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.

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.

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.

Littlest Duggar Still in Intensive Care  —  The Duggars are leaving home for the holidays.  —  Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar's 19th child, Josie, is still hospitalized in Little Rock, Ark., so the TV clan is moving from their tiny hometown of Tontitown to the city 200 miles away to be closer to the baby.

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 …

Fox to order more ‘Idol’ — with or without Cowell  —  EXCLUSIVE: Fox is near a deal to order more seasons of “American Idol” — with or without its most popular judge, Simon Cowell.  —  The network's current contract with “Idol” producer 19 Entertainment and FremantleMedia extends through the end of the 2011.

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.

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.

‘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.

Mariah Carey gives neglected kids a big gift in Aspen  —  Singer rents Aspen rec center to throw a holiday party for 35 kids from Denver  —  ASPEN — When she wasn't dodging paparazzi while visiting Aspen on Monday, singer Mariah Carey was brightening the day for 35 abused and neglected kids.

Bad Timing Alert!  Chilling Brittany Murphy Movie Art Pulled  —  It's an eerie and tragic example of life imitating art.  —  In a dreadful case of bad timing, Brittany Murphy's sudden death on Sunday has forced the DVD rental company Redbox to yank box art images from its kiosks nationwide for the actress's latest film, Deadline.

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.

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 …