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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie posed with Shiloh, Zahara, and friends in Namibia over the weekend.

On Monday afternoon Sean Penn shopped with his son, Hopper, in Miami.

Ryan Gosling is your mistletoe dream guy, and the charming actor got serious for an interview with the LA Times. He talked about the emotional inspiration for Blue Valentine and why he hasn't been out promoting his other new release, All Good Things. Ryan and Michelle Williams did make the rounds for their release, showing off their amazing chemistry at every stop. Perhaps they'll even walk the Golden Globes red carpet together next month. Blue Valentine is out in NY and LA tomorrow and elsewhere over the next few weeks. Here are highlights:

• On acting and interviews: "I don't really like doing interviews because I don't have any answers about why I act. It's like a compulsion. It's people who eat and eat and eat and they don't know why and they keep getting fatter but they can't stop. It's like that . . . And then you find yourself on a set throwing yourself off a bridge, and you're asking yourself, 'Why am I doing this?' And I don't know."
• On promoting movies: "I try not to make too many movies. I get sick of myself, so I can imagine how everyone else feels. And for the two to come out at the same time, it makes me feel sick."
• On making independent movies: "When I make these movies, I don't think, 'I want to make a little indie movie and I want to stay in the indie world because I think it's cool. I make these movies and think, 'This is the one. This one is going to be "The Blair Witch Project."' I'm sure of it while we're making it. And then it comes out and it does no business. I just have this total fantasy that you can make a movie like 'Blue Valentine' and that it can be as big as 'Avatar.' That's my dream. I don't have kids or something else more important in my life right now so I keep hammering away at it. I haven't done it yet. But I think I'm getting closer."

To read what Ryan has to say about All Good Things and the relationships he used as Blue Valentine inspiration, just read more

Newly single Vanessa Hudgens was spotted hanging out with friends in LA Monday.

It was an extra special holiday this year for Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth — the couple have announced they're engaged! In a statement to Us Weekly her rep confirms the exciting news, saying, "They are extremely happy." One of 2010's most adorable couples began dating early in the year and instantly became inseparable, spending time together from trips to Ojai, to church outings and softball games. He even joined Reese's family as she got her star on the walk of fame last month. Congrats on the big news to Reese and Jim!

Stephanie Seymour wore a teeny bikini for a swim off the coast of St. Barts on Monday.

• Kristen rumored to be spotted out with On the Road costar Garrett Hedlund...or not? — Lainey Gossip
• Kourtney Kardashian shows off her bikini body — Huffington Post
• Erin Heatherton is the new Marisa Miller — Hollywood Tuna
• Lily Allen engaged to longtime boyfriend — PopEater
• Ellen and Portia celebrate the holidays in St. Barts — D Listed
• Rihanna and Matt Kemp officially call it quits — Us Weekly
• Val Kilmer owes $500,000 in taxes — TMZ
• 50 Cent shovels snow and charges for pics — JustJared
• Even more Rihanna Barbados bikini pictures — Egotastic
• Alyson Hannigan and her baby show off their Christmas treats — Pink Is the New Blog
• Sienna Miller turns 29, a look back in pictures — cityrag
• Hugh Jackman suffers another injury — The Superficial