More attention is paid when a famous couple calls it quits than when they tie the knot.  How come?  Because they’re more interesting duh!  While breakups are sad, there’s something about famous people that makes the 50 times more dramatic.  Perhaps it’s the various media outlets they trash talk to, the rumors surrounding them, or just the fact that everyone knows about it.  Here are our top ten splits in ’08.

I love this game! Okay, so, which five people—alive or dead!—would you most like to share Thanksgiving dinner with? Catherine says, “Audrey Hepburn and all the guys who’ve played James Bond, except Roger Moore.” Annika got a little more creative than Catherine and said, “Coco Chanel, Patti Labelle—she can cook her ass off—Barack Obama, Malcolm X, and Imelda Marcos. Coco needs someone to talk to.”

As for me? My dinner guest list would be six. Rachel Zoe would be there, because she brought me a dress to wear, but since she doesn’t eat, she doesn’t actually count. I’d like to talk politics over turkey, mashed potatoes, and pie—cooked by fellow dinner guest, Mario Batali—with Rachel Maddow, while listening to a live performance by Johnny Cash (after he ate, of course). Then I’d drink many, many cocktails and make funny drunken videos with Amy Poehler, before being, uh, stuffed by Ryan Gosling. That would make me very thankful indeed.

So who’s on your dream Thanksgiving dinner guest list? Put your choices in the comments!

While us gals are pulling on tights and wrapping scarves around our necks to warm ourselves during the cold months, guys can get nature to help by growing out their facial hair. We’re big believers in scruff, but sometimes guys like to get a little experimental. After all, for them, facial hair is like an accessory. If your boyfriend has stopped shaving in hopes that he’ll have a woolly beard in a few weeks, check out the facial hair of Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Adrian Brody below so you can provide some guidance. Or just look at the manly faces and drool.

A “breakup” becomes just a “break” when the couple in question find their way back to each other after a necessary snippet of time apart. Being in the middle of a “break”/“breakup” myself, I’ve thought a lot about the different directions this could go—a full-on “breakup” where we’re totally over, no chance of reconciliation, or a set period of time apart, where we do our own things and hopefully rediscover why we were together in the first place. Not sure what’s going to happen for me, but this is a pretty common occurance in Hollywood! After the jump, 10 couples who fell in love, broke up, and then got back together and are (mostly) living happily ever after. Proof that if you do take a break for one another, really take a break—it can give you both a lot of perspective.

Yesterday, we delineated the celebrity lesbian personalities, from LUGs to Toppers, that create the broader Venn diagram of the womanly community.  Since we love our readers, especially their comments, we decided to take reader “Lilo” up on her challenge to break down the different types of straight males. So, here’s to all the men we’ve loved before….

1. Christian Bale Why He Made The List: Yeah, so there’s that pesky assault charge that’s turning out to be a little overblown. The Dark Knight star is having a bit of a bad week—until now. In our opinion (okay, mine—Catherine still prefers Val Kilmer), Bale is the best Batman, but let’s face it, aren’t you all just still crushing on him from his appearances in Empire of the Sun, Newsies, and American Psycho?
2. Ryan Gosling Why He Made The List: He can do a mean Southern accent (Fracture), play a drug addict with the best of them (Half Nelson), and—oh, &*%$ it. The Notebook, okay? The Notebook.
3. James McAvoy Why He Made The List: Um, that Scottish accent? Which he has the ability to hide flawlessly at the drop of a hat? Those boyish good looks? A little movie called Atonement. Yeah.
4. Josh Peck Why He Made The List: Like his Wackness costar Olivia Thirlby, this may just be the former teen star’s breakout year. He was the chubby kid on some kids show we of course never watched—now he’s all grown up and doing sexy shower scenes. Sweet!

Our post on beards was so popular, we thought we’d give you more Paul Bunyon-inspired beards to drool over. Enjoy!

When Ryan Gosling was 12, all he wanted to talk about was sex. Unfortunately, the mothers of his fellow pre-teen cast-members on The All New Mickey Mouse Club weren’t so happy about the sex ed lessons he was giving their kids. “I was just telling them what I’d heard about sex, you know, positions and stuff,” Ryan said. “Disney had a meeting with me, and they were like, ‘You’re not Disney material. We’re gonna kick you off the show if you say anything sexual again.’ I’m ****ing 12! All I care about is sex! How can I not talk about it?” Just think of how many young celebs’ sex lives he may have influenced! Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, and Keri Russell were on the show at the same time as Ryan. [ContactMusic.com]

Beards aren’t just for gay men anymore. What started as manly scruff has grown into a full-on beard trend, as indie stars rock facial hair like they’re Greek philosophers. From the Foo Fighters’ front man Dave Grohl to Jake Gyllenhaal and Justin Timberlake, razors in Hollywood seem to be strictly for below the belt.  Even Entourage’s Adrian Grenier was just spotted looking fine with more fuzz than a chia pet, while baby-faced Disney star Shia LaBeouf is all grown up with whiskers on the set of his new movie Eagle Eye.  Although the wave of hair has swept up so many, there has been one casualty: Ryan Gosling.  He recently shaved and sure, he’s so sweet we’ll always want him to impregnate us. But Ryan, while your career might be strong, the beard has got to make a comeback. We like our men looking like lumberjacks, it makes us think of wood.