There are times when divorce forces people to do strange things. Burn sheets. Throw out clothes. Toss rings into the ocean. But when you get $100 million in your divorce, you can trump just about anything and that's what happened with Tiger Woods' ex-wife when she bought a $12 million home and bulldozed the whole thing.

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Yes, according to TMZ, Elin Nordegren bought a $12 million home in North Palm Beach, Fla., but didn't like it, and has plowed the whole thing.

The house, which had six bedrooms and eight bathrooms, is now just rubble, with no word yet on what is going to replace the beautiful building you see above, but I guess when you have nine figures in the bank, it doesn't really matter what you want.

I guess we can all applaud Elin on not rolling over after all this happened and continuing on with her life. But I think we can all agree on one thing: Why in the world is she still in Florida? Wouldn't you want to move back home for good?

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Starting January 1, 2012 the Smoking Ordinance prohibits smoking within five (5) feet of outdoor areas including restaurant patios, cafes and food courts and outdoor common areas within the City of West Hollywood as well as provides smoking cessation programs and information to West Hollywood residents.

The major provisions of the proposed smoking ordinance include the following: 

• Outdoor dining areas of restaurants will be covered, but outdoor areas of bars and nightclubs will be exempt from the smoking prohibition. Restaurants that operate with varying operating characteristics in the late evening will be permitted to create smoking operation plans that will allow for smoking in outdoor areas during those hours. 
• The two hookah cafes currently located in the City will be exempt from the smoking prohibition.
• A “no-smoking buffer zone” of five feet will be created around covered outdoor dining and service areas. 
• Hotels will be encouraged to establish smoke-free pool areas through incentives.

In addition, the smoking ordinance requires businesses to submit a Smoking Operations Plan for City review and approval outlining when and where smoking is allowed at a particular business and how and where signs will be erected identifying no smoking and smoking areas.

The City of West Hollywood is also providing residents with information regarding smoking cessation programs offered through the City’s Social Services Division as well as Los Angeles County Tobacco Control and Prevention Programs. West Hollywood ios Angeles County’s third-most effected region, with 19.6 percent of the population identifying as smokers.

Secondhand smoke is a mixture of the smoke given off by the burning end of a cigarette, pipe or cigar and the smoke exhaled by smokers. Secondhand smoke exposes smokers and nonsmokers to more than 4,000 toxic substances, several of which are known to cause cancer in humans and animals. The U.S. Surgeon General warns that there is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke.

In December 2009, the City Council directed the City Attorney to draft a comprehensive ordinance prohibiting smoking in outdoor patios and open air spaces. The Council also directed the City Manager to convene a Task Force comprised of members of the community interested in participating in discussions about how the smoking ordinance should be structured and implemented. Beginning in early 2010, the Task Force met seven times and staff returned to the City Council twice for input as the smoking ordinance was being developed.

The West Hollywood City Council has historically taken a proactive approach on public health policies relating to tobacco use, by prohibiting smoking in public places and places of employment in 1986, and subsequently strengthened the ordinance with respect to employer/owner responsibilities and enforcement in 1999.

For more information, please contact Maribel Louie, Economic Development Analyst, at (323) 848-6303.

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"It happened out of the blue. This really drunk guy was hitting on me, making such an idiot of himself, yelling at me," Reese reveals of meeting Toth at a friend's party. "He was like, [slurring, scowling, pointing finger in her face] 'You don't know me.' And I was like, 'Yeah, I know. I don't know you!' Jim came over and said, 'Please excuse my friend. He's just broken up with someone.' Jim was a really good friend, pulling him out of that situation. That's just kind of who he is, a really good person."

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While that wasn't exactly the most romantic introduction, Toth more than made up for it later. "Jim said, 'I'm gonna show you every day what a good partner is, what a good person is. I'm going to take care of you. I'm gonna do this so much that you're gonna get used to it,'" the "Election" actress says. "I was like, 'What are you talking about?' I've never had anybody like that in my life."

