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2:40 PM ET, January 12, 2009

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Peter Mikelbank / People.com:
Gisele Bündchen & Tom Brady Are Engaged!  —  Forget the Super Bowl party, it's time to plan a wedding.  —  Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady are making some major post-season plans after getting engaged in Los Angeles over the weekend, PEOPLE has learned.
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X17 Online:
Tom & Gisele Engaged - For Reals This Time!, We Think ...
Discussion: INF Daily and New York Magazine
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Ryan Seacrest Speaks Out on Angelina Jolie Golden Globe Diss  —  On his KIIS-FM radio show Monday, Ryan Seacrest spoke out about Angelina Jolie dissing him on the red carpet at Sunday's Golden Globe Awards.  —  Seacrest had gotten up next to the actress and beau Brad Pitt, hoping to score an interview on E!'s pre-show.
Discussion: Scandalist, L.A. Rag Mag and Jezebel
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Brad Pitt: Golden Globes Morning Was “Chaotic and Messy” at Home  —  How were things at the Jolie-Pitt household the morning of Sunday's Golden Globe Awards?  —  “Same as every morning: chaotic and messy!”  Brad Pitt said on the red carpet.  —  Both he and Jolie were up for awards …
Discussion: Faded Youth Blog and Lifeline Live
Perez Hilton:
Ryan Gets Snubbed By Brangelina
Discussion: Blahgirls, TMZ.com and INF Daily
Michael Cieply / Carpetbagger:
L.A. Dispatch: A Little ‘Watchmen’ Love at the Golden Globes
Discussion: Cinema Blend Feeds
Simon Perry / People.com:
Amy Winehouse's Husband to Divorce Her Over Adultery  —  The jailed husband of singer Amy Winehouse has started divorce proceedings against her, PEOPLE has confirmed.  —  Blake Fielder-Civil has instructed a lawyer to file papers.  “I can confirm that I have been instructed …
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X17 Online:
Blake Files For Divorce, Wants Half!?!
Discussion: OH NO!!
Daily Mail:
Blake files for divorce as Amy declares: 'I'm in love again and off drugs'
Ryan Tate / Gawker:
Meet the Haters Tina Fey Told Off  —  Those anonymous internet critics Tina Fey told to “suck it” in her Golden Globe acceptance speech tonight are actual posters on the LA Times' Envelope awards site.  And mean!  —  Some points of clarification, though.  Two of the three commenters Fey called …
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New York Post:
A-ROD'S HOT DATE WITH KATE HUDSON  —  NOW that Madonna isn't as interested in him anymore, Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez is playing the famous-faces field.  He got hit on in Parrot Cay over New Year's by Donna Karan, and last week he took Kate Hudson (above) out on a date.
Pernilla Cedenheim / People.com:
Fergie & Josh Fly Off to Tropical Honeymoon  —  Newlyweds Fergie and Josh Duhamel at L.A. Airport  —  After leaving their Malibu wedding party after 2 in the morning Sunday, Fergie and her new husband - the freshly minted Mr. and Mrs. Josh Duhamel - left that same afternoon for a tropical honeymoon.
Discussion: The Blemish
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MTV:
Vanessa Hudgens Auditions For ‘Twilight’ Sequel ‘New Moon’  —  Ashley Greene, who plays Alice Cullen in the movies, thinks ‘High School Musical’ actress would be ‘great’ as Leah Clearwater.  —  By Katie Byrne, with reporting by Larry Carroll  —  With all the “New Moon” …
Roger Friedman / Fox News:
Jeremy Piven: Mercury Rising  —  The annual Golden Globe Awards were the usual mixed bag as produced by the Hollywood Foreign — er, freak — Press Association.  Kate Winslet wound up winning two awards, Sean Penn refused to attend because the group snubbed his movie, Milk …
Discussion: Deceiver.com, TMZ.com and Lifeline Live
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Access Hollywood:
Jeremy Piven On His Sushi-Related Health Scare
Discussion: iVillage
Victoria Cherrie / New York Post:
‘IDOL’ SETTLES  —  FANTASIA WILL KEEP HER $1.3-MIL.  HOME  —  Last updated: 3:32 am  —  CHARLOTTE, NC - Attor neys for Fantasia Barrino agreed over the weekend to settle a debt with a Florida creditor to prevent the “American Idol” star's $1.3 million home from being auctioned off today.
Mary Margaret / People.com:
It's a Girl for Ugly Betty's Chris Gorham  —  Ugly Betty actor Christopher Gorham and his wife Anel have welcomed their third child, they confirm to PEOPLE exclusively.  —  “She's perfect,” Gorham tells PEOPLE of the new addition, Alondra Cecilia Lopez Gorham, who was born early Saturday morning.
Discussion: Just Jared and Celebrity Baby Blog
The Insider:
Britney's former music manager speaks  —  Britney's former music manager Johnny Wright has spoke to OK!  Magazine about Britney's comeback.  This is what he said:
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Backseat Cuddler
New York Post:
J.LO, MARC ‘WORMING’ INTO O  —  JENNIFER Lopez and hubby Marc Anthony have found a way to bask in Barack Obama's glow - even though they didn't publicly support him until after he got elected.  —  Anthony agreed to sing and Lopez said she would “speak” at the Latino Inaugural Ball in DC on Jan. 18, two nights before the swearing-in.
Michael K / Dlisted:
It's Not A C-Word Slip, But It Will Do  —  We haven't had a c-word slip in a while, so I was hoping that at last night's GGs someone would've gotten tanked and let the c**t out to play.  Nobody did.  BUT Mickey Rourke and Darren Aronofsky did give us a double.
Discussion: Seriously? OMG!
Pamela McClintock / Variety:
‘Gran Torino’ wins box office race  —  Clint Eastwood film grosses $29 million  —  Going full throttle at the B.O., Clint Eastwood's “Gran Torino” grossed $29 million from 2,808 locations to win the weekend and rack up Eastwood's best nationwide opening of all time, both as an actor and director.
Discussion: CandyKirby.com and Jossip
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Dean Goodman / Reuters:
Eastwood wins box office race with “Gran Torino”
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and The Playlist
PopEater:
List of winners of the Golden Globe Awards  —Complete list of winners at the Golden Globes held by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association:  —  MOTION PICTURES:  —  _Picture, Drama: “Slumdog Millionaire.”  —  _Picture, Musical or Comedy: “Vicky Christina Barcelona.”
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Cele|bitchy
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Associated Press:
‘Slumdog Millionaire’ wins 4 at Golden Globes
Discussion: INF Daily
Stephen M. Silverman / Style Watch:
Heath Ledger Wins a Golden Globe
 
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NY Daily News:
Swag scoop: Greed all about it!
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Michael Thornton / Digital Spy:
Gwyneth Paltrow ‘launching gym chain’
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Access Hollywood:
Miley Cyrus & Jonathan Rhys Meyers Offer Condolences To Travoltas
Michael K / Dlisted:
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