Counting mistresses isn't all that's gone wrong at Tiger Woods' Florida compound.

The star's mother-in-law, Barbro Holmberg, was rushed from the estate to the hospital early this morning with stomach pains. She is currently in stable condition and undergoing evaluation.

Following a 911 call at 2:35 a.m. ET, Elin Nordegren's 57-year-old mother was taken to Health Central Hospital in nearby Ocoee. Holmberg was seen receiving oxygen and being moved on a stretcher.

Nordegren arrived at the hospital shortly after the ambulance. There has been no sign of Woods.

Health Central Hospital is where the embattled golfer was taken on Nov. 27 following his crash.

Holmberg, a Swedish politician, arrived in the U.S. last Friday to be by her daughter's side.

(Originally published on Dec. 8, 2009, at 4:33 a.m. PT)

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Time will tell whether or not the feds have mercy on John Stamos' alleged blackmailers.

And while it's still unclear what photographic dirt the duo had on the erstwhile Full House star, Stamos has stepped forward to tell fans that, as far as extorted celebs go, he's closer to the John Travolta end of the spectrum than the David Letterman side.

In other words, he's completely innocent.

"John Stamos was the target of an extortion attempt," the actor's reps said in a statement. "John is not at liberty to discuss the matter at this time."

And discuss it he won't, aside from saying that Michigan couple Allison Coss and Scott Sippola were attempting to extort $700,000 using photos which Stamos' rep claims were not even close to being blackmail-worthy.

"The photos in question are photos of John posing with fans. At the conclusion of the investigation and hearing, the photos will be available and the public will be able to see that the photos are simply John posing with fans."

Which means the pictures may be worth a thousand words, but the exchange rate to actual dollars wasn't nearly as good. Of course, we'll judge that for ourselves when the photos finally surface.

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Monday night, Lady Gaga performed for Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal Variety Performance in Blackpool, England.

Lady Gaga being the awesome person that she is, decided to dress up like Queen Elizabeth I (if the 16th century queen had had a thing for bright red latex).

It's campy, covers her ass, references the past and yet is not over-the-top insane. Just more like "Aw, Gaga, we see what you did there!" We might go as far to say it's our favorite Gaga look yet.

And, compared to what a certain other performer wore that night, it's completely appropriate Queen-meeting attire.

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Uma Thurman's fiancé won't be putting a ring on it anytime soon.

A year and a half after getting engaged to Swiss financier Arpad "Arki" Busson, and eight months after the duo was rumored to have quietly walked down the aisle, Thurman and her beau have officially uncoupled.

So far, there's no official word on the split from the star's reps, but a source close to the actress let slip their single news.

"She has ended her engagement, it happened over two months ago," they told E! News. "They remain friends."

Of course they do.

Those closely following the relationship between the New York-based 39-year-old mother of two (from Ethan Hawke) and the London-based 46-year-old father of two (from Elle Macpherson) may not be too surprised.

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Elton John is working on one heckuva sequel to The Captain and the Kid.

The pop icon may have been rejected in his bid to adopt a 14-month-old, HIV-infected Ukrainian boy and bring him back to Britain, but he still plans to support the Tiny Dancer who stole his heart.

Sir Elton's longtime partner, David Furnish, tells BBC Radio that he and the 62-year-old John—who were forbidden to take custody of the child because Ukrainian law requires parents to be married (John and Furnish are in a civil union)—plan to provide financial assistance to the youngster, whose name is Lev, as well as his younger brother. That includes "making sure that they have the best health care, education and family options available to them," says Furnish.

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We suppose this is one way to get over those feelings of melancholy and infinite sadness when it comes to trying to find the right man.

It seems Jessica Simpson, whose most recent relationship with quarterback Tony Romo experienced a bit of a fumble earlier this year, is now looking to make beautiful music with Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan.

What reportedly started off as a mere crush has turned into something a whole lot more.

"She has fallen hard and is smitten," a source tells E! News of Jessica, adding that both she and 42-year-old Billy consider themselves "officially dating."

Reps for both have yet to return calls for comments, but another source close to Jess says her inner circle is not exactly whistling a happy tune when it comes to this rumored hookup…

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Never get involved with women who have 8-by-10 glossies, wrote the New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd this past weekend.

Oh, Maureen, how right you are.

Case in point: Some 1996 photos of Rachel Uchitel, Tiger's alleged lady friend—who has denied being involved with the golf star—have emerged. Not much is known about the pictures, but like most glam photo shoots, they are a mix of art, glamour and the holding of one's own breasts whilst topless.

After calling and then calling off a press conference last week, Uchitel has returned to New York City and says she is seeking to lower her profile.

"I'm happy that I'm back in New York, I'm just trying to move on and not talk about it anymore," she told E! News' Jason Kennedy in an exclusive statement.

Best of luck with that. But if she's not talking, let's ask you: Which look do you prefer?

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Real Sports is facing real life, and no, we're not talking about Tiger.

Sportscaster Bryant Gumbel revealed on Live! With Regis and Kelly today that he recently went under the knife to treat lung cancer.

The HBO star was subbing for Regis Philbin, who recently underwent successful hip-replacement surgery, when cohost Kelly Ripa asked him to dance. He declined and explained that he recently had a portion of his lung removed along with a malignant tumor.

The former Today show host will see his surgeon again next week, and he is hopeful.

"We had told a few people," he said. "We told my family, obviously. I even kept it from my staff at Real Sports. So I'm OK for the time being.

"I'm hoping they greenlight me to play golf again," he added.

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Hopefully all the smiling faces in Big Pic will provide a little Tuesday cheer.

If Tiger Woods thought he'd find some refuge from mockery with his brother in transgressions David Letterman, well, he thought wrong.

While other late-night hosts have had a week's head start on the topical trainwreck, Letterman was stuck in repeats until last night, but the Late Show host wasted no time in teeing up a few choice digs.

"Boy, it looks like that Tiger Woods is having some trouble," Letterman tentatively began, before launching into the heart of the potentially hypocritical matter. "You know, I was thinking if this thing happened three months ago, I'd have material for a year."

"President Obama is sending troops to Afghanistan. Hell, he oughta be sending them to Tiger Woods' house."

However, he saved the best (and most self-aware) for last: "I wish he would stop calling me for advice."

But that didn't stop Letterman from dishing some out...

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Michelle Duggar must be counting the days until she goes into labor.

The pregnant 18 Kids and Counting mom, whose 19th child is due this spring, was rushed to an Arkansas hospital over the weekend after experiencing contractions—which, as it turned out, were triggered by a gallstone.

"The pain from a gallstone was generating some contractions," read a statement released Monday by TLC. "Just to be safe, she was airlifted [to] a Little Rock, Ark., hospital, so that in the unlikely event that she had to be delivered early, she would be close to a NICU [Neonatal Intensive Care Unit] center. Though there were some fears that the baby was in trouble initially, it soon was discovered to be solely the gallstone causing the discomfort. Michelle is resting comfortably, and the baby is doing fine."

The 43-year-old wife, mom and grandma is still in the hospital under observation, just to be safe.

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Among the 18, the Duggars have two sets of twins, but the couples in our Celeb Trend: Twins! gallery seem pretty content with one pair.