Still, Witherspoon makes it clear that she faces the same pressures as any woman in Hollywood. "Nothin's going north. It's all going south, might as well put in on film now," she jokes. "But not without a lot of padding and a push-up bra."

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Despite Reese's worries about her looks in the future, even she has to admit that she's being paid a lot to do what she loves now. She earned $28 million in 2010, according to Forbes. "Every time they call and talk to me about money, I get embarrassed about it. A couple of women finally made me feel better: 'To get what you're making, do you know how much money people are making off of you?' I'm like, 'Oh, oh, okay.'"

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"Last night, the people of Iowa spoke with a very clear voice. And so I have decided to stand aside," the Republican representative from Minnesota told reporters during a morning media availability here at the Marriott hotel.

Despite Bachmann's extensive, last-minute tour to visit all 99 of Iowa's counties, her first place finish in the Aug. 13 straw poll, and the state being her place of birth, Iowa Republican caucus voters rejected Bachmann's campaign, handing her 6,073 votes on caucus night--5 percent of the total votes cast in Tuesday night's caucuses.

As recently as Tuesday evening, Bachmann was dismissing questions about whether a poor finish in Iowa would prompt her immediate departure from the race, saying her campaign's travel tickets were already booked for South Carolina--her next major campaign stop after largely passing over New Hampshire, which holds its primary on Tuesday, Jan. 10.

But communications director Alice Stewart told reporters following the news conference that conversations began last night about whether to continue the campaign and the congresswoman asked for time to "sleep on it" and "pray about it." Stewart said she was awoken early Wednesday morning with the news.

Stewart rejected the suggestion that campaign finance challenges factored into the congresswoman's decision.

"She doesn't see where she made mistakes," Stewart said. "None of us, you know, see where there were mistakes made." In response to question about how her campaign dropped from her high at the Ames Straw Poll, Stewart noted that there were fewer candidates in the race at that time.

Harry Burkhart, 24, was taken into custody early on Monday morning after a reserve sheriff's deputy spotted him driving a van similar to one being sought in connection with the string of fires set in Los Angeles, Hollywood and surrounding communities.

Authorities booked Burkhart, a Hollywood resident who they believe to be a German national, on suspicion of arson and said he was being held at Los Angeles County jail.

"Our long, four-day nightmare is over," Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky said at a Monday evening press conference.

"This has been literally a nightmare for people who live on the west side of L.A., the San Fernando Valley and West Hollywood," Yaroslavsky said. "I live in that community and I haven't had a good night's sleep since last week. I'm looking forward to that tonight."

Burkhart was expected to be advised of the charges against him at a hearing on Wednesday.

Authorities declined to comment on a Los Angeles Times report that Burkhart was embroiled in an immigration dispute with the federal government over the status of his mother.

'MOST DANGEROUS ARSONIST'

But Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said that federal law enforcement agents "who have been privy to removal hearings" had recognized the suspect from surveillance videotape taken near several of the fires.

Burkhart's van had Canadian license plates, Beck said.

The chief said detectives believed that Burkhart acted alone but said residents should remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity.

The first of the more than 50 arson blazes broke out on Friday and the rash of fires, most of them set in cars and parking structures, some spreading to carports and homes, continued into the early morning hours of Monday morning.

The spate of arsons left residents on edge during the holiday weekend, as fires broke out seemingly at random across neighborhoods and sirens screamed through the night.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca said the person who had set the fires was "perhaps most dangerous arsonist in the County of L.A. that I can recall."

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said the fires had caused an estimated $3 million in damage.

"These were serious, potentially deadly crimes that needlessly endangered thousands of innocent lives," Villaraigosa said.

There were no fatalities caused by the fires but one firefighter was injured and another person suffered from smoke inhalation during a blaze that broke out on New Year's Eve.

One of the fires damaged a house in the Hollywood Hills where late rocker Jim Morrison was inspired to write the 1968 song "Love Street" about his girlfriend.

