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Lisa Ingrassia / People.com:
Ginnifer Goodwin and Chris Klein Call It Quits  —  Ginnifer Goodwin and Chris Klein  —  Ginnifer Goodwin and Chris Klein have called it quits after two years of dating, PEOPLE has learned.  —  A Goodwin pal tells PEOPLE that the split was mutual and amicable.  “They realized they wanted different things,” says the friend.
Eileen Finan / People.com:
Big & Rich's John Rich Gets Hitched  —  Country star John Rich married his longtime girlfriend, Joan Bush, Saturday evening in a small ceremony in Nashville, his rep confirms exclusively to PEOPLE.  —  The wedding between Rich, 34, one half of the duo Big & Rich and host of CMT's Gone Country …
People.com:
New Details of Jodie Sweetin Split Revealed  —  New court papers shed light on the deteriorating marriage of former Full House actress Jodie Sweetin to husband Cody Herpin.  —  “Our house is in foreclosure, our water has been shut off twice.  Currently, all of our other utilities are overdue …
James Desborough / News of the World:
Madonna gives £32m to Guy  —  MADONNA is handing Guy Ritchie a £32 million divorce pay-off, the News of the World can reveal.  —  A CASH sum of £12 MILLION will land in the Brit's bank account in the next few days.  —  And the 40-year-old film director will also be given …
Discussion: X17 Online
Sharon Churcher / Daily Mail:
‘The day I saw Britney Spears’ father pull a knife' … He was the domineering man who subjected this writer to a hostile drunken monologue... now a court has given him stifling control of his daughter's life - and it's driving her crazy  —  Britney Spears appears to have undergone a remarkable transformation.
Enid Nemy / New York Times:
Sunny von Bulow Dies; Her Near Death Started a Drama  —  Martha (Sunny) von Bülow, the American heiress who was first married to an Austrian playboy prince and then to a Danish-born man-about-society who was twice tried on charges of attempting to murder her, died Saturday at a nursing home in Manhattan.
Discussion: Gawker and Jezebel
New York Post:
MIAMI ART FEST A CELEBS' SLUM  —  THE Art Basel convention in Miami has always been more about the parties than the art, but some revelers seem to be taking the concept to a whole new level.  —  Pint-sized Mary-Kate Olsen has cut a particularly wide swath through the town.
Discussion: POPSUGAR and X17 Online
Chris Willard / People.com:
Kelly Rutherford Preps Son for Big Brotherhood  —  Rutherford, husband Daniel Giersch and son Hermes  —  The Gossip Girl writers have been given ample notice, but how will Kelly Rutherford prepare her own son Hermés, 2, for a new sibling?  —  “My husband [Daniel Giersch] …
kanyeuniversecity.com:
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS... THIS IS NOT ME!!!!!  —  F-ing posers!  —  lol.. ppl stay jockin you 'Ye.  —  i got some art for you dude.  myspace.com/super_artwizard.  —  good to know, i'm following whoever that is...  love 808s!!!  —  NORMANOSBORNE |  December 5, 2008  —  well i know now ;)
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Associated Press:
Model Bettie Page hospitalized after heart attack  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bettie Page, one of the most notable models of the 20th century, is hospitalized in intensive care after suffering a heart attack in Los Angeles.  —  Mark Roesler, Page's agent and attorney, says Friday that the 85-year-old is …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Bumpshack.com
Josh Verges / Argus Leader:
Tough-guy movie actor beat up in Sioux Falls bar  —  Hollywood actor Vinnie Jones was treated for injuries and arrested after a Thursday night bar fight at Wiley's Tavern in downtown Sioux Falls.  —  Jones, 43, is a British former soccer player whose movie credits include “Snatch,” …
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Shia's Shattered Hand Keeps Him Unemployed  —  Shia LaBeouf isn't feeling very hands-on right now.  —  A source confirmed to E! News Friday that the severe injury the Eagle Eye star suffered to his left hand in a July 27 rollover crash has forced him to pull out of his latest film.
Discussion: OH NO!! and Bitten and Bound
Associated Press:
O.J. gets at least 9 years for armed hotel robbery  —  LAS VEGAS - A weary and beaten-looking O.J. Simpson was put away Friday for at least nine years — and perhaps the rest of his life — for an armed robbery in a hotel room, bringing a measure of satisfaction to those who believed …
Discussion: Digital Spy
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