According to RadarOnline, Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller have reached a secret financial divorce deal but according to statements from both Charlie and Brooke this is NOT true.

As reported by RadarOnline:

The plan is to keep the settlement and divorce announcement secret until Charlie is done with his legal ordeal in Colorado. Until then, both sides will publicly maintain the marriage is still on and no decision has been reached.

“But it’s over and the hardest part has been worked out – the money,” said the friend.

As reported by Gossip Cop:

Not so fast, say reps for Mueller and Sheen.

According a statement released from both sides: “They are not seeking a divorce nor has one been contemplated. There has been no financial agreements between the parties of any sort. Stories to the contrary are false.”

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According to HollywoodLife, Conan wants to broadcast his new TBS show from his old NBC studio but according to a source close to Conan this is NOT true.

According to Gossip Cop:

HollywoodLife should really start replacing the phrase “EXCLUSIVE!” on its stories with “ANOTHER DOOZY!”

The site, regarding facts with the glazed indifference typically reserved for airplane seatbelt demonstrations, concocts another “scoop” with a post claiming Conan O’Brien “wants to broadcast his new TBS show from his old NBC studio!”

“Conan considers the NBC building home,” an “insider” tells HollywoodLife. “He’s hoping to make a deal to return.”

No… he’s definitely not.

The host is “lobbying for his return… to the NBC Universal Studio building,” the site continues.

No. No no no.

No he is not.

O’Brien wants “to use the set he felt so comfortable (sic) on The Tonight Show!” cheerfully explains HollywoodLife.

Yes, because the word most associated with O’Brien’s time on “Tonight” was… comfortable?

(Cough.)

Let’s veer back into reality.

Conan O’Brien is NOT “lobbying” to get his old studio back.

There’s “no truth to this whatsoever,” a source close to O’Brien assures Gossip Cop. It’s “not happening.”

O’Brien is “definitely going elsewhere” to shoot the TBS show, Gossip Cop is told.

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According to rumors, Chris Pine (Star Trek’s Captain Kirk) is close to signing on for Marvel’s film The First Avenger: Captain America but according to sources close to Pine this is NOT true.

According to Perez Hilton:

We’d love it if he laid his shield on us!

It’s rumored that Paramount and Marvel are close to signing Chris Pine in the role of Steve Rogers/Captain America.

The Star Trek alum is the current frontrunner, but it could be anyone’s game. There are several other people in talks for the role, but they better decide fast.

The First Avenger: Captain America is scheduled to be released July 22, 2011.

Can’t wait!

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List of Nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards:

Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
George Clooney in Up in the Air
Colin Firth in A Single Man
Morgan Freeman in Invictus
Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker

Actor in a Supporting Role
Matt Damon in Invictus
Woody Harrelson in The Messenger
Christopher Plummer in The Last Station
Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds

Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side
Helen Mirren in The Last Station
Carey Mulligan in An Education
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia

Actress in a Supporting Role
Penélope Cruz in Nine
Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air
Mo’Nique in Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

Animated Feature Film
Coraline Henry Selick
Fantastic Mr. Fox Wes Anderson
The Princess and the Frog John Musker and Ron Clements
The Secret of Kells Tomm Moore
Up Pete Docter

Art Direction
Avatar Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
Nine Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
Sherlock Holmes Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
The Young Victoria Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Cinematography
Avatar Mauro Fiore
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Bruno Delbonnel
The Hurt Locker Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds Robert Richardson
The White Ribbon Christian Berger

Costume Design
Bright Star Janet Patterson
Coco before Chanel Catherine Leterrier
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Monique Prudhomme
Nine Colleen Atwood
The Young Victoria Sandy Powell

Directing
Avatar James Cameron
The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow
Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire Lee Daniels
Up in the Air Jason Reitman

Documentary (Feature)
Burma VJ Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
The Cove Nominees to be determined
Food, Inc. Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
Which Way Home Rebecca Cammisa

Documentary (Short Subject)
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
Music by Prudence Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
Rabbit à la Berlin Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Film Editing
Avatar Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
District 9 Julian Clarke
The Hurt Locker Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
Inglourious Basterds Sally Menke
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire Joe Klotz

