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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 …
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Tom Cruise / Associated Press:
“The Hills” Shows Staged Wedding, Fake Judge — LOS ANGELES — Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag don't appear to be any closer to getting legally hitched. — A brief tease for the fourth season finale of MTV's “The Hills” that aired Monday seemed to indicate that the reality TV couple …
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Gil Kaufman / MTV:
Pete Wentz Dishes On His Sex Life With Ashlee Simpson On ‘Howard Stern Show’ — Before the show, Simpson asked the Fall Out Boy bassist to not ‘say anything crummy’ about her. — Don't be surprised if Pete Wentz calls you up this week to see if he can crash on your couch.
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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.
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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?
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.
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.
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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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
New York Post:
UDDERLY ICKY — “GOSSIP Girl” star Kelly Rutherford might not be uncomfortable talking about breast-feeding, but the rest of us are uncomfortable hearing about it. The 40-year-old pregnant mother told Us Weekly she still nurses her walking, talking 2- year-old son, Hermés.
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!
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.
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.
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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 …
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Access Hollywood:
Jennie Garth Talks Husband Peter Facinelli's ‘Twilight’ Future — Jennie Garth,Twilight,Parenthood,Movies, Celebrity Kids,90210 — As Dr. Carlisle Cullen, the patriarch of the vampire Cullen family, Peter Facinelli plays an important role in “Twilight” — and his wife, “90210” star Jennie Garth …