Russell Brand is in trouble! Marc Anthony is in debt! Brad Pitt is in the hospital! (Not for anything serious... unless you consider charity serious, which I do.) Friday's gossip is ringing in the new year!

  • Foreigner comedian Russell Brand, who is married to American song-and-dance woman Katy Perry, Tweeted a picture of his wife without makeup and also looking sort of surprised. He quickly took the picture down and probably is in a lot of trouble even though she does not really look all that bad in the end. [Daily Mail]
  • Salsa singer Marc Anthony owes the feds like three million bucks. Great job paying your shit on time, Marc Anthony. [NYDN]
  • Alien famous couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie visited the great state of Missouri after Christmas and kicked it at the Pediatric Center. [People]
  • The muscular steroid-infected children of Alex Rodriguez prefer blonde actress Kate Hudson to blonde actress Cameron Diaz, in terms of "who's having sex with dad." [Us]
  • Scream star David Arquette was dressed like a clown at a party in Miami, which is, like, isn't he always dressed like a clown? [P6]
  • Famous person Kourtney Kardashian and her weird-looking husband Scott Disick weren't talking at dinner, maybe because he freaked out at a photographer or maybe because they are boring people. [P6]
  • Diddy, a man who raps and produces raps, chartered a big boat for his whole family in St. Barts. [P6]
  • The Russian guy who owns the Nets is in the French Alps for Kwanzaa, surrounded by 13 babes and probably other rich people stuff like motorcycles. [P6]
  • NYPD Special Victims Unit detective Fin Tutuola thinks that Kanye West is a human being and an artist. He thinks his wife, whose name is Coco, is a Ferrari. [P6]
  • Guitar strummin' guy John Cougar Mellencamp is splitting up with his wife, Elaine Cougar Mellencamp. They're not getting a divorce. [TMZ]
  • Prime Minister of America Oprah Winfrey cannot poop in public because someone might record her while she is pooping. [TMZ]