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		<description><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_267938" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 230px"><a href="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/220px-jerry_seinfeld_shankbone_2010_nyc.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-267938" title="220px-Jerry_Seinfeld_Shankbone_2010_NYC" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/220px-jerry_seinfeld_shankbone_2010_nyc.jpg" alt="" width="220" height="285" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Really? (Getty Images)</p></div>
<p>— Oh yeah, Chris Brown and Rihanna are <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2012/10/05/chris-brown-rihanna-break-up-karrueche-tmz-live/">definitely</a> back together. He <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-chris-brown-rihanna-karrueche-tran-split,0,4833721.story">even dumped his girlfriend</a> the night before going to a Jay-Z concert with his ex. At this point, we just hope for the best for these two, or at least that there's a good laser tattoo removal place nearby.</p>
<p> -- That <a href="http://observer.com/2012/10/really-jerry-seinfeld-pens-letter-to-the-new-york-times/">letter in <em>The New York Times</em></a> was no coincidence: Jerry Seinfeld <a href="http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/10/04/jerry-seinfeld-tour-nyc/">is touring in New York again</a>. (For a better letter to the paper, read his <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/28/style/l-upper-west-side-defense-950696.html">1999 defense of the Upper West Side</a>.)</p>
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<p> -- Liam Neeson pulled a <a href="http://observer.com/2012/10/richard-belzers-publicist-on-hitler-salute-on-fox-5-it-was-a-satirical-gesture-video/">Richard Belzer</a> on <a href="http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/350245/Liam-Neeson-swears-live-on-air-during-sports-show">ESPN yesterday</a>. Can you blame him? He just wants his daughter/wife back!</p>
<p> <iframe id="kaltura_player_1349429398" height="360" width="640" style="border: 0px solid #ffffff;" src="http://cdnapi.kaltura.com/index.php/kwidget/wid/0_hwmnz2hm/uiconf_id/6740162/st_cache/4076?referer=http://www.tmz.com/videos/0_f31e8hzo&amp;">Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames.</iframe></p>
<div style="text-align:left;font-size:x-small;margin-top:0;"><a href="http://www.tmz.com/videos/0_f31e8hzo">Liam Neeson Cusses on 'SportsCenter' -- I Don't Know Football</a></p>
<p> - Watch More</p>
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<p>-- In a really weird/exploitative/not-very-smart publicity bid, the Kids Wish Network has started posting to Reddit all these photos of sick children getting their big wish ... to visit the set of <a href="starwishes.org/blog/2010/02/09/carly-visits-the-set-of-ncis/"><em>NCIS</em></a>, <a href="http://starwishes.org/blog/2012/07/10/extreme-makeover-home-editions-ty-pennington-grants-a-spectacular-wish-to-caitlin/"><em>Extreme Home Makeover</em></a> and <a href="http://starwishes.org/blog/2000/07/20/katie-meets-the-cast-of-charmed/"><em>Charmed</em></a>. Also, all the blog posts are <a href="http://starwishes.org/blog/2011/11/29/kasey-visits-ncis-set/">at least a year old</a>, (the Linkin Park one is <a href="http://starwishes.org/blog/2003/08/13/kenny-meets-linkin-park/">from almost a decade ago</a>) but are being put on Reddit by <a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/kidswishnetwork">the official account now</a>.</p>
<p>-- The legend of Creed front man Scott Stapp just keeps getting better and better. Not only did he announce on <em>Fox &amp; Friends</em> (to the caring of everyone, we're sure) that <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/02/creed-romney-scott-stapp-obama_n_1932141.html">he just can't vote for Obama in good conscience</a>, but yesterday he told VH1 <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/perpetua/ti-saved-scott-stapps-life">that T.I. saved his life</a> after he jumped 40 feet in a hotel suicide attempt.</p>
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<p> <a style="color:#439cd8;" href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/stapp_scott/artist.jhtml" target="_blank">Scott Stapp</a>, <a style="color:#439cd8;" href="http://www.mtv.com/ontv/" target="_blank">MTV Shows</a></p>
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<p>(Was the rapper just hanging outside the lobby of the Del Monico, waiting for drug-crazed rock dudes to fall out of the penthouse? How does one "take care of the situation" when it involves a 40-foot drop and a fractured skull? Was this before or after T.I. went to jail on all those gun charges? SO MANY QUESTIONS!) Also: Steven Tyler begged him to write a book? Next thing you know, Stapp will be telling the other kids in class he's a cutter just to get attention.</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_267938" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 230px"><a href="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/220px-jerry_seinfeld_shankbone_2010_nyc.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-267938" title="220px-Jerry_Seinfeld_Shankbone_2010_NYC" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/220px-jerry_seinfeld_shankbone_2010_nyc.jpg" alt="" width="220" height="285" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Really? (Getty Images)</p></div>