Foreign Language Film
Ajami Israel
El Secreto de Sus Ojos Argentina
The Milk of Sorrow Peru
Un Prophète France
The White Ribbon Germany

Makeup
Il Divo Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
Star Trek Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
The Young Victoria Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Music (Original Score)
Avatar James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox Alexandre Desplat
The Hurt Locker Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
Sherlock Holmes Hans Zimmer
Up Michael Giacchino

Music (Original Song)
“Almost There” from The Princess and the Frog Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Down in New Orleans” from The Princess and the Frog Music and Lyric by Randy Newman“Loin de Paname” from Paris 36 Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
“Take It All” from Nine Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from Crazy Heart Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best Picture
Avatar James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
The Blind Side Nominees to be determined
District 9 Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
An Education Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
The Hurt Locker Nominees to be determined
Inglourious Basterds Lawrence Bender, Producer
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
A Serious Man Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
Up Jonas Rivera, Producer
Up in the Air Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

Short Film (Animated)
French Roast Fabrice O. Joubert
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte) Javier Recio Gracia
Logorama Nicolas Schmerkin
A Matter of Loaf and Death Nick Park

Short Film (Live Action)
The Door Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
Instead of Abracadabra Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
Kavi Gregg Helvey
Miracle Fish Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
The New Tenants Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Sound Editing
Avatar Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
The Hurt Locker Paul N.J. Ottosson
Inglourious Basterds Wylie Stateman
Star Trek Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
Up Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Sound Mixing
Avatar Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
The Hurt Locker Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
Inglourious Basterds Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
Star Trek Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Visual Effects
Avatar Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
District 9 Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
Star Trek Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
District 9 Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
An Education Screenplay by Nick Hornby
In the Loop Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
Up in the Air Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

For a complete list see Academy website here.

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According to a number of outlets including People Magazine, the last date for Conan O’Brien’s Tonight Show is set for January 22nd but a source for The Tonight Show says that NO date has been set.

According to People Magazine:

We’ve got Tonight? Not after Jan. 22.

Conan O’Brien’s last night as host of The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien will likely be next Friday, a source close to O’Brien tells PEOPLE.

“Conan does not currently plan on doing any more new shows after next week,” says the source.

According to NBC, a pre-scheduled hiatus for the program starting on Jan. 25 has been on the calendar for months.

“Everyone is working as usual in getting the show on,” says a source at the Tonight Show.

According to Gossip Cop:

A rumor picking up steam this afternoon claims next week will be Conan O’Brien’s last as host of “The Tonight Show.”

Many outlets are buzzing that a definite end date is set for January 22. “Conan O’Brien’s last night as host of The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien will likely be next Friday,” reports People magazine.

“Conan does not currently plan on doing any more new shows after next week,” adds People’s source.

However, Gossip Cop reached out to several insiders, and a source very close to O’Brien tells us “no date has been set.”

That same source adds that “The Tonight Show” has a pre-existing hiatus week, beginning Jan. 25, but — until everything is settled — “everyone plans on doing more shows the following week [February 1].”

Gossip Cop would like to stress that because of the nature of the dispute (and on-going negotiations), things can change, but as far as O’Brien and his production team are concerned there is no set end date — yet.

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NBC executives want to move The Tonight Show to 12:05 to accomodate the Jay Leno Show at 11:35 but Conan O’Brien says he will NOT do the Tonight Show at that time.

Statement From Conan:

People of Earth:

In the last few days, I’ve been getting a lot of sympathy calls, and I want to start by making it clear that no one should waste a second feeling sorry for me. For 17 years, I’ve been getting paid to do what I love most and, in a world with real problems, I’ve been absurdly lucky. That said, I’ve been suddenly put in a very public predicament and my bosses are demanding an immediate decision.

Six years ago, I signed a contract with NBC to take over The Tonight Show in June of 2009. Like a lot of us, I grew up watching Johnny Carson every night and the chance to one day sit in that chair has meant everything to me. I worked long and hard to get that opportunity, passed up far more lucrative offers, and since 2004 I have spent literally hundreds of hours thinking of ways to extend the franchise long into the future. It was my mistaken belief that, like my predecessor, I would have the benefit of some time and, just as important, some degree of ratings support from the prime-time schedule. Building a lasting audience at 11:30 is impossible without both.

