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8:50 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
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 …
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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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: omg!, X17 Online 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.
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: omg! and Reuters
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
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?
Brian Moylan / Gawker:
Filmmakers Vow to Eradicate the Last Remaining Difference Between Jersey Shore and Porn  —  It was only a matter of time before we got Jersey Whores, but now that it's here, our brain is about to explode.  What is the result of a parody of a self-parody?  Implosion?  Destruction?  Beauty?
Discussion: Pop Crunch and OK! Magazine
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
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!
Richard Johnson / New York Post:
Insole offense  —  Paris Hiltonstole my insole!  So claims a shoe company suing her over the design of a heart-shaped insole she allegedly copied from them.  New York-based Gwyneth Shoes says it patented the heart pad in 2007, months before the February 2008 launch of Paris Hilton Footwear.
Discussion: Just Jared and New York Magazine
E! Online:
Snooki vs. Domino's: The Pizza Giant Fires Back!  —  It's a war of words between Domino's and Jersey Shore's Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi.  —  The foul-mouthed reality starlet recently told Steppin' Out magazine that she has some thoughts for Domino's, Dell, UNICO and American Family Insurance: “F—k you!
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.
 
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Us Weekly:
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Access Hollywood:
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UPI:
‘Bennifer’ voted worst couple of the '00s
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Jeff Labrecque / EW.com:
‘Saturday Night Live’ announces hosts
Discussion: New York Magazine and Movieline
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
Sources: WaPo CEO Will Lewis floated several plans to make the company profitable again; some efforts failed to pan out, part of a pattern of fits and starts

New York Times:
Amazon's $35M marketing campaign for Melania is ~10x the budget for similar documentaries like CNN's RBG; some suggest Amazon is currying favor with Trump

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Barry Diller expressed interest in buying CNN in H1 2025, before WBD said it would spin off cable networks; a WBD spokesman says CNN is not for sale

 
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