “The Session,” Fox Searchlight’s main Oscar player which is expected to score nominations is several key categories. Are you happy you can watch it a week earlier? Let us know below:

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Our “Silver Linings Playbook” review
Ben Affleck’s “Argo” scores
Producer Harvey Weinstein
“Lawless” director John Hillcoat
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HollywoodNews.com: Disney Media Distribution and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have extended their agreement for DMD to distribute the annual Academy Awards® telecast internationally through 2020, Tom Sherak, Academy president and Anne Sweeney, president of the Disney/ABC Television Group, announced today. The previous agreement had been set to expire in 2014.
“Disney Media Distribution has been successful in securing distribution around the world for the Academy Awards and we’re thrilled to extend this partnership,” said Sherak. “The Oscars are an international event beloved by a global audience. It’s a testament to the magic of Hollywood.”
“We are excited to be able to extend our agreement to deliver the world’s biggest celebration of entertainment to audiences around the globe,” said Sweeney. “We look forward to building on the foundation of our relationship with the Academy, and working together to reach new audiences on new platforms in the years ahead.”
This past February, a worldwide audience of hundreds of millions experienced the Academy Awards in more than 225 international territories via a variety of both traditional broadcast outlets and new emerging video-on-demand and online streaming platforms.
In 2011, the Academy and the ABC Television Network signed a domestic rights agreement which also extended their contract through 2020.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live on the ABC Television Network.
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ABOUT THE ACADEMY
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world’s preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than 6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In addition to the annual Academy Awards – in which the members vote to select the nominees and winners – the Academy presents a diverse year-round slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; provides financial support to a wide range of other movie-related organizations and endeavors; acts as a neutral advocate in the advancement of motion picture technology; and, through its Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, collects, preserves, restores and provides access to movies and items related to their history. Through these and other activities the Academy serves students, historians, the entertainment industry and people everywhere who love movies.
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Disney Media Distribution (DMD) is responsible for the international distribution of The Walt Disney Company’s branded and non-branded content to all platforms, encompassing television, [...]

HollywoodNews.com: Fans will fall in love with their favorite movies from the past year all over again and get a first-look at films to come when MTV returns to the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA for the “2012 MTV Movie Awards.” The 21st annual award show will air LIVE on Sunday, June 3rd at 9PM (ET/PT). MTV also announced that this year’s telecast will be executive produced by Jesse Ignjatovic of Den of Thieves for the first time.
Known as one of the most outrageous and distinctive televised award shows, the “2012 MTV Movie Awards” will feature its trademark individuality and irreverence. Fusing the network’s musical core with the wonder, scale and energy of the movie-going experience, the telecast is set to provide more laughs, surprises and one-of-a-kind moments with Hollywood’s biggest stars gathering to honor fan-favorites from the past year and beyond.
“Just as Jesse has done with our ‘Video Music Awards’, we know he’ll infuse this year’s ‘Movie Awards’ with creative, musical and cinematic elements that fully tap into the sense of awe our audience experiences in a movie theater,” said Stephen Friedman, President of MTV. “In his inspired hands, this year’s show will be re-imagined to deliver a telecast that reflects our audiences’ favorite films, music and stars.”
The “2012 MTV Movie Awards” will be available to a potential viewing audience of more than 1.2 billion people via MTV’s global network of more than 60 channels reaching nearly 600 million households around the world as well as through syndication. In addition, its convergent programming & content will reach the entire interactive community, via MTV’s more than 200 digital media properties around the world.
Jesse Ignjatovic of Den of Thieves has served as executive producer for the “MTV Video Music Awards” for the past five years, including the “2011 Video Music Awards” that scored MTV’s biggest audience in the network’s history.
The “2011 MTV Movie Awards” delivered a 3.9 rating among P12-34, averaging 4.5 million viewers, and its largest audience among teens since 2004 – a 5.4 rating overall, and whopping 8.3 rating among female teens.
The show kept its tradition as Hollywood’s most atypical and irreverent awards show, with host Jason Sudeikis providing laugh-out-loud moments, a surprise appearance by Justin Bieber, a naughty-but-nice presentation by Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis, GENERATION AWARD winner Reese Witherspoon providing a message of female empowerment, and the stars of the night’s big winner “The Twilight Saga: [...]

HollywoodNews.com: Lauren Conrad may be single for this Valentine’s Day, but that doesn’t mean she hasn’t had some pretty memorable ones in the past.
Conrad, who has been linked to Kyle Howard, Derek Hough, Brody Jenner and a few other men over the years, recently revealed her best and worst of the romantic holiday, states UsMagazine.com.
“I decided to surprise him with dinner at his favorite restaurant. Before dinner, I went and decorated the table — I set up all my presents and had a whole night of festivities planned. I had him meet me at the restaurant and when he showed up…he was drunk!” Conrad revealed about the worst Valentine’s Day.
But they haven’t all been bad as she also had a date who once set up a romantic, private picnic for the two.
What’s your ideal Valentine’s Day?
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HollywoodNews.com: Khloe Kardashian is back to radio – this time in Dallas – and she spoke with other reality TV stars on her first day back on the air.
Khloe had ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ star Kyle Richards as a guest on her Mix 102.9 for her show, The Mix Up With Khloe, states UsMagazine.com. And it seems children were all the women wanted to talk about.
“I would love to have two more [kids]. I would be so proud to say I have six,” Richards commented about being open about wanting a bigger family.
However, she will first have to convince her husband: “It makes my husband nervous, because he says it depends on our AMEX bill each month.”
Do you think she will have more kids?
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By Greg Hernandez
HollywoodNews.com: I’m going to be partying with friends in West Hollywood on New Year’s Eve so you won’t find me watching a television.
But you can be sure that the next day, I’ll be on YouTube watching the highlights from CNN’s coverage featuring the fun pair of Kathy Griffin and Anderson Cooper.
Kathy paid a visit to Jimmy Kimmel this week and shared a list of goals she has for this year’s broadcast:
”My first goal is to get Anderson fired. Literally before midnight, somebody from CNN just says, ‘That’s it buddy, you’re out.’”
She wants to expose a breast during the broadcast: “If I can just whip one out on CNN…”
Then there’s this: ”I’m going to probably drunk dial Wolf Blitzer.”
And this: ”I’m going to give Anderson what’s called a rohypnol.”
And finally: ”I’m going to hog-tie Ryan Seacrest and hide him in a can of peanut brittle.”

You go girl!
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By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: Howard Stern fans, by definition, can’t get enough Howard Stern. They’d like to see their “King of All Media” on as many pop-culture programs as possible, extending his brand beyond the Sirius/XM Satellite radio program he hosts most mornings.
And Stern, for his part, feeds the need. He floats rumors that “American Idol” wanted him to replace Simon Cowell. And now the talk-radio icon’s telling his listeners that he’s in talks to replace Piers Morgan on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent.”
“I think I’d be better than the Hoff [David Hasselhoff], but who knows?,” Stern told the New York Post’s Page Six earlier this week at the New York premiere of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1. “But now, there’s nothing to report about it.
“No one’s told me anything. I heard that they want me for the job . . . I’m honored that they would consider me,” he added.
But are they really considering him? Or is it yet another brilliant attempt by Stern to keep his name in the headlines by attaching himself to a high-profile job vacancy?
No one’s better than Stern at creating headlines … even where a headline might not be. Until NBC responds, take this with a grain of salt. But just to be safe, the Parents Television Council appealed to NBC not to “abandon and offend its family audience” by hiring Stern for the show.
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