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7:10 PM ET, December 24, 2009

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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.
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.
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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: omg! and ImNotObsessed.com
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Mike Fleeman / People.com:
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.
Discussion: Popeater
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.
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Us Weekly:
Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins Split!
Discussion: poponthepop.com
Perez Hilton:
LiLo Introduces Her New GF BF To The Fam!  —  Lindsay Lohan debuted her new boytoy last night at her kid sister's 16th birthday party in NYC!  —  Model Adam Senn met the entire Lohan clan when he arrived on the arm of Lilo to celebrate Ali Lohan's birthday.
Discussion: Gossip Cop
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Kelly Will / BettyConfidential.com:
Exclusive: Lindsay Lohan Introduces Her New Boyfriend to Her Family  —  The starlet took her new guy Adam Senn to her sister Ali's birthday party.  —  Lindsay Lohan invited her new boyfriend Adam Senn to meet her entire family at her kid sister Ali's 16th birthday party at Abe and Arthur's restaurant in NYC last night.
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.
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James Hibberd / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox to order more ‘American Idol’  —  Net will forge ahead with or without Simon Cowell  —  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 …
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Hollywoodreporter / The Live Feed | THR:
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.
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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Scott Condon / Aspen Times:
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.
Discussion: Just Jared and Perez Hilton
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.
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.
 
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