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4:10 PM ET, December 18, 2009

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TMZ.com:
Jon & Kate Plus DIVORCED  —  TMZ has learned ... It's official — Jon & Kate Gosselin are divorced.  —  Judge Arthur Tilson has signed the final papers, making Jon and Kate officially single.  —  Mark Momjian, Kate's lawyer, tells TMZ, under the agreement, “Our client will continue to reside …
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TMZ.com:
Jon Gosselin — Backed Into a Corner  —  Jon Gosselin is in immediate financial trouble now that his divorce from Kate Gosselin is final ... because he got nailed with huge child support payments and has no real way of paying ... sources tell TMZ.  —  We've learned under the arbitrator's award …
Us Weekly:
BREAKING NEWS: Jon and Kate Gosselin's Divorce Finalized
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Jon & Kate Gosselin Divorced!
Discussion: Access Hollywood and Celebritology
Access Hollywood:
Jon & Kate Gosselin's Divorce Finalized
Discussion: Just Jared
Popeater:
Gosselin Divorce Final ... Finally
Discussion: msnbc.com and Associated Press
TMZ.com:
Tiger Woods Not Giving Up on Marriage  —  Tiger Woods is “doing everything he can to save his marriage” — this according to sources directly connected with Tiger and Elin Nordegren.  —  Although there are unconfirmed reports that Elin is going full steam ahead with the divorce, Tiger is not giving up.
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Report: Elin Nordegren Consulting High-Powered Divorce Attorney  —  Before taking her two children with her to her native Sweden for the holidays - without husband (and father of the kids) Tiger Woods - Elin Nordegren reportedly is consulting with veteran Hollywood divorce attorney Sorrell Trope.
NY Daily News:
Tiger Woods' wife Elin Nordegren consulting Hollywood divorce guru Sorrell Trope
Discussion: X17 Online and OK! Magazine
TMZ.com:
‘Dance Crew’ Judge Busted for Child Molestation  —  Shane Sparks — a judge on the MTV show “America's Best Dance Crew” — has been arrested and charged with 8 counts of child molestation.  —  The LAPD took Sparks into custody at 8AM PT this morning on a felony warrant charging him with molestation.
Brenda Rodriguez / People.com:
Duggar Baby ‘Doing As Well As Can Be Expected,’ Says Mom  —  Michelle Duggar tells PEOPLE she is cherishing every moment with her premature 19th child, Josie Brooklyn, who remains hospitalized at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock.  —  “Josie is doing as well as can be expected for a baby at her age.
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Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Taylor Lautner spends time in ‘Cancun’  —  Summit has picked up “Cancun,” an action spec by Eric Champnella and Grant Thompson, with Taylor Lautner attached to star.
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Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Taylor Lautner spends time in ‘Cancun’  —  Summit picks up action spec by Champnella, Thompson  —  Summit is staying in the Taylor Lautner game.  —  As the days tick down to the town closing for the holidays, the company has picked up “Cancun,” an action spec by Eric Champnella and Grant Thompson.
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW: Jamie Jungers Took Nude Photos of Tiger Woods Says Aunt  —  Tiger Woods' mistress Jamie Jungers told her relatives that she took pictures of the golfing great while he was naked in a hotel room!  —  In an explosive new interview, RadarOnline.com spoke exclusively with Susan Minor …
TMZ.com:
Jessica Simpson Rejected from Jail  —  Jessica Simpson paid a visit to the pokey early this AM, trying in vain to bail out her real, real drunk makeup artist — allegedly.  —  Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Mary Phillips was arrested at around 1:30 this morning, after cops got a disturbing …
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Popeater:   Jessica Simpson Fails to Bail
Popeater:
Jude Law Says He Has 3 Kids.  Really?  —  Jude Law forgot how to count on Thursday when asked by David Letterman how many kids he has.  There to promote the awesome-looking ‘Sherlock Holmes,’ Law and the ‘Late Show’ host were going through the whatcha-doin-for-Christmas motions when he said …
Wall Street Journal:
How Tiger Protected His Image  —  After a Tabloid Took Compromising Photos, His Camp Cut a Deal; Posing for Men's Fitness  —  In the summer of 2007, a representative for Tiger Woods called an editor at Golf Digest with some awkward news.  Though the magazine was spending hundreds of thousands …
Michael Y. Park / People.com:
Mandy Moore Vows a Healthier New Year  —  Look for a new, improved Mandy Moore come 2010.  —  The newly married singer-turned-actress, 26, says that her days of letting a busy career get in the way of good health are over, and that she's got a set of explicit New Year's resolutions to that effect.
Popeater:
Cali ‘Housewives’ Hit Hard by Recession  —  Peculiar things have been happening this season on ‘The Real Housewives of Orange County.’ Gretchen Rossi had a garage sale, Jeana Keough went shopping with her daughter at H&M and Tamra Barney is now doing her own housework.  What?
Discussion: Pop Crunch
Jason Dietz / features.metacritic.com:
Ten Years of Metacritic: The Best (and Worst) Movies of the Decade  —  Our top movies from 2000-09  —  Earlier this week, we published our list of the best music of the decade.  Now, it's time to do the same for movies.  —  Our film staff has been collecting reviews for each week's …
Discussion: PopWatch, /Film and FirstShowing.net
Us Weekly:
Tori Spelling: Spending Holidays With Mom Is “Best Gift We Could Get”  —  Tori Spelling already knows what she's getting for Christmas this year!  —  Some quality time with Mom.  —  “We're together as a family, and that's the most important thing,” she told E! News Thursday of her reconciliation …
Hollywoodreporter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Fox confirms Bryan Singer on ‘X-Men: First Class,’ hires writer (UPDATED)  —  Bryan Singer is returning to Fox for another “X-Men” movie.  —  Singer, who directed the first two installments before famously jumping ship to make “Superman Returns,” has signed on to develop and direct “X-Men: First Class.”
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DailyFill.com:
Kevin Jonas Is Almost Married
Discussion: X17 Online
Donna Freydkin / USA Today:
Red-carpet Report: ‘Sherlock Holmes’ premiere
Discussion: Socialite Life
Headgeek / Ain't It Cool News:
UPDATED:Dan O'Bannon - Screenwriter behind Dark Star, Alien …
Discussion: Collider and The Playlist
Us Weekly:
Melanie Griffith Explains Her Black Eye
Discussion: Bitten and Bound and iVillage
X17 Online:
Brad Pitt Turns 46 Today!
Discussion: Popeater
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Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Will Dexter Jump Ahead in Time?  Julie Benz Dishes on Finale—and Helps You Grieve
Discussion: Socialite Life
Mickey Rapkin / GQ Magazine: GQ:
10 for '10  —  The ten best new looks of the season as worn …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
NEWS.com.au:
Rob Pattinson goes crazy at kissing fan with swine flu
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Brian Stelter / CNN:
As Elon Musk posts memes about buying MSNBC, sources say one liberal billionaire expressed interest in buying the channel; Comcast is not looking to sell MSNBC

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: CVC Capital Partners and a major European broadcaster, thought to be France's Groupe TF1, are among those considering a takeover of the UK's ITV

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Trade body data: copyrighted music revenue was $45.5B in 2023, above cinema box office spending of $33.2B in 2023 and $41.9B in 2019; record labels made $28.5B

 
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