It has been quite a year in the realm of celebrity gossip, with plenty of drama and action coming out of the entertainment industry.

Continuing along with her holiday stay on the east coast, Jessica Simpson was spotted stepping out in New York City on Wednesday evening (December 23).

The 29-year-old singer/actress was joined by her mother Tina, with the pair staying in the Big Apple while Ashlee continues along with her “Chicago” Broadway stage duties.

Meanwhile, Jessica has had quite the interesting past month - making headlines for a variety of bemusing topics.

After kicking off a budding romance with Smashing Pumpkins rocker Billy Corgan, the “Dukes of Hazzard” damsel then turned up in the news for a failed attempt to bail her makeup artist, Mary Phillips, out of jail.

A few days later, Miss Simpson found herself denying reports that she flirted with affair-stricken golfer Tiger Woods last summer, tweeting of the matter, “Can’t believe that I’m on the cover of star [sic] magazine with Tiger Woods, what a JOKE! The Shocking Inside Story’ is (insert drumroll) A LIE!”

Most recently, Jess posted quite the interesting video on her Twitter account which showed her using a candle to clear out her ears in an ancient practice known as ear candling.

Excited for what’s sure to be a fun filled holiday season with their two kiddies, Nicole Richie and Joel Madden were out finishing up some last minute Christmas shopping in West Hollywood on Tuesday (December 22).

The former “Simple Life” star and the Good Charlotte rocker stopped by the Roseark jewelry boutique following Miss Richie’s unsuccessful trip to 14 Karats the previous day.

Aside from prepping for the holidays with Joel, Harlow and little Sparrow, Nicole, 28, is also currently working on her upcoming half-hour sitcom in development at ABC.

As previously reported by Gossip Center, “the pilot centers around a professional woman with complicated family relationships who is struggling to figure out what role she’ll take as her life and her family evolve.”

Fresh off of a flight out of Santa Monica, Kate Hudson reunited with her growing son Ryder in snowy Aspen, Colorado on Monday afternoon (December 21).

After stopping for a warm beverage, the mother/son duo took a leisurely stroll around town - as Kate made the trip to the mountain locale to celebrate Christmas after her much publicized split from Yankee Alex Rodriguez earlier this month.

As for her breakup with A-Rod, a source recently told the NY Daily News, “Kate is better off without A-Rod. She had much better chemistry with Owen Wilson.”

The insider adds, “Alex is such a diva. When he came to the London premiere of ‘Nine,’ it was obvious he didn’t like standing in the background. He’’d show up late to every appearance.”

Currently situated in southern Florida, Rachel Uchitel was spotted stepping out in Palm Beach on Sunday afternoon (December 20).

Best known as the first lady to be outed in the Tiger Woods affair debacle, the brunette beauty sported a pink sweater, ripped jeans and flip-flops as she made her way around town while being followed by paparazzi.

As previously reported by Gossip Center, Miss Uchitel seems to be most attached to Tiger out of all of his ladies - with rumors claiming that she may even end up with Woods after all of the drama blows over.

Meanwhile, it seems as if Tiger was able to escape his Palm Beach home after being holed up over the past few weeks.

A source tells People magazine, “Tiger’s boat Privacy has been docked at Old Port Cove in North Palm Beach for more than a week. On Saturday morning, after stocking up on provisions from Costco on Northlake Blvd., the boat left town.”

The insider adds that Woods was making his way to cruise around the Bahamas for a few days while joined by a group of buddies.

Venturing out for an afternoon pampering session, Whitney Port was spotted making her way around Los Angeles, California on Saturday (December 19).

Wearing a sexy, black sheer top with short-shorts, the MTV reality vixen headed into a local beauty spot where she sat down for a relaxing manicure session.

Later on in the evening, Miss Port was sure to fit in a little quality family time, tweeting, “Best night with my family…I missed paigey, ash, ry, and ev too much.”

The west coast sighting comes just after Whitney flew in town from NYC, telling of the dramatic temperature difference, “Can’t believe the 50 degree difference the coasts. I’m in heavennn!”

Using her celebrity status for a good cause, Holly Madison made a stop at The Jewelers for a toy drive on Friday (December 18).

The “Holly’s World” star helped to organize a Holly Jolly Christmas Toy Drive to benefit Toys for Tots and The Salvation Army.

In other news, Ms Madison has recently been linked to “Good Charlotte’s” Benji Madden, after the two were seen grabbing coffee together in Los Angeles.

But while some reports are referring to Benji as Holly’s “boyfriend” the former “Girls Next Door” star is labeling him only as her “adventure buddy.”

We’ve got big plans this holiday season, and they include not hanging out here talking to you losers. Nah, JK. We love you guys. But seriously, we’ve got really big plans. Here’s a hint: Her name’s Bridget. But she’ll probably leave us after a week or so. They all do. So we’ll be back here slinging the Hollywood poop in your direction on Monday December 28th.

Finally coming to an agreement when it comes to naming their newborn baby boy, Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen are enjoying their family’s newest addition, Benjamin Brady.

The Victoria’s Secret beauty gave birth to her first child with the New England Patriots quarterback back on December 8th, but had since been struggling to name their bundle of joy.

Revealing the choice of Benjamin earlier today, Miss Bundchen wrote to her fans:

“Hello!

I want to thank you all with all my heart for the immense love I have received here on the website. It is a pleasure to receive messages from each one of you here.

