Marc Malkin of E! News is reporting that Playboy magazine mogul Hugh Hefner is confirming his split from longtime girlfriend Holly Madison. You may recall that Holly Madison broke the news to TMZ earlier this week that she and Hef are “not together”. Malkin spoke directly to Hefner and learned straight for the old grey mare horse’s mouth that the couple are “over”. In his chat with Malkin, Hef also discloses the state of his relationships with his other two girlfriends Kendra Wilkinson and Bridget Marquardt (essentially, they’re still doing it but not for long, apparently). Here is a pic of me with Hef and Holly at a Playboy party at Mood nightclub here in LA back in July of 2006 and portions of Marc Malkin‘s chat with Hefner:

It’s really over. Hugh Hefner confirms he and Holly Madison are no longer. “If she says it’s over, it’s over,” Hefner tells me. “But like I’ve said before, she is the love of my life, and I expected to spend the rest of my life with her.” The Playboy mogul says the relationship started to crumble about six months ago when they learned he was unable to father a child with Holly. “With my sperm count, it’s not possible,” Hefner explained. “I was willing but it was not possible … She’d like to be married and have children, but it’s not in the cards here for me.” Where does that leave the other two Girls Next Door, Kendra Wilkinson and Bridget Marquardt? Hefner says they’re still romantically involved, but admitted, “the relationship with Kendra will be ending when she moves out, probably by the end of this year.” Hef ain’t wasting anytime getting back in the saddle though. In the last week, he’s been spotted with 19-year-old twins Kristina and Karissa Shannon. “They very much want to be girlfriends and now under the present circumstance, they probably will become my girlfriends,” Hefner says.

Well then, I guess we’ve heard from both of the interested parties so it must really really be over. I gotta say … I’m a bit icked out about Hugh Hefner talking about his dwindling sperm count. You always hear about how men can father children well into old age … but I guess there really does come a time when a man, er, runs out of juice (EW, sorry!). But, onward and upwards, I suppose. Yesterday we got our first look at the set of twins, Karissa and Kristina, that Hef is lookin’ to “probably” make his replacement girlfriends. Malkin adds that Hefner has also been “testing” a girl named Amy Leigh Andrews at the Playboy Mansion this week for the position of one of his girlfriends. As to what “testing” involves, well, I’m sure I REALLY DON’T WANT TO KNOW the specifics of that.

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Stop the presses … could it possibly be true that famed Playboy magnate Hugh Hefner has ended his romantic affiliation with his highest ranking girlfriend Holly Madison? Well, according to Holly — yes, the couple are dunzo. In a brief, spur-of-the-moment interview with TMZ, Holly let slip that she and Hef are “no longer together”. Even tho Hefer has been denying a split on the grounds that he and his three girlfriends Kendra Wilkinson, Bridget Marquardt and Holly are “still filming” their E! reality TV show Girls Next Door, it really sounds they may not be as “together” as he and E! producers would like us to believe. Whether or not Hef is “no longer together” with all three girls or it’s just Holly who got the boot it really does sound like they are dunzo:

Girls Next Door star Holly Madison has confirmed that she and Hugh Hefner are officially over. When a TMZ cameraman recently asked her if she can get him into an upcoming Halloween bash at the Playboy mansion, she replied: “I have no pull anymore. Hef and I aren’t together.” Still, she said she, Kendra Wilkinson and Bridget Marquardt are “still filming stuff together. We’re having fun.” Of their upcoming sixth season, she added, “It’s going to be even better. We love season five, but I think every season gets better.” Madison’s new comments come days after Hef denied reports of a split. “It’s all rumors without question. We have just completed our fifth season, and we’re all still together and have just signed on to a sixth season, which we start filming in the new year,” Hefner said at last week’s FOX REALLY Awards Show taping in Hollywood, according to Fox News. “There may be some transitions to the relationships though, we’ll see.” Last month, Hefner confirmed to Usmagazine.com that he and Madison’s relationship was “in transition.” “She is still my girlfriend,” he said. “Now will that last? I don’t think anything lasts forever. “I love her very much, but you know, she wants very much to get married and have children. That isn’t very much in the cards for me,” he adds. “So there has to be a certain reality there.”

