After five months, Blake Lively and Leonardo DiCaprio have broken up. Reps for both confirmed the parting of ways, adding that they “remain friends.”

First spotted together in Monte Carlo at the Cannes Film Festival, the couple embarked on a whirlwind, super-luxe summer love-fest spanning the globe.

During their time together, the Gossip Girl actress, 24, and Inception star, 36, were surprisingly open about their romance and seen frequently in public.

The pair’s recent split is sure to come as a surprise to some DiCaprio pals, one of whom told Us Weekly that they’d “never seen him like this with a girl.”

They spent much of the summer at DiCaprio’s L.A. home, where Lively “spent the whole time baking. Leo’s never dated a girl who can cook. He’s smitten!”

After going strong all summer, the duo bonded with one another’s parents. Echoed another insider later this fall: “I bet they get engaged in six months.”

Apparently it wasn’t meant to be, though. While sad for both, we wish Leo and Blake the best … and have little doubt they’ll find someone new if they want.

Instantly.

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Diddy claims he “backslid and regressed” when he went on a tirade the other night, shouting racial and homophobic slurs at a clubgoer in Atlanta.

The rap mogul is begging for forgiveness on Twitter for the outburst, which got so bad T.I. had to intervene and tell his boy to calm the heck down.

He threw ice at some guy, threatened to fight him and called him “n**ga” and a “f**got” all for drinking a rival brand of vodka. Seriously.

In his apology today, Diddy writes:

“I’m sorry for the ignorant way I repesented [SIC] myself … I have backslid and regressed. Forgive me for my ignorance. Pray for me pls.”

“I know better and I am better. I have a responibility [SIC] that I promise I will live up to. And I’m more dissapointed [SIC] in myself than you know.”

“I will humble myself and learn.”

The man on the receiving end, Ricky Parker, says he feels “humiliated and disrespected” and can’t believe this entire fiasco erupted because he was drinking Grey Goose and NOT Ciroc vodka, which Diddy is a spokesperson for.

Neither can we. Watch the incident below if you haven’t seen it:

Diddy Calls Out Non-Ciroc Drinker, T.I. Intervenes

Ricki Lake once again finds herself in first place on Dancing With the Stars.

The talk show personality and former Hairspray star earned the season’s highest score yet for her rumba last night, posting three nines and a 27 in all.

That edged out J.R. Martinez and Chynna Phillips, who scored 26 apiece.

Lake said the dance symbolized finding love again (with fiance Christian Evans) after a divorce, and the judges rewarded her routine with Derek Hough.

Watch Ricki’s week three Dancing With the Stars performance below …

Ricki Lake on Dancing With the Stars (Week 3)

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Talk about a very Hot Topic…

On yesterday’s installment of The View, co-host Whoopi Goldberg raised the issue of Republican Presidential candidate Rick Perry using a hunting camp whose named formerly had the N word in it. When Barbara Walters repeated the name of the camp (admitting it was “very hard” for her to even utter), Sherri Shepherd stepped in and objected:

“I didn’t like the way you said it. I don’t know if it’s a semantics thing, but it’s something that goes through my body.”

Is that because Walters is white? Shepherd couldn’t explain her issue, simply saying there was a “different connotation” when Goldberg said it versus when Walters said it. Watch the exchange below and then vote in our poll.

Sherri Shepherd on The View: No N Word Use!

This is a sensitive topic, but we’re curious for your feedback: Should white people ever say the N word?

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Bravo is yet to confirm it, but multiple television cameras can’t be wrong: Carole Radziwill is a new Real Housewife of New York City.

The socialite was spotted, surrounded by crew members, dress shopping in Greenwich Village yesterday. This sighting following a report that stated Radziwill, Heather Thomson and Aviva Drescher will be taking over next season for Jill Zarin, Alex McCord, Kelly Bensimon and Cindy Barshop.

So, who is Carole Radziwill? She is…

… the ex-wife of  Prince Anthony Radziwill, the only son of Jackie Kennedy Onassis’ younger sister, Lee Radziwill, and the cousin of John F. Kennedy, Jr. 

… a former good friend of the late Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy.

… a former ABC News reporter.

… a writer for Glamour.

Unfortunately, it’s apparent we’ll be hearing A LOT more from this woman in the near future.

Chynna Phillips took us on a trip down memory lane last night.

With week three of Dancing With the Stars’ fall season dedicated to a defining year in each contestant’s life, Chynna dedicated her performance to 1990, the year she scored a mammoth pop music hit with Wilson Phillips’ “Hold On.”

Chynna didn’t move us quite as much as the story of J.R. Martinez (how could anyone), but watching her dance to her own song was pretty fun, and her moves were good enough to land her in a tie with J.R., one point behind Ricki Lake.

