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10:50 AM ET, December 17, 2008

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Simon Perry / People.com:
Madonna Denies Reports of a $76-Million Divorce Settlement  —  Madonna and Guy Ritchie are slamming recent stories about their divorce settlement.  —  The joint statement - issued in London - came two days after Madonna's U.S. rep gave the Associated Press details of the supposed deal.
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Natalie Trombetta / Daily Mail:
War Of The Ritchies intensifies as Guy forces Team Madonna to admit £50m divorce pay-off is ‘misleading’ … No matter how hard they try to keep it civil, the blows still keep on coming.  —  Just days after Madonna's spokeswoman outlined the £50-£60million divorce settlement …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Pete Wentz: Ashlee Simpson and I Have “an Amazing Sex Life”  —  In a raunchy interview on Howard Stern's radio show Tuesday, Pete Wentz revealed that wife Ashlee Simpson is “awesome” between the sheets.  —  “We have an amazing sex life,” the Fall Out Boy bassist, 29, said while promoting the band's new album, Folie a Deux.
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Aubrey O'Day: I Have No Sexual Preference  —  Aubrey O'Day likes girls - and guys.  —  “At this point in my life, I wouldn't say one way or another what my preference is sexually,” the former Danity Kane singer tells Usmagazine.com exclusively.  —  See more photos of celeb girl-on-girl action.
New York Post:
JUST ASKING  —  WHICH Olympic champion smoked pot for the first time recently at a Michigan hotel?  The stoned athlete broke the TVs in his room, but later bought exact replicas so he could replace them before anybody at the hotel was the wiser . . . WHICH lifestyle diva used a hand model for close-up shots in her latest book?
Discussion: Gawker, I'm Not Obsessed and OH NO!!
People.com:
Macaulay Culkin's Family ‘Absolutely Heartbroken’ by Sister's Death  —  Kieran, Macaulay and Rory Culkin  —  Macaulay Culkin and his siblings in their large family are reeling from the traffic accident death of their sister Dakota, their manager tells PEOPLE.  —  “They're heartbroken.
Discussion: Lifeline Live
Julie Jordan / People.com:
Jennifer Aniston on Marriage, Bad Habits and Turning 40  —  It's been a big year for Jennifer Aniston: A new home in Beverly Hills, a new boyfriend (musician John Mayer, 31) and a new comedy, Marley & Me (costarring Owen Wilson), which hits theaters Christmas day.
NY Daily News:
Code blue for Red Hot Chili Pepper Anthony Kiedis  —  Anthony Kiedis can add one more piece of “Scar Tissue” to his lanky frame — the Red Hot Chili Peppers front man narrowly escaped kidney failure.  —  According to several sources, the former cocaine and heroin addict was a frequent patient …
TMZ.com:
Rabid Fan Arrested Trying to Get to Lohan  —  An overzealous Lindsay Lohan fan was arrested early this morning after he tried to get around security at a Scottsdale nightclub in the hopes of getting close to Lindsay Lohan.  —  Cops tell us Lohan was leaving the Jackrabbit Supper Club & Lounge …
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Perez Hilton
Richard Shears / Daily Mail:
New mum Nicole Kidman warned she could turn barren after breaking taboo of playing didgeridoo … Nicole Kidman has been warned by Aborigines who say she will not be able to have more children because she broke a sacred taboo by playing a didgeridoo on German television.
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Daily Mail:
‘The Jolie-Pitts give each other special homemade presents for Christmas,’ says father-of-six Brad … As if their rainbow family couldn't be any more perfect, Hollywood star Brad Pitt has revealed that his family exchange home-made gifts rather than big or expensive ones.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Gone Hollywood
Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
Exclusive: Jessica Alba joins ‘Office’ Super Bowl bash  —  Remember how yesterday I reported that The Office had scored the equivalent of a touchdown with a two-point conversion by getting Jack Black to appear in its post-Super Bowl episode?  Well, they just won the freakin' game!
The Huffington Post:
Hugh Hefner: “I Almost Swallowed A Sex Toy”  —  Hugh Hefner gives “Extra” viewers a private tour of the famed Playboy Mansion and reveals his favorite room saying, “No question - the bedroom.  I do my best work in the bedroom.”  —  Hefner admits to Lopez that he was heartbroken over his split …
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Elisabeth Hasselbeck Gets Apology from the White House  —  On today's live taping of The View, conservative co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck complained that she didn't receive her usual invitation to the White House Christmas party.  —  “Maybe I didn't do enough for the Republican party this year,” Hasselbeck said on the show.
Cara Harrington / Hollywood Dame:
Robert Pattinson to Play Jack Sparrow's Brother in Pirates of the Caribbean 4  —  Rumors are flying that the sexiest vampire in town is set to replace Russell Brand in the next installment of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” films.  —  “Pirates of the Caribbean 4” is still in the planning process.
Gina DiNunno / TVGuide.com:
Blush Reality Star Found Dead at 23  —  Todd Homme from the Lifetime Channel's new reality hit Blush: The Search for the Next Great Make-Up Artist was found dead at his New York home, and the cause was under investigation, his mother told TVGuide.com on Monday.  He was 23.
Discussion: Dlisted
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Lo Bosworth on Heidi's Decision to Wed: ‘She Was Drunk!’  —  Lauren “Lo” Bosworth says she was surprised to learn that her Hills costars Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt tied the knot while in Mexico away from family and friends — and after a night of tequila and champagne.
Jennifer Garcia / People.com:
Diddy Throws Private Birthday Bash for Kim Porter  —  Diddy, Murano owner Sandy Sachs, party planner Breana Cabral and Kim Porter  —  Diddy and Kim Porter have had a longtime on-again off-again romance - but the pair celebrated in style together when the music mogul threw an intimate birthday bash for her in West Hollywood Monday.
Daily Mail:
Demi Moore's daughter Rumer shows off fiery new locks (and a fair bit of her enviable figure) … Rumer Willis looked right at home among a bevy of Hollywood It Girls last night as she turned out for the opening of the D&G flagship boutique in Los Angeles.  —  The daughter of Demi Moore …
Discussion: Allie Is Wired
Chris Willard / People.com:
Ryan Phillippe to Spend Christmas with the Cornishes  —  This Christmas will be a family affair for Ryan Phillippe and Abbie Cornish.  —  The couple are currently in Australia, where Phillippe will spend Christmas with Cornish's family.  Cornish landed in Sydney Dec. 7 and then greeted Phillippe at the airport on Sunday.
 
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Discussion: OH NO!!
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Steven Zeitchik / Hollywood Reporter:
Jennifer Lopez pencils in ‘Plan B’
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Perez Hilton:
Case Closed In Murder Of The Son Of America's Most Wanted Host
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Halle Berry Goes Grier, Bares Bod
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