Brett Favre Fined $50,000 for Failing to Cooperate in Photo Scandal Investigation  —  Brett Favre, who was accused in October of sending graphic photos and sexy text messages to a female Jets employee in 2008, was let off the hook by the National Football League Wednesday …

Rupert Everett Bashes Jennifer Aniston's “Tasteless” Career  —  Rupert Everett isn't a fan of The Bounty Hunter.  Or The Switch.  Or pretty much anything else Jennifer Aniston has starred in.  —  During an interview with BBC Radio 4, the 51-year-old British actor claimed that no matter …

Snooki ‘Hamster’ Stunt Banned From Times Square on New Year's Eve?  —  ‘Jersey Shore’ star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is looking for another way to ring in the New Year now that her plan to spend the festivities in a glass ball (think hamster toy) has been banned from the Times Square area on Dec. 31, sources reveal.

Kim Kardashian Locks Down Kanye for Music Video  —  Kanye West teamed up with Kim Kardashian and Hype Williams for a music video shoot in L.A. yesterday — but it wasn't for his own album ... it was all for Kim's upcoming single.  —  Sources connected to the video tell us ... Hype …

‘Teen Mom’ Amber Portwood Tells Judge Her MTV Salary Is $280,000 A Year — Is It Too Much?  —  After 24 hours in jail, a judge orders Amber to appear in court and reveal what MTV pays her — and it's much more than anyone thought!  —  It appears Amber Portwood is taking home some pretty major bucks …

This Week's Cover: The Oscar Race is On!  —  Natalie Portman took her fans by surprise this week with a big announcement: She's pregnant and engaged to marry her Black Swan choreographer, Benjamin Millepied.  But that's hardly the only excitement she's got coming in the new year.

Chris Brown — Racial, Gay Slurs in Twitter Feud  —  So much for anger management ... Chris Brown just unloaded an offensive, scathing Twitter attack on a former member of the R&B group B2K ... and it had to do with comments about Rihanna.  —  Brown got into it with singer Raz B …

Isabella Caro, model in anti-anorexia campaign, dies  —  PARIS (AP) — Isabelle Caro, a French actress and model whose anorexic image appeared in a shock Italian ad campaign, has died at the age of 28.  —  Her longtime acting instructor, Daniele Dubreuil-Prevot, told the Associated Press …

Candace Cameron Bure Reveals Her Battle with Bulimia  —  As a child star of the hit series Full House, Candace Cameron Bure had to weather life's most awkward stages - baby fat and all - on national television.  —  Now 34, she's never been in better shape.  Her secret?

NPH Wants To Setup A Playdate With Elton John's Kiddie  —  Neil Patrick Harris ain't the only famous papa of twins anymore.  —  Upon hearing the news that Sir Elton John and David Furnish had a baby boy via surogate, similar to how Neil and his partner welcomed their twins …

Nicole Richie — Officially a Free Woman!!!  —  Nicole Richie's probation was terminated this morning — months before it was scheduled to end ... TMZ has learned.  —  Nicole was on probation for a DUI in 2006, where she was driving the wrong way on an L.A. freeway.

Neil Patrick Harris & David Burtka: Thrilled to Be Raising Twins  —  It's double diaper duty and sleepless nights for How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris and actor/chef David Burtka - but the couple wouldn't have it any other way.  —  “Everyone says that it's such a blur after it happens …

Joe Francis, Wife Separate After Seven Weeks of Marriage  —  No one ever said marriage was easy.  —  After tying the knot in early November, Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis has separated from wife Christina McLarty, UsMagazine.com has learned.  —  PHOTOS: Weddings of the year

EXCLUSIVE: J.Lo's Husband Marc Anthony Hit With $3.4M In Unpaid Tax Bills  —  The husband of superstar Jennifer Lopez has been slapped with demands for $1.8 million in unpaid taxes, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.  —  PHOTOS: J.Lo & Family Celebrate Her Birthday In Cabo

Khloe Kardashian & Hubby Getting Their Own Reality TV Show  —  It should come as no surprise that the most outspoken Kardashian, Khloe, is branching out from her family and getting her own reality-TV show with hubby Lamar Odom that will focus on their life together as a married couple.

Keep it under your hat but Gordon Ramsay's had a £30,000 hair transplant  —  Take a vicious and very public family feud, mix in a large helping of financial woes, and you have the perfect recipe for Gordon Ramsay tearing his hair out.  —  So it should perhaps come as ­little ­surprise …

Swimsuit designer Sylvie Cachay's death ruled a homicide  —  The city Medical Examiner's Office has officially ruled today that swimsuit designer Sylvie Cachay was murdered at the Soho House earlier this month.  —  Cachay, 33, was found partially clothed in the bathtub in her room at the swanky hotel on Ninth Avenue early on Dec. 9.