I am living a very special moment in my life, Benjamin is a blessing and I could not be happier.

I would also like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and 2010 with lots of light!

Kisses Gisele”

Doing her best to remain out of the spotlight during her sister’s marital strife, Josefin Lonnborg, the sister of Elin Nordegren, was spotted out in London on Thursday (December 17).

The Swedish beauty, who happens to be a lawyer, went to a restaurant near her office for a bite to eat with some work colleagues.

Having helped her sister purchase a home in Sweden following Tiger’s affair scandal, the latest work is that Josefin’s sis, Elin, is planning on leaving Woods for good.

Three days ago, former genius of Tweets Frances Bean Cobain lifted her sails and set a course to normalcy when she pushed for her grandmother and aunt (Kurt Cobain’s mother and sister) to get custody of her. To drive the point home, she then got a restraining order taken out on her mother. In response, Courtney Love brushed her hair with a shoe, got on Facebook and began hitting the keyboard with her palms, ending up with this rant:

“theres not a whole lot i can do about it. this is like a hand grenade got thrown into our lives and its not Frances! i am angry at these people not Frances id just prefer she not become Jaimie L Spears, she should go be a writer or an a…rtist wich i support 100% but this is a circus and it pains me cos i know she hates it.”

“i very much miss my daighter, i know she knows how miserable i am im despairing and so sad, so so sad, but i just want to help her be happy, thats it, get her house and get her school and thats all ive ever wanted.”

Previously, she Facebooked:

“I hate to sound cold but any kid of mine who pulls this shit has lost her position. She was deceptive, she lied and even worse she’s lying to herself. My daughter is not always honest.”

Meanwhile, a representative for the Cobain family tells TMZ:

“Courtney is not fit to take care of Frances, she can barely take care of herself … Courtney wasn’t doing any parenting at all, she was hiring nannies to do all of the work. This is a wonderful thing for the family.”

Unfortunately, CLtranslated on Twitter is sitting this one out, so without our Holese master linguist, the translations above are rough at best, kind of like how Knocked Up was released as One Night, Big Belly in China.

Taking a much-deserved family vacation, Sarah Palin and family enjoyed a morning at the beach in Hawaii on Wednesday (December 16).

The former governor of Alaska sported an Army t-shirt with shorts while chatting on her cell phone as she watched her hubby Todd Palin and little Trig played in the water.

While he wasn’t splashing about in the Pacific Ocean, Todd proudly wore a t-shirt that read: “If you don’t like America, then why don’t you get the hell out.”

The Palin family getaway comes after a recent Stateside tour for Sarah’s new book, “Going Rogue,” which reportedly made the former VP candidate a handsome $1.25 million.

Remember the turkey in your freshman dorm who would go to parties only to sit in a corner sawing at their wrist with a plastic knife because their crush wouldn’t talk to them? That’s Angelina Jolie. We’ve always established that she’s a friendless weirdo with no sense of humor, and now she’s allegedly threatening suicide because Brad Pitt was working. Right now, Brad wondering where he went wrong. One minute, you’re pulling tubes with Jennifer Aniston in your billion dollar home, the next minute you’re up to your ears in Huggies and you’re heimliching Seconals out of your kids’ mom. The always-dubious National Enquirer reports:

“Brad was in France checking on their chateau recently, and Angelina was in Los Angeles with the kids when she called him in a panic,” a friend divulged. “She told him, ‘When you’re not around, I get these terrible feelings. I got the same feelings when I was younger, and that’s when I tried to kill myself.’ “Angelina said, ‘I feel lost without you – like I’m being abandoned.’” But Brad, 46, immediately reassured the high-strung Angelina that he wasn’t leaving her for good, even though he’ll be living apart from her and their six children while they work on separate movie projects, the friend revealed. “Brad quickly calmed Angelina down: ‘I’ll always be there for you and the kids. I promise.’”

You know what’s really good for filling that void in your soul? More kids! Go! Go buy more! Fill up your house. Stash them in closets, in space bags under beds, inside the piano bench. Never enough! Must never be alone! Need more! Kids kids kids kids kids kids kids!!!!

Stepping out for a night on the town, Jaimee Grubbs was spotted hitting up Tinseltown STK’s Coco De Ville bar in West Hollywood on Tuesday (December 15).

Wearing a sexy little black dress, the alleged mistress of Tiger Woods strutted her stuff past paparazzi - soaking up her newfound fame since the golf great’s affair scandal took over the press headlines.

Meanwhile, a former beau of Miss Grubbs, Blair Johnston, recently revealed to Radar Online that she’s been boasting about being famous via Tiger’s infidelities.

Reading a text he received from Jaimee, Blair tells, “Hey u… It’s been rough… I’m very well known now and everything I do is being blasted across the Internet. I’m on every news channel and in every magazine as Tiger Woods mistress.”

Of his own romance with the brunette beauty, Johnston said, “I met Jaimee online about six years ago… She was just 18 and I was about 31. We met on a site called HotOrNot.com where you post your picture and then rate people from one to ten. I was talking to her for about a month or two online and then that’s when I went to see her in San Diego and we hooked up.

We went to the dermatologist with a picture of Melanie Griffith and told the doc to make it happen. Botox, Restylane, and 47 collagen injections later and we can’t stop staring in the mirror. Jesus Christ! We are so fucking beautiful! What do you think of the redesign? Drop us a comment so we can totally ignore it take it under sincere consideration.