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NBC is treating Katharine McPhee's Idol days like a Cinderella-esque unwanted stepchild.

The network refuses to acknowledge McPhee former days on American Idol, which has caused them a lot of flack.

On her bio for the Smash site, it doesn't mention anything before her debut album in 2007, which was released almost immediately after Idol.

NBC even goes as far as

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Just add this to their ever-growing list of endorsements!

Kris Jenner has reportedly signed on to the be the spokeswoman for Zestra Essential Arousal Oils, which are apparently supposed to enhance lady pleasure in the bedroom by heightening sensitivity to touch!

A source explains:

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Just imagine if they DID make a new Battleship game for Sega Genesis! eBay traffic would go through the roof! Ha!

Yesterday, Activision and Hasbro announced a new video game based on the upcoming Battleship movie.

Here's what Activision Publishing's David Oxford had to say about it:

TWO BILLION DOLLARS IN TAXES?!?!?! WTF?!

When Facebook goes public, Mark Zuckerberg will be a billionaire, hands down.

But due to the fact that stock options are heavily taxed, the government will come down on Zuckerberg HARD!

Accountants state that

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It's on!

According to industry sources, both Van Halen's A Different Kind of Truth and Adele's 21 will be fighting for the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 next week!

We're hearing that the new Van Halen album is set to sell 180,000 to 200,000 copies, which SHOULD land it that top spot on the chart…but because of Adele's Grammy buzz, she could end up selling enough units to stay ahead of Eddie and co.

Also, Adele

At this rate, she'll be at #1 in no time!!!!

Yesterday, we were thrilled to see that Madonna's Give Me All Your Luvin' (above) was getting so much luv on the radio!

Now, we're ECSTATIC to report that Madge's new single has debuted at #13 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart! Wow!

In other chart news,

Scarlett Johansson and Co. are thinking outside the box to re-elect President Obama!

The actress co-hosted Runway to Win, a clothing launch where proceeds of the line went towards the POTUS's re-election campaign.

Ranging from totes to clutches to t-shirts, Runway to Win had celebs flocking to NYC a week before Fashion Week.

ScarJo took the time to endorse Obama and listed the following examples of the POTUS's good work:

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And we thought her Frans Hal sold for a lot…

We've just learned that Elizabeth Taylor's unsigned Vincent Van Gogh piece Vue de l’Asile et de la Chapelle de Saint-Rémy has sold for $16 million to a mystery buyer at Christie's! OMFG!!!

Liz purchased the painting back in 1963, and according to Christie's International in London, she kept the painting hanging above her mantle all her life.

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