Top News:
Linda Marx / People.com:
Elin Nordegren to Spend Holidays in Sweden Without Tiger — Escaping the media glare, Elin Nordegren is taking the kids and traveling to her homeland for the holidays, a source tells PEOPLE. — “Elin is going to Sweden soon,” the source says. “Two stewardesses and one pilot are in Sweden …
RELATED:
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Source: Elin Nordegren Plans Split from Tiger Woods — The holidays may bring a final showdown in the marriage of Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren, a source close to the golfer's wife tells PEOPLE, saying, “She plans to leave Tiger.” — Another source says, “She's made up her mind.
Us Weekly:
ONLY ON US: Source: Tiger and Mistress Rachel Uchitel “Are Not Over” — Admitting his “infidelities” to the world in a statement Dec. 11, a contrite Tiger Woods explained that he was taking a hiatus from golf to “focus my attention on being a better husband, father and person.”
Discussion:
RADAR, New York Post, Extra, Hollywood Life, X17 Online, Anything Hollywood, Starcasm, Celebritology, lalate news, Perez Hilton, Cele|bitchy, OK! Magazine and DailyFill.com
TMZ.com:
Court to Courtney: Stay Away From Frances — Courtney Love has not only lost legal control over her daughter— Frances Bean Cobain — TMZ has learned a judge has now issued a restraining order, prohibiting Courtney from having any direct or indirect contact with the 17-year-old.
Discussion:
RADAR, Evil Beet Gossip, Extra, Jezebel, Allie Is Wired!, Anything Hollywood, Idolator, ImNotObsessed.com, omg!, New York Magazine, Perez Hilton, Dlisted and Celebrity Baby Scoop
RELATED:
Us Weekly:
Courtney Love Slams Daughter as “Deceptive” After Losing Custody — Courtney Love has lashed out at daughter Frances Bean Cobain after the 17-year-old girl was placed under temporary guardianship of her paternal grandmother and Kurt Cobain's sister. (No reason was given for the guardianship.)
Us Weekly:
COVER STORY: Reese Leaves Jake; “It Broke His Heart” — After nearly three years together, Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal called it quits in early December. “It broke his heart,” an insider reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly. — A source close to Gyllenhaal, 29 …
RELATED:
swide.com:
Madonna in the Dolce & Gabbana campaign: the images — Exclusive in this week's Italian edition of Vanity Fair is the worldwide preview of Dolce & Gabbana's new spring/summer 2010 campaign featuring pop icon Madonna. Click here to take a first look and read what designer Stefano Gabbana has to say about the shoot and the star.
Us Weekly:
PIC: See Nicole Kidman's Embarrassing Makeup Snafu! — Yikes! — At Tuesday's red carpet premiere for Nine in Manhattan, Nicole Kidman debuted a questionable new makeup trend: a mess of white powder dotting her eyes and nose! — Looks like Kidman and her makeup artist for the night needed …
Peter Mikelbank / People.com:
Sofia Coppola Expecting Second Child — Director Sofia Coppola and partner Thomas Mars, the frontman for the band Phoenix, are expecting their second child, Mars has confirmed. — In a backstage interview with Chicago's WXRT, the French-born musician, seemingly surprised …
Discussion:
Right Celebrity, Popeater, Celebrity Baby Blog, Perez Hilton, omg!, Celebrity Baby Scoop and EW.com
Ashley Mateo / Self.com:
Behind the Scenes: Carrie Underwood Cover Shoot — We first met Carrie Underwood four years for her first post-Idol cover and guess what? At our Nashville cover shoot, we found out she's as girl-next-door normal as she was before all the awards and chart-topping hits!
Laura Kalnicky / Life and Style:
Brad and Angelina's baby joy! — Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie aren't big on PDAs. So when Angie playfully grabbed at Brad's tux jacket, gazed at him lovingly and ran her fingers through his hair — all while he planted soft kisses on her head — everyone at the star-studded UNICEF ball knew something was up.
Rich / fourfour:
A real life Jersey Shore protest — This is happening in front of the Viacom building NOW: — About four people were downstairs proclaiming Snooki the “dark lord” when I took these. I didn't feel like arguing over JS' cultural greatness, but I gather that this group's point …
TMZ.com:
NFL Star Badly Wounded in Truck Mishap — Chris Henry — a wide receiver on the Cincinnati Bengals — is fighting for his life after falling out of the back of a moving pick-up truck earlier today. — Police tell TMZ Henry had been involved in a “domestic situation” with his fiancee in North Carolina …
Mary Beth Quirk / OK! Magazine:
COVER STORY: Meet Kendra & Hank's Baby Boy! — World, meet Hank Randall Baskett IV — newborn son of Kendra Wilkinson Baskett, 24, and her husband, Hank, 27, a wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts. — After initially planning a natural childbirth, the former Playboy model delivered …
Us Weekly:
See Melissa Rycroft's Mexican Wedding Photos! — On Saturday, Melissa Rycroft walked down the aisle in a Mexican beach ceremony — and the new Us Weekly (on newsstands now) has all the details! — Check out these photos of the barefoot former Bachelorette, 26, in a strapless organza …
People.com:
Taylor Swift Makes Cover of PEOPLE's 25 Most Intriguing People of 2009 — Ask Taylor Swift for one word to describe her life these days and the answer is easy: “Happy,” she says. “It feels like this ongoing dream.” — And why shouldn't it? Swift - who graces the cover of PEOPLE's 25 …
Michael K / Dlisted:
Naturally.... If Star Magazine wanted to put out the most ridiculous (slash hilarious) cover of the week, they should've just featured the story about Jessica Simpson dating Billy Corgan. But they really outdid themselves with this amazing work of art that belongs in a museum of laughs.
E! Online:
Tiger's First Love: Woods Was Devastated by His Father's Cheating — Loading... Long before he made tabloid (or even sports page) headlines, Tiger Woods was devastated by his own father's philandering, according to his high school sweetheart. — Dina Parr, whom he dated during high school …
