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Welcome to the Smart Set. Every morning we bring you the gossip coverage, filtered. Today: Zooey Deschanel&39;s personal finances leaked, Russell Brand had doubts about marrying Katy Perry, and anotherVillage Voiceveteran has been laid off.
If you&39;eve ever wondered how money Zooey Deschanel spends eating out every month ($500), or how much credit card debt she&39;s carrying (nada!), it&39;s your lucky day: TMZ has postedher divorce filing from Ben Gibbard, which contains a very thorough account of theNew Girlstar&39;s finances. Though we can&39;t believe she gives $1,500 to charity every month. [TMZ]
Sinead O&39;Connor has apparently changed her mind about divorcing fourth husband Barry Herridge. Last month, O&39;Connor announced she was ending the marriage after just 18 days, only totweet yesterdaythat after further deliberation and "a beautiful evening of love " she and Herridge have "decided to be boyfriend and girlfriend again an[d] stay married." [People]
Kanye West went on a strange and informative three-hour tweeting spree yesterday. Among his more notable claims: that he anddirector Spike Jonze"want to do a Summer school that tries new forms of cuuriculim" and that he&39;s been operating without representation ever since his former agent Cara Lewis defected from William Morris Endeavor. Sources tellThe Hollywood Reporterthat West doesn&39;t plan on hiring a replacement, and wants to assemble "a sort of &39;Board of Directors&39; to handle his business dealings going forward," which is as exciting as the idea of Spike Jonze creating some sort of summer school. [The Hollywood Reporter]
A source says that before Russell Brand married Katy Perry in October 2010, he "threatened to call off the wedding multiple times" because he "couldn't deal with Perry's hard-partying ways." Considering the two sides reportedly didn&39;t have a prenup in place, a decision that cost pay Perry as much as $20 million, she might be wishing he followed through on the threat. [Gatecrasher]
Jim Hoberman is out as chief film critic atThe Village Voiceafter 29 years at the . In an interview with Daily Intel, Hoberman said he was "shocked, but not surprised" to be the latest veteran name to get the axe. At least he got a nice rueful dig in on the out, delcaring "It&39;s not the same that I started working at." [Capital New York]
It looks like on-again Justin Timberlake proposed to Jessica Biel in Wyoming over the holidays. And she said yes! [Us Weekly]
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