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Tiger and Elin Woods: A Portrait of Happiness

Tiger Woods and his estranged wife Elin have been doing everything they can to work out their issues, even after he so blatantly lost his way in recent years.

By lost his way, we mean he lost his pants. In the presence of pretty much any cocktail waitress that caught his eye. All while married with two little children.

While a dozen Tiger Woods mistresses coming out of the woodwork is difficult to forgive and impossible to forget, their family life is getting back to normal.

Earlier this month, Elin moved back in to begin the process of rebuilding their marriage and Tiger's image. Now they've made it a whole week under one roof!

Sources close to the family say Tiger's been staying with Elin at their Isleworth estate for the past eight nights, and in that time, they've been spotted kissing!

Tiger and Elin in happier times ... such times may yet return.

Elin Woods has also been seen around town with a rejuvenated demeanor, according to witnesses, having renewed her commitment to Tiger and their family.

As for Tiger's golf return, he was practicing like a madman before the weather turned sour, but on the plus side, that means more time indoors with the fam.

Woods has hired Ari Fleischer, former White House Press Secretary and current sports PR guru, to prep him for his inevitable (and some say imminent) return.

Some have pegged his return for the private Tavistock Cup right at home in Orlando March 22, although the word on the street is Elin isn't expected to attend.

What do you think of Elin's decision to stay with Tiger?

Corey Haim Death Linked to Massive Drug Ring

Corey Haim's suspected overdose death earlier this week is now under investigation, and has been linked to an illegal, massive drug ring, according to reports.

Investigators say that an illegal drug prescription for Haim was found during an investigation of a ring responsible for thousands of illegal pharmaceutical sales.

The investigation linked more than 5,000 fraudulent prescriptions to the drug ring so far, officials said after combing a database of prescriptions in California.

investigators found one in Mr. Haim’s name for OxyContin. The ring is based in San Diego, where the county district attorney is currently prosecuting the case.

“This is a massive prescription drug ring,” Attorney General Jerry Brown said. “They get prescription drug pads, get illegal drugs, then sell them on the street.”

Corey Haim's death shed new light on an illegal drug ring.

The assistant coroner for L.A. County said four prescription drug bottles bearing Mr. Haim’s name were found where he collapsed at his mother's Burbank apartment.

Vicodin and Valium were among Haim's drugs that were found.

The cause of the actor's death has not been determined, adding that a toxicology report could take up to two months. There was no sign of foul play, officials say.

Police detectives have turned the investigation over to the coroner’s office after an autopsy Thursday showed Haim with an enlarged heart and water in his lungs.

Haim was undergoing treatment for prescription drug addiction at the time of his death, said the actor’s agent, Mark Heaslip, and had not taken any pills for a year.

Jewish Extremists to Bar Refaeli: Dump Leonardo DiCaprio!

Jewish extremists are urging supermodel Bar Refaeli not to marry her Leonardo DiCaprio because it would dilute the Jewish race, according to media reports.

Granted, Bar Refaeli marrying anyone will dilute DNA in some capacity. But come on ... it's Leonardo DiCaprio. So he's not Jewish ... nobody's perfect, right?

Far-rightist Baruch Marzel wrote a letter to the Sports Illustrated model on behalf of nationalist group Lehava, which aims to fight assimilation among Jews.

"It is not by chance that you were born Jewish. Your grandmother and her grandmother did not dream that one of their descendants would one day remove the family's future generations from the Jewish people," the letter states.

"Assimilation has forever been one of the enemies of the Jewish people."

Is Leonardo DiCaprio out to assimilate the Jewish faith?

Lehava in Hebrew means "flame" but it is also an acronym for "Preventing Assimilation in the Holy Land." According to the group's Facebook page, it aims to provde assistance to Jewish girls in relationships with non-Jews, and especially Arabs.

Marzel says he "has nothing against Mr. DiCaprio, who I have no doubt is a talented actor." Still, he urges: "Come to your senses, look forward and back ... not only the present. Don't marry Leonardo DiCaprio, don't harm the future generations."

Okay, look. Can't we just agree on two things?

The Departed was awesome.
The man who sees Bar Refaeli nude for life will be chosen by Bar alone, and with all due respect to extremist Jews, we are all members of one human family.

Demi Lovato Confirms: I’m Dating Joe Jonas

It's official and it's adorable: Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas are an item.