Say it ain’t so! What is the world coming to when a 28-year old buxom blonde bombshell cannot find true love and happiness with an 82-year old pornographic magazine founder/publisher? This sad, y’all. That being said, there’ll prolly be Help Wanted signs going up at the Playboy mansion very soon (well, at least after the next season of Girls Next Door finishes airing) to fill the vacancy in Hef‘s harem left by Holly and/or the other girls. Time to brush up those résumés ;)

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Sad news this AM … Kirsten Dunst and Justin Long have, according to In Touch Weekly magazine, decided to end their fairytale romance after being together for only about 2 months. I, for one, am aghast that things didn’t work out between these two but … whatevs … Dunst-in are dunzo now:

Just two weeks after Drew Barrymore and Justin Long broke up, he was spotted getting cozy with Kirsten Dunst. But after two months of dating, Justin and Kirsten, 26, have split. “They are taking some time off for now,” reveals an insider. Kirsten, who also dated Fabrizio Moretti, another of Drew’s exes, ended the relationship. Still, the insider insists that there is no bad blood between the two: “Kirsten gets bored really easily and she needs a break from men right now. They are still both friends and will hang out.” Meanwhile, a rep for Justin says that he and Kirsten have always just been friends.

I suppose it’s possible that these two were never actually together together but I do believe that something was going on betwixt the two of them. Two months may not seem like a long time to most for a relationship/fling/rebound/whatever but the loss of lurve is sad nonetheless. Every time a Hollywood couple decides to call it quits an Angel in heaven dies so … this is really sad, y’all.

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Could it be that Miley Cyrus has finally outgrown her professional relationship with Disney and is ready to put say Peace the Spork Out to the Hannah Montana role that made her a star? Well, according to a new report, both Miley and her daddums Billy Ray Cyrus are doing everything they can to get out of finishing the eps for this last season of the show as quickly as they can (ie. before the actual end of the season) much to Disney‘s chagrin. Interestingly enough, there is another new report that claims that Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell is lookin’ to sign Miley up to play a young Carrie Bradshaw in a proposed “young adult” prequel series to SaTC … so basically, we’ve got good news/bad news sitch on our hands:

TMZ has learned Miley and Billy Ray Cyrus want off “Hannah Montana,” and their conduct has triggered a war on the set. Our spies on the set tell us Miley has bragged that she will get fired, making it clear she wants to focus on singing and not the show. For his part, Billy Ray has also made it clear that there is more money in singing than a Disney cable show. As a result, the father-daughter team has been showing up to the set ridiculously late, stalling production and infuriating cast and crew … Sources tell us Billy Ray has told people on the set that he and Miley will do 12 more episodes and then they are out. Disney was so pissed they called his agent, railing that Billy Ray and Miley were ingrates. Disney insisted that Billy Ray and Miley not only finish the 24 episode season — but Disney was adding six more episodes.

And now for the bad news:

Candace Bushnell, the creator of the smash TV series and movie Sex And The City, has suggested that Miley Cyrus play the role of a young Carrie Bradshaw in her planned prequel series. Currently working on a pair of novels focusing on ‘young’ Carrie’s time in high school, Bushnell has revealed that the teenage Carrie, “…did not follow the crowd – she led it. It was there that she began observing and commenting on the social scene.” She added that Cyrus could be perfect playing the teenage Carrie, who has been played as an adult by Sarah Jessica Parker in the TV series and on the big screen. Miley herself appears to be very keen on the role, telling TV Guide earlier in the year, “I’d love to do a younger, cleaner version of Sex And The City.”

While I wouldn’t mind very much if the Hannah Montana character died a quick and painful death, I am aghast that this Sex and the City prequel bullshizz is even being discussed. I’m not sure how valid this report is necessarily but I personally think a sanitized, young adult version of the show would be SO STUPID. WTF are they thinking? The whole idea is bad enough but casting Miley Cyrus, are they seriously out of their freakin’ minds? I really hope this wild talk is a total fabrication … I’m not sure my frail little heart could survive what I think would be the total decimation of SaTC. Please gods, let this never happen … please. What do y’all think … does any of this sound like a good idea to any of y’all?

