Sources close to Tiger Woods' wife are filling in the blanks about what triggered the Thanksgiving Day scandal. The Daily Beast's Gerald Posner reveals that days before the National Enquirer released a story claiming Woods had an affair with Rachel Uchitel, Woods swore to Elin Nordegren it was completely false. To further cover up his lies, Woods convinced Uchitel to talk to Elin and deny they were having an affair. The two women spoke by phone for about half an hour, but Elin wasn't ready to accept that the relationship was just platonic and plotted a "sting operation."

The following day, Elin learned some of the Enquirer's specifics about the alleged affair, leading to another argument. The sources claim Woods decided to end the bickering by taking Ambien and going to sleep. After he fell asleep, Elin looked through his cell phone and discovered one text message sent to Uchitel that said, "You are the only one I've loved."

Shortly after 1 a.m. in Florida, Elin began texting Uchitel, pretending to be Tiger. Elin wrote, "I miss you," and asked, "When are we seeing each other again?" Uchitel texted back, seemingly surprised that Woods was awake. To Elin, the response indicated that the two of them spoke earlier that night, before Tiger went to bed. At that point, Elin called Uchitel, who answered, thinking it was Tiger calling. Both sources said that Elin said something approximating, "I knew it was you." Uchitel's surprised reply, according to what Elin told one source: "Oh [expletive]." She immediately hung up.

When the "Jersey Shore" cast refused to sign on for a second season, which included a $10,000 signing bonus and $5,000 per episode, MTV made a new offer of $10,000 an episode, Popeater.com reports.

But according to TMZ, the cast isn't budging and the network was threatening to replace "Jersey" favs such as Snooki and The Situation if they didn't accept MTV's deal by last night. (To put it into perspective, Brody Jenner makes almost the same as the "Jersey" stars, just for small cameos on "The Hills.")

Salary disputes for reality television are nothing new, especially at MTV. In fall 2008 (at the height of "The Hills" popularity), rumblings of salary demands began to circulate on various blogs, with PopCrunch reporting that Lauren Conrad was raking in $75,000 an episode ($1.4 million per year) and Heidi Montag was making $65K per episode ($1.25 million annually).

The lowest earner was Spencer Pratt's little sister, Stephanie, who was said to be earning almost $10,000 an episode, which is about on par with what Snooki and the gang are being offered. So is it fair to be paying a key character such as The Situation the same amount as Pratt? We may be in a recession, but the controversial "Jersey Shore" has been a bona fide hit for the network.

Actor and comedian Andy Dick has been charged with two felony counts of sexual abuse in West Virginia.

Dick was arraigned Saturday afternoon in Cabell County Magistrate Court. Court documents say he's accused of grabbing a bouncer's crotch and groping and kissing a male patron earlier in the morning at a bar in Huntington. Magistrate Patty Verbage Spence set bail at $60,000.

"Andy is stunned by these allegations, and we are strongly denying any criminal conduct," Dick's attorney, Jeff Rubenstein, said in a statement.

Spence set a Feb. 2 hearing for the 44-year-old Dick, who was in Huntington to perform at the Funny Bone Comedy Club. Funny Bone managing partner Tom Schaefer posted Dick's bail and said the comedian is "absolutely still on the schedule for Saturday and Sunday."

The brother of figure skater Nancy Kerrigan has been charged with assaulting their 70-year-old father, who died over the weekend after a disturbance at the family's Massachusetts home.

A police report says officers responding to a 911 call around 1:30 a.m. Sunday found Daniel Kerrigan unconscious on the floor. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.

The report says 45-year-old Mark Kerrigan was found in the basement of the Stoneham home and was "belligerent and combative" when questioned. Officers used pepper spray to subdue him and eventually arrested him.

The report says Mark Kerrigan told officers he struggled with his father and put his hands around his neck after the elder Kerrigan wouldn't let him use the phone.

Mark Kerrigan was slated to be arraigned yesterday on a charge of assault and battery.

"The Hurt Locker" scored the top film award from the Producers Guild of America, building new momentum for the Iraq war drama in the expanded Oscar race for best picture.

The film about a risk-taking bomb disposal technician beat out such celebrated nominees as "Avatar," "Inglourious Basterds" and "Up in the Air" Sunday night.

"The Hurt Locker" also bested the films "Star Trek," "District 9," "An Education," "Invictus," "Up" and "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' By Sapphire."

The awards were the latest kudofest in the run-up to the Academy Awards in March.

"Phantom of the Opera" last haunted the Benedum Center at just this time in 2006, so it's appropriate that PNC Broadway Across America -- Pittsburgh chooses this week to announce the return of the masked maestro. Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, the longest-running show in Broadway history, comes back to the Benedum Aug. 25 through Sept. 19 as a 2010-11 Season Special.

Single tickets go on sale May 10. The full 2010-11 Broadway Across America series, presented with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Pittsburgh Symphony, will be announced in coming months.

Mackenzie Carpenter's video program, "Omnivore," is available exclusively at PG+, a members-only web site of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Our introduction to PG+ gives you all the details.