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  'Survivor: Africa' runner-up Kim Johnson dead at age 79 after cancer battle

  
  Survivor: Africa runner-up Kim Johnson has passed away at age 79.

• Ben Affleck in talks for role in 'The Great Gatsby' big-screen film

  
  U.S. actor Ben Affleck is in talks to play wealthy cheating husband Tom Buchanan in a new big-screen adaptation of the 1920s classic book "The Great Gatsby."
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  Amber Brkich wins 'Survivor: All-Stars', gets engaged to runner-up Rob Mariano

  
  The beneficiary of heavy resentment regarding the manner in which her alliance and Final Two partner -- and now fiance -- Rob Mariano played the game, Survivor: The Australian Outback's Amber Brkich emerged as the champion and $1 million winner during last night's Survivor: All-Stars finale on CBS.
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  Tom Buchanan becomes the fourteenth contestant to be booted from 'Survivor: All-Stars'

  
  Leaving no doubt that "Big Tom" was a "Big Dope" when it came to Survivor gameplay, Tom Buchanan fell victim to Rob Mariano's "manipulation" (although outsmarting a bowl of rice might have been a bigger challenge for Rob) and became the fourteenth contestant to be voted out of Survior: All-Stars.
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  Shii Ann Huang becomes the thirteenth contestant to be booted from 'Survivor: All-Stars'

  
  Finally, Shii Ann Huang's number was up. After failing to follow up last week's immunity challenge victory with another victory in this week's "Fire Tower" challenge, Shii Ann, the last remaining Mogo Mogo tribe member, was voted out of the Survior: All-Stars by the game's five remaining Chapera members.
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  Alicia Calaway becomes the twelfth contestant to be booted from 'Survivor: All-Stars'

  
  With Shii Ann Huang, the last remaining Mogo Mogo member winning immunity, the Chapera Six finally had to turn on themselves during last evening's Survivor: All-Stars broadcast. And as one of the group's clear outsiders, Alicia Calaway became the first to fall after seemingly ignoring Shii Ann's overtures to organize an "uprising" that in hindsight, might well have kept her in the game.
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  Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien becomes the eleventh contestant to be booted from 'Survivor: All-Stars'

  
  Continuing the fall-out from the Mogo Mogo tribe's ill-advised decision to keep the Chapera tribe's Amber Brkich over their own Jerri Manthey at the game's last pre-merge Tribal Council, Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien became the eleventh contestant to ousted from the game during last night's Survivor: All-Stars broadcast.

• Jeff Probst admits error involving challenge that led to Richard Hatch's 'Survivor: All-Stars' booting

  
  One of the first decisions in Survivor: All Stars initial set of traditional two tribe challenges turns out to have been incorrect, according to show host Jeff Probst.

• CBS formally announces 'Survivor: All-Stars' contestants

  
  CBS today formally announced what has been reported for months already, that eighteen former Survivor castaways, including four previous winners, will return to compete in Survivor: All-Stars. The eighth installment of the smash-hit series will premiere Sunday, February 1, immediately following CBS Sports’ coverage of Super Bowl XXXVIII.

• 'All-Star Survivor' cast and tribes already uncovered?

  
  Score one for the Web sleuths, we think. The Survivor spoiling/news sites Survivor News and Survivor Fever have both identified the 18 probable contestants in CBS's All-Star Survivor, which is currently filming in Panama. In addition, Survivor News claims to have the tribal breakdowns being used on the show.

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