EXCLUSIVE: Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley Split!  —  After three years of marriage, Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley have split, Us Weekly reports in its latest issue (on newsstands now).  —  “She dumped him and told him she was leaving him.  She wants to move on,” a source tells the new Us Weekly …

Jon Gosselin Gives Up Family Dogs  —  Is there no end to the collateral damage wrought by the Gosselins' marital implosion?  —  While it could be years before we know what the kids think of him, Jon Gosselin's dogs are the ones getting the short end of the separation stick right now.

Martha Stewart: Jessica Should've Watched Dog “More Closely”  —  Dog lover Martha Stewart — whose beloved chow puppy Ghenghis Khan died in an explosion in March — feels for Jessica Simpson, whose maltipoo Daisy was snatched by a coyote in L.A. earlier this week.

Madonna's Brother Expresses Himself: Sis Doesn't Look So Hot  —  Kevin Mazur/Getty Images; Jean Baptiste Lacroix/Getty Images  —  Madonna's papa don't preach, but her brother sure does.  —  The pop icon's estranged sibling Christopher Ciccone, whom she hasn't been on voguing terms with since …

Chicken Catcher Kevin Skinner Wins 'America's Got Talent'  —  Singing farmer's win nearly upstaged by Susan Boyle's ‘Wild Horses’ performance.  —  He beat an opera singer from Houston, a recycled-instrument percussion group from New Hampshire, the Texas Tenors and the singing siblings Voices of Glory.

Lindsay in seating snit  —  Lindsay Lohanis largely unemployed these days, but she still behaves like a movie star.  For the G-Star runway show Tuesday night at Hammerstein Ballroom, “She arrived with her sister,  —  Ali, and two other guests,” said our insider. "

Oprah Meets ‘Mad Men’  —  Oprah Winfrey with Jon Hamm and January Jones on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”  —  Has the pop-cultural universe just collapsed on itself?  The picture you see above is not a Photoshop trick — it's a scene from a coming episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” …

Taylor Momsen Thinks You Should Get a Life  —  Who needs pants?!  —  Certainly not Gossip Girl's Taylor Momsen, who's been spotted around New York City over the past few weeks wearing crotch-skimming hemlines, garter belts and a scowl.  Needless to say, the 16-year-old's risqué apparel …

Jimmy Carter weighs in on Kanye West's VMA stunt  —  ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — Former President Jimmy Carter took a swipe at rapper Kanye West's behavior at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards, saying it was “completely uncalled for” and his punishment was to appear on the new Jay Leno show.

Kermit the Frog: I'm Not Dating Lady Gaga  —  Lady Gaga and Kermit the Frog at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards  —  When Lady Gaga rolled up to the MTV Video Music Awards, the world was agog at the identity of her high-profile date - America's Frog Next Door, Kermit the Frog.

Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary Dies at 72  —  Mary Travers, whose ringing, earnest vocals with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary made songs like “Blowin' in the Wind,” “If I Had a Hammer” and “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” enduring anthems of the 1960s protest movement, died on Wednesday at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut.

Emma Watson's ethical fashion line  —  Actor Emma Watson collaborates with ethical fashion label People Tree to release a clothing range aimed at under-24s  —  Emma Watson, the actor best known for her role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, is to release a clothing collection …

Jackson's Mom and Kids Get a Bundle  —  Up to now we didn't know how much Katherine Jackson was getting by way of allowance while Michael Jackson's estate gets probated.  In legal docs just unveiled today, we now know the special administrators asked to pay her $26,804 per month.

Lindsay Lohan Is Not in a Psych Ward  —  Lindsay Lohan, no stranger to rumors about her state of mind, took to Twitter early Thursday morning to quash rumors that she's been hospitalized.  —  “Hahahaha my publicist just called me & said she heard I was in a psych ward!!!!  Hahaha WHAT IS WRONG with people????

‘Twilight’ sequel presales brisk  —  Online ticketers report several sellouts for Nov. 20 release  —  This “New Moon” is rising early.  —  Advance tickets sales for Summit Entertainment's sequel vampire romance “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” are going so well that online tickers are starting …