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Brangelina are going into business together- the two have signed a deal with HBO to produce a drama series about, what else, international aid workers - Hollywood Reporter
Iggygate isn't even close to being over - sources say Iggy wasn't the only pup Ellen Degeneres has passed along to staff members over the years - Page Six
Soap star Nathaniel Marston was hospitalized after attacking three people with a crate, breaking one's leg this weekend in New York City. Police say he was under the influence of narcotics and is being charged with felony assault - Daily News
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In more substance induced brawl news, KidRock was arrested in DeKalb, GA after a fight in a Waffle House restaurant - AJC
I smell a feud! In Jermaine Dupri's new autobiography, he takes shots at Justin Timberlake, calling him "a skinny white kid" that you could find in any "mall around America" - New York Post
Well known local Milwaukee R&B artist, Yolanda Brown and her producer JeTannue Clayborn were found dead in their recording studio from gunshot wounds Friday night - TMJ4
Britney Spears and her new botoxed lips got their visitation rights back - TMZ
Reports say Leonardo DiCaprio broke up with his smoking hot girlfriend Bar Rafaeli and she's now hot and heavy with surfer extrodanaire Kelly Slater - PerezHilton
Ryan Gosling dropped out of the film "The Lovely Bones" due to creative differences. Mark Wahlberg steps right into the role - DListed
Josh Hartnett, you, pretty boy, are having the best week ever - Defamer
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Happy Birthday to Jeff Goldblum, Annette Funnicello, Spike Jonez and more - DListed
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