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2:55 PM ET, December 18, 2009

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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 …
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Jon & Kate Gosselin Divorced!  —  It's over: Having filed the papers in June, Jon and Kate Gosselin have received the judge's signature to make official the finish of their 10-year marriage.  —  The divorce was announced midday Friday.  Earlier that morning, a source close to the situation told PEOPLE that …
Discussion: Celebritology
Us Weekly:
BREAKING NEWS: Jon and Kate Gosselin's Divorce Finalized  —  Jon and Kate Gosselin's ten-year marriage is now history.  —  TMZ reports that Judge Arthur Tilson has signed the final divorce papers, severing marital ties between Jon, 32, and, Kate, 34.  —  On Wednesday an arbitrator ruled …
Access Hollywood:
Jon & Kate Gosselin's Divorce Finalized
Discussion: Just Jared
Popeater:
Gosselin Divorce Final ... Finally
Discussion: msnbc.com and Associated Press
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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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 …
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.
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NY Daily News:
Tiger Woods' wife Elin Nordegren consulting Hollywood divorce guru Sorrell Trope  —  Tiger Woods' wife has the dean of Tinseltown's divorce lawyers on her side as she and the golfing great head for Splitsville.  —  Nobody has more experience at tearing celebrity marriages asunder than Sorrell Trope …
Discussion: X17 Online and OK! Magazine
TMZ.com:
Tiger Woods Not Giving Up on Marriage
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com
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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Taylor Lautner spends time in ‘Cancun’
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 …
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
Karen Zatkulak / WTVC-TV:
Drunk 4-Year-Old Steals Christmas Presents  —  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WTVC-TV) - A 4-year-old boy, beer in hand, is accused of stealing Christmas presents from his neighbors.  It's a strange story, but also a sad one.  —  April Wright is 21 years old and is going through a divorce with her husband who is in jail.
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Bryan Singer to direct ‘X-Men: First Class’  —  Director returns to mutant franchise for Fox  —  Twentieth Century Fox has set Bryan Singer to direct “X-Men: First Class,” returning him to the franchise that began with the first two installments of the mutant series.  Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Kinberg are producers.
Discussion: Collider and Splash Page
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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.
Ulrica Wihlborg / People.com:
Nancy O'Dell Leaves Access Hollywood  —  Access Hollywood's Nancy O'Dell is leaving her job two years before her contract expires.  Her last show will be this week.  —  “The original member of the Access Hollywood family, co-anchor and respected broadcast journalist Nancy O'Dell …
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 9 counts of child molestation.  —  The LAPD took Sparks into custody at 8AM PT this morning on a felony warrant charging him with molestation.
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
Us Weekly:
Melanie Griffith Explains Her Black Eye  —  Earlier this week, photographs emerged of Melanie Griffith with a black eye, leading to speculation about its cause.  —  A rep for the actress spoke out Thursday to clear up confusion about what's behind the facial bruises.
Discussion: Bitten and Bound and iVillage
E! Online:
Robsten Sneak Beach Date Before Public Partying!  —  Undercover lovers Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart were spotted out together in Venice Beach yesterday, escaping the shutterbugs and enjoying a private date night.  Take that, all you Robsten haters!  —  While everyone seems so hell-bent …
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 …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Gawker
X17 Online:
Brad Pitt Turns 46 Today!  —  Happy Birthday, Brad!  Er.  But let me just ask this one question - why is he fighting the hot?  I know it's exhausting taking care of all those kids, but still!  Check out the actor at the Mr & Mrs. Smith premiere in 2005, right when he got together with Angie: So beautiful!
Discussion: Popeater
Mickey Rapkin / GQ Magazine: GQ:
10 for '10  —  The ten best new looks of the season as worn by ‘A Single Man’ star Matthew Goode  —  British actor Matthew Goode—so perfectly smug in Match Point—returns in January with two very different films.  In short, he gets naked for Tom Ford in A Single Man before charming the pants off Amy Adams in Leap Year.
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
 
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