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Hollywood Got Inside Scoop on bin Laden Raid
Hollywood Got Inside Scoop on bin Laden Raid
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May 23, 2012 11:24 AM CDT

Hollywood Got Inside Scoop on bin Laden Raid

Despite leak warnings, CIA, Pentagon and White House rolled out the red carpet

(Newser) - The White House, CIA, and Pentagon all gave special access to Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow to help with her movie about Osama bin Laden's death, according to documents obtained by the conservative Judicial Watch . In one interview , Undersecretary of Defense Mike Vickers tells Bigelow that top admirals can'...

Average Folks Donate $10M for Shot at Seat at Clooney's

Tonight's Obama fundraiser to bring in a record-breaking $15M

(Newser) - George Clooney's $40,000-a-plate dinner for President Obama tonight is expected to scoop up an eye-popping $15 million. The Hollywood fete, to be held at Clooney's Los Angeles digs, will feature celebs like Barbra Streisand, Robert Downey Jr., and Tobey Maquire among the 150 guests, and is co-hosted...

PG-13 Rating: Ticket to Box-Office Magic?

6 highest-grossing films all have it

(Newser) - One key to The Avengers' record success this weekend: its PG-13 rating. The top six highest-grossing movies ever made are all rated PG-13; the rating points to a film that's titillating enough for teens but isn't likely to offend adults, the Los Angeles Times notes. The rating has...

Naked John Travolta Went for My Willy: Masseur

Hollywood star admits to history of 'sexual favors': lawsuit

(Newser) - John Travolta is one randy (and rather rude) massage client, according to a new Hollywood lawsuit. A masseur hired by Travolta claims the movie star took him to a Beverly Hills Hotel bungalow, stripped to nothing, appeared semi-erect, and touched the masseur's scrotum and penis during the massage, TMZ...

6 Cop Cars Track Down Amanda Bynes

Hollywood actress allegedly nicks car, keeps on driving

(Newser) - At least she didn't sideswipe a cop car this time. But according to police, Amanda Bynes grazed a pick-up truck with her Range Rover in LA yesterday and kept on driving, People reports. The other driver's 911 call prompted a police response—to the tune of six police...

Has Hollywood Punished Rachel Dratch for Her Looks?

One blogger thinks her brand of humor is to blame instead

(Newser) - In her new book, Girl Walks Into a Bar, Rachel Dratch says her looks have cursed her career. "By Hollywood standards, I’m a troll, ogre, woodland creature, or manly lesbian," she writes, and that's prevented her from getting the roles she wants—NBC replaced her as...

8 Liberal Celebs No Longer So Keen on Obama

Matt Damon, Gene Simmons, and others who are disappointed

(Newser) - President Obama was quite popular with Tinseltown's biggest stars four years ago, but as he seeks reelection, he's fallen out of favor with some Hollywood liberals. The Week lists eight who have criticized the prez:
  • Gene Simmons: The Kiss rocker now regrets supporting Obama in '08, because
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Medvedev Zings Romney: It's 2012, Not the '70s

Russian president fires back after Romney calls Russia the US' top foe

(Newser) - Dmitry Medvedev seems amused by Mitt Romney's recent declaration that Russia was the US' “No. 1 geopolitical foe.” “It is very reminiscent of Hollywood,” the Russian president said in South Korea today, according to CNN . He advised the GOP candidates “to listen to reason...

21 Jump Street Collars Box Office

Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum flick snags top spot from 'The Lorax'

(Newser) - 21 Jump Street busted the weekend box office with a healthy $35 million take, appealing to both genders and drawing in viewers of all ages, the LA Times reports. No other film debuted nationwide, but in smaller markets Will Ferrell's Casa de Mi Padre banked a solid $2.2...