But sadly, we were never given that chance. After only seven months, with my Tonight Show in its infancy, NBC has decided to react to their terrible difficulties in prime-time by making a change in their long-established late night schedule.

Last Thursday, NBC executives told me they intended to move the Tonight Show to 12:05 to accommodate the Jay Leno Show at 11:35. For 60 years the Tonight Show has aired immediately following the late local news. I sincerely believe that delaying the Tonight Show into the next day to accommodate another comedy program will seriously damage what I consider to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting. The Tonight Show at 12:05 simply isn’t the Tonight Show. Also, if I accept this move I will be knocking the Late Night show, which I inherited from David Letterman and passed on to Jimmy Fallon, out of its long-held time slot. That would hurt the other NBC franchise that I love, and it would be unfair to Jimmy.

So it has come to this: I cannot express in words how much I enjoy hosting this program and what an enormous personal disappointment it is for me to consider losing it. My staff and I have worked unbelievably hard and we are very proud of our contribution to the legacy of The Tonight Show. But I cannot participate in what I honestly believe is its destruction. Some people will make the argument that with DVRs and the Internet a time slot doesn’t matter. But with the Tonight Show, I believe nothing could matter more.

There has been speculation about my going to another network but, to set the record straight, I currently have no other offer and honestly have no idea what happens next. My hope is that NBC and I can resolve this quickly so that my staff, crew, and I can do a show we can be proud of, for a company that values our work.

Have a great day and, for the record, I am truly sorry about my hair; it’s always been that way.

Yours,

Conan

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Accoring to Gossip Cop, Carrie Underwood IS engaged to Mike Fisher (NHL hockey player from the Ottawa Senators).

As reported by Gossip Cop:

A rep for the “American Idol” winner told Gossip Cop, “I’m happy to confirm that Carrie Underwood is engaged to Mike Fisher, and the couple couldn’t be happier.” The rep added, “No wedding date has been set at this time.”

Fisher, who plays on the Ottawa Senators, proposed on Sunday to Underwood after quietly dating for about a year.

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According to PopEater, NBC has their eyes on Jerry Seinfeld to replace Conan O’Brien on the Tonight Show but according to a source at the Tonight Show this is NOT true.

As reported by PopEater:

Thanks to Conan O’Brien’s disappointing transition into the ‘Tonight Show’ chair, I’ve heard NBC has their eyes on replacing him with none other than their golden boy, Jerry Seinfeld. Is a big old change on the horizon for struggling NBC and their late-night lineup? Just what does NBC’s spokesperson say about this?

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According to Radar Online, Chris Cuomo, one of ABC’s most high profile journalists, resigned but this is just NOT true.

As reported by Radar Online:

RadarOnline.com has learned. Cuomo tendered his resignation by email.

Cuomo is co-anchor of Good Morning America and a regular contributor to ABC Evening News.

Cuomo’s departure comes amid growing speculation that the Good Morning America anchor chair is going to George Stephanopoulos who will take over when Diane Sawyer moves to the Evening News later this month.

Cuomo may be headed to NBC’s Dateline.

As reported by Gossip Cop:

Here’s what’s right: The spelling of Cuomo’s name.

Here’s what’s wrong: Everything else.

Gossip Cop hears that Radar’s report is 100 percent inaccurate. Cuomo has NOT resigned from ABC.

We’re told Radar’s false alarm has sent shock waves through the offices of ABC, which is now concerned that they may lose the respected newsman, who’s being courted by other networks.

It’s well known throughout ABC that a Cuomo departure would not only be a huge loss to the news division, but it would also take a tremendous toll on the morale of the staff, which is quite fond of Cuomo.

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According to E! Online:

This morning, French President Nicolas Sarkozy not only welcomed the Oscar winner into the French Legion of Honor, but elevated him to a ranking normally out of bounds for foreigners—that of commander.

The honor is one of the nation’s highest and is reserved for those who have made great cultural contributions to the country, a point not lost on Eastwood, who referred to France as his “second home” and to Sarkozy, jokingly, as “my president.”

“This is a wonderful honor,” he said. “It is just a great pleasure for me. I really love France. I love movies, and I love the appreciation that the French people have for movies.”

We here at PressBack are huge Clint Eastwood fans and don’t normally post these types of stories but in honor of Clint, here it is.

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