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8:50 PM ET, January 4, 2011

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Sara Hammel / People.com:
Taylor Swift & Jake Gyllenhaal Break Up: Source  —  Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal are starting 2011 single.  —  “They're over,” a source tells PEOPLE about the short-lived relationship.  “It ended last month.”  —  No reason was given for a split, and the stars reps didn't have immediate comment …
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Us Weekly:
Taylor and Jake: Why They Split  —  So what rhymes with Gyllenhaal?  —  Taylor Swift, 21, may be hard at work penning her next break-up ballad — sources confirm to UsMagazine.com that she and Jake Gyllenhaal, 30, have ended their brief romance.  —  “Jake reached out to her and started all of this …
Discussion: Bumpshack.com
Perez Hilton:
Jake Gyllenhaal & Taylor Swift Break Up!!!!!!!
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
CNN:
Authorities: Lindsay Lohan violated ‘several aspects’ of probation  —  Tune in to “Showbiz Tonight” at 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET on HLN for the latest on what could happen to Lindsay Lohan.  —  Los Angeles (CNN) — Though she is free to leave court-ordered rehab for substance abuse this week …
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Ken Lee / People.com:
Police: Lindsay Lohan Committed Battery  —  So much for Lindsay Lohan's clean start in 2011.  —  Police now assert the actress did, in fact, commit battery against a Betty Ford employee in a Dec. 12 scuffle - and plan to hand the case over to local prosecutors for review.
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Lindsay Lohan Causes Uproar In Community By Moving To Venice
Us Weekly:
Lindsay Lohan Moving Next Door to Ex Sam Ronson
Jimmy / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Lindsay Lohan Surfaces At Los Angeles Hotel …
Doug / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE DETAILS & PHOTOS: David Arquette Being Treated For …
Kay West / People.com:
Kellie Pickler & Kyle Jacobs Have a Surprise Wedding  —  Kellie Pickler is a newlywed!  —  After a proposal on the beach last June, the “elated” country singer, 24, and Kyle Jacobs, 37, eloped, exchanging vows on Jan. 1, in a “small, intimate ceremony on a private island in the Caribbean,” her rep tells PEOPLE.
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Us Weekly:
Singer Kellie Pickler Gets Married!
omg!:
Former ‘American Idol’ Kellie Pickler Elopes In New Year's Day Wedding
Discussion: X17 Online
Tim Nudd / People.com:
Meg Ryan & John Mellencamp Quietly Dating  —  The new year brings new beginnings for Meg Ryan and John Mellencamp.  —  The pair have spent time together on Martha's Vineyard and in New York City in recent days, enjoying a fresh romance just as Mellencamp has announced his separation from wife Elaine after 18 years of marriage.
Vanity Fair:
Justin Bieber on His Musical Inspirations, His Fans, and Trying to Be a Regular Kid  —  New York, N.Y.— “I'm crazy, I'm nuts,” Justin Bieber tells Vanity Fair contributing editor Lisa Robinson.  “Just the way my brain works.  I'm not normal.  I think differently—my mind is always racing.
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Source: LeAnn Rimes Got a Boob Job  —  My, how she's grown!  —  A newly-engaged LeAnn Rimes flaunted a noticeably bustier figure Thursday while sporting a teeny bikini during her vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico with fiance Eddie Cibrian, 37.  —  “She recently got a boob job,” a source reveals to UsMagazine.com.
Sara Hammel / People.com:
Sherri Shepherd Is Engaged  —  Sherri Shepherd has found the love she's been looking for: She's newly engaged to TV writer Lamar Sally.  —  Sally asked for her hand in marriage on Dec. 26 - and it was no ordinary proposal for the View co-host, who also hosts GSN's The Newlywed Game, her rep tells PEOPLE in a statement.
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Ann Oldenburg / USA Today:
Sherri Shepherd is engaged, planning August wedding
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David Hochman / GoodHousekeeping.com Family and Pets:
Gwyneth Lets Her Guard Down
Michael K / Dlisted:   Gwyneth Paltrow Admits She's Terrible
New York Post:
Vivica engaged  —  Vivica Fox got engaged to her younger boyfriend, Atlanta club promoter Omar “Slim” White, 27, during the holidays.  A source told us that White proposed to Fox, 46, on Dec. 26 with an 8-karat stunner while the two were staying at the Ritz Carlton in South Beach.
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Daily Mail:
'Thank God David doesn't always look perfect,' admits a relieved Victoria Beckham as she covers British Vogue  —  Victoria Beckham has been unwavering in her love and devotion for husband David after 11 years of marriage.  —  But despite his athletic figure and metrosexual appearance …
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Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Victoria Beckham confirms to Vogue UK that she took out her implants
Jenna Sauers / Jezebel:
Ridiculous L'Oréal Ad Stars Patrick Dempsey, Jessica Alba …
Discussion: Amy Grindhouse
National Enquirer:
TRAVOLTA LEAVES WIFE AND BABY TO PARTY WITH PALS  —  In a devastating blow to his marriage, JOHN TRAVOLTA has broken his wife's heart - leaving her and spending the night in a hotel.  —  Less than a month after the arrival of the couple's miracle baby Benjamin, the Hairspray star left wife Kelly Preston …
Discussion: Queerty and Perez Hilton
TMZ.com:
‘Bachelor’ Slap: Womack Says NOT Criminal Battery  —  ABC is promoting “The Bachelor” with a slap to the face by a contestant, but the victim tells TMZ he doesn't want her prosecuted.  —  You probably saw Brad Womack take a slap to the face, when he was greeted by Chantal O'Brien …
Discussion: omg!, The Stir and Perez Hilton
Us Weekly:
Hugh Hefner's Fiancee, 24: “I Don't Notice the Age Difference”  —  Age ain't nothin' but a number — just ask Hugh Hefner's 24-year-old fiancee Crystal Harris!  —  “I don't notice the age difference with Hef at all,” Harris tells Entertainment Tonight of couple's the 60-year age gap.
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Getting a Rise Out of Hef
Discussion: The Blemish and Gawker
TMZ.com:
Gucci Mane Committed to Mental Facility  —  Rapper Gucci Mane believes he's not mentally competent to fight prosecutors' efforts to revoke his probation ... this according to court documents obtained by TMZ.  —  The 30-year-old rapper — real name Radric Davis — appeared in a Georgia courtroom yesterday …
Us Weekly:
PIC: Check Out Kelly Osbourne's New Boyfriend!  —  Kelly Osbourne has got her groove back!  —  Just one week after the E! Fashion Police critic, 26, went off on ex-fiance Luke Worrall on Twitter, calling him “the biggest piece of sh**” and saying he was “trying to get back with me” while …
People.com:
Christina Aguilera's New Sparkler Is Not an Engagement Ring  —  Christina Aguilera's new boyfriend put a ring on it, but don't get the wrong idea.  —  Matt Rutler “gave [a ring] to her for her birthday,” a source tells PEOPLE.  “It's not an engagement ring and they're not engaged.
 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Trade body data: copyrighted music revenue was $45.5B in 2023, above cinema box office spending of $33.2B in 2023 and $41.9B in 2019; record labels made $28.5B

Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Press freedom groups send six questions to the Scott Trust over The Observer sale, including why there is only one bidder and why staff can't speak out freely

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