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  1. Dick Parsons Is Glad Men Are Not in Charge of Things“Fortunately, we have a system of laws, not men,” says the Citigroup chairman.
  2. Citigroup Still Can’t Afford DoughnutsThis worries us.
  3. Penélope Cruz Probably Just Goes to the OB/GYN for FunThat’s the only reason we can think of for her being there after denying her pregnancy. And more tall tales from celebrities, in our daily gossip roundup.
  4. Dick Parsons Has a ‘Love Child’But it will likely not grow up in a cold, run-down tenement slum.
  5. This Rihanna and Chris Brown Story Is Getting More and More BizarreAnd we just don’t know what to believe.
  6. Megan Fox: Like Angelina Jolie, Only Not TerrifyingThe young starlet is set to take over Angelina Jolie’s ‘Tomb Raider’ franchise. Plus, Dick Parsons takes Amtrak!
  7. Mike and the Mad Dog Break Up at LastAfter months of rumors, Chris Russo is off the popular sports-radio show — that and more, in of our daily industry roundup.
  8. Who’s Vivi Nevo?We’re still not totally sure, but it sure is fun to say his name.
  9. Somebody Get Jerry Seinfeld’s Cars Off the RoadJerry has more car trouble, Cindy Adams takes the stand, and Shelley Ross gets the last cackle in today’s roundup of all the dish from New York’s gossip columns.
  10. Jeff Bewkes Starts Cleaning House at Time WarnerMEDIA • At least 75 Time Warner layoffs are expected to be announced today. The layoffs are among CEO Jeff Bewkes’s first public tasks since taking the helm of the company from Dick Parsons last month. Earlier today, Time Warner announced a 41 percent decline in fourth-quarter earnings. [MSNBC & AdAge] • Maybe some of those Time Warner folks can hang their hats over at Condé Nast. The Observer evaluates Portfolio’s recent spending spree, during which it recruited top talent from The New Yorker, the Post, and the Times. [NYO] • (Product)Red, the love child of Bono, iPod, and the Gap, has raised more than $22 million for fighting HIV and AIDS in Africa. But considering the big advertising bucks spent during the Super Bowl and elsewhere, some are arguing that it’s not enough. [NYT]
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    Apollo Theater Announces Expansion Plans, Admits Responsibility for Wyclef JeanToday the Harlem institution announced an expansion and renovation that will double its size, and add a Hollywood-style walk of fame on 125th Street — but close down the theater in 2010 for nearly a year.
  14. Calvin Klein and Donna Karan’s Bentley Accident: Hilarious!Donna Karan rear-ended Calvin Klein’s Bentley while in her own Bentley. And get this, she was actually driving herself! Don Imus will have a co-host for the first time in his career when he returns to the air on December 3. Bryant Park charges the crew of Sex and the City $100,000 for each day they film there. (Also, the film’s ending is supposedly not yet written.) NBC Universal Jeffrey Zucker bought Kitty Carlisle Hart’s East 64th Street co-op for $12.3 million, “Page Six” reports, making us happy to see that they’re catching up on two-month-old Daily Intel posts. More Secret Service guards have been hanging out on Barbara Bush’s West Village block, perhaps because Janeane Garofalo gabbed on Bill Maher’s show that she’s Bush’s neighbor. Downtown promoter Ivy Supersonic spent a night in jail after being accused of stealing $7,000 by the owner of the Plumm. ‘Mocialite Kristian Laliberte hosted a party with BlackBook magazine for Carlos Campos at Upstairs in Soho.