GOP Blasts Elizabeth Warren for Hollywood Pals

(Newser) - Elizabeth Warren is running for Senate in Massachusetts, but her foes are taking great delight in pointing out that some of her biggest fans live 3,000 miles away. Roughly 20% of Warren's donations came from California last quarter, thanks to celebrities like Danny Devito, who has tweeted videos...

Actress Sean Young Busted at Oscars Party

Blade Runner star struck guard: cops

(Newser) - Blade Runner vamp Sean Young was busted outside a post-Oscars party after she slapped a security guard when she was told to leave, according to officials. Now she's demanding an apology, reports TMZ . "She was trying to get into the party and couldn't," a Hollywood police...

Oscar Voters 94% White
 Oscar Voters 
 94% White 
Feb 19, 2012 2:40 PM CST

Oscar Voters 94% White

Blacks, Latinos, women are minorities in the academy

(Newser) - Who votes for Oscars? The list is kept secret, but an LA Times investigation shows 94% of them are white and 77% are male. Blacks and Latinos each make up only 2%. "We need to do a better job" of diversifying, says a governor at the Academy of Motion...

Whitney Houston's Last Song Caught on Tape

Singer took stage at pre-Grammy party

(Newser) - In her last public performance, Whitney Houston sang an impromptu tribute to young singer Kelly Price as fans went wild. Two nights later she was dead. Houston sang a few bars of "Yes, Jesus Loves Me" in a soulful, husky voice as fans screamed at a pre-Grammy party featuring...

How Celebrities Really Spend Their Money

A Hollywood money manager gives the details to 'New York'

(Newser) - "Very few" superstars live within their means, a Hollywood money manager tells New York . Cash, in particular, can spell bad news: "We had one guy go through $600,000 one year," the manager explains. "We try to get everything on a credit card: It helps track...

Spike Lee: Hollywood Clueless About Black People

Sundance speech gets testy

(Newser) - Spike Lee screened his latest film—Red Hook Summer, a quasi-sequel to Do the Right Thing—at the Sundance Film Festival last night, but what really got people talking was the profanity-laden tirade he delivered in the Q&A afterward. The fireworks started when surprise attendee Chris Rock stood up...

Agency Trying to Sell Pics of Severed Hollywood Head

$5K being asked for shots of woman posing with gruesome find

(Newser) - A photo agency that usually sells paparazzi shots is trying to sell photos of the severed head found near the Hollywood sign earlier this week. One of the dogwalkers who found the head posed for photos with it and is smiling in at least one of them, reports Gawker , which...

More Body Parts Found Near Hollywood Sign

Cops collect hands, feet

(Newser) - A day after dogs came upon a severed human head near the Hollywood sign , police have amassed several more body parts. Some 30 officers and dogs combed seven acres in a homicide probe yesterday, and a cadaver dog discovered two hands. Then, just before police called it a day, they...

Human Head Found Near Hollywood Sign

Hikers' dogs make grisly discovery

(Newser) - It's the kind of discovery a producer might make a movie about. Hikers in the Hollywood Hills found a human head in a plastic bag on a trail below the famous Hollywood sign, the Los Angeles Times reports. They made the grisly discovery after their dogs started playing with...

Corey Feldman to Bare Hollywood Pedophiles

Actor will name those who 'abused me'

(Newser) - A vampire hunter on The Lost Boys is now after Hollywood pedophiles. Former child actor Corey Feldman, a star of Stand By Me and The Goonies, has vowed to reveal the names of two Hollywood figures who abused him when he was 14. "These older men were leching around...

Actress Suing IMDB Reveals Name: Junie Hoang


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 Her Name 
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Jan 8, 2012 11:38 AM CST

Actress Suing IMDB Reveals Her Name

It's Junie Hoang, who's been in small-budget flicks

(Newser) - Remember the anonymous actress suing IMDB for revealing that her age is 40? She is anonymous no more, notes the Hollywood Reporter . It's Huong Hoang, who mostly goes by the stage name of Junie Hoang. Never heard of her? She has been working fairly regularly, but in small-budget movies...

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