It’s official. The death of Mark Ruffalo’s younger brother has been ruled as a homicide by the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office on Wednesday.

Craig Harvey, spokesperson of the Coroner, said an autopsy determined that someone shot Scott M. Ruffalo in the head. The 29-year-old was found with a gunshot wound early Dec. 1 and died a week afterwards at a hospital, when he was released from life support.

The Beverly Hills police arrested Shaha Mishaal Adham, before Ruffalo died on an attempted murder warrant. She was later released and has not been charged for murder.

Adham’s attorney, Ronald Richards, said after her release that Scott Ruffalo shot himself, as well as disputed the coroner’s determination Wednesday night.

“The only two eye witnesses to the shooting saw the same thing, a gunshot wound to the left side of the head, while one of them saw him pull the trigger,” Richards wrote in an e-mail. “They saw the gun in his left hand after the shot was fired.”

No gun residue had been found on Adham’s clothes, he said, and that police had not requested another meeting with her.

According to Sgt. Michael Pblicker, the police do not have any suspects in custody and had not been notified of the coroner’s determination by Wednesday evening. He said the agency had no further statements on the case.

The local authoritieis also have not released a motive for the shooting.

Scott Ruffalo’s family, nonetheless, issued a statement after his death thanking supporters and saying the funeral would be private.

Mark Ruffalo has appeared in movies “13 Going on 30,” “You Can Count on Me,” “Zodiac,” “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”, and “Blindness.”

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Jennifer Lopez’s marriage to Marc Anthony is allegedly undergoing a crisis, as reported by the new issue of Us Weekly that are out in newsstands today.

Rumors began about the couple’s marriage being on the rocks after Lopez attended the premiere of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” last week sans her 8-carat diamond engagement ring, wedding band,  and  the usually ever-present husband, Marc Anthony.

Marc Anthony, for his part, was allegedly spotted in Las Vegas the weekend before without his wedding band, too.

Several sources have supposedly confirmed to to Us Weekly that the couple’s marriage is at a breaking point.

“They both didn’t wear their rings on purpose,” said a mutual friend of the couple to Us. “Nothing Jennifer does is without purpose.”

This, despite having renewed their vows only last  October

Anthony’s rep, however, insists to Us, “They are doing great.”

“He’s very, very controlling of her,” says a close pal of Anthony to Us. “The skirts aren’t as short. You don’t see so much of that booty anymore.”

According to the new Us Weekly, Anthony also picks out Lopez’s clothes and checks her phone calls.

Lopez, who used to say she “loved getting his opinions”, has apparently become less interested in his approval ver since she gave birth to their 10-month-old twins, Max and Emme.

A longtime friend of hers tells Us, “She walks in from work, washes her hands and grabs the babies. With him, it’s almost like, ‘Ugh, they’re crying again?’”

Another problem reported by Us Weekly is the fact that Lopez once commanded $15 million per film, and now “blames Marc for her career going down the tubes,” (says a mutual friend who added that JLo is bitter about the failure of their 2006 drama, El Cantante, that only earned $7.5 million.

Another friend says, “Jennifer looked around and said, ‘This is my life now? I’m a Long Island housewife?’ She hates that everything she worked for went down the tubes.”

In all this drama, Lopez isn’t apparently the only one with growing resentment toward her husband. Her best friend, Leah Remini, allegedly cannot stand Marc Anthony.

“It if was up to her, Leah would just break them up today,” so says a friend.

Anthony is said to have been badmouthing his wife. A source says, “One night after their tense family Thanksgiving wherein the couple “didn’t sit together,” Anthony hit NYC hotspots Bungalow 8 and Marquee, and was spotted with his hand on a woman’s thigh and was overheard complaining about his wife to a group of women, “telling them, ‘She’s making me miserable.’”

The following evening, he was photographed by TMZ.com out partying without his wedding band with friends Eva Longoria Parker and Russell Crowe in Las Vegas.

The pair hasn’t been spotted together since Oct. 23. After the public removal of their wedding bands, however, the couple had dinner Tuesday at Beverly Hills restaurant Luau, which they left holding hands.

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Kelly Rutherford, in an exclusive interview with US Weekly, says she’s preparing for the summer arrival of her second child with hubby Daniel Giersch and continues to breasteed her 2-year-old son Hermes while waiting.

