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6:05 PM ET, November 20, 2008

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Daily Mail:
Madonna and Guy strike deal to share custody of the children... but he doesn't get a penny of her £300m fortune … Madonna and Guy Ritchie have reached agreement on their divorce - with the British film director refusing to take a penny of the pop star's cash, it has emerged.
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Lesley Messer / People.com:
Reports: Madonna Reaches Divorce Settlement  —  Now it's really over.  —  The BBC reports that according to court lists, Madonna and Guy Ritchie will be granted a preliminary divorce decree at the High Court in London on Friday.  After six weeks and a day, the divorce would be made final.
Korin Miller / NY Daily News:
Guy Ritchie turns down Madonna's millions for joint custody of sons …
Discussion: Bossip and Gabby Babble
Sarah Rollo / Digital Spy:   Madonna, Ritchie reach divorce agreement
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Brandy: Why I Lied About My Marriage  —  Singer Brandy opens up for the first time to Us Weekly about her fake marriage and the “traumatic” car accident that left one person dead.  —  In 2002, Brandy Norwood announced she'd secretly wed music producer Robert Smith the year before …
Discussion: iVillage and Bossip
Mike Neill / Life and Style:
Life & Style Exclusive: Holly Madison: Leaving Hef changed my look  —  Since splitting with 82-year-old Hugh Hefner recently, The Girls Next Door star Holly Madison has never looked more fresh-faced and beautiful.  The inspiration behind her make-under?  A new beau — bad-boy illusionist Criss Angel …
Discussion: Faded Youth Blog and dailystab.com
Fancast:
Julianne Hough: “Vote For My Brother Derek”  —  By Julianne Hough Special to Fancast.com Don't be sad.  Someone has to leave; too bad it was us, but it's the name of the game.  Cody and I hoped for the best and expected the worst.  We definitely got the worst.  We're OK with it, though.
Discussion: Mollygood, Pop Crunch and Lifeline Live
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PEOPLE TV Watch:
Julianne Hough Hanging Up Her Dancing Shoes
Discussion: TV Envy
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Julianne Hough Leaving Dancing With the Stars
Discussion: Fancast and Us Weekly
Cele|bitchy:
Fan gets too personal with Brad Pitt on Oprah  —  Here's a clip from yesterday's Oprah with fan from Ontario, California asking Brad Pitt about his tattoos and not giving up when he indicates that he doesn't want to talk about it.  She's especially interested in the tattoo he has on his forearm …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Brad Pitt Comes Face To Skype With A Bradaloonie
Discussion: OH NO!!
Margeaux Watson / EW.com:
First look: MTV's ‘Britney: For the Record’  —  I just attended an exclusive screening of the first 33 minutes of the hotly anticipated upcoming MTV documentary, Britney: For the Record, premiering on Nov. 30 at 10 p.m. Shot over three months following her performance at this year's VMAs …
Discussion: Mollygood and Britney Spears
Dotson Rader / PARADE Magazine:
I have great hope for love  —  'Do I need men?" actress reese Witherspoon asks. “  I don't think it's about needing men.  It's about love.  Sitting in a quiet corner of a Beverly Hills hotel lounge overlooking a garden, Reese wears a chic black dress, black open-toe pumps, and gold dangle earrings.
Simon Cable / Daily Mail:
Winona Ryder fell ill on plane to London after ‘overdosing on tranquilliser tablets’ … Winona Ryder looks distinctly ill at ease as she arrives at Los Angeles airport to board a plane to London.  —  This picture of the actress in a wide-brimmed, cloche-type hat and sunglasses was taken …
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Michael Thornton / Digital Spy:
Jackman: ‘My wife hates gay rumours’  —  Hugh Jackman has revealed that his wife hates hearing rumours that he is gay.  —  The actor, who was this week named the sexiest man alive by People magazine, said wife Deborra-Lee Furness often has to assure people that her husband is straight.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, WOW Report and Towleroad
Lisa de Moraes / Washington Post:
Rosie: Trauma on ‘The View’  —  Rosie O'Donnell, promoting her forthcoming NBC Thanksgiving Eve variety special/backdoor pilot, told reporters yesterday that being on “The View” — from which she departed hastily and publicly — left her with something akin to post-traumatic stress disorder.
Discussion: Defamer, OH NO!!, BuddyTV and TVbytheNumbers
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Jessica Gold Haralson / People.com:
Rihanna's New Tattoo Explained!  —  Rihanna's new tattoo  —  Got ink?  —  Rihanna certainly does.  The singer showed off a new tattoo on her right wrist Wednesday, as she chatted with reporters at a UNICEF event.  —  “It's tribal,” she said at the charity's annual Snowflake Lighting Ceremony in New York's Grand Army Plaza.
Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
Exclusive: ‘Gossip’ Guy Nixes Contract  —  Warning: If you're an out-of-work actor, this story may induce uncontrollable head-scratching and/or violent convulsions.  —  Gossip Girl third-stringer Connor Paolo, who plays Blake Lively's little (and recently outed) brother, Eric van der Woodsen …
Michael K / Dlisted:
This Is How It's Done  —  Shane Mercado and Beyonce have both been dethroned as the reigning Sasha Fierce!  Cubby from 96.1 The Beat in Charlotte has shown them both exactly how it's done.  Just keep your eyes up while watching.  Don't look down.  Trust me.  Don't look at his fromagerie area.
Discussion: Towleroad
Jeremy Olshan / New York Post:
WOLF BOY'S HOPE  —  COLUMBIA TESTS CURE  —  It's not easy being a preteen “wolf boy” - but scientists at Columbia University are confident they've finally found the silver bullet that can cure one.  —  Pruthviraj Patil, 11, suffers from a rare genetic disorder known as hypertrichosis …
Emmet Sullivan / People.com:
Alec Baldwin Kisses and Tells on Jennifer Aniston  —  What's it like to kiss Jennifer Aniston?  —  “It was the greatest day of my life,” Alec Baldwin told PEOPLE Wednesday at the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge Dedication Gala in New York.  —  The two locked lips during last week's episode of 30 Rock …
Discussion: POPSUGAR, iVillage and Fancast
 
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Michael K / Dlisted:
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New York Post:
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Discussion: Cele|bitchy
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