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2:30 AM ET, December 2, 2008

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Chicago Tribune:
Jennifer Hudson tragedy: William Balfour arrested  —  Chicago police said today they have arrested William Balfour for the murders of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson's family members.  —  Balfour, 27, has been in custody in Stateville Correctional Center on a violation of parole …
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Perez Hilton:
Balfour Officially Charged In Hudson Family Murders!!!  —  Finally!  —  Hopefully this will help bring closure to Jennifer Hudson and her family!  —  Chicago police said Monday that they have arrested William Balfour for the murders of the Oscar winner's mother, brother and little nephew.
Don Babwin / Associated Press:   Estranged relative arrested in Hudson killings
Korin Miller / NY Daily News:
‘30 Rock’ star Tina Fey finally reveals how she got her facial scar  —  Tina Fey has finally revealed how she got her signature facial scar - and it's pretty ugly.  —  The 38-year-old comedienne was attacked by a stranger in a violent slashing incident when she was five.
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Maureen Dowd / Vanity Fair:
What Tina Wants  —  Tina Fey has rules.  They've guided the 38-year-old writer-comedian through marriage, motherhood, and a career that went into hyperdrive this fall, when her Sarah Palin impression convulsed the nation, boosting the ratings of both Saturday Night Live and her own NBC show, 30 Rock.
Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Marg Helgenberger & Husband Separate After 19 Years  —  CSI star Marg Helgenberger has separated from her husband of nearly 20 years, actor Alan Rosenberg.  —  “After 19 years of marriage, Marg and Alan have decided to take some time apart,” the actress's rep said Monday.
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Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:   CSI Star Marg Helgenberger, Husband Split
Associated Press:
Ivana Trump separates from fourth hubby Rubicondi  —  NEW YORK - Ivana Trump has issued a statement confirming reports of marital discord with Italian entrepreneur Rossano Rubicondi.  —  Trump, who married Rubicondi in April, says she filed a legal separation agreement three months ago.
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Allison Corneau / Us Weekly:
Simon Cowell: Britney Spears Is in Awe of Me  —  Britney Spears won over one of America's toughest critics with her string of comeback performances last week: Simon Cowell!  —  As part of a promotional tour to tout Tuesday's release of her new album, Circus, Spears, 26, performed “Womanizer” on Cowell's X-Factor Saturday.
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Emmet Sullivan / People.com:
Simon Cowell Says Britney Spears Is ‘In Awe’ of Him
Discussion: Gone Hollywood and iVillage
Daily Mail:
Simon Cowell ‘completely freaked out’ …
Haven Thompson / Editors' Blog:
ED WESTWICK & JESSICA SZOHR: FURTHER INTRIGUE AT DFW  —  This just in: Another one of W's spies also happened to be stuck in the Dallas airport yesterday with the Gossip Girl threesome (see our previous item here).  And he swears to us that after the pals finished up at Chilis Too …
Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:
Gossip Girl's Kelly Rutherford Pregnant!  —  Gossip Girl star Kelly Rutherford, 40, and her entrepreneur husband, Daniel Giersch, are expecting their second child in June, her rep said in a statement Monday.  —  The couple are already parents to two-year-old son, Hermès.
Discussion: Seriously? OMG!
New York Post:
SEAN MILKS IT  —  JAMES Franco says Sean Penn pushed the gay sex scenes in “Milk” further than he expected.  “In the original script I read, there was only one real kissing scene,” Franco tells next month's Elle.  “A month after [director] Gus [Van Sant] asked me to do it, they sent me another script …
People.com:
PHOTO: Courteney Cox Arquette Scrubs Up to Play Doctor  —  Scrubs gets a new network and a sexy new chief of medicine - Courteney Cox Arquette - and PEOPLE has the first-look photo.  —  The long-running NBC comedy is now on ABC, with the Friend-turned-MD appearing in the season-eight premiere …
Garth Franklin / Dark Horizons:
Miller Officially Off “Justice League”  —  Appearing on Sydney-based morning talk show “Sunrise” this morning, Aussie filmmaker George Miller confirmed he's no longer involved in the “Justice League” in any capacity.  —  According to scooper ‘Steve’ he says that Miller indicated …
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Pop Tarts: Was Gordon Ramsay's Alleged Affair Just a PR Stunt?  —  LOS ANGELES — It has been quite a rough week for top British chef Gordon Ramsay after author Sarah Symonds went public with claims she has been having a ten-year affair with the married “Hell's Kitchen” star.
Michael K / Dlisted:
This S**t Is Impossible  —  If Mary-Kate Olsen is f**king pregnant, then I better go to the vet, because I might have immaculately conceived a litter of Spaghetti Cat's kittens.  If that evil troll can get knocked up, anybody can.  —  Some obvious jokester told the National Enquirer …
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Housewives of O.C.'s New Kid Talks Feuds  —  Let the catfights begin!  —  Gretchen Rossi, the newest member of the Real Housewives of Orange County, has no problem saying how she really feels about veteran housewife Vicki Gunvalson.  —  “I think sometimes Vicki is in her own little world …
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Brad Pitt: The Best Meal Angelina Jolie Has Cooked for Me Is Cereal  —  Don't expect Angelina Jolie to whip up a fancy dinner for her six kids and beau Brad Pitt.  —  In the new issue of chef Jamie Oliver's eponymous magazine, Pitt, 44, admits the best meal Jolie has ever cooked for him was “cereals,” according to the U.K. Guardian.
Michael K / Dlisted:
The Feeling Is Mutual  —  DOUCHE ALERT!  Put your dirty 'ginas in the air for a free wash!  Dax] Dix Shepard was at Disneyland with his way more famous girlfriend Kristen Bell when he spotted a pap taking pictures of them while they were on “It's A Small World.”  Dax immediately gave the pap the douchebag salute!
New York Post:
DIRECTOR ACTS LIKE A DOPE  —  DIRECTOR David Fincher is not helping his movie “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” with his imperious ways.  “We are working our asses off trying to get Oscar nominations, and he is so abusive that it's crushing,” said an insider at Paramount.  “Whatever we do, it's not enough.”
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