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Is Tina Fey getting uncomfortable with fame?

If we were armchair psychologists—and we are!—we'd wonder if there was some Fey-related subtext in tonight's episode of 30 Rock about the confusing, sometimes painful limits of popularity. Considering the ep comes as Fey makes the cover of Vanity Fair, and gets dissed in The New Yorker, well, all we can say is…blurgh.

Anyway, Fey's Liz Lemon attends her high school reunion to find she wasn't a pathetic nerd in high school: She was a mean girl who terrorized her classmates (like The West Wing's Janel Moloney) with withering sarcasm and lispy, brace-slurred comments. At least Alec Baldwin's Jack finds temporary solace pretending to be a guy who drove a Camero...well, until Liz is mean to him.

Plus, there's a bucket of blood! 

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It's very nice that Jennifer Hudson has something to smile about.

The Oscar winner, whose personal life has tragically overshadowed her professional accomplishments in recent weeks, said Thursday that she's "honored" to be among the nominees for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards.

"It's been a childhood dream of mine to release an album, so to receive four Grammy nominations is truly a blessing. I'm extremely honored and humbled by the nominations," Hudson said in a statement released by Arista Records.

The 27-year-old singer-actress' self-titled debut is a contender for R&B Album of the Year, while the tune "Spotlight" has her in the running for Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. Hudson also shares a nomination for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals for her duet with Fantasia on "I'm His Only Woman."

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Another Dixie Chicks cause, another angry reaction.

A man whose 8-year-old stepson was killed in 1993 has sued all three members of the country-pop group for defamation, singling out frontwoman Natalie Maines for her comments suggesting that he played a role in the boy's death.

Maines, whose outspokenness has won her lifelong friends and mortal enemies alike, appeared last December at a rally in Little Rock, Ark., for the three men, tagged the "West Memphis Three" by their supporters, who were convicted as teenagers of killing the plaintiff's stepson, Steve Branch, and two other 8-year-old boys.

According to the six-page complaint filed Nov. 25 in Pulaski County Circuit Court, the "Not Ready to Make Nice" singer told the crowd that new DNA evidence from the crime scene implicated Steve's stepdad, Terry Hobbs, and that Hobbs' behavior following the boys' death was suspect.

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After a week off so that us Yanks could celebrate Turkey Day, the game continued Thursday on Survivor: Gabon with a few puzzles, a slog through a swamp, a little trivia and a nice surprise standing in the way between one contestant and a free pass into next week.

Or, for another, a seat on the Gabon jury.

Here's a rundown of the challenges and twisted thought processes leading up to tonight's elimination:

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Beverly Hills police announced Thursday that two "persons of interest" have been identified in their investigation into the shooting of Mark Ruffalo's younger brother, 39-year-old Scott Ruffalo—what officials are now calling an attempted murder.

In a press release issued by police department spokesman Lt. Tony Lee, authorities say that they're looking to question a man by the name of Brian Scofield Adham and a woman named Shaha Mishaal in conection with the shooting.

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• Nicole Richie is reportedly pretty stoked Benji and Paris are finally dunzo. She's been telling Benji how he "deserves better." We can already tell you where this is going: Paris will probably be upset and pout a little bit, then they won't speak for a while, then they'll kinda make up and then the whole thing will begin again.

• What exactly is Keri Russell trying to prove by looking all strung out in these pictures for Details?

• So hockey player/Vogue intern Sean Avery begrudgingly apologized for calling Elisha Cuthbert his “sloppy seconds.” We’re still trying to figure how this turned into such a scandal.

• Shenae Grimes just keeps getting more awesome.

• Whoa! Marilyn Manson has already cloned himself a new girlfriend. That was fast.

• Thursdays should be changed to GOOPdays. In today’s installment, Gwyneth offers up holiday gift ideas, like socks for him. How novel, right?

• Lily Allen is undeniably adorable in her new music video. Watch it after the jump...

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