In November, Demi insisted she and the cute singer were just friends. But she spoke with Billy Bush on Access Hollywood this week and had the following conversation:

Bush: Are you dating a Jonas Brother?
Demi: Ummm, maybe.
Bush: Which one? Joe?
Demi: Yeah. He's my best friend.
Bush: So you guys went from boyfriend-girlfriend to best friends?
Demi: No, kind of the opposite.
Bush: So you're dating him now?
Demi: Yeah, he is my best friend and he is incredible.

That says it all, doesn't it? Jonas has been linked with Taylor Swift and Camilla Belle in the past. But we have a feeling this relationship will truly last.

Say hello to Jemi!

Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jamie Kennedy: It’s Over!

They made us nauseous, but they also made us laugh.

Now, they've made us realize that even the most annoying of staged photo opportunities and public gushing isn't enough to maintain a relationship: Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jamie Kennedy have broken up.

No other details are available at this time.

The couple started dating in March 2009. Around that time, Kennedy told Ryan Seacrest he had found the perfect woman, saying:

"I'm in love! It's like, 'Wow, you are hot. You can sing, you can dance, you're like, so smart and, wow, you can cook pasta fagioli, too.'"

Alas, those qualities will now be someone else's to enjoy. Hewitt and Kennedy will still have to work together on the set of Ghost Whisperer.

‘Dirty Denim’: Premium Jeans Designers Including J Brand and Chip & Pepper Come Clean

Filed under: Fashion, News, Denim, Designers & Brands

Why on earth do $500 jeans exist?

That's the question Douglas Keeve -- the director behind the iconic 1995 Isaac Mizrahi documentary, "Unzipped," as well as 2005's fashion-competition flick "Seamless" -- set out to answer in his Web-only series "Dirty Denim," which focuses on the California-born premium denim market.

In the four short films, now on the Sundance Channel's Full Frontal Fashion site, Keeve delves into the supercompetitive premium denim industry through the eyes of the designers behind Chip & Pepper, J Brand, Hudson Jeans, Serfontaine, Degaine, and Henry Duarte.

"When I started hearing stories about the denim industry, I was shocked at how much more hard core it was than the rag trade," Keeve tells StyleList.

"It's bigger, so obviously the stakes are higher. And it has to do with the special nature of denim itself. It wasn't until I did this series that I realized that jeans are expensive and difficult to make. And, as with producing any fashion collection, a lot can go wrong, but even more so with denim."

"It's a very dirty business," Pepper Foster, half of the identical-twin design duo Chip & Pepper, tells StyleList. "Everyone thinks they can get in, and it's so tough. [The film] gives you the inside view on how hard we work."

The documentary goes behind the scenes at the few washhouses outside Los Angeles that develop the washes and hand-worked styles which are then duplicated around the world, often with cheaper materials using computers and machines in place of humans, giving an inside look at the cut-throat and sometimes sleazy denim business.

It also focuses on the beginnings of the $200-plus premium denim market -- attempting to explain the craftsmanship behind those soaring price tags -- and the boom-and-bust cycle brought on by the economy.

"Denim took a major hit, and for us, it's just about regrouping," Chip Foster tells StyleList about Chip & Pepper's method of staying afloat in the recession.

"We have different divisions. We have our premium denim, and we have two brands that are lower-priced jeans, C7P and Foster, which are unbelievable and just on fire, and you can buy them at JCPenney. We've adapted."

Jeff Rudes, co-founder of J Brand, says he's focusing on collaborations with hot brands like Hussein Chalayan and Proenza Schouler to keep his company relevant, as well as sticking to J Brand's relatively affordable price point.

"When we opened, the market was flooded with high prices, but there wasn't added value in $200-plus jeans," he tells StyleList. "But I saw long-term, and there's been a correction and the competition has brought the prices down. We opened up with a price point of $140, and right now the volume is at about $158. Our business has been up, and we haven't felt the recession at all."

Which might also have something to do with the brand's clean and easy-to-wear style.

"We have a timeless product," says Rudes. "We are the black Chanel clutch bag of what we do. Or that black Armani suit that you can rely on. We are that, and that's what fashionistas aspire to."

As for Keeve, who started making fashion documentaries more than a decade before "The September Issue" and "Valentino: The Last Emperor" came around, he says more exciting projects are in the pipeline.

