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5:05 PM ET, December 16, 2009

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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Source: Elin Nordegren Plans Split from Tiger Woods  —  The holidays may bring a final showdown in the marriage of Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren, a source close to the golfer's wife tells PEOPLE, saying, “She plans to leave Tiger.”  —  Another source says, “She's made up her mind.
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E! Online:
Tiger's First Love: Woods Was Devastated by His Father's Cheating  —  Loading...  Long before he made tabloid (or even sports page) headlines, Tiger Woods was devastated by his own father's philandering, according to his high school sweetheart.  —  Dina Parr, whom he dated during high school …
New York Post:
Elin's out of Tiger Habitat  —  Will take kids away ‘by Yule’ as movers arrive  —  Tiger's wife is taking the cubs and moving to a new den.  —  Moving crews yesterday descended on the family's Florida manse, where Tiger Woods' furious wife, Elin Nordegren, has been living since their infamous battle …
Us Weekly:
COVER STORY: Reese Leaves Jake; “It Broke His Heart”  —  After nearly three years together, Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal called it quits in early December.  “It broke his heart,” an insider reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.  —  A source close to Gyllenhaal, 29 …
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Us Weekly:
Courtney Love Slams Daughter as “Deceptive” After Losing Custody  —  Courtney Love has lashed out at daughter Frances Bean Cobain after the 17-year-old girl was placed under temporary guardianship of her paternal grandmother and Kurt Cobain's sister.  (No reason was given for the guardianship.)
Mary Beth Quirk / OK! Magazine:
COVER STORY: Meet Kendra & Hank's Baby Boy!  —  World, meet Hank Randall Baskett IV — newborn son of Kendra Wilkinson Baskett, 24, and her husband, Hank, 27, a wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts.  —  After initially planning a natural childbirth, the former Playboy model delivered …
swide.com:
Madonna in the Dolce & Gabbana campaign: the images  —  Exclusive in this week's Italian edition of Vanity Fair is the worldwide preview of Dolce & Gabbana's new spring/summer 2010 campaign featuring pop icon Madonna.  Click here to take a first look and read what designer Stefano Gabbana has to say about the shoot and the star.
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PHOTO: Sarah Jessica Parker Shares New Pic of the Twins  —  Oh, babies: Sarah Jessica Parker says her 6-month-old twin girls “are about as un-identical as twins can be.”  —  On Tuesday's Late Show With David Letterman, she showed off a new photo of Marion and Tabitha, who were born in June with the help of a surrogate mother.
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Peter Mikelbank / People.com:
Sofia Coppola Expecting Second Child  —  Director Sofia Coppola and partner Thomas Mars, the frontman for the band Phoenix, are expecting their second child, Mars has confirmed.  —  In a backstage interview with Chicago's WXRT, the French-born musician, seemingly surprised …
Ashley Mateo / Self.com:
Behind the Scenes: Carrie Underwood Cover Shoot  —  We first met Carrie Underwood four years for her first post-Idol cover and guess what?  At our Nashville cover shoot, we found out she's as girl-next-door normal as she was before all the awards and chart-topping hits!
Us Weekly:
PIC: See Nicole Kidman's Embarrassing Makeup Snafu!  —  Yikes!  —  At Tuesday's red carpet premiere for Nine in Manhattan, Nicole Kidman debuted a questionable new makeup trend: a mess of white powder dotting her eyes and nose!  —  Looks like Kidman and her makeup artist for the night needed …
Discussion: Just Jared
Daily Mail:
Youthful Madonna turns back the clock to her Like A Prayer days as she brings Lourdes to Nine premiere  —  Madonna turned the New York premiere of Nine into a family affair last night as she arrived with daughter Lourdes.  —  The film may have been set in the Sixties, but Madonna was clearly …
TMZ.com:
Jon & Kate — The Arbitrator's Verdict is In  —  Jon Gosselin and soon-to-be-ex Kate Gosselin now know who's going to get what in their divorce.  TMZ has learned the arbitrator in their divorce case has made his decision on the subject of dividing money and other property and it has been forwarded to the divorce judge.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Azaria Jagger / Gawker:
9-Year-Old Noah Cyrus Performing ‘Smack That’ Is Disturbing On Seven Different Levels  —  Last time we saw Miley Cyrus' little sister, the tyke was posing with stripper poles and wearing patent-leather thigh-high boots.  And now: Noah performs an exuberant ass-slapping version of Akon's …
Discussion: Popeater
Jennifer Garcia / People.com:
Vanessa Hudgens Turns 21 with a Surprise Party  —  Vanessa Hudgens got a big surprise Monday night - a group of about 100 friends gathered at East Restaurant & Lounge in Hollywood to celebrate her 21th birthday.  —  Hudgens, decked out in a black mini dress with lace cut-out arms …
People.com:
Taylor Swift Makes Cover of PEOPLE's 25 Most Intriguing People of 2009  —  Ask Taylor Swift for one word to describe her life these days and the answer is easy: “Happy,” she says.  “It feels like this ongoing dream.”  —  And why shouldn't it?  Swift - who graces the cover of PEOPLE's 25 …
Phil / Egotastic!:
Eva Amurri Nude in Californication One Last Time (For Now)  —  Well, Californication season 3 is done, so that means we'll have to try and get our Eva Amurri fix elsewhere for the timebeing, but at least the show left us with one last gift in the form of this Eva Amurri nude video.
Laura Kalnicky / Life and Style:
Life & Style exclusive: Bethenny Frankel: My miracle pregnancy  —  Being four months pregnant hasn't slowed down Bethenny Frankel one bit.  She's shooting The Real Housewives of New York City, will set out on tour to promote her new book, The Skinnygirl Dish, and just finished filming her first exercise DVD.
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Courtney Hazlett / msnbc.com:
Tiger, wife headed for permanent split
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From Mediagazer:

The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount CEO Bob Bakish steps down; Brian Robbins, Chris McCarthy, and George Cheeks will run Paramount on an interim basis as an “Office of the CEO”

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
The Financial Times signs a deal with OpenAI to train AI models on the publisher's archived content and to let ChatGPT reply with short summaries of FT articles

Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Shari Redstone agreed to take less than $2B for her Paramount stake as part of Skydance's “best and final” offer, lower than what was initially offered

 
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