While we were out: a Charlie Sheen Xmas, and best of the '00s

Charlie Sheen and wife Brooke Mueller, in happier times. (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

The Reliable Source is on vacation through the end of the year, returning on Tuesday, January 5, 2010. In the meantime, please check out Names and Faces, where our colleague Tim Smith delivers a roundup of news: Charlie Sheen's Aspen Yuletide ends in alleged fisticuffs, a domestic-violence charge, and marriage counseling; things looking serious for Renee Zellweger and Bradley Cooper; and Ivana Trump gets hauled off a plane for cursing at children. If you haven't already, check out our critics' assessments of the Best of the Decade, and Howard Kurtz's look at media in the '00s.