Baca said that the deputy credited with detaining Burkhart was a part-time reserve officer who makes only $1 a year because he is essentially a volunteer.

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Tom Cruise's new mission remains impossible to beat at the box office.

Studio estimates Sunday placed "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol" in the No. 1 spot for the second-straight weekend with $31.3 million. With a $134.1 million domestic total, it's the first $100 million hit with Cruise in the lead role since 2006's "Mission: Impossible III."

The Paramount release led a solid New Year's weekend as Hollywood managed fair business to end a sluggish year on a more promising note for 2012. Domestic revenues closed out at $10.22 billion for 2011, down 3.4 percent from 2010's, according to box-office tracker Hollywood.com.

That was a slight improvement over Hollywood.com's projections a week earlier, when Hollywood was limping through the normally busy holiday season with a lineup of underachieving movies.

"This week was a pleasant surprise," said Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian. "Last week, we were really pretty gloom and doom, but this final push at the end of the year was stronger than expected. It's a good way to head into 2012, with at least a little bit of momentum at the box office."

Still, movie admissions were down sharply for the second year in a row. Factoring in higher ticket prices, domestic attendance slipped to 1.28 billion in 2011, off 4.2 percent from 2010 admissions and the smallest audiences Hollywood has had since 1995, according to Hollywood.com.

Hollywood started the year in a deep rut, with domestic revenues trailing 2010's by 20 percent or more as a weak first quarter fell far short of the previous year's spectacular results for the sci-fi sensation "Avatar."

Studios nearly dug themselves out from that deficit over the summer, but business lagged through the fall and holidays as audiences had a ho-hum response to most movies.

Some studio executives had predicted record revenues for 2011. The movies themselves may simply have held less appeal to fans than expected, though audiences also could be skipping trips to theaters to watch movies on big-screen home setups or to play with the countless entertainment gadgets now on the market. Viewers can watch films at home or on portable devices for a fraction of the cost of going to theaters.

The industry is looking ahead to an impressive lineup to turn things around this year. Big titles include the superhero tales "The Dark Knight Rises," "The Amazing Spider-Man" and "The Avengers"; the latest in the animated franchises "Ice Age" and "Madagascar," along with "Brave," the new adventure from animation master Pixar; Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones' "Men in Black 3"; Daniel Craig's new James Bond thriller "Skyfall"; Johnny Depp's vampire story "Dark Shadows"; Ridley Scott's "Prometheus," a cousin to his sci-fi classic "Alien"; and Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," the first in a two-part prequel to his "Lord of the Rings" films.

The rest of this weekend's top-three remained unchanged. Robert Downey Jr.'s "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows," from Warner Bros., finished second again with $22.1 million, raising its domestic total to $132.1 million.

The 20th Century Fox family sequel "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked" was still at No. 3 with $18.3 million to lift its haul to $94.6 million.

In its first full weekend, Steven Spielberg's World War I epic "War Horse" came in fourth with $16.9 million, pushing its domestic total to $43 million.

At No. 5 was David Fincher's thriller "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" with $16.3 million. The Sony release, which stars Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara, now stands at $57.1 million domestically.

Cameron Crowe's family tale "We Bought a Zoo," featuring Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson, finished at No. 6 with $14.3 million. Released by 20th Century Fox, the movie raised its total to $41.8 million.

Rounding out the top films was Spielberg and producer Jackson's animated action story "The Adventures of Tintin" at No. 7 with $12 million. The Paramount release lifted its domestic sum to $47.8 million.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

1. "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol," $31.3 million.

2. "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows," $22.1 million.

3. "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked," $18.3 million.

4. "War Horse," $16.9 million.

5. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," $16.3 million.

6. "We Bought a Zoo," $14.3 million.

7. "The Adventures of Tintin," $12 million.

8. "New Year's Eve," $6.7 million.

9. "The Darkest Hour," $4.3 million.

10. "The Descendants," $3.7 million