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Charlotte Triggs / People.com:
Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins Split  —  One of Hollywood's most enduring relationships has ended - Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins have broken up after more than two decades together, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.  —  “Actress Susan Sarandon and her partner of 23 years …
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Adrian Chen / Gawker:
Did Susan Sarandon Dump Tim Robbins for a Ping Pong Entrepreneur?  —  For 23 years Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins seemed a singularly stable Hollywood couple—until they split this summer.  (A fact they announced yesterday.)  What caused the breakup?  A theory: Sarandon wanted to pursue ping pong entrepreneur Jonathan Bricklin.
Sheila Marikar / ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Susan Sarandon Didn't Dump Tim Robbins for Jonathan …
Discussion: Extra and Gawker
Us Weekly:
Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins Split!
Discussion: poponthepop.com
Popeater:
Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon Split
Discussion: omg! and Inside Movies
Josh Grossberg / E! Online:
Brittany Murphy Funeral Set for Christmas Eve  —  UPDATE: Murphy's body has been transported to Forest Lawn in anticipation of the Dec. 24 burial.  —  Sadly, Christmas is an afterthought for Brittany Murphy's grief-stricken family.  —  E! News has learned that the Girl …
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E! Online:
Brittany Murphy's Dad to Skip Funeral: “I Don't Want to See Her That Way”  —  As funeral arrangements for his daughter fall into place, Brittany Murphy's father says he had no idea how sick she reportedly was—psychologically or physically.  —  “I was very shocked by it,” Angelo Bertolotti tells E! News.
Discussion: Extra, Popeater and poponthepop.com
Josh Grossberg / E! Online:
Bad Timing Alert! Chilling Brittany Murphy Movie Art Pulled
Popeater:
Tila Tequila Not Exactly Pregnant With Brother's Baby, Yet  —  Earlier this week, reality TV star Tila Tequila announced on Twitter that she was pregnant with her brother's baby (as a surrogate — how very ‘Friends’ of her!), but now she has amended that statement.
Discussion: DailyFill.com and Amy Grindhouse
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Laura Kalnicky / Life and Style:
Tila Tequila: I'm not pregnant....yet!  —  Tila Tequila announced to her fans through a Twitter post that she's acting as a surrogate mother for her older brother, Cody, and his wife.  “That is my xmas present to them.  I'm pregnant!!!,” she wrote on Dec. 20.
Richard Johnson / New York Post:
Blige hauls off on husband  —  Kendu Isaacsin the face at her record release party at club M2 Tuesday night.  The singer slugged Isaacs, drawing blood, after she thought he was flirting with a waitress.  “She turned to him and was screaming, 'You're not going to ruin my night,' ” our witness says.
The Huffington Post:
Reverend Fred Phelps: ‘God Hates Lady Gaga’  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  The Reverend Fred Phelps hates fags (not to mention Jews), and Lady Gaga loves everything gay.  So somehow by the transitive property, it makes sense that the Kansas pastor would declare that God hates Gaga.
Discussion: I Need My Fix, Cele|bitchy and Jezebel
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Marc Schneider / Popeater:
Rev. Fred Phelps: ‘God Hates Lady Gaga’
Tim Nudd / People.com:
‘Balloon Boy’ Parents Sentenced to Jail Time  —  The Colorado parents who orchestrated the so-called balloon-boy hoax in October were both sentenced to prison terms on Wednesday.  —  Richard Heene, 48, received 90 days in jail and four years' probation, ABC News reports.
Discussion: Anything Hollywood and ABCNEWS
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Associated Press:
Father in Balloon Hoax Sentenced to 90 Days
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
TMZ.com:
Balloon Dad's New Reality — Jail
TMZ.com:
Vanessa Hudgens Sues Over Nude Pics  —  Vanessa Hudgens is determined to teach a website an elementary lesson — nude self portraits are meant for self, not others.  —  Vanessa is suing the owners of www.moejackson.com, claiming the website posted and refused to take down nude, “self portrait photographs” taken in a private home.
People.com:
Jennifer Hudson Denies Pregnancy Reports  —  Those recent tabloid stories about a new baby?  It was all a dream about this girl.  —  “Contrary to what has been falsely reported, Jennifer Hudson is not pregnant,” her rep Lisa Kasteler says.  “Jennifer leaves in April for South Africa …
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Michael Lewittes / Gossip Cop:
Jennifer Hudson NOT pregnant
TMZ.com:
Duggar Family on the Move for XMAS  —  The 1 1/2 pound baby born to mass-producer Michelle Duggar will have family around her for Christmas, thanks to a family that has opened its home.  —  Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar - along with their brood — would have had to travel 200 miles to see 2-week old Josie for XMAS.
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com
Adam B. Vary / Hollywood Insider:
Kevin Smith on why ‘A Couple of Dicks’ became ‘Cop Out’  —  The new trailer for the upcoming buddy cop comedy Cop Out just hit the internet, but anyone who had been following the project knows the film, out February 26, 2010, had long gone by a more distinctive title: A Couple of Dicks.
Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Did Courtney Love's Daughter Face Domestic Violence?  —  Frances Bean Cobain is protected against her mother Courtney Love by a temporary restraining order - but why?  —  Although attorneys have revealed few details in the case, court documents released Wednesday speak generally of …
Discussion: EW.com
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Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Tiger Woods' Yacht Still Docked  —  Despite reports being made elsewhere, Tiger Woods' yacht has not left its marina in Palm Beach, Fla, UsMagazine.com has learned.  —  As of 5:30 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Woods' $22 million yach, Privacy, remains docked, an eyewitess confirmed to UsMagazine.com.
TMZ.com:
Winehouse Arrested, Charged with Assault  —  Amy Winehouse has just been charged with assault stemming from a mysterious incident at a theater over the weekend — her second arrest for assault this year.  —  Amy turned herself in to the Thames Valley Police today — but was freed on bail soon after she arrived.
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