The 40-year-old Gossip Girl star shares, “It’s an amazing bond with your child. Some cultures do it up to five years, normally. I thought, ‘Well, I’ll just do it as long as it feels right for my son.’”

She adds, “I was thinner after my pregnancy than before, and I think a lot of it was the nursing. They say it helps your body get back to shape in a natural way.”

That’s a celebrity supermom for you.

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Kathy Hilton is allegedly bringing the public into her home (via the TV and the Web) for “Christmas with the Stars,” a charity auction for the benefit of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

There are reportedly more than 200 items that were donated by celebrities, including Elizabeth Taylor and the Jonas Brothers. The gift will be available at the Saturday event, which will be broadcast live on Auction Network (7-11 p.m. EST).

Visitors can cast bids on Taylor’s necklace and shoes, a meet-and-greet with the Jonas Brothers, autographed guitars from Melissa Etheridge and Avril Lavigne, a tambourine signed by Brian Wilson, and dozens of designer items that were once owned by Paris and Nicky Hilton.

Hilton held her first auction to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation Christmas last year and reportedly plans to make it an annual tradition. Her auction raised more than $27,000 in 2007.

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Forty-six years after her death and her image is still haunting. Well, not the scary, spooky kind. A collection of photographs of Marilyn Monroe taken the year she died for Vogue magazine has been auctioned in New York for nearly $150,000.Christie’s auction house’s spokeswoman claims the 36 photos taken by Bert Stern sold for $146,500 on Tuesday. The pre-sale estimate was reportedly $100,000 to $150,000.

Christie’s says the photos from a 1962 shoot were the last professional images taken of Monroe right before she died that year of a drug overdose. They were published in Vogue, instead, as a memorial to her.

The photos are allegedly among more than 100 Monroe images offered for sale at Christie’s.

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According to the People’s Choice Awards, country singer Carrie Underwood will perform on its 35th annual ceremony slated next month.Organizers said Wednesday that the awards show airs on Jan. 7 and will be hosted by Queen Latifah at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The People’s Choice trophies go to fan favorites in TV, movies, and music.

Underwood is known to have grown from “American Idol” winner to a country music star whose hits include “Just a Dream” and “Jesus, Take the Wheel.”

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Madonna and  Guy Ritchie both said on Wednesday that a statement released on behalf of the singer that included detailed terms of their divorce was actually “misleading and inaccurate.”The singer’s spokeswoman in New York, Liz Rosenberg, said on Monday that Madonna gave Ritchie between 50 and 60 million pounds ($76-92 million) as part of their divorce settlement.

Both Associated Press (AP) and Reuters reported the figures, but the couple are now allegedly distancing themselves from the accuracy such information.

“We have tried to maintain a dignified silence regarding the details of our divorce for the last few months whilst accepting the obvious media interest,” said the pair in a joint statement.

“A misleading and inaccurate statement, specifically in relation to the sums of money involved, was wrongly issued to AP this week,” the statement added.

“The financial details of the settlement will remain private, save to say that both of us are happy with our agreement. Our primary concern, like any co-parents, is the care and well being of our children.” Rosenberg said that custody arrangements for the couple’s children had not been finalized.

Madonna and the British film director have an eight-year-old son, Rocco, and three-year-old son David, adopted from Malawi. The singer also has a daughter Lourdes, born in 1996, from her relationship with fitness trainer Carlos Leon.

Madonna and Ritchie announced their split in October, nearly eight years after their wedding at Skibo Castle in Scotland.

The estimated combined wealth of the couple is about $525 million, although Madonna allegedly accounts for most of it.

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Maxim features on the cover of its January 2009 issue Hilary Duff baring her cleavage for the camera. The cover shoot for the men’s magazine is apparently intended to show her new predicate as one of its Sexiest Stars of 2009.

“Hilary Duff, All Grown Up,” reads the tagline for the former child actress’ Maxim photo shoot. On it, she is seen wearing thin make up and letting her long blonde hair loose. She dons a black outfit that exposes her cleavage and stares seductively to the lens. Plus, inside, are more sexy poses by the young star.

Hilary Duff joins the likes of Scarlett Johansson, Hayden Panettiere, Blake Lively, Katy Perry, Rihanna, and Vanessa Hudgens, all of whom are included in Maxim’s list of the Sexiest Stars of 2009.

Hilary debuted her greatest hits album “Best of Hilary Duff” in the U.S. market last month. Afterwards,  she announced the end of her contract with record label, Hollywood Records.

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