Glenn Close has opened up about a rarely discussed fact of her upbringing, saying that she used to be in a cult and credits it with honing her acting abilities at a young age. Joining the conservative Moral Re-Armament sect with her family when she was seven she toured the world as part of their musical collective Up…

The 2010 New York Film Critics Circle Awards, actually held in 2011, took place on a cold night. Which didn't stop Ruffalo and Firth from being hot, and Michelle Williams and Kerry Washington, seriously cool.

"Insiders" report that Brit-Brit, devastated by abuse rumors about her boyfriend Jason Trawick that surfaced earlier this week, is going to show everyone by marrying him. Given her history of making great decisions, this can only end well.

• Mark Ruffalo told GQ that Pennsylvania's Office of Homeland Security put him on a terrorist watch list for promoting the anti-natural gas drilling documentary GasLand. The bureau is denying everything, and Mark says it's all "pretty fucking funny."

• Carole White, Naomi Campbell's former agent, was questioned in the Charles Taylor war crimes trial yesterday, and further contradicted Naomi's testimony.

Let's call him "the seductive sperm donor," and maybe even declare him our new romantic hero. The subject of two movies and a new novel, this sexy beast of a character is anything but anonymous.

• A source claims that the cast of Jersey Shore is sick of dealing with Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino:

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• Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony had trouble getting into the Neighborhood Ball last night, because they were late. You gotta get there before the President! [Page Six]

• Jennifer Aniston admits two things about that naughty nude GQ cover: that she was drunk when they snapped the pics and that they photoshopped her already perfect funbags. [NYDN]

• The country's most famous teen mom, Bristol Palin, will have a boy around December 20th with fiance Levi Johnston. The as-yet-unnamed kiddie already killed a moose with his bare hands in utero. [Page Six]

• Britney's big eff you to her (chef) dad: Skipping dinner: "Britney thinks that if she doesn't eat much she will lose weight, then people will notice," an insider says. [MSNBC]

• Holy double zygote! Star is reporting that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are having twins. Again. Fertility treatments, duh. More in Midweek Madness. [Star]
• Meanwhile, in this clip, Brad Pitt says he thinks Angelina is gorgeous: "I get up some mornings and gasp." [E!]
• Pitt's next production: Starring as a British…

• Jennifer Aniston on John Mayer: "He's a rare one. He is extraordinary and it is wonderful to watch him... the way his brain works and the way he thinks thoughts... it's beautiful." Is this the same John Mayer we know? [Mirror, The Sun]
• Remember how Jennifer Aniston had dinner with Gerard Butler? They're in…

• Lindsay Lohan says that she and Samantha Ronson are still going strong, and if they were to break up, we'd hear it from the mouths of babes, or rather, Lindsay's MySpace blog. "all in all-[paparazzi] should just stop asking altogether, once and for all if she and i are broken up because frankly, if we ever ever did….…

• Jennifer Aniston talked to Entertainment Weekly about the tabloid reports that she's knocked up with John Mayer's baby: "Oh my God, it's hysterical. It's almost going to take away the fun from actually being able to say one day, 'I'm pregnant!' Stop stealing my thunder, motherfuckers!" Plus: She wasn't thrilled that …

• K-Fed is opening up about his marriage to Britney in this week's People. " I never thought that I would get married but it wound up happening. That was a really, really, happy, exciting moment. I pretty much realized that I was giving my life to her, and I was doing it without question," the Fed says. [People]
• Are…

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• Britney Spears spends $102,000 a month on entertainment and $16,000 on clothes, according to court papers detailing her finances. She also has $50,000 going to her mortgage, $10,000 for utilities and $6,000 for child care. A month! She should hire us. For $102K a month we could be soooo entertaining. [Page Six]
  
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