"We have a television show produced by Fox 21 that's set in the fashion world, created with Ryan Murphy, who is the guy behind 'Glee' and 'Nip/Tuck.' So that's in the works," he tells StyleList.

"And about 12 years ago I followed Polly Mellen around; she's one of the great doyennes of fashion. She's pretty much retired now, but the footage is amazing."

"Polly has worked with every single great photographer on earth. She was trained under Diana Vreeland, and she did everything from the Nastassja Kinski-and-the-snake photograph with Avedon to amazing Helmut Newton and David Bailey photographs," he says. "I'm working on finishing that film, which is very exciting."

And, of course, StyleList just had to ask him about the hundreds of hours of film -- we're talking vintage Kate, Naomi and Linda in their heyday! -- that Mizrahi says Keeve has left over from "Unzipped." Could it eventually make its way to a theater?

"I like to look forward and not backwards," Keeve says. "However, whenever you make a documentary, you always have five movies, not one. And it would be really nice to explore some of that other footage. So, yes, I would love to do that."

Drool.

Until then, head over to Full Frontal Fashion to watch Keeve's "Dirty Denim."

Also, find out why fitting into old jeans is better than sex.

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Dancing with the Stars Profile: Buzz Aldrin

The new cast of Dancing with the Stars featured a large-breasted actress, a gorgeous ESPN reporter, a talkative NFL wide receiver and others.

Including an 80-year old former astronaut.

Indeed, Buzz Aldrin seems a bit out of place on the ABC competition, but he'll likely be a fan favorite. Get the buzz on Buzz below...

Real name: Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr.
Professional partner: Ashley Costa
Most famous manning: The first lunar landing in history.
Most well-known former co-worker: Neil Armstrong.
Time spent in space: 12 days, 1 hour and 52 minutes
Recipient of: Congressional Gold Medal
Odds of winning: 975-1

THG Week in Review: March 6-12, 2010

Welcome to The Hollywood Gossip Week in Review. Below, our staff members look back at the past week in celebrity gossip, entertainment news and rumors.

Some of the highlights from March 6-12 include ...

The Academy Awards included a few surprises (The Hurt Locker ousting Avatar for Best Picture and Best Director) and lots of notable celebrity fashion.
American Idol trimmed its field to the final 12. Among this week's top performers: Siobhan Magnus and Michael Lynche. Are they they early favorites?
Tiger and Elin Woods are not only living together again, but were reportedly spotted kissing! He also hired Ari Fleischer to rebuild his tarnished image.
Michael Moore talked to our friend at Poponthepop.com.
The Eclipse trailer was released. Millions of fans flipped out.

Are these American Idol stars on a collision course?

Best non-sex tape of the week: Rozlyn Papa of The Bachelor.
Heidi Montag fired Spencer Pratt as manager, five years later.
The Gosselin kids are totally depressed about Kate on DWTS.
Former Will & Grace star Sean Hayes came out of the closet.
Celebrity feud of the week: Keith Olbermann vs. Bill Simmons.
Miley Cyrus is, like, totally deep ... more so than most peeps.
Adam Lambert drama of the week: Sydney crotch pumping.
Awesome lawsuit of the week: Lindsay Lohan vs. E*Trade.

Corey Haim (1971-2010).

R.I.P.: Former child star Corey Haim passed away at the age of 38 after an apparent, accidental overdose of prescription drugs. He will be missed.
Couple news: Ronnie and Sammi of Jersey Shore broke up again; Kim Zolciak denied girl-on-girl action; Jake and Vienna are accused of cheating.
Baby news: Congrats to Mario Lopez and Courtney Mazza (expecting), Joseph Fiennes and wife (girl) and Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart (girl).
Police blotter: DMX notched his first arrest of 2010; Ben Roethlisberger is accused of sexual assault; Lil Wayne was taken into custody; Andrew Young was found in contempt for not surrendering the John Edwards sex tape.

Don't forget to follow The Hollywood Gossip on Twitter for all the latest news, celebrity gossip, rumors, commentary and humor as it happens, 24/7/365.

Best of Celebrity Pics: March 6-12, 2010

Below are some of the many celebrity pictures posted this past week at The Hollywood Gossip. As you can see, it was a wild week full of wonderful and wacky characters.

We've got them all covered for you. Click to enlarge these pics that accompanied our stories over the past seven days, then follow the jump for more from our gallery: