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The Toxic Twins have made up.

Just a day after guitarist Joe Perry announced via Twitter that Aerosmith would soldier on with a new lead singer amid speculation Steven Tyler had quit the band to focus on a solo career, the duo made a surprise appearance onstage at the Fillmore in New York and announced that all was well and he was back in the saddle.

"I just want New York to know I'm not leaving Aerosmith and Joe Perry, you are a man of many colors, but I motherf----- am a rainbow!," Tyler told the crowd at the conclusion of the set by the guitarist's side band, the Joe Perry Project. They then launched into the Aerosmith classic "Walk This Way."

Well that was fast.

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There's no guarantee that the couple that sambas together will stay together.

Julianne Hough and Chuck Wicks have called it quits, about six months since the aspiring country-music stars competed together on Dancing With the Stars and barely three months after the two reportedly bought a house together.

The seemingly sudden split was first reported by People.

"What's been fun is that we never argued at all," Hough told E! News after their run on DWTS ended with a sixth-place showing. "We've had a little tiff here and there, but about dance movements. It was fun. We had this passion. It was fun for us because we never argued."

Even now, according to People's source, they didn't argue about breaking up.

"This was mutual," the source said. "They both needed some time apart."

But they can't avoid each other just yet. Both are due to put in an appearance at tomorrow's Country Music Association Awards. Hough, 21, is scheduled to present, while Wicks, 30, will be working the red carpet for Entertainment Tonight.

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According to reports, oft-rehabbed Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler may split from the group to work on solo projects. Isn't that like the sun taking time off to work on solar issues. In other words, doesn't it seem like Aerosmith is pretty much of a Steven Tyler solo project already? But who knows, maybe Joe Perry and the other guys, whoever they are, are better off without that knock-off Jagger dude (Jagger-off?).

Clearly, these waters are too deep for us, so help us out and let us know if you think the classic rockers should continue to "Dream On" and "Walk This Way" and whatnot.

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The paper trail may have been long, but at least they're all signed.

Usher and Tameka Foster finalized their divorce on Wednesday.

The star first made his confessions filed for divorce in June, citing "irreconcilable differences," and declaring they had lived apart for nearly a year and that the marriage was "irretrievably broken."

The 31-year-old star married the stylist in August 2007, and their son, Usher Raymond V, was born a few months later. Their second son, Naviyd Ely Raymond, arrived in December 2008.

Usher filed for joint custody, but the arrangements have not been made public.

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Maybe Jon Gosselin should give Hailey Glassman a call once he's retethered to his "moral anchor."

A day after apologizing in every direction for his recent misguided behavior, a source tells E! News that the father of eight and his 22-year-old girlfriend are "taking a break."

A rep for Gosselin had no comment on any of the stories swirling today about the duo splitting up.

Another insider close to them says that Glassman has always been "very indifferent and noncommittal. And this isn’t the first time she said she can’t take it anymore."

No it isn't. Glassman, the daughter of the plastic surgeon who performed Kate Gosselin's tummy tuck after the eight had all arrived, told The Insider recently that her man threw "mantrums," and that she "shouldn't have to put up with being emotionally abused."

"Sometimes he has trouble with the truth, and he will dance and dance around his lies. He's like Jekyll and Hyde. But I still love him."

Well, it was Jeckyll who reared his head yesterday.

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How does one choose between Brad Pitt and Rosie O'Donnell?

We're not sure we know (or want to know), but, at some point, Angelina Jolie was faced with that conflict. At least, according to Rosie.

The talk show icon blabbed to Howard Stern on Sirius XM radio about a time before she was married to Kelli Carpenter and Angelina had tied the knot with Billy Bob Thornton. A romance, she claimed, was a-bloomin'.

"She gave me her phone number," Rosie said. "We talked on the phone two or three times, but that was that. There was a tentative plan to have dinner that never came through."

Fear got the best of Rosie and she wasn't able to seal the deal.

"I was a little afraid of her," she said. "She's scary in a sexual kind of way. I have dreams about her a lot still."

We'd say "TMI," but our jaws are still on the floor.

The erstwhile Lara Croft isn't the only bone the flower picked during the interview. She also offered some insight into the rocky state of affairs of her marriage, as well as her thoughts on the relationship between Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King.

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Rosie O'Donnell's television career isn't the only thing on the rocks. Apparently, so is her relationship.

The 47-year-old star confirms to USA Today that she and longtime partner Kelli Carpenter, 42, are having "issues," but refuses to officially call the couple kaput even if the National Enquirer says otherwise.

"Kelli and I love each other very much and we are working on our issues," she told the newspaper as tears allegedly welled in her eyes. "Those are the only words I am ever going to say. Ever. And that is something that has been agreed upon by all parties."

The two, who married in San Francisco in 2004 and have battled breakup rumors in recent years, are keeping their problems quiet solely for the sake of their four children: Parker, 14, Chelsea, 12, Blake, 9, and Vivienne, 6.

"They are a family and will remain a family forever and are working through their issues," Rosie's rep reiterates to E! News. "Nothing else will be said."

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Perhaps this is the best damn thing to make divorce feel less complicated.

A week after filing papers to dissolve her marriage to Sum 41 hubby Deryck Whibley, Avril Lavigne is keeping herself occupied by spending time with several girlfriends, including one who has actually moved into the singer's home to help her get over the breakup.

"They've been having sleepovers and doing girlie stuff like watching movies, baking cupcakes and having girl talk," a source tells E! News. "She's in the process of healing."

And while reports have circulated that Avril is back on the dating scene, her rep has yet to respond to E!'s request for a comment.

Although, from the looks of things, it's probably safe to say there isn't a Sk8er Boi, or any boys, at this time.

—Reporting by Whitney English and Juli Deveau

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Sorry may not have been the hardest word for Jon Gosselin to say on last night's Larry King Live sitdown (he said it enough times to dispel that notion), but it certainly seemed to be the hardest word for Hailey Glassman to hear.

"Its time 2 move on This drama has taken over my life, nevermind the entire like world So beyond stressful. Like living in a state of paranoia!" she tweeted this morning.

Despite how that sounds, Glassman, who watched her beau's prime-time appearance from New York and did not accompany him to Los Angeles for the taping, says that she and Gosselin haven't split up—though it may be fair to say the duo did ever so briefly hit a rough patch.

"We are not broken up," she exclusively tells E! News. "People don't break up via Twitter."

But they do tweet their grievances...

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