• Batman: The Dark Knight was the #1 movie at the box office for the third weekend in a row; pulling in more than $43 million dollars and bringing its total haul very close to $400 million bucks.
• Mary-Kate Olsen refuses to cooperate with the further investigation into Heath Ledger’s death unless she gets full immunity.
• Is Madonna planning a Detroit stop on her upcoming Sticky & Sweet World Tour?
• I guess you really can’t stop the beat … especially when it comes from Hairspray’s Nikki Blonsky.
• Breaking Dawn, the final chapter of the Twilight series, sells more than 1 million copies in its first day of sales.
• Björk to collaborate again.
• Nine Inch Nails closes out the Lollapalooza festival this year in front of 75,000 folks.
• Did People magazine shoot itself in the foot?
• Peace the Spork Out goes to Playgirl magazine :(
• Neil Patrick Harris gets all manly on the cover and in the pages of the new issue of Out magazine.
• Marc Jacobs and his new man Lorenzo Martone play with Kate Moss in Spain.
• Where do all THESE semi-nekkid Miley Cyrus pics keep coming from? They’re certainly racier than that Vanity Fair pic.
• Cindy Crawford hits the high seas.
• Britney Spears nabs another nomination, for Best Pop Video, for this year’s MTV Video Music Awards.
• Kate Hudson never seems to want for male companionship.
• Dylan & Cole Sprouse are 16, Andy Hallett (Angel) is 33, Yo-Yo (Miss Rap Supreme) is 37 and Daniel Dae Kim (Lost) is 40 years old today. Click HERE to see who else is celebrating a birthday today.
• JetBlue to charge $7 for a new pillow/blanket comfort pack.
• The US government is trying to make some extra cash on the side.
• Just how many Jacksons will reunite at the Urban Awards this September?

We are still over 3 months away from the premiere of the prequel special presentation of 24: Exile, the 2 hour prequel to Day 7 of 24 but new bits of promo info are still continuing to make their way to the InterWeb. Here are a few promo pics of some of the principal characters that will be featured in 24: Exile:

Natch we have to include the amazing super soldier Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) along with new characters Jonas Hodges (Jon Voight — estranged grandfather of the famed Brangelina twins), Carl Benton (Robert Carlyle — of Trainspotting and 28 Weeks Later fame) and Frank Tramell (Gil Bellows — of Ally McBeal fame). At this point, we aren’t sure who are the good guys and who are the bad guys … all we know at this point about the prequel storyline comes from the leaked TCA presentation video promoting the prequel (which has since been taken offline) and the accompanying plot synopsis. I’m very anxious for the 24 action to get underway already … it’s been far too long already since we’ve been able to enjoy the manic world of Jack Bauer. November 23rd (the day 24: Exile premieres on FOX) seems so far away … but still, it’s better than having to wait until the 7th season begins in January.

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Okay … I think I have to admit that Sheryl Crow’s son, Wyatt Steven, is the cutest celeb baby boy ever. The kid is all sorts of adorable on any given day but these pics of him frolicking in the fountain at the Bleeker St. park in NYC’s West Village (taken over the weekend) are just too freakin’ cute for words:

He really looks like he is having the time of his life … I imagine Sheryl Crow must be very proud of her little boy. Pics like these are a really great way to remember all the good and fun in celeb gossip. Love it!!!

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TMZ is reporting, by way of Media Takeout, that Academy Award winning actor Morgan Freeman (who can currently be seen as Lucius Fox in Batman: The Dark Knight) was involved in a car accident in Mississippi late last night which left him hospitalized. At the time of the initial reporting, no real deets were available about the state of his injuries, only that he was able to talk as he was taken away to the hospital:

TMZ has learned that Academy Award winning actor Morgan Freeman, 71, has been injured in a serious car accident in Mississippi. Cops tell us the “Dark Knight” star was in a one car accident around 11:30 PM last night north of the small town of Ruleville. He was airlifted from the accident scene to a hospital in Memphis, Tenn. We’re told alcohol is not suspected as a factor in the wreck, news of which was first reported by MediaTakeout. Freeman’s condition is unknown, but state troopers tell us he was talking at the scene before he was taken to the hospital. The condition of an unidentified female passenger in the car also is unknown.

This is very sad news, Morgan Freeman is one of my fave actors and I hope that he is doing well. I’m sure there will be more information available in the next day or so but in the meantime I think we should send all our good thoughts and well wishes to Morgan and his female passenger.

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Last night the 2008 Teen Choice Awards infiltrated and took over the Gibson Amphitheater at Universal City in Hollywood, CA in order to honor the previous year’s stellar achievements in categories which include music, movies, sports and TV, as voted on by teens aged 13-19. As usual, all the hottest young stars came out for the event … here are a few of the folks who walked the red carpet last night:

The “It” Girls were in attendance as were the new kids on the block — members of the cast of 90210 made last night’s Teen Choice Awards their unofficial coming out party to hang with the cool kids. There are a whole slew of pics to check out from last night’s fête. After the jump, check out some pics from the show itself, some pics of the couplely couples who were in the audience, some of the winners with their surfboards and, of course, a lot of Beckhamness … (more…)

Hallelujah! Contrary to a report over the weekend from the ever credible Daily Mail, Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal are officially denying that they have decided to be married this Xmas. I think a resounding, Praise Jebus! is apropos. First up, the engagement rumor and then the denial from the couple:

A very merry Christmas might be in store for one of Hollywood’s most low-key couples. Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal plan to tie the knot at Christmas, according to Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper. Gyllenhaal, 27, reportedly told friends that he and his Oscar-winning girlfriend, 32, will marry on or around Dec. 19 - his birthday. “Jake is telling everyone they are getting married at Christmas,” said a source on the set of the actor’s new film, “Prince of Persia.” “He told me he had proposed several times but she kept telling him she wanted to give their relationship more time. When he asked her again a couple of weeks ago, she finally said yes.”

Fortunately, the couple released a statement to People magazine today shooting down this wildly inaccurate report:

Reps for Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal are denying tabloid reports that the couple are engaged. “They are not engaged, getting married or any of the reports,” the reps tell PEOPLE exclusively, calling the reports “lies.”

And we can all heave a collective sigh of relief. I mean, I really am trying to get used the idea of GyllenSpoon together as a couple (even tho they haven’t really officially announced that they are romantically involved in the first place) but I dunno that my fragile little heart can take the notion of the two of them getting married … or even engaged! No, I think I like things just the way they are … ambiguous and, hopefully, fleeting.

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