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Warning: Performing at the 2009 Soul Train Awards can be hazardous to your marriage.

It takes a lot to upstage both Beyoncé and the ghost of Michael Jackson, but Toni Braxton managed to do just that, when her show-opening performance of "Yesterday" ended with her tongue squarely in the throat of duet partner Trey Songz.

The sealed-with-a-kiss performance sent a ripple of shock through the audience, not least of all because Braxton's hubby of eight years, Keri Lewis, had a front-row seat for the makeshift game of tonsil hockey. Within days (the awards taped on Nov. 3), the duo was dunzo.

Braxton wasted no time in denying that the smooch contributed to the disintegration of her marriage, telling Wendy Williams afterward that it was part of the choreography and that she had warned Lewis beforehand.

You can judge for yourself when the ceremony finally airs Sunday on BET. As for the actual winners...

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It looks like New Moon has broken $200 million at the domestic box office. No thanks at all to Sandra Bullock.

Bullock's The Blind Side was the upset winner in the Thanksgiving Day standings, per estimates as reported by Box Office Mojo, edging New Moon with $9.5 million to the latter's $9.2 million.

On Black Friday, New Moon rose from the dead—well, second place—and reclaimed the top spot with a fat $17.9 million, enough to put the Twilight sequel over the $200 million mark and ahead of The Blind Side ($16.2 million). 

For those keeping score at home, New Moon surpassed $200 million—and Twilight's entire domestic theatrical run—in only eight days.

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Robert Pattinson! Taylor Lautner! No meddling Sandra Bullock! Right this way to our New Moon Premiere gallery.

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The Virginia couple who managed to crash a state dinner at the White House this week and get up close and personal with President Barack Obama is the subject of a federal investigation, officials announced Friday.

At the behest of the president himself, investigators for the Secret Service are seeking evidence to potentially file charges against Michaele and Tareq Salahi—a couple attempting to land a spot on Bravo's upcoming Real Housewives of D.C.

The Salahis on Tuesday snuck into the president's first state dinner, honoring the prime minister of India, then posted pictures of themselves hobnobbing with dignitaries, including the veep, on Mrs. Salahi's Facebook page. 

The duo even managed to meet the first family on a receiving line, bypassing the Secret Services with nary an invitation or red flag.

And now Bravo, on the verge of launching the latest installment in its popular reality franchise, is scrambling to distance itself from any shenanigans, insisting to E! News that the Salahis participation has "not been finalized."

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At first this looks like little more than a fun day at the Santa Monica Pier, with a street performer on stilts dancing to Michael Jackson music. After a few seconds we were ready to say, "Stop, we've had enough," to his version of "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough."

But stick around, because before you know it, a nearly microscopic Michael wannabe steps up, steals the show and shows us the magic. We're not quite sure about all the tyke's crotch-grabbing, but his moves are primo. A Mini-Me Thriller!

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UPDATE: In response to various reports regarding the circumstances surrounding Tiger Woods' Friday morning car accident, Sgt. Kim Montes of the Florida Highway Patrol tells E! News, "There are no new changes or information. The investigation is currently ongoing and no further information will be released until the completion of the traffic crash investigation."

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Tiger Woods has no problem driving when it comes to a golf course. Navigating his street...that's another story. 

The 33-year-old master of the links is fine after a solo car accident outside his Windermere, Fla., home Friday morning. 

The accident occurred as Woods pulled out of his driveway, struck a fire hydrant and then smashed his Cadillac Escalade into a tree, according to an incident report from the Florida Highway Patrol.

In a fitting bit of ingenuity, the Nike-endorsed star's wife, Elin Nordegren, used a golf club to smash out the SUV's back window to get him out, Windermere Mayor Gary Bruhn told E! News.

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You'd think Shakira would have learned her lesson after the Video Music Awards (remember when she showed up in the same Balmain as Pink?) But the "She Wolf" singer still doesn't know how to pick an original dress for awards shows.

The Hervé Léger pailette mini Shakira performed in at the American Music Awards was already worn by Jennifer Lopez in Miami, who styled her sparkler with big hair and smoldering eye makeup.

Still, you gotta admit the Latina looks muy caliente and way hotter than the skinny-minny model walking the runway in the dress's original outing. Plus, we prefer the modified warrior princess armband version to the single shoulder '80s flashback.

Or should Shakira shake her hips into another dress?

Vote now on mystyle.com!

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See more pics from the show in our 2009 American Music Awards gallery!

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Robert Pattinson who? The man of the hour this week, for better or for worse, was Adam Lambert, whose undiscriminating use of both male and female private parts while he wailed "For Your Entertainment" at the AMAs got people talking. Not to mention clucking, finger-wagging and grandstanding.

But such is what happens in a relatively slow week when most people are rushing back to the market for that one essential Thanksgiving item they forgot.

Tums are in aisle 1, ma'am. Your week in review is after the jump.

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Who needs Adam Lambert when you've got Chris Brown?

ABC announced today that it has landed an interview with the beleaguered R&B star and says that this time he really is going to come clean and talk about his assault of Rihanna. 

After dodging direct questions about the infamous Grammys-eve beat-down in interviews with everyone from Larry King to Wendy Williams, the "Crawl" singer is set to divulge details of the incident in an interview with Robin Roberts on ABC's 20/20 Dec. 11.   

The 20-year-old singer, whose new album Graffiti debuts Dec. 8, will only answer questions and will not perform on the show, which has already been taped.

His ABC interrogation comes just a month after Rihanna's revealing sit-down with Diane Sawyer, which aired on the Nov. 5 installment of 20/20. The 21-year-old fashionista said she was "embarrassed" that she still had feelings for Brown after the incident. 

Brown is performing community service as a part of his assault sentence. The ex-couple must also steer clear of each other until 2014 as a part of Brown's probation terms.

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Take a look back at Rihanna and Chris Brown in our gallery dedicated to the ex-couple.

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Relax, Jimmy Fallon, the ratings aren't that bad—you still have your night job. Even so, the energetic Late Night host decided to work an impromptu shift as a bartender at a Tribeca restaurant. Putting the yay in Jägermeister, the talk-show host jumped behind the bar at Marc Forione and started pouring shots for everyone in the house and, according to the New York Post, shouted, "This round is on me."

The only problem, Mr. Big (round of) Shots swiftly drained the place of Jäger, forcing a waiter to run out for two more bottles. A funny situation, for sure. Which means that Fallon probably cracked up and started laughing at himself, as he often does in his TV skits.

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See how other stars get their nightlife on in our Party Pics: New York gallery.

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It's never too early to be out of the hunt.

We've known since forever, for instance, that Michael Jackson's This Is It wouldn't make Oscar's short list for documentary features, because the concert movie simply wasn't released by the Aug. 31 cutoff date.

But This Is It did have viable options: Sony could wait for next year and then submit the film as a doc, or the studio could push for it this year in the non-doc categories. (Forget about Original Song, though—the film didn't have any. Original songs, that is.)

Sony went the latter route. And while even director Kenny Ortega has called Oscar nominations "wishful thinking," it's not crazy thinking to imagine the critically praised hit getting serious consideration. (On the Los Angeles Times' site, one Oscar voter even predicted a Best Picture nod.)  

Here's a quick look at other films and stars who aren't as lucky as This Is It—their best shot for Oscar-night glory has already been shot down:  

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