Marley & Me Gives Jen Box Office Record

(NEWSER) - After breaking the box office record for best Christmas Day opener, Marley & Me stayed top dog with $51.7 million this weekend, Variety reports. Brad Pitt vehicle The Curious Case of Benjamin Button finished behind ex-wife Jennifer Aniston’s puppy flick, but still earned a surprising $39 million. Bedtime Stories was a close third with $38.6 million, while Valkyrie and Yes Man rounded out the top five. More»

Plus, Chelsea Handler disses Angelina Jolie ... again

(NEWSER) - Is Jennifer Aniston determined to get hitched before ex-hubby Brad Pitt? Maybe so, if TMZ is to be believed: Sources tell the gossip site Aniston was in Crete recently, looking at the Elounda Beach Hotel for a possible summer wedding. She specifically mentioned July, hotel sources claim; Aniston's father was born in Crete. Meanwhile, Aniston's loyal buddy Chelsea Handler slammed Angelina Jolie yet again in a More interview picked up by the New York Post . More»

Jennifer Lopez buys Casper Smart a truck, and more

(NEWSER) - While your friends are all giving you $20 gift cards on your birthday, celebrities are giving each other $250,000 cars and entire vineyards. Celebuzz rounds up 18 of the most insane celebrity gifts ever given:

• Jennifer Lopez: J.Lo is the latest, this weekend giving her 25-year-old new boyfriend, backup dancer Casper Smart, a customized white Dodge Ram truck.
• Justin Bieber: He's snagged an electric car that costs more than $100,000 from his manager, a $200,000 Lamborghini Spyder from Diddy, and a Range Rover from Usher. And he can't really drive that well .
• Katy Perry: Bought then-hubby Russell Brand a trip to space for $200,000.

$100K on handbags ... and that's only 7 handbags

(NEWSER) - Jennifer Aniston ended up denying that she spends $8,000 per month on her health and beauty regimen, but she did spend $20,000 on lights for her mansion earlier this month. The Frisky rounds up 10 more insane celebrity shopping sprees:

• Kim Kardashian: In Paris, spent $100,000 on Hermes handbags. That's just seven bags, including one that cost $30,000.
• Victoria Beckham: In Milan, spent more than $1.5 million on bags, shoes, sunglasses, clothes, a Rolex for her hubby, and … five sofas.

Today's weird story comes to you courtesy of Maureen Dowd

(NEWSER) - New York’s Vulture blog pulls this priceless tidbit from yesterday’s New York Times Magazine tribute to Hollywood super-agent Sue Mengers: In her piece remembering Mengers, who died this year, Maureen Dowd recalls the time that Mengers gave some advice to Jennifer Aniston after Brad Pitt left her for Angelina Jolie. Writes Dowd, “Mengers told me that she advised her beloved Jen to ask Brad for some of his sperm.” Writes Vulture’s Kyle Buchanan, “Maureen Dowd, the editors from Star and the National Enquirer are surely giving you the slow clap this week.” (Click to see the holiday card Aniston and her boyfriend sent this year.) More»