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TROPICANA AD PUSHING BOOZE? A Tropicana ad starring Gabrielle Union, Molly Sims and Jerry O’Connell is shocking sobriety activists who say it is encouraging parents to beat stress by drinking alcohol in secret. Martha Duke of sobriety support network Recovering Out Loud told Page Six, “The two biggest red flags someone has an alcohol problem is hiding the consumption from others, and relying on alcohol to get through the day.” (Page Six)

ANNA KENDRICK TALKS TWITTER HACK: Pitch Perfect star Anna Kendrick has returned to Twitter after it was hacked. She wrote: “Well, the fun thing about getting my Twitter briefly hacked is that people I hadn’t heard from in years reached out to let me know. So, I guess thank you to my hacker for a little anxiety, and for getting me back in touch with my high school friend James. Cheers.” (E!)

NBC HALTS MR. MAYOR PRODUCTION: Production of Ted Danson and Holly Hunter’s upcoming NBC series Mr. Mayor is on pause due to a cluster of COVID cases on-set. (Page Six)

ADAM LEVINE’s NEW WHEELS: Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo are celebrating a partnership with Ferrari that raised six figures for Save the Children with a spin in the new Roma coupe. The auction they helped sponsor raised $750K, TMZ reports. The lucky bidder—not Levine—got the car, but the pair took it for a test ride. (TMZ)

CHRISTMAS STORY STAR TALKS TOBACCO: Peter Billingsley, who starred in A Chrisgmas Story at 12, says that a prop man gave him real chewing tobacco. The 49-year-old said when he was daydreaming about being a sheriff the prop man “comes up to me and he’s got this pouch and it says Red Man on it, and he flips it open — I swear to God, I don’t know the difference — I said, ‘What do I do with this?’ He says, ‘Here, jam it down in here.’ He says, ‘Don’t swallow, just spit.’ ” (People)

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