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It sounds like the folks at The Insider have finally had enough of Pat O’Brien‘s crazy shenanigans. The New York Post is reporting that Pat got fired yesterday, for real this time, after homie fired off some insulting and boastful emails to his co-workers. This incident IMHO isn’t as embarrassing as that voicemail incident that O’Brien got embroiled in a couple of years ago but it looks like The Insider is fed up … he’s dunzo, y’all:

PAT O’Brien is out of a job. The former host of “The Insider,” who was demoted to a correspondent after several stints in rehab, infuriated his bosses when he sent out an ill-advised e-mail Monday to his “Insider” and “Entertainment Tonight” co-workers, which boasted of his own popularity. The e-mail also said one of “Insider” host Lara Spencer’s segments on the show makes viewers “want to vomit.” Sources told us O’Brien was fired yesterday, and a rep for “The Insider” confirmed he’s out.

Yeah, Pat O’Brien sounds like a total mess. You’d think he’d have learned his lesson after his previous public shame and supposed rehabilitation in rehab but … I guess not. It sounds a bit fishy that he would not get fired over the voicemail incident but does get fired after sening off “ill-advised” boastful emails — so I suspect there’s more to the story. In any event, Pat O’Brien is looking for work these days … as any of y’all hiring?

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MTV released news late yesterday that as of November of this year their once-popular live daily video countdown show, Total Request Live, will be ending production for the foreseeable future. Altho the network has left TRL‘s ending a bit open-ended (ie. there is hope that it may be resurrected in the future), it has been announced that the show will end after special 2-hour Saturday episode airs in November:

Start the countdown clock on MTV’s countdown era: “Total Request Live” will soon shut down after 10 years on the air. The music video show will conclude in a two-hour special on a Saturday afternoon in November, Dave Sirulnick, executive producer of “TRL”, said Monday. He stressed that the show wasn’t ending for good, but felt now was the right time to give it a break after an unprecedented run on the cable music channel. “We want to close this era of ‘TRL’ in a big celebratory way, and 10 is a great number,” Sirulnick said. “And 10 is the number that ‘TRL’ counted down every single day for 10 years, and we hit this 10th (anniversary) and we thought, ‘You know what? This feels like the right time and let’s celebrate it and let’s reward it. And let’s let it have a little bit of a rest for a minute.’ Let it catch its breath! Been working hard — for 10 years!” “TRL” debuted in September 1998 and became the splashy center of the teen pop music scene with Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys, N’Sync and other acts. From its heydey until 2008, it’s been a destination for musicians, movie stars and celebrities promoting their new music, movies and other projects. Sirulnick said “TRL” — which airs weekday afternoons from MTV’s Times Square studio — lost some luster as it aged. It peaked in 1999 with 757,000 viewers tuning in daily, according to Nielsen Media Research. “It becomes more of a mainstay and more of an institution than — pardon the pun — the new kid on the block,” Sirulnick said. For the finale, Sirulnick said he hopes to celebrate with many of the “folks who helped make ‘TRL’ what it is — whether that’s Justin (Timberlake) and his guys in N’Sync, the Backstreet Boys, Britney, Eminem — I think we would love to see all of them here.” That includes former host Carson Daly. In a statement, Eminem said: “I’m going to miss ‘TRL.’ … Where else will I be able to start feuds, defend my honor vigorously and act like an angry teenager on national TV? Oh wait … The VMAs!” MTV found a replacement of sorts with “FNMTV.” The show debuted over the summer in a 15-episode run hosted by Pete Wentz, bassist for rock band Fall Out Boy. Taped in Los Angeles, it aired Friday nights and televised exclusive music videos and performances by such diverse acts as Slipknot and the Jonas Brothers. MTV said it was bringing “FNMTV” back for another run in mid-November. Like last time, there will be no video countdown with the 10 viewer favorites.

