Toasting Obama: Courteney & Jen Celebrate in L.A.; Oprah, Brad On Hand in Chicago  —  While Oprah Winfrey and Brad Pitt opted for the live version, a couple of Friends got together to watch their guy win it all via satellite.  —  E! News has learned that Courteney Cox and hubby David Arquette hosted …

Carnie Wilson: I'm Pregnant!  —  Carnie Wilson - who lost nearly 50 pounds this year with OK! exclusively following her struggle to get slim and healthy - is now announcing her happy baby news.  The singer and her musician husband, Rob Bonfiglio, are pregnant with their second child.

Voters approve Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriages  —  Passage of Prop.8 throws thousands of same-sex unions into doubt.  —  UPDATE: Voters approve Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriages.  With more than 95% of the vote counted, the measure leads 52.1% to 47.9%.

Jessica Simpson Says Tony Romo ‘Saved Me’  —  With her relationship with Tony Romo approaching the one-year mark, Jessica Simpson is gaining some perspective on her life and loves.  —  “I'd always fall for guys I wanted to save,” the singer, 28, tells Cosmopolitan for its December issue (on sale Nov. 11).

Cover Story: Baby Brother For Suri!  —  Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have made it no secret that they want more children in addition to daughter Suri — and no one is rooting for a new Cruise baby more than Tom's ex, Nicole Kidman!  —  In the December issue of Glamour, the star …

Oprah, Brad Pitt Celebrate Obama's Victory in Chicago  —  “I'm vibrating,” Winfrey told Usmagazine.com.  —  How will she celebrate?  —  “Just to be fully present.  I'm just trying to take it all in,” she told Us.  “I can't even talk about it.”  —  “This has been the greatest experience of my lifetime,” she told reporters.

JUST ASKING  —  WHICH aggressive TV, stage and movie actor has a shady past?  Rumor is he sexually assaulted a girl while in high school and his family had the situation “swept under the rug” . . . WHICH screen god isn't as happy as he and his paramour would like the world to think?

Celebrity obsession reduces fear of death.  —  Can reading Perez Hilton reduce fear of death?  Recent research (reported in PT) suggests that we identify with celebrities to boost a sense of our own immortality.  The demi-gods: They're just like us!  —  According to “terror management theory …

At city's celeb hot spots, Obama-rama  —  It was the cheer heard 'round the world.  —  And nowhere was it louder than in New York.  In the bars, at the posh parties, every time a news anchor called another state for Barack Obama, you could hear them roar.  The feeling was, we got our country back.

Conchords star becomes a dad  —  Flight of the Conchords Kiwi comedy star Jemaine Clement and his new wife are celebrating the birth of their first child together.  —  Clement's wife, Wellington actress and playwright Miranda Manasiadis, gave birth to their son, Sophocles Iraia Manasiadis Clement, in New York last month.

Angelina Jolie Teaches Her Kids Real vs. Movie Brutality  —  Angelina Jolie loves shooting things up onscreen, but she wants to make sure her kids understand the difference between make-believe and reality.  —  “We don't take war and violence lightly, but we don't hide it from anybody,” …

Charlize Theron plans ‘Tourist’ trip  —  Actress in talks to costar with Tom Cruise in pic  —  Charlize Theron is negotiating to star with Tom Cruise in “The Tourist,” the Bharat Nalluri-directed remake of the 2005 French thriller “Anthony Zimmer.”  —  In the Julian Fellowes-scripted drama …

Tim Robbins Couldn't Vote — Cops Called  —  Tim Robbins tried voting at his NYC polling place earlier today.  There was some kind of ruckus and the cops were called.  —  Apparently Robbins has been voting at that polling place for more than a decade but today his name wasn't on the register.

SNEAK PEEK: Inside Christina Aguilera's New Commercial  —  Christina Aguilera goes back in time to get the look for her new TV commercial to promote her greatest hits CD - and PEOPLE takes you to the set.  —  Inspired by pop artists of the '60s and '70s, the singer says she sought …

Lindsay: Lesson Learned  —  Lindsay Lohan has gone from a hard-partying It girl in the fast lane to self-confessed couch potato — and she's grateful for how she's wised up.  “I've learned my lesson at an early age and I am very thankful for that,” Lindsay confesses to “Extra.”