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11:10 AM ET, December 17, 2009

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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 …
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ABCNEWS:
Divorce Looms for ‘Athlete of the Decade’  —  Associated Press Gives Huge Honor; ABC News Source Says Elin Plans on Divorce  —  The good news for Tiger Woods is that the relentless reports about his marital infidelity did not stop him from being named the Athlete of the Decade by The Associated Press.
Michael Y. Park / People.com:
Jessica Simpson Shoots Down Tiger Woods Rumors  —  A report that Jessica Simpson and Tiger Woods once flirted is a complete lie, the singer says.  —  “Can't believe that I'm on the cover of star magazine with Tiger Woods, what a JOKE!  ‘The Shocking Inside Story’ is (insert drumroll) A LIE!”
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RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Payoff For New Tiger Woods Mistress In The Works  —  Another one of Tiger Woods' mistresses is negotiating a payoff, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.  —  After Rachel Uchitel cashed in on a deal that is worth from $1 million to $3 million, the next mistress closing in on collecting is Theresa Rogers.
Popeater:
Jessica Simpson Denies Tiger Woods Love Connection  —  Jessica Simpson has been thrown into the Tiger-mistress mix by Star magazine, and she's not happy about it.  —  The tabloid claims to have a source that spotted Tiger Woods and Simpson canoodling at the AT&T National Pro-Am golf tournament …
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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TMZ.com:
Courtney to Frances: Don't Be Like Jamie Lynn  —  Courtney Love is using the Internet to blast off about losing legal control of her daughter Frances Bean Cobain — and in her latest rant, she takes a nasty shot at unwed teenage mother Jamie Lynn Spears.  —  Courtney just posted the following on her Facebook page:
Us Weekly:
Courtney Love Slams Daughter as “Deceptive” After Losing Custody
Discussion: Socialite Life
Chris Henry / TMZ.com:
NFL Star Chris Henry Dies  —  NFL star Chris Henry has died as a result of the injuries he sustained after falling out of the back of a moving pick-up truck yesterday.  —  Charlotte-Mecklenburg police tell TMZ Henry died at 6:36 AM EST this morning.  —  He was 26.
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TMZ.com:
NFL Star Badly Wounded in Truck Mishap
Discussion: omg!, Bumpshack.com and Kentucky Post
Cele|bitchy:
Garth Brooks sues hospital for not using his donation as promised  —  Country singer Garth Brooks is suing his hometown hospital for reneging on their promise to use his 1/2 million dollar donation to fund a new building named after his late mom.  Brooks has filed a $500,000 breach …
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Garth Brooks / Access Hollywood:
Garth Brooks Sues Oklahoma Hospital For $500K
Discussion: Perez Hilton, Digital Spy and CNN
Michael Y. Park / People.com:
Garth Brooks to Sue Oklahoma Hospital for $500,000
Discussion: iVillage, TMZ.com and EW.com
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.
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 …
Marc Graser / Variety:
Rene Russo joins cast of ‘Thor’  —  Actress set to play Frigga, mother of Norse hero  —  Rene Russo has joined the cast of “Thor,” with the actress set to play Frigga, the mother of Marvel Entertainment's hammer-wielding Norse hero.  —  Kenneth Branagh is helming the actioner that starts lensing …
Rainbow / RADAR:
WORLD EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Rob Pattinson And Katy Perry's Flirty Fun At Bar!  —  Twilight hunk Rob Pattinson and pop princess Katy Perry got up close and personal Wednesday night at Dimples Supper Club in Burbank California — and RadarOnline.com was there!  —  That's right — we were inside …
Discussion: Lemondrop.com and Socialite Life
Lindsay Robertson / omg! on Yahoo!:
Sarah Jessica Parker's Missing Mole  —  Back in the summer of 2008, the gossip websites had a brief obsession with the unexplained disappearance of a mole that had graced actress Sarah Jessica Parker's chin for her entire acting career.  The general consensus was confusion: “Why would she remove it now?”
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Lainey's Entertainment Update:
Smack the Cyrus  —  Since I'm going to hell already I'll say it for you - the little one's voice is just as annoying as her older sister.  Of course it's a Cyrus.  What else could it be?  —  You've already enjoyed the sight of Noah Cyrus working a pole and her Halloween costume left nothing to be desired.
Discussion: Anything Hollywood and Cele|bitchy
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Azaria Jagger / Gawker:
9-Year-Old Noah Cyrus Performing ‘Smack That’ …
Discussion: Popeater
Us Weekly:
See Melissa Rycroft's Mexican Wedding Photos!  —  On Saturday, Melissa Rycroft walked down the aisle in a Mexican beach ceremony — and the new Us Weekly (on newsstands now) has all the details!  —  Check out these photos of the barefoot former Bachelorette, 26, in a strapless organza …
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 …
 
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From Mediagazer:

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

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”

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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