No offense to Pete Wentz and his new MTV show but … FNMTV, I watched TRL, I knew TRL, TRL was a friend of mine. FNMTV, you’re no TRL. This news is so sad to me … not only have some very important events in modern pop culture taken place on the TRL stage, live in front of the youth of the nation … but I have a few very personal, very important memories thanks to MTV and TRL. I remember that on my first visit to NYC in 2001 Sarah and I made a point to be in front of the MTV Studios in Times Square so that we could watch TRL being taped live for broadcast. I was still teaching at the time and was in NYC on Spring Break. In the crowd on the street I was zoomed in on by one of the cameras (I was wearing a striped scarf from the GAP, apparently it caught the cameraperson’s eye) coming back from commercial break and pretty much every kid at my school saw me on TV. Needless to say, I was immediately deemed the “coolest teacher” in the school (I also came home with at t-shirt from the MTV Store that read “Carson, can I come up?” which immediately negated my new cool factor). TRL was also the place where I got to meet and take a photo with Madonna, deffo one of the coolest moments in my life:

And early on in my relationship with David, we attended a taping of TRL together … the one where Nelly Furtado debuted her new video for her song Promiscuous. At that moment, David and I agreed that the song would be a monster hit … and, of course, it was. It was at that taping that I got to give a trademark TRL “shout out” to “all my Pink peeps out there” and my face was broadcast on the massive LCD screen in Times Square … yes, I have a few really great TRL memories. I’m very sad that the show is ending. I must admit, I do not watch it as fervently as I used to — and maybe that is the reason why the show must end (ie. sagging viewership) … which is sad.

I do hope the show will be revived in some way in the future. All MTV needs is another Carson Daly to breathe new, fun life into the show … maybe after a short break, it can come back better than ever. I, for one, will miss TRL very much.

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Got some good news and some sad news for fans of Sarah McLachlan … on the upside, Sarah Mac is releasing a greatest hits album in early October which features two new songs U Want Me 2 and Don’t Give Up on Us … on the downside, those songs were inspired by Sarah‘s separation from her husband of 11 years, Ashwin Sood :( Looks like they’re dunzo, y’all:

The two new songs on Sarah McLachlan’s upcoming greatest hits album — “U Want Me 2″ and “Don’t Give Up on Us” — come from an extremely personal place. “I’m separating from my husband, so these are the songs about that,” McLachlan told Billboard.com. She’s been married to Ashwin Sood, who plays drums in her band, for 11 years. The couple, who reside in Vancouver, has two daughters, six-year-old India and Taja Summer, 14 months. “I wasn’t planning on saying anything,” McLachlan added, “but it’s gonna come out at some point. I haven’t said anything about it because I’ve been terrified to, but I figure … there’s no good time to say it, so I just said it.” McLachlan called the situation “pretty gross” but did not elaborate on reasons for the separation or the couple’s future plans … McLachlan wrote both songs with her longtime producer Pierre Marchand. She described “U Want Me 2″ as “about that really uncertain, confusing place at the end of a relationship when there’s no communication or closure, everything’s still up in the air and there’s a lot of anger and sadness. It’s sort of that working through ‘How do we move forward … with some dignity and grace.” “Don’t Give Up,” she said, is “pretty self-explanatory, basically just a plea to give it another chance and keep trying.”

I know this is prolly pretty random for those of you who aren’t all that familiar with Sarah McLachlan but I’m a big fan and this is really bummer news. If I recall correctly, Sarah‘s hubby Ashwin was also her percussionist on tour (they spent quite a bit of time together on the road during the Lilith Fair days) and they have one child two daughters (thanks Nicole). One of my fave Sarah Mac songs, Ice Cream, was inspired/written for Ash. I’m very disheartened to learn that her break-up from her husband is described as “pretty gross” :( I hope these new songs will help Sarah heal from the dissolution of her marriage … sad news.

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Sad news this AM … People magazine is reporting that the presumed happily engaged couple made up of Desperate Housewives‘ Nicollette Sheridan and Light Rock crooner Michael Bolton have decided to amicably call off their engagement and end their seemingly endless relationship (the couple got the party started back in 1992) … they’re dunzo, y’all:

Nicollette Sheridan and Michael Bolton are again going their separate ways, a rep for the actress tells PEOPLE exclusively. “Nicollette Sheridan and Michael Bolton have amicably ended their engagement,” said Nicole Perna. “They appreciate your respect for their privacy in this matter.” The couple’s relationship originally started in 1992, and lasted for five years. The musician, now 55, and the Desperate Housewives star, 44, then resumed seeing one another in 2005 – and in March 2006 had announced their wedding engagement.

