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4:00 PM ET, December 31, 2009

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Elizabeth Leonard / People.com:
Friend: Charlie Sheen ‘Let Himself Down by Drinking’  —  Charlie Sheen has spent the last week quietly reflecting on his life since he and wife Brooke Mueller got into a heated fight on Christmas Day that led to his arrest, says a friend close to the couple.  —  “Charlie feels awful,” the friend tells PEOPLE.
Discussion: Extra and The Hollywood Gossip
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Linda Marx / People.com:
Brooke Mueller's Lawyer Denies $1M Claim  —  Reports that $1 million will be added to Brooke Mueller's pre-nuptial agreement with husband Charlie Sheen are premature, Mueller's attorney Yale Galanter tells PEOPLE.  —  “I have heard nothing concerning any kind of talk about financial issues between Brooke …
Luisa Metcalfe / OK! Magazine:
REPORT: Charlie Sheen has Offered Brooke Mueller $1 Million to Stay
E! Online:
Charlie Sheen's Wife Doin' Fine, Says Mom
Discussion: iVillage
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Sheen Sweetens Wife's Prenup Deal By $1 Million
Discussion: Perez Hilton and msnbc.com
PopEater:
Lawyers: Sheens Want To Reconcile
Discussion: Anything Hollywood
KHVO:
Sources: Limbaugh Rushed To Honolulu Hospital  —  Conservative Radio Show Host Suffering From Chest Pains  —  HONOLULU — Conservative radio talk host Rush Limbaugh was rushed to a Honolulu hospital on Wednesday afternoon with chest pains, sources told KITV.
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Us Weekly:
PIC: Brad Pitt Takes Boys to Dave & Buster's!  —  It's a boys' day out for Brad Pitt and sons Maddox and Pax!  —  The star, 46, and his younger brother Doug took the two boys to Dave & Buster's in New York City's Times Square Wednesday afternoon, UsMagazine.com confirms.
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Laura Kalnicky / Life and Style:
Angelina and Jen: face-to-face again!
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com and Cele|bitchy
David Caplan / People.com:
Rosie O'Donnell Steps Out with New Girlfriend  —  Rosie O'Donnell is off the market!  —  The comedian and former TV talk show host - who in mid-November revealed that her longtime partner Kelli Carpenter moved out of their home two years ago - is now dating Tracy Kachtick-Anders …
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Jada Yuan / New York Magazine:
Vulture Exclusive: Robert Pattinson Chips Tooth in Flossing Accident, Says Twilight 3 Co-star  —  Sure, he looks foul-smelling, but would you believe Twilight star Robert Pattinson is really “incredibly hygienic”?  So hygienic, in fact, that he's a threat to himself and his teeth?
Marisa Laudadio / People.com:
Black Crowes Singer Chris Robinson Welcomes a Daughter  —  One thing that might be hard to handle in the New Year for rocker Chris Robinson?  Diaper duty!  —  The Black Crowes frontman and wife Allison Bridges welcomed a daughter on Saturday, a rep for the musician tells PEOPLE exclusively.
Rob Shuter / PopEater:
Kate Gosselin's Got a New Dating Show?  —  Kate Gosselin's first stab at reality didn't end up smelling like roses (more like a bad scented candle that you can't re-gift), so I'm left scratching my head with word that the original TV octo-mom may be looking love via reality television.
TMZ.com:
Mike Tyson - Free at Last, Officially  —  Mike Tyson will not be prosecuted for allegedly punching a photog at LAX, TMZ has learned.  —  The L.A. City Attorney officially rejected the case today, citing “insufficient evidence.”  —  Tyson's lawyer, the ever-effervescent Shawn Chapman Holley …
Discussion: omg! and Backseat Cuddler
Us Weekly:
Find Out About the New Bachelor Scandal!  —  Spoiler alert!  —  The season premiere of The Bachelor is still a few days away, but the 14th installment of the reality show has already gotten its first big scandal.  —  A finalist vying for the heart of Texas pilot Jake Pavelka was reportedly caught …
Discussion: Extra and iVillage
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Perez Hilton:
The Bachelor's Crew Member Affair Scandal!
Discussion: PEOPLE TV Watch
TMZ.com:
AT&T Hangs Up on Tiger Woods  —  Tiger Woods just got a dropped call from AT&T — as in, “Hello, Tiger?  You've been dropped.”  —  AT&T did not explain why they're ending the sponsorship with Tiger.  —  The news comes in the wake of a study, which shows Tiger's sponsors took …
Discussion: omg! and Backseat Cuddler
Examiner:
Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon give personal cartoon Christmas cards to family and friends  —  Mariah Carey and hubby Nick Cannon have several holiday traditions, including spending Christmas in Aspen, Colorado and sending out a cartoon Christmas card to family and friends.
PR Newswire:
Sandra Bullock Top Money-Making Star of 2009  —  Sandra Bullock has been voted the Top Money-Making Star of 2009 in Quigley Publishing Company's 78th Annual Poll of Exhibitors and is the first female to win since Julia Roberts in 1999.  Bullock is the eighth woman chosen #1 in the Poll's 78 year history.
Discussion: Jezebel
PopEater:
Van Morrison Baby Story Was a Hoax  —  Reclusive singer Van Morrison has denied reports that he has become a father again at 64, chalking the announcement on his Web site that led to countless news articles as a hacker-perpetrated hoax.  The statement which was briefly on VanMorrison.com Tuesday announced …
Discussion: Reuters
People.com:
Nicole Richie Will Guest Judge Season Premiere of Project Runway  —  Celebrity guest judges will once again be in fashion on the upcoming seventh season of Project Runway.  —  Nicole Richie will serve as a guest judge on the season premiere of the design competition, which airs Jan. 14 (10 p.m. EST) on Lifetime.
Access Hollywood:
ACCESS EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Uchitel Tells Billy Bush She Didn't Party With Tiger Woods Over The Weekend  —  Rachel Uchitel,Tiger Woods,TV One,Rumors,Billy Bush  —  Rachel Uchitel may be in Palm Beach, Florida, but she told Access Hollywood's Billy Bush she did not go to the city's Everglades Club …
 
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New York Post:
Gabourey Sidibe: 2009 totally kicked ass!
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Shawna Flavell / The PETA Files:
PETA Names Man and Woman of the Year
Discussion: I Need My Fix and Perez Hilton
 Earlier Picks: 
UPI:
‘Bennifer’ voted worst couple of the '00s
Discussion: OK! Magazine and Seriously? OMG!
Jeff Labrecque / EW.com:
‘Saturday Night Live’ announces hosts
Discussion: New York Magazine and Movieline
Associated Press:
Chief gets nearly 3 years in Parker-Broderick case
Discussion: People.com and Perez Hilton
TMZ.com:
Cops: Tiger Woods Had a ‘Fat Lip’
Discussion: omg! and Gossip Cop
Us Weekly:
Jersey Shore's Snooki to Boycotters: “F*** You!”
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post:
OpenAI suspends early access to Sora after ~20 artists leaked access to the tool in protest of the company's treatment of creative professionals as “PR puppets”

Daniel Kaplan / Awful Announcing:
The US DOJ and 17 state attorneys general file briefs for Fubo and against Venu Sports, which is trying to get an injunction lifted that blocked Venu's launch

Frank Connelly / Bloomberg:
Vivendi says one of its small investors seeks to delay Vivendi's spinoff of Canal+, Havas, and Louis Hachette Group; shareholders were due to vote December 9

 
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