Heidi Klum, Drew Carey and More: Is January a Cursed Month for Celebrity Splits?

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Why are so many stars breaking up in January? Is it awards season stress?
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Right, right, all the anxiety that comes with choosing between the chartreuse Hervé Léger gown and the ruby Hervé Léger gown—how do these poor waifs cope?

Yes, a whole crop of breakups have our E! News rabbits on overdrive, including Heidi Klum and Seal; K.D. Lang and her domestic partner; Drew Carey and That Lady He Dated For Five Years; Katy Perry and Russell Brand. (Well, OK, Brand filed for divorce Dec. 30, but close enough.)

So is January to blame?

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Yes!

Divorce lawyers confirm that January is a high-traffic time for splits and divorce filings in general, but for celebrities as well.

"People go through a very exhausting year, and people looking at the new year as a new life," says family law specialist Marilyn B. Chinitz of Blank Rome LLP. "So as soon as January rolls around, people think, ‘This is my new beginning.'"

The holidays are also stressful, what with traveling and whiny families, and can lead to big fights that end with a divorce filing. Celebrities are not immune to this; reports indicate that things started to get particularly tense between Perry and Russell in early December.

Finally, couples often decide to break up earlier in the year but wait for the holidays.

"Usually there's a big lull in filings of new divorces between Thanksgiving and the first week in January because people don't want to ruin everyone else's holiday," family law attorney Steve Mindel, of Feinberg, Mindel, Brandt & Klein LLP, tells me.

One small bit of comfort for Hollywood: February is less than a week away.

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Meet Hugh Hefner's Rumored New Girl Miss January Anna Sophia Berglund

Miss January Anna Sophia Berglund and Hugh Hefner step out at Day 1 of TCM Classic Film Festival 2011 in Los Angeles on April 28, 2011 WireImageAccess Hollywood

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Less than a week after Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris called of their wedding, the 85-year-old has reportedly moved on with another Playboy Playmate!

According to TMZ sources, Miss January 2011 Anna Sophia Berglund has moved into Hef's room at the Playboy mansion in Bel Air, Calif., and they are now calling one another "babe."

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One source claimed that during a recent movie night, the pair was kissing and cuddling during the film.

"It's clear Hef has moved on to Anna," the source said.

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If it is indeed a new romance, the 85-year-old Playboy founder would at least be dating a slightly older woman than his ex-fiancee. Anna Sophia, 25, is 24 days older than Crystal.

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Despite the report of more Playmate romance for Hef, he maintained his single status on Twitter on Monday afternoon.

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"It's the start of a new day, and a new week, and I'm happy to be single," Hef Tweeted.

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