Britney Spears to 'X Factor:' I Quit, Y'all

Britney Spears will NOT be a judge on "X Factor" next season -- and it's entirely her doing ... TMZ has learned. We have unimpeachable sources who tell us Britney loves the show but wants to focus on her music ... which she is doing right now. …

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Source: http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/10/britney-spears-x-factor-quit-judge-tour-music-album/

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Junior Seau -- NFL Star Had Brain Disease from Hits to Head

Junior Seau was living with a degenerative brain disease caused by the brutal shots to the head he took during his NFL career, this according to a new study ... and Seau's family believes the condition drove him to suicide. The National Institutes…

Source: http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/10/junior-seau-family-football-drove-nfl-star-to-suicide/

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Celebrities donate items to charity jumble sale

Rocker MARILYN MANSON and THE VACCINES, FOALS and BAT FOR LASHES are among the stars helping to raise money to aid victims of abuse in the troubled Democratic Republic of Congo.

Source: http://star-magazine.co.uk//breakingnews/view/45893/Celebrities-donate-items-to-charity-jumble-sale/

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2012 hottest U.S. year on record, had historic extremes

Last year marked the warmest year on record for the United States and was also the second most extreme ever, according to the U.S. government agency charged with monitoring weather events.

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Source: http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/6323/2012-warmest-record-us-had-historic-extremes

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Katt Williams -- Redskins Team Name is SUPER RACIST

The Redskins is a racist team name ... so says Katt Williams who tells TMZ he's SHOCKED that Americans have tolerated such an offensive moniker for so many years.  Katt -- who wasn't arrested or accused of any wrongdoing last night -- was in…

Source: http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/10/katt-williams-redskins-racist/

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Academy Award Nominations: Best Song Picks Are ?Les Miserables?-y Safe

So you might have heard that the 85th Academy Awards nominations have been announced . Good for you, person who wakes up early in the morning. This year's nominees contains some shocking snubs ? no best director for Tarantino or Bigelow? ? as well as some pleasant surprises, but if the majority of the nominees will have us bitching or raving until March, the Best Original Song category plays it as frustratingly safe as ever.

To be fair, the nomination of ?Everybody Needs A Friend? from Ted comes as a surprise, and Adele's Skyfall theme is a classic that would deserve to win regardless of the year it was nominated. Despite this, looking at the list of nominated songs one can't help but be baffled, particularly given how interesting this year's list of potential selections actually was.

The list of eligible songs, released in December, reads like one of the craziest drug-fueled mix tapes ever made. There were three ? three! ? songs from Casa De Mi Padre. There were three songs from Django Unchained  including "100 Black Coffins" by Rick Ross that would have finally put Three 6 Mafia's 2006 win in context. ?Razors.Out? from The Raid: Redemption, the sole good song ever associated with Linkin Park, was a potential. And dammit, Matthew McConaughey's scene stealer ?'Ladies of Tampa? from Magic Mike could have been a contender. Even Katy Perry's "Wide Awake" would have been an interesting (and, I suspect, controversial) choice.

The songs are selected based on how they work within their featured scenes, but even that doesn't get the list off the hook. By that…

Source: http://www.celebrities.com/celebrities-gossip/academy-award-nominations-best-song-picks-are-les-miserables-y-safe/

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