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Two and a Half Men Premiere: Womanizing Ashton Kutcher a Fine Stand-in for Charlie Sheen, Say Critics
Sweet, Womanizing Kutcher
a Fine Stand-in for Sheen
review roundup
Sep 20, 2011 9:18 AM CDT

Sweet, Womanizing Kutcher a Fine Stand-in for Sheen

Critics not gushing, but they're mostly pleased with premiere

(Newser) - Charlie Sheen’s character “exploded like a balloon full of meat,” another character explained last night as Two and a Half Men premiered and finally killed him off. Meanwhile, Ashton Kutcher also debuted as Walden Schmidt. What the critics are saying:
  • Turns out Schmidt is “sweet, unsarcastic
...

Charlie Sheen Wins $25M Warner Bros. Settlement

His firing from Two and a Half Men costing producers a bundle

(Newser) - Who's crazy now? Charlie Sheen is hammering out a settlement with Warner Bros. for his firing from Two and a Half Men amounting to $25 million, TMZ and the Los Angeles Times are reporting. The whacked-out actor filed a $100 million lawsuit for wrongful termination against Warner Bros. when...

Fox Censors Phone Hack Jibe at Emmies
 Fox Censors 
 Phone-Hacking 
 Bit at Emmys 
Emmy Night
Sep 19, 2011 1:24 AM CDT

Fox Censors Phone-Hacking Bit at Emmys

Alec Baldwin pulls videotaped skit after joke is axed

(Newser) - Alec Baldwin squashed his videotaped appearance on last night's Emmy Awards after Fox axed his joke about the phone hacking scandal at newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., Fox's parent company. Baldwin demanded his entire videotaped bit, which was to air at the beginning of the...

The New Status Symbol: AOL Email Address
 The New Status Symