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12:15 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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Lawyers: Sheens Want To Reconcile  —  Actor Charlie Sheen and his wife Brooke Mueller want to reconcile, their lawyers said Wednesday, even though she told police he put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her less than a week ago.  “They're very much in love.
Discussion: Anything Hollywood
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TMZ.com:
Report: Rush Limbaugh Hospitalized in Hawaii  —  Rush Limbaugh has been hospitalized in Hawaii after suffering chest pains — this according to KITV Hawaii.  —  According to KITV, paramedics responded to a call at the Kahala Hotel in Honolulu at 2:41 PM and transported Rush to Queens Medical Center.
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 …
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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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.
Paul Chi / People.com:
Joe Jonas & Demi Lovato Up the Romance in Camp Rock 2  —  Best pals Joe Jonas and Demi Lovato are headed back to the small screen for more singing and dancing in the Disney Channel sequel, Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam.  But this time around, expect more onscreen love interests - and romances to be taken to the next level.
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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?
Shawna Flavell / The PETA Files:
PETA Names Man and Woman of the Year  —  It wasn't easy to choose two people out of the slew of celebrities who have taken action for animals this year—heck, just during the past two months, Joanna Krupa bared her true feelings about purebred pups, Ana Ortiz blasted McDonald's …
Discussion: I Need My Fix and Perez Hilton
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Access Hollywood:   Ellen DeGeneres, Tim Gunn Honored As People Of The Year By PETA
People.com:
Eric Dane, Rebecca Gayheart Expecting a Girl  —  Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart will be thinking pink when their bundle of joy arrives later this winter.  —  The couple is expecting a baby girl, a source tells PEOPLE.  —  Grey's Anatomy star Dane, 37, and Gayheart, 38 …
Us Weekly:
Jersey Shore's Snooki to Boycotters: “F*** You!”  —  Apparently, Jersey Shore star Nicole Polizzi (a.k.a. “Snooki") isn't worried about those negative stereotypes.  —  When Steppin' Out magazine asked her what she would say to all the companies — including Domino's and Dell …
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Perez Hilton:
The Jersey Shore Hates On The Jersey Shore
Discussion: DailyFill.com and omg!
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.
Discussion: Anything Hollywood
TMZ.com:
Cops: Tiger Woods Had a ‘Fat Lip’  —  Tiger Woods met with the Florida Highway Patrol three days after his November 27 car crash — and according to cops, Tiger was sportin' a “fat lip.”  —  An FHP spokesman confirmed that Tiger met with troopers at an undisclosed location on Dec. 1 to receive …
Discussion: omg! and Gossip Cop
New York Post:
Gabourey Sidibe: 2009 totally kicked ass!  —  With the exception of the trash bags who dated Jon Gosselin and Tiger Woods, no woman has gone from relative obscurity to household name quite like Gabourey Sidibe.  Thankfully for the 26-year-old, her sudden rise to fame is solely based on talent.
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Starpulse:
John Mayer Doesn't Like His Man Boobs  —  “I need to get back into the gym.  I'm all for having boobs against my chest but not when they're mine.”  Rocker John Mayer is planning a post-Christmas workout regime.  —  John has decided to take a break from relationships because he is “freaked out about dating.”
Discussion: Gabby Babble and poponthepop.com
 
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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

Bloomberg Media:
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