Watch Phillips do her thing below:

Chynna Phillips Dances to Hold On (DWTS Week 3)

American Idol will soon meet 90210.

Kellie Pickler, a former finalist on the Fox singing competition, will guest star on the October 18 episode of this CW drama as Sally, the country-singing cousin of Austin, a new character played by Justin Deeley. Get your first look at Pickler on the program here, as she shakes hands with AnnaLynne McCord’s Naomi:

“Everyone was so welcoming,” Pickler told People of the shoot. “I enjoyed stepping out of my comfort zone and I’d love to do it again, but at the end of the day, I want to be on the radio.”

As viewers will find out later this season, Austin has other famous relatives, as well: Billy Ray Cyrus will soon show up as the character’s dad.

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Looks like Tiger Woods’ notorious #1 mistress is officially off the market.

Yes, Rachel Uchitel got married. Yes, Matt Hahn apparently went there.

Documents from Clark County, Nevada, show that Rachel and Matt got a marriage license Sunday night, then filed it with the court the next day at 8:58 a.m.

Guess she wasn’t screwing around … for once in her freaking life.

Rachel Uchitel married Matt Hahn! Congrats, we suppose!

Matt Hahn was a football player at Penn State and is now a businessman in San Francisco. They’ve been living together in the city by the bay for several months.

At 26, Matt is 10 years younger than the professional adulterer.

Rachel Uchitel has been engaged twice – her first fiance died in the 9/11 attacks in 2001 – and married once before, to some guy for a few months in 2004.

Hopefully this one works out for her and Matt … although we have our doubts with a chick who gets around so prolifically and scandalously. Call us crazy.

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Diddy damn near caused a melee at an Atlanta club last weekend.

Fortunately, T.I. was there to talk his out-of-control buddy down.

After the mogul and Ciroc Vodka spokesman threatened to get violent with a man in the crowd drinking a rival brand (seriously) at the BET Hip Hop Awards after-party.

Things almost got out of hand at Compound, until T.I. stepped in:

Diddy Calls Out Non-Ciroc Drinker, T.I. Intervenes

Diddy began shouting at the man, “B!tch ass n!ggas … put that sh!t down … put that sh!t down before I come smack that purple shirt off your ass.”

It appears Diddy grabs ice and throws it at the man … before screaming, “What the f*%k are you gonna do, b*tch? Get the f*%k out of my face!”

That’s the edited version. As Diddy ranted, T.I. grabbed another mic.

“I done paid enough time … and nobody else in this motherf**ker [who is] talking about fighting done did no time,” he said, ever-so-eloquently.

T.I., who was just set free from a halfway house, pleaded with Diddy.

“Let them n**gas drink what the f*%k they want man. I love you n!gga … you know I will go to war with you, but come on man … let’s go.”

And he did. T.I.: True friend. Voice of reason.

AWWWW alert, readers. Jessica Alba shows off her newborn baby in the latest issue of You, a magazine in New Zealand.

The actress is posing below with Honor Marie, 3, and Haven, who was brought into the world on August 15 via an unusual birthing process. (She came out while still inside the amniotic sac, which eventually burst. We do our research, people!)

“I just want to hold her and cuddle her all the time,” Alba says of the almost two-month old, adding that there’s no sibling rivalry yet between sisters:

Honor “loves having a real baby in the house to look after instead of just playing with her dolls. She considers herself an expert when it comes to Haven because she has this doll collection and she loves taking care of them.”

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Brooke Mueller is getting along much better with Charlie Sheen these days.

But the troubled celebrity is still fighting mad, aiming her anger at a treatment facility where she spent time in March of 2010.

Mueller has filed a lawsuit against The Canyon rehab facility in Malibu because she believes staff members there leaked confidential medical information to the press.

It is true that Brooke’s patient admissions forms were submitted to websites such as TMZ last spring, though that celebrity gossip outlet did not publish the documents.

Mueller is suing for undisclosed damages because she believes her privacy was violated.

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Bravo is attempting to put The Real Housewives of New Jersey rumor mill to rest.

With chatter surfacing over whether a number of castmates will get the boot – Jacqueline is the leading contender – the network released the following statement today:

“Bravo is not firing anyone from The Real Housewives of New Jersey. This is completely inaccurate information from sources who are unreliable and making up rumors. All five cast members will be featured on season 4. No decisions have been made about season 5 at this time. We are looking forward to the season 3 finale this Sunday at 10 p.m.”

But what if one of the Housewives quits?!? Or all of them? We can dream, can’t we?

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Are you ready for some insanity?

When Hank Williams Jr. stopped by Fox & Friends this morning to discuss politics (absurd in itself), few could have imagined the views that the country music singer and longtime voice of Monday Night Football espouses.

