WONDERLAND'S CLOSED Mayer with Simpson in tow

• Return to opposite corners of the planet: John Mayer calls it quits with Jessica Simpson.

• Aqua-boy: Nick Carter appointed "Special Ambassador of the Year of the Dolphin," which totally makes that tattoo on the small of his back relevant again!

• On the cheap: The White House calls a 3.5 percent military pay raise "unnecessary."

• Who's afraid of Liz Taylor?: Elizabeth Taylor gets to keep a Van Gogh painting that may have been seized by the Nazis.

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