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6:40 PM ET, December 31, 2009

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Elizabeth Leonard / People.com:
Friend: Charlie Sheen ‘Let Himself Down by Drinking’  —  Charlie Sheen has spent the last week quietly reflecting on his life since he and wife Brooke Mueller got into a heated fight on Christmas Day that led to his arrest, says a friend close to the couple.  —  “Charlie feels awful,” the friend tells PEOPLE.
Discussion: Extra and The Hollywood Gossip
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Linda Marx / People.com:   Brooke Mueller's Lawyer Denies $1M Claim
PopEater:
Lawyers: Sheens Want To Reconcile
Discussion: omg! and Anything Hollywood
E! Online:
Charlie Sheen's Wife Doin' Fine, Says Mom
Discussion: iVillage
Luisa Metcalfe / OK! Magazine:
REPORT: Charlie Sheen has Offered Brooke Mueller $1 Million to Stay
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Sheen Sweetens Wife's Prenup Deal By $1 Million
Discussion: Perez Hilton and msnbc.com
People.com:
Caught in the Act!  —  • Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo racked up some frequent flyer miles recently, hopping a flight from the singer's hometown of Cincinnati to N.Y.C. The couple sat together in coach, “and were very low-key,” says a source, who noted they were both in jeans and cozy tops.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
KHVO:
Sources: Limbaugh Rushed To Honolulu Hospital  —  Conservative Radio Show Host Suffering From Chest Pains  —  HONOLULU — Conservative radio talk host Rush Limbaugh was rushed to a Honolulu hospital on Wednesday afternoon with chest pains, sources told KITV.
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X17 Online:
Lindsay Gets Ready To Ring In The New Year In St. Barth!  —  image courtesy of Lindsay Lohan's Twitter Hot damn!  Lindsay Lohan is currently in St. Barth, but she didn't let the cloudy weather stop her from busting out a neon pink bikini earlier today!  Lindsay tweeted a pic of herself elegantly posed …
David Caplan / People.com:
Rosie O'Donnell Steps Out with New Girlfriend  —  Rosie O'Donnell is off the market!  —  The comedian and former TV talk show host - who in mid-November revealed that her longtime partner Kelli Carpenter moved out of their home two years ago - is now dating Tracy Kachtick-Anders …
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Us Weekly:
PIC: Brad Pitt Takes Boys to Dave & Buster's!  —  It's a boys' day out for Brad Pitt and sons Maddox and Pax!  —  The star, 46, and his younger brother Doug took the two boys to Dave & Buster's in New York City's Times Square Wednesday afternoon, UsMagazine.com confirms.
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Laura Kalnicky / Life and Style:
Angelina and Jen: face-to-face again!
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com and Cele|bitchy
TMZ.com:
AT&T Hangs Up on Tiger Woods  —  Tiger Woods just got a dropped call from AT&T — as in, “Hello, Tiger?  You've been dropped.”  —  AT&T did not explain why they're ending the sponsorship with Tiger.  —  The news comes in the wake of a study, which shows Tiger's sponsors took …
Discussion: X17 Online, omg! and Backseat Cuddler
Rob Shuter / PopEater:
Kate Gosselin's Got a New Dating Show?  —  Kate Gosselin's first stab at reality didn't end up smelling like roses (more like a bad scented candle that you can't re-gift), so I'm left scratching my head with word that the original TV octo-mom may be looking love via reality television.
Jada Yuan / New York Magazine:
Vulture Exclusive: Robert Pattinson Chips Tooth in Flossing Accident, Says Twilight 3 Co-star  —  Sure, he looks foul-smelling, but would you believe Twilight star Robert Pattinson is really “incredibly hygienic”?  So hygienic, in fact, that he's a threat to himself and his teeth?
Examiner:
Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon give personal cartoon Christmas cards to family and friends  —  Mariah Carey and hubby Nick Cannon have several holiday traditions, including spending Christmas in Aspen, Colorado and sending out a cartoon Christmas card to family and friends.
PR Newswire:
Sandra Bullock Top Money-Making Star of 2009  —  Sandra Bullock has been voted the Top Money-Making Star of 2009 in Quigley Publishing Company's 78th Annual Poll of Exhibitors and is the first female to win since Julia Roberts in 1999.  Bullock is the eighth woman chosen #1 in the Poll's 78 year history.
Discussion: Jezebel
PopEater:
Van Morrison Baby Story Was a Hoax  —  Reclusive singer Van Morrison has denied reports that he has become a father again at 64, chalking the announcement on his Web site that led to countless news articles as a hacker-perpetrated hoax.  The statement which was briefly on VanMorrison.com Tuesday announced …
Discussion: Reuters
TMZ.com:
Mike Tyson - Free at Last, Officially  —  Mike Tyson will not be prosecuted for allegedly punching a photog at LAX, TMZ has learned.  —  The L.A. City Attorney officially rejected the case today, citing “insufficient evidence.”  —  Tyson's lawyer, the ever-effervescent Shawn Chapman Holley …
Discussion: X17 Online, Backseat Cuddler and omg!
Contactmusic.com:
ANISTON WAS THE FORCE BEHIND NEW PAPARAZZI BILL  —  JENNIFER ANISTON has been named as the force behind a new state law in California, which will restrict the paparazzi in 2010 and beyond.  —  Aniston's activism was instrumental in the success of Assembly Bill 524, which takes effect from Friday …
 
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Discussion: Extra, iVillage and Perez Hilton
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Access Hollywood:
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Shawna Flavell / The PETA Files:
PETA Names Man and Woman of the Year
Discussion: I Need My Fix and Perez Hilton
UPI:
‘Bennifer’ voted worst couple of the '00s
Discussion: OK! Magazine and Seriously? OMG!
Jeff Labrecque / EW.com:
‘Saturday Night Live’ announces hosts
Discussion: New York Magazine and Movieline
 

 
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New York Times:
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