Williams described this year’s “Golf Summit” between President Barack Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner as “One of the biggest political mistakes ever.” Sadly, that was Hank’s high water mark for intelligence:

Hank Williams Jr. on Fox News

When the co-hosts asked Williams to explain, he offered this scintillating insight: “Come on! Come on! It would be like Hitler playing golf with Netanyahu!”

To the Fox News panel’s credit, they were clearly dumbstruck, turned off and unsure of how to respond to such an outrageous comment in a live interview.

Still, you have to question the wisdom of having this guy on your show in the first place. You can’t find an intelligent conservative voice to talk politics?

Your take: Is Obama a socialist?

UPDATE: ESPN has yanked Williams, saying in a statement: “We are extremely disappointed with his comments, and as a result we have decided to pull the open from tonight’s telecast.”

Hugh Jackman wasn’t just willing to get in the ring, he was eager to.

So the actor tells our partner site, Movie Fanatic, in an interview regarding Real Steel, a film he hopes will appeal to families, kids and adults like.

Affable, generous and gracious, the Australian talked about about the film’s intricacies, as well as two other major movie projects he has coming up within the next 12 months: Wolverine and Les Miserables with Russell Crowe.

Real Steel opens Friday. Check out the trailer for the film below and follow the link to read Movie Fanatic’s exclusive interview with Hugh Jackman!

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File this under Admissions We Did Not See Coming:

In an interview with The Los Angeles Times, Thomas Jane says he was once homeless and earned money as a man-on-man prostitute.

“When I was a kid out here in L.A., I was homeless. I didn’t have any money and I was living in my car,” the actor says. “I wasn’t averse to going down to Santa Monica Boulevard and letting a guy buy me a sandwich. Know what I mean?”

The Hung star, who been married twice, adds that “you’re a lot more open to experimentation as a young man. And for me, being a young artist and broke in Los Angeles, I was exploring my sexual identity.”

Does he have any regrets? Nope.

“Until you’ve tasted the food, you don’t know whether you’ll like it or not, as my mom always said.”

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In case Teresa Giudice is somehow not a big enough draw for you, Life & Style can now confirm: Aubrey O’Day will also join the new cast of Celebrity Apprentice!

She is “so excited to be part of the show,” an insider tells the tabloid, adding this exciting nugget: “She came into the Dop Dop salon in NYC a couple of weeks ago to change her hair color to red for her stint on the show.”

Right. Because it’s the color of O’Day’s hair that viewers will focus on. That’s totally where are our eyes are drawn to in the photo above.

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Amanda Knox learned her fate as the verdict in her high-profile appeal of a murder conviction was read aloud in an Italian courtroom this evening.

It was overturned. The jury found her not guilty of murder, but guilty of defamation. She was ordered to be set free immediately after her acquittal.

Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, also cleared today, were sentenced to 25 and 26 years in prison following their 2009 convictions.

The 24-year-old student tearfully denied brutally killing roommate Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy, 2007, pleading for freedom earlier Monday.

“I am not what they say I am. I did not kill. I did not rape. I did not steal,” Amanda Knox said this morning, her voice trembling with emotion.

It was the most important speech of her life. It showed, and it worked.

“People always ask me, ‘who is Amanda Knox?’ I am the same person that I was four years ago, exactly the same person,” she continued.

“The only thing that now separates me from four years ago is my suffering.”

Knox and her family, present in Perugia for the verdict, have always claimed her imprisonment was nothing but a monumental judicial mistake.

Prosecutors, in turn, have depicted Knox as a manipulative liar, and were seeking to increase her sentence to life in prison. Instead, she’s free.

The jury was made up of the presiding judge, a side judge and six jurors, five of them women, and had several options regarding deliberations.

They could acquit both defendants and set them free, which they did. They also could have upheld the conviction, but changed the sentence.

Over the course of the trial, the defendants’ appeal had significantly improved, mainly because a court-ordered independent review cast serious doubts over the main DNA evidence linking the two to the crime.

Prosecutors maintain that Knox’s DNA was found on the handle of a kitchen knife thought to have killed Kercher, whose DNA was on the blade.

They also said Sollecito’s DNA was on the clasp of Kercher’s bra as part of a mix of evidence that included the murder victim’s genetic profile.

But the independent review – ordered at the request of the defense, which had always disputed those findings – reached a different conclusion.

The two experts found that police conducting the investigation had made glaring errors in evidence-collecting and that below-standard testing and possible contamination raised doubts over the attribution of DNA traces.

In the end, a jury agreed there was not sufficient evidence to uphold Knox’s conviction. What do you think? Did they make the right call?

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