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Sometimes saying you're sorry really does make it all better.

David Duchovny has dropped the $1 million defamation lawsuit he filed last month against the U.K.'s Daily Mail over a bogus story that claimed he had an extramarital dalliance with a tennis instructor.

The tabloid printed an apologetic retraction Monday, acknowledging that its Oct. 19 item about the X-Files star and Edith Pakay was bogus.

"We now accept this is inaccurate and Ms. Pakay and Mr. Duchovny are only friends who used to play tennis occasionally," the statement read. "Their relationship went no further and was not a factor in Mr. and Mrs. Duchovny's separation.  We apologize to Ms. Pakay, Mr. Duchovny and to Mr. Duchovny's family."

The recently separated actor was out for blood just days after the article ran, calling the Mail's behavior "intentional and reckless."

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Travis Barker is seeking a different kind of closure.

The former Blink-182 drummer has filed a negligence lawsuit against the owner and makers of what he claims was a "defective" Learjet that crashed Sept. 19, killing four and leaving Barker and Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein with severe burns. (View the lawsuit.)

Per court documents filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Barker's camp believes that "one or more of the tires failed, leaving tire debris and portions of airplane components along the 8,600 foot runway" and the pilot made a "negligent attempt to abort the takeoff."

"The pilot's decision was a breach of their duty owed to the passengers onboard and was a substantial factor in causing the crash and resultant injuries and deaths," the suit continues.

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Maybe Britney Spears was just waiting for the madness to die down—and the music to get turned up.

The popster, who chose to remain absent from what turned out to be her mistrial on an invalid-license charge and the majority of this year's conservatorship hearings, was in court Friday to talk business pertaining to dad Jamie Spears' control over her estate—namely, her plans to hit the road.

"There isn't a lot I can tell you about it," court spokesman Allan Parachini said during a brief press conference afterward. "There was discussion of Ms. Spears' future immediate business plans. Particularly touring in support of her album."

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• Taylor Swift says she reads the gossip blog, but tries to ignore the comments because "when people can be anonymous, they're vicious and it's like sixth grade stuff, like, on crack." Hmmm, we have no idea what she could be referring to...

• Spotted: Madonna and A-Rod in the same city. They're totally going to do some postdivorce celebrating, right?!

• Kanye's new album, 808s & Heartbreak, is streaming in its entirety on his MySpace page.

• Finally, some promo pictures in which Britney Spears looks like a real person.

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Tyra Banks is shrinking her syndicate.

The supermodel turned TV multihyphenate's Daytime Emmy-winning talk show will be taken out of syndication and moved to the CW for its fifth season, slated to premiere in September 2009.

Despite some cartoons and syndicated sitcoms (yay, endless Friends reruns!), the CW isn't really a daytime-programming destination, something that Banks—who already rules the network's prime-time schedule with the top-rated America's Next Top Model—is obviously looking to change.

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Jason Momoa's beer-glass bully is facing a half-empty future.

Dominic Bando, 21, who allegedly argued with the Stargate: Atlantis actor and hit him in the face with a pint glass, was charged today with assault with a deadly weapon, the Los Angles District Attorney's Office confirms to E! News.

The intergalactic actor required reconstructive surgery and 140 stitches when his face was shattered during the Nov. 15 incident.

Bando is free on $30,000 bail, and his arraignment is scheduled for Dec. 10. If convicted, he faces seven years in the pokey thanks to a March conviction for carrying a loaded firearm.

For the nongeek crowd, Momoa also performed on several shirtless seasons of Baywatch and is boyfriend and baby daddy to Cosby Show queen Lisa Bonet.