This is a bummer … not that I really thought about Sheridan and Bolton much as a couple (if at all) but when I did see them together, I thought they made a pretty great couple … but I guess no longer. Well, the couple managed to patch things up after their last break-up so it’s possible that they may find their way to one another again … I guess we’ll see. Sad, tho.

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John Mayer, who appears to have been having a tough time this week since his breakup with Jennifer Aniston, gave an impromptu press conference on the streets of NYC this weekend, talking to whatever camera was in his face at the time. TMZ managed to get the whole thing on tape and is spreading Mayer‘s message of heartache to the four corners of the world … er, well, the ones that enjoy Internet access that is:

Mayer was indignant at reports his relationship with Jen was torpedoed because he cheated. He says “I ended a relationship to be alone, because I didn’t want to waste someone’s time.” All the “cheating” stories are cheap lies, Mayer says, adding, “It’s the most normal thing in the world” when a relationship runs its course. And he challenged 20% of Americans who are too wussy to get out of relationships that don’t work. After railing on the mags, Johnny boy has some serious superlatives for Jen.

The video, which you can watch HERE, is chock full of Mayer nuggets of wisdom that are simply not to be missed. In the vid, John says, “Jennifer Aniston is the smartest, most sophisticated woman I’ve ever met” and explains the parameters of the breakup of Mayerston. He says:

“It’s about going out with somebody being truthful on the way in, being truthful in the middle and being truthful on the way out. You’re either a cheater or you break up and I’m not the first one, I’m the second one and that’s it.”

Someone then asks him if he is dating anyone else right now and he gets pissy that he would even be asked that question, implying that the mere asking if he’s with someone else discounts all of his statements that there was no cheating involved in the breakup. He continues, “I ended a relationship to be alone because I don’t want to waste somebody’s time if something’s not right.” He ended the “press conference” by implying that he had to “give up” Jenn because sometimes you “can’t have it all” (the implication is that their schedules, etc. are what also led to their breakup) and that having to breakup at all “sucks”. Well, I’m glad that he got that all cleared up. It appears that John may be out of the mopey stage and is now ready to move on … which, I think, is prolly a good idea for everyone involved.

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Could it be? Is this the end? Have Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer really decided to end their steamy and fun-to-watch romance? New reports going around today claim that Mayerston have broken up and that John was the one who did the dumping (but for Jen‘s own good) but I don’t know that I really believe it just yet … even still, I think it’s worth mentioning … word on the street is that Mayerston are dunzo:

Unlucky-in-love Jennifer Aniston has been dumped by her latest boyfriend, rock singer John Mayer. The pair initially decided to spend some time apart… before making the break official earlier this week. It is yet more heartache for the gorgeous Friends star, who has been unable to find love again since her divorce from Brad Pitt four years ago. News of her splitting up with Gravity singer John comes just weeks after the couple were rumoured to be considering marriage. “There’s been a bit of tension for some time,” says a source close to 30-year-old John. “They initially opted for a break, hoping a trial split might make them stronger. Sadly it doesn’t seem to have worked. John took the decision to end things as he felt he just wasn’t ready for the level of commitment that Jennifer deserved. Contrary to reports, Jen didn’t want to have kids or marry this year, but she did want to set a timetable for their future together. She also wanted him to assure her he would cut down his tours in the future when they did eventually have children. Initially, Jennifer was furious when he told her of his decision but now she’s simply sad – not to mention a little heartbroken” … While he holidays with pals in Mexico, Jennifer, 38, remains in LA, working. Ironically, she has recently completed filming on her latest movie, “He’s Just Not That Into You”. Ouch! The break-up is sure to hit unlucky-in-love Jen hard. While Brad is busy creating a “rainbow family” with Angelina Jolie, things have not gone so smoothly for Jen. Last year she dated Brit builder-turned-model Paul Sculfor, but that turned sour after just six weeks. And before that she had a year-long romance with actor Vince Vaughn, her costar in The Break-Up. Last night a spokesman for Jennifer declined to comment.

Both Jen and John are notorious for not talking to the press about their private lives and I highly doubt any “source close to John” would be talking to the tabs at all but … I guess we’ll just have to wait and watch to see if the two are seen together again. I do like them together, tho. Jen hasn’t looked this happy in eons … I hope they end up working it out in some way. Any guesses? Are they really dunzo this time?

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