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Sideshow: Bonham-Carter and Burton call it quits

Helena Bonham Carter, 48, is back on the market. The Shakespearean marvel and her partner, fantasy auteur Tim Burton, 56, have split up after 13 years.

Splitsville for Carter

Helena Bonham Carter, 48, is back on the market. The Shakespearean marvel and her partner, fantasy auteur Tim Burton, 56, have split up after 13 years.

They "separated amicably earlier this year and have continued to be friends and co-parent their children," Carter's rep tells People.

The couple, who met on the set of Burton's 2001 picture Planet of the Apes, have two kids, son Billy, 11, and daughter Nell, 7.

Miley's own Kennedy

Patrick Schwarzenegger's family have met his gf, Miley Cyrus, and despite all the bad twerkadelic press around the gal, they like her! Patrick, 21, a model/actor whose parents are Maria Shriver and Arnold "the Govinator" Schwarzenegger, took Miley to meet his uncle, Anthony Shriver, in Miami.

Anthony "said Miley was a lot of fun," Anonymous Source tells E!News. "As far as he's concerned, the family has no problem with her." Another source says Patrick has told folks his mom thinks Miley is a "very nice girl."

LiLo in a musical?!

Lindsay Lohan as famed Cabaret heroine Sally Bowles?! Are you mad? In Touch Weekly says the onetime actor and scandal magnet is begging her savior Oprah to help her win an audition for a Broadway show.

"Oprah bought the rights to several books that she wants to produce for the stage, and Lindsay is begging to be cast in one," a Source says. If LiLo can't get cast in a new show, she'll shoot for the classics.

J-Lo: $1.75 mil a concert?!

Why play concerts for thousands of loud, smelly, rude, drunk kids in some cavernous auditorium when you can make millions giving private concerts? Just ask Jennifer Lopez.

Busy Anonymous Source tells Life & Style Weekly that J-Lo was paid $1.75 million to give a 40-minute private show for a casino mogul's family in Macau. "Several hundred thousands of dollars were paid up front, just for J-Lo's travel expenses," the Source says.

Gossip petits fours

Call it ageism, but Kim Basinger's love life hasn't made headlines for a couple of decades now. Closer Weekly says Alec Baldwin's 61-year-old ex is dating her hairstylist, Mitch Stone. . . . American Idol alum Jordin Sparks, who broke up with Jason Derulo in September after three years, hasn't found a new love. "I'm pretty much dating myself," she tells People, "who am I kidding?!" . . . Country star Dustin Lynch, 29, tells People his family does a secret-Santa thing each year, giving each other gifts anonymously. "It could be a dead squirrel, reindeer mug or Jell-o with cat food in it," he says. . . . Chris Pratt, 35, owns Hollywood! He starred in two films this year, which between them have so far made nearly $600 million: The Lego Movie ($257.8 mil) and Guardians of the Galaxy ($332.6 mil). . . . Star Trek 3, which will be directed by Justin Lin, will be released in July 2016! . . . Gone Girl star Kim Dickens will play the female lead opposite Cliff Curtis in AMC's untitled The Walking Dead spin-off.