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3:15 PM ET, December 25, 2009

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Friends And Family Say Tearful Goodbye To Brittany Murphy At Funeral  —  Hollywood actress Brittany Murphy was laid to rest Thursday with a small, private gathering of close friends and family recalling her acts of generosity and the joy she brought into their lives.  —  PHOTOS: Friends And Family Head To The Funeral
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Intimate Group of Family and Friends Attend Brittany Murphy Funeral  —  Brittany Murphy was laid to rest on Christmas Eve, with only a small group of her family and friends attending the funeral service in Los Angeles.  Radar Online reports that 25 mourners attended the ceremony at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
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.
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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 and Celebrity Baby Scoop
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.
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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EXCLUSIVE: Susan Sarandon Didn't Dump Tim Robbins for Jonathan …
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X17 XCLUSIVE - Katie And Suri Stock Up On Flowers  —  Yesterday we spotted Katie Holmes and a somewhat moody Suri Cruise shopping for flowers in Los Angeles, and it looks like the celebritot finally traded in the high heels for some age appropriate footwear.
Discussion: Just Jared
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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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
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
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 …
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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