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11:30 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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Linda Marx / People.com:
Elin Nordegren to Spend Holidays in Sweden Without Tiger  —  Escaping the media glare, Elin Nordegren is taking the kids and traveling to her homeland for the holidays, a source tells PEOPLE.  —  “Elin is going to Sweden soon,” the source says.  “Two stewardesses and one pilot are in Sweden …
Us Weekly:
ONLY ON US: Source: Tiger and Mistress Rachel Uchitel “Are Not Over”  —  Admitting his “infidelities” to the world in a statement Dec. 11, a contrite Tiger Woods explained that he was taking a hiatus from golf to “focus my attention on being a better husband, father and person.”
TMZ.com:
Court to Courtney: Stay Away From Frances  —  Courtney Love has not only lost legal control over her daughter— Frances Bean Cobain — TMZ has learned a judge has now issued a restraining order, prohibiting Courtney from having any direct or indirect contact with the 17-year-old.
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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.)
Discussion: Socialite Life and DailyFill.com
TMZ.com:
Courtney to Frances: Don't Be Like Jamie Lynn
Discussion: OK! Magazine
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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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.
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 and Best Week Ever
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!
Laura Kalnicky / Life and Style:
Brad and Angelina's baby joy!  —  Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie aren't big on PDAs.  So when Angie playfully grabbed at Brad's tux jacket, gazed at him lovingly and ran her fingers through his hair — all while he planted soft kisses on her head — everyone at the star-studded UNICEF ball knew something was up.
Discussion: popbytes and Celebrity Baby Scoop
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 …
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 …
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: omg! and Perez Hilton
TMZ.com:
NFL Star Badly Wounded in Truck Mishap  —  Chris Henry — a wide receiver on the Cincinnati Bengals — is fighting for his life after falling out of the back of a moving pick-up truck earlier today.  —  Police tell TMZ Henry had been involved in a “domestic situation” with his fiancee in North Carolina …
Discussion: Kentucky Post and Bumpshack.com
Rich / fourfour:
A real life Jersey Shore protest  —  This is happening in front of the Viacom building NOW:  —  About four people were downstairs proclaiming Snooki the “dark lord” when I took these.  I didn't feel like arguing over JS' cultural greatness, but I gather that this group's point …
Discussion: Best Week Ever and Videogum
omg!:
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.
The Cheese / Hollywoodtuna:
Annalynne McCord Is Sexy In Cosmo  —  This is more like it, I knew this chick had potential for some hot sexy photos.  Here's AnnaLynne McCord showing off as much cleavage as she possibly can in a photo spread for Cosmopolitan.  I like it, I'm just amazed she didn't bring her ugly ass sisters along …
Discussion: Socialite Life
 
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Daily Mail:
Youthful Madonna turns back the clock to her Like A Prayer days …
 

 
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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