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12:40 PM ET, January 12, 2009

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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
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List of winners of the Golden Globe Awards
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Associated Press:
‘Slumdog Millionaire’ wins 4 at Golden Globes
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Stephen M. Silverman / Style Watch:
Heath Ledger Wins a Golden Globe
Associated Press:
Stars coming out for return of Golden Globes
Discussion: CONCRETELOOP.COM and TMZ.com
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.
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.
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 …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, The Superficial and Jossip
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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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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Fergie, Josh Duhamel Leave for Tropical Honeymoon  —  A day after their Malibu wedding, newlyweds Fergie and Josh Duhamel arrived Sunday at Los Angeles International airport around 2 p.m. to leave for their honeymoon.  —  A source tells Usmagazine.com they're headed to a tropical locale.
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: TMZ.com and Lifeline Live
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Access Hollywood:
Jeremy Piven On His Sushi-Related Health Scare
Discussion: iVillage
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
Brian Jacks / Splash Page:
BREAKING: ‘Dark Knight’ Star Aaron Eckhart Hints At Possible Two-Face Return  —  In the past, Aaron Eckhart has had no problems stating matter-of-factly that Two-Face was done for, telling SuperHeroHype back in September that his character was as “dead as a doornail.”  Well...maybe not that dead.
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
Michael K / Dlisted:
Look At What The K-A-T Dragged In.....  Kim Zolciak from The Really Not Housewives of Atlanta fell off the damn tightrope and somehow found herself at NBC's Golden Globes after-party.  Some bitch should have alerted Peta that Kim was going to be there, because she's just asking to get flour bombed for that tortured creature on her head.
 
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