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Matthew Rutler Mug Shot, Christina Aguilera Arrest Details: Released!

New details have emerged on Christina Aguilera’s recent arrest , and they don’t make the singer or boyfriend Matthew Rutler look very good. Sources tell TMZ that Christina and her man dined in a private room at posh Los Angeles restaurant Osteria Mozza until well past midnight. Deep into a couple bottles of wine, a fellow patron reportedly recognized Aguilera, asked the waiter to send her a drink and was told: “She’s already drinking a bottle of wine… or two.” Hilarious. Meanwhile, both Rutler and Aguilera have been released from jail. They are allegedly holing up in her Beverly Hills home. Pulled over by police for swerving on the road, Rutler blew a .09 on the breathalyzer, according to Radar Online. The legal limit in California is .08. He doesn’t look too broken up about it in the mug shove above, does he? As for Christina, L.A. County Sheriff Office spokesperson Steve Whitmore says Aguilera was a complete mess when she and Rutler were pulled over: “When she got out of the car, she couldn’t stand. We had to help her stand. She didn’t know where she was and she didn’t know her own address. We took her into custody for her own protection.”

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Justin Bieber Birthday Tribute Song: Listen Now!

It’s a lot more than National Pancake Day, folks. In case you hadn’t heard, it’s also Justin Bieber’s birthday, as the young icon turns 17 years old . As you might expect, one of the fans who has sent out best wishes to the star is his mentor, Usher. But the hip hop artist did a lot more than merely Tweet out ““Happy Birthday Lil Bro…I love you and hope you are enjoyin’ your BIG 17th” this afternoon. He also posted a special birthday remix (below) and asked fans to donate to a worthy cause. Justin Birthday Birthday Tribute “Fight cancer & donate $10 to ACS in honor of JB’s bday,” Usuer wrote. “Text BDAY to 20222.” Bieber himself has sent out a link to his Charity: Water page , as he attempts to raise $17,000 for clean water in developing nations. You really have to applaud both these stars for taking advantage of their celebrity in a worthwhile way, don’t you?

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Katie Holmes Sues Tabloid For $50 Million

Katie Holmes is seeking damages of $50 million from American Media, the owner of celebrity gossip tabloid Star, based on a recent cover story. The lawsuit, over a cover extreme even by Star standards, takes issue with reports that Katie is on drugs , and was filed in federal court in L.A. Star’s “vicious lies about plaintiff, designed to hype sales of a sleazy tabloid magazine, were calculated to cause severe harm,” reads the suit . DRUG SHOCKER : The shocker is that they printed this! “The average reader (would invariably) believe that plaintiff has become shockingly addicted to drugs. There is no other way to understand them.” The suit continues: “The cover even created the false impression that, but for plaintiff’s nightmare drug addiction, she would ‘leave’ her husband.” In a statement, AMI said it stood behind the story in Star, which also raised eyebrows for reporting Jason Trawick beat up Britney Spears last year. Inside, the magazine backs off the claim of addiction, citing incidents in which Holmes joins Scientology sessions where an “e-meter” is used. Used in the controversial group’s auditing sessions, e-meters allegedly measure electrical resistance and reflecs past emotional experiences. The article states that the electrical device might release endorphins, or “hormones that cause a pain-killing, mood-elevating effect.” A Scientology member (not Tom Cruise) is quoted as saying about using the e-meter, “Like a heroin addict, you want another dose.” Yup, better get ready to pay up guys.

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Your Complete List of 2011 Golden Globe Winners

Lost in the jubilation around Movieline HQ over the fact that Ricky Gervais took a flamethrower to Hollywood, the Golden Globes, Cher, Scientology, Tim Allen and The Tourist (sorry, Stephanie ), was the fact that actual awards were handed out on Sunday night. And they weren’t all that ridiculous! To wit: The Social Network won everything that Christian Bale, Melissa Leo and Natalie Portman didn’t. Toss in some deserved trophies for Chris Colfer, Jane Lynch and Katey Sagal, and you’ve got a pretty successful meaningless awards ceremony. Relive the fun over at our liveblog , and click ahead for your full list of winners.

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Watch Ricky Gervais Eviscerate Hollywood at the Golden Globes

If you had been waiting to see Ricky Gervais pantomime oral sex between a 24-year-old Playboy Playmate and Hugh Hefner on NBC, then the Golden Globes were for you! They were also for anyone who loves watching the stuffing taken out of Hollywood — and awards shows — in general. So, good for us, then, that Gervais hosted the Globes on Sunday night — just don’t expect to have him back next year. When Phillip Berk was asked after the show if Gervais would host in 2012 , he responded with a very loaded, “No comment.” Alas, we’ll always have this monologue. Click ahead to watch Gervais torch the Beverly Hilton.

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The Scientology Expose We’ve Been Waiting For [Cults]

New Yorker staff writer and Looming Tower author Lawrence Wright is writing what his agent calls “the most profound reckoning to date” with Scientology, told through the eyes of director and apostate Paul Haggis . This should be good. More

‘Bachelor’ Star — Scientology Won’t Leave Me Alone!

Filed under: Shayne Lamas , Nik Richie , Scientology Former “The Bachelor” winner Shayne Lamas is waging war on the Church of Scientology — claiming Xenu’s followers are billing her $1,500 … even though she wants nothing to do with them. Shayne’s lawyer fired off a letter to the famous L. Ron Hubbard… Read more

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Bart Simpson Actress Sued Over Fiance’s Debt

Filed under: Nancy Cartwright , Celebrity Justice Nancy Cartwright — the voice of Bart Simpson — is a defendant in a lawsuit involving her fiance’s suicide, a failed construction project, and the Church of Scientology … this according to documents obtained by TMZ. In the suit, the American Safety… Read more

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‘Jesus, What a Mess’: Mad Men Recapped

Every season of Mad Men has its defining WTF moment. Take Betty’s pellet-gun prowess in season one, or Freddy Rumsen’s pants-peeing in season two, or last season’s Great Lawnmower Foot Severing of 1963. The series wouldn’t be the same without these breathtaking, pitch-black detours into Mathew Weiner’s id (for better or worse), and the current season of the series wouldn’t be the same without its frequent journeys to that well for dramatic reckoning, comic relief and/or the sheer exhilaration of point-blank, old-fashioned shock. And if this year we’ve indeed seen both the best and the worst of what Mad Men has to offer, then it only fits that we have finally seen its weirdest. But was it worth it?

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Paul Thomas Anderson’s Scientology Film Gets Indefinitely Postponed

Looks like Jeremy Renner’s schedule just got slightly less complicated. According to the actor, Paul Thomas Anderson’s much-anticipated Scientology film The Master — which would have starred Philip Seymour Hoffman as a cult leader in the vein of L. Ron Hubbard — has been thrown into development hell. “I was really bummed about that,” Renner told the print edition of Total Film . “It really kind of stalled because when we were rehearsing — Phil, Paul and myself — we kept coming up against a wall that we couldn’t overcome. Or at least Paul couldn’t overcome.” Don’t worry: You can overcome by watching There Will Be Blood again. [Total Film via The Playlist ]

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