<p>— Oh yeah, Chris Brown and Rihanna are <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2012/10/05/chris-brown-rihanna-break-up-karrueche-tmz-live/">definitely</a> back together. He <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-chris-brown-rihanna-karrueche-tran-split,0,4833721.story">even dumped his girlfriend</a> the night before going to a Jay-Z concert with his ex. At this point, we just hope for the best for these two, or at least that there's a good laser tattoo removal place nearby.</p>
<p> -- That <a href="http://observer.com/2012/10/really-jerry-seinfeld-pens-letter-to-the-new-york-times/">letter in <em>The New York Times</em></a> was no coincidence: Jerry Seinfeld <a href="http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/10/04/jerry-seinfeld-tour-nyc/">is touring in New York again</a>. (For a better letter to the paper, read his <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/28/style/l-upper-west-side-defense-950696.html">1999 defense of the Upper West Side</a>.)</p>
<p> <!--more--></p>
<p> -- Liam Neeson pulled a <a href="http://observer.com/2012/10/richard-belzers-publicist-on-hitler-salute-on-fox-5-it-was-a-satirical-gesture-video/">Richard Belzer</a> on <a href="http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/350245/Liam-Neeson-swears-live-on-air-during-sports-show">ESPN yesterday</a>. Can you blame him? He just wants his daughter/wife back!</p>
<p> <iframe id="kaltura_player_1349429398" height="360" width="640" style="border: 0px solid #ffffff;" src="http://cdnapi.kaltura.com/index.php/kwidget/wid/0_hwmnz2hm/uiconf_id/6740162/st_cache/4076?referer=http://www.tmz.com/videos/0_f31e8hzo&amp;">Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames.</iframe></p>
<div style="text-align:left;font-size:x-small;margin-top:0;"><a href="http://www.tmz.com/videos/0_f31e8hzo">Liam Neeson Cusses on 'SportsCenter' -- I Don't Know Football</a></p>
<p> - Watch More</p>
<p> <a title="TMZ Videos" href="http://www.tmz.com/videos">Celebrity Videos</a></p>
<p> or</p>
<p> <a title="TMZ on YouTube" href="http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?&amp;add_user=tmz">Subscribe</a></div>
<p>-- In a really weird/exploitative/not-very-smart publicity bid, the Kids Wish Network has started posting to Reddit all these photos of sick children getting their big wish ... to visit the set of <a href="starwishes.org/blog/2010/02/09/carly-visits-the-set-of-ncis/"><em>NCIS</em></a>, <a href="http://starwishes.org/blog/2012/07/10/extreme-makeover-home-editions-ty-pennington-grants-a-spectacular-wish-to-caitlin/"><em>Extreme Home Makeover</em></a> and <a href="http://starwishes.org/blog/2000/07/20/katie-meets-the-cast-of-charmed/"><em>Charmed</em></a>. Also, all the blog posts are <a href="http://starwishes.org/blog/2011/11/29/kasey-visits-ncis-set/">at least a year old</a>, (the Linkin Park one is <a href="http://starwishes.org/blog/2003/08/13/kenny-meets-linkin-park/">from almost a decade ago</a>) but are being put on Reddit by <a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/kidswishnetwork">the official account now</a>.</p>
<p>-- The legend of Creed front man Scott Stapp just keeps getting better and better. Not only did he announce on <em>Fox &amp; Friends</em> (to the caring of everyone, we're sure) that <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/02/creed-romney-scott-stapp-obama_n_1932141.html">he just can't vote for Obama in good conscience</a>, but yesterday he told VH1 <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/perpetua/ti-saved-scott-stapps-life">that T.I. saved his life</a> after he jumped 40 feet in a hotel suicide attempt.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;background-color:#ffffff;padding:4px;margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Get More:</p>
<p> <a style="color:#439cd8;" href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/stapp_scott/artist.jhtml" target="_blank">Scott Stapp</a>, <a style="color:#439cd8;" href="http://www.mtv.com/ontv/" target="_blank">MTV Shows</a></p>
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<p>(Was the rapper just hanging outside the lobby of the Del Monico, waiting for drug-crazed rock dudes to fall out of the penthouse? How does one "take care of the situation" when it involves a 40-foot drop and a fractured skull? Was this before or after T.I. went to jail on all those gun charges? SO MANY QUESTIONS!) Also: Steven Tyler begged him to write a book? Next thing you know, Stapp will be telling the other kids in class he's a cutter just to get attention.</p>
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