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December 27, 2005 - TMZ went down to Best Buy in West Hollywood and spoke with a savvy employee to get the lowdown on which gadgets and electronics were picked up by the stars this season. Tyra Banks bought enough Samsung MP3 players, otherwise known as Yepps, for the entire crowd of her show.

December 18, 2005 - ContactMusic.com reports that Tyra Banks says she's eager to get herself in a shape for her new year's resolution by taking up yoga, inspired by 47-year-old Madonna. "Iv'e never done (yoga), and I'm nervous about it," Banks said. "It's literally hard for me to touch my toes, and then I see Madonna. She's almost 50 years old and that body? I have cellulite - I'm 32. She's 50 and has muscles. Something's wrong here."

December 18, 2005 - Tyra Banks was photographed filming at the Redondo Union High School in Redondo Beach, California on December 5th. Check out pictures from RexFeatures.

December 18, 2005 - Tyra Banks and America's Next Top Model Winner Nicole Linkletter attended the America's Next Top Model Cycle 5 Finale Event held at the The Avalon on December 7th in Los Angeles, California. Check out pictures from CelebrityPhoto, GettyImages (page1 / page2).

December 18, 2005 - Tyra Banks discussed her first kiss, she was 13, and it wasn't pretty. "He tried to kiss me in the movies and he put his tongue in my mouth. It felt like a worm, like a slug in my mouth!" Banks confessed in an episode of 'The Tyra Banks Show' aired December 12th. "It was the most disgusting feeling in the world!  And I was like, 'I don't like to kiss like that,' pretending that I kiss all the time, I just don't like it like that ... I couldn't look at him after that and a week later he dumped me."

December 18, 2005 - Tyra Banks was videotaped at 'The Producers' premiere on Monday (December 12), talking about film star Uma Thurman. Watch a brief clip from TMZ.

December 18, 2005 - Tyra Banks attended the Los Angeles World Premiere of 'The Producers' at AMC Theaters in Century City, California on December 13th. Check out pictures from Abaca, FilmMagic, CelebrityPhoto, RexFeatures, GettyImages, and WireImage (page1 / page2).

December 10, 2005 - Tyra Banks visited 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' on December 2nd. Check out a transcript here.

December 10, 2005 - Jay Leno joked during his Tonight Show monologue on Friday night, "Tyra Banks on the show tonight. You know she has a birthday this week. Gonna be 32 years old, which I believe is 118 in supermodel years. ... Well, did you see the other day when she dressed up in the fat suit? She had this 350 pound fat suit. She wanted to see what it would be like to walk around as an obese person. Now Clinton won't stop calling her."

December 10, 2005 - Tyra Banks spoke with 'Entertainment Tonight' about the new 'America's Next Top Model' winner Nicole. Yahoo.com has since removed the video.

December 10, 2005 - Tyra Banks was videotaped at Mr Chow in Beverly Hills, California the other evening. Watch a clip from Lulop.

December 10, 2005 - Gisele Bundchen, Heidi Klum, and Tyra Banks -- who was making her last appearance as a Victoria's Secret model -- were on hand for the 2005 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show extravaganza held at the Lexington Armory in New York City on November 9th. Check out pictures from FilmMagic (arrivals / runway), Abaca (backstage / runway), CelebrityPhoto, RexFeatures, GettyImages (arrivals / frontrow / runway / backstage), WireImage, and Corbis.

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