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5:10 PM ET, December 12, 2009

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Tiger Woods:
Tiger Woods taking hiatus from golf  —  I am deeply aware of the disappointment and hurt that my infidelity has caused to so many people, most of all my wife and children.  I want to say again to everyone that I am profoundly sorry and that I ask forgiveness.
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RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Mistress Tried To Have Tiger Woods Baby - Without His Knowledge  —  A woman who has had a several-year affair with Tiger Woods and has now hired a lawyer, tried to get pregnant by the golfer for years, RadarOnline.com is reporting exclusively.  —  The woman slept with Tiger sporadically …
TMZ.com:
Gillette: Tiger Woods Not the Best a Man Can Get  —  Tiger Woods won't be telling American men about close shaves anymore — Gillette is officially phasing him out of their ads.  —  The company — owned by perennially G-rated Procter & Gamble — has announced it's phasing Tiger out of its ads while he sorts out his personal life.
Discussion: omg! and OK! Magazine
Us Weekly:
Nike: Tiger Woods Has Our “Full Support”  —  Tiger Woods may be taking an indefinite hiatus from the sport of golf, but one of the 33-year-old's biggest endorsers is confident he will return — and willing to retain him as a spokesman in the meantime.  —  “Tiger has been part of Nike for more than a decade.
Discussion: TMZ.com, Extra and Hollywood Life
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Jersey Shore Sucker-Punch: MTV Pulls Snooki Fight  —  Jersey Shore has only been on the air for two weeks, but there's almost as much drama off screen as there is on.  —  First, a couple of advertisers pulled their ads after some Italian-American groups blasted the show …
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Us Weekly:
MTV Pulls Punch Clip From Jersey Shore  —  MTV has announced that it has pulled a scene from the next episode of Jersey Shore that shows lead star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi getting punched in the face.  —  In the scene - which went viral after it was previewed during this past Thursday's show …
TMZ.com:
ATL Housewives Re-Volt Over Electric Bills  —  NeNe Leakes and Kim Zolciak are locked in a stand-off with the people at “Real Housewives of Atlanta”— and we're told it's partly due to a power struggle over their electric bill.  —  Sources close to the ladies tell TMZ both women are in the midst …
Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Duggar Baby Born Prematurely Due to Pregnancy Complication  —  Michelle Duggar's 19th baby was born prematurely at 1 lb., 6 oz., because Michelle suffered a rare condition during pregnancy that causes high blood pressure, her doctor says.  —  The condition, preeclampsia …
Dean Nelson / Telegraph:
Lindsay Lohan attacked over claims she helped rescue 40 Indian children  —  An Indian charity has accused Lindsay Lohan, the Hollywood actress, of claiming to have helped to rescue 40 child labourers in New Delhi when she was not actually in the country.  —  The star of Mean Girls …
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Charlotte Spratt / Daily Mail:
That's quite a day's work there, Lindsay! …
Us Weekly:
See Kevin Federline's Shocking Weight Transformation  —  Goodbye, K-Fat, hello, K-Fit!  —  A dramatically slimmer Kevin Federline hit an L.A. golf course on Thursday.  The ex-husband to Britney Spears and father to her two sons famously shocked the world in spring 2009 with a new, rotund physique.
TMZ.com:
‘CSI: Miami’ Guy Arrested After Spat with GF  —  On “CSI: Miami,” Jonathan Togo is used to catching bad guys using crazy ancient mystical crime solving voodoo (we think, never seen the show), but LAPD needed none of that to bust him early this morning for domestic violence.
Discussion: OK! Magazine
OK! Magazine:
Madonna dropped by Louis Vuitton  —  Singer is replaced as the face of top fashion house  —  MADONNA is no longer Louis Vuitton's material girl, with a younger model taking her place as the face of the brand.  —  Madonna, 51, had signed a £6.5 million deal with the luxury brand in 2008.
Daily Express:
ALLEN SUFFERING BODY DYSMORPHIA  —  LILY ALLEN suffers from body dysmorphia, a psychological disorder which leaves her preoccupied with her weight.  —  The pop star has long struggled with her body image and she shocked fans in 2007 by taking to her online blog to discuss her fears over her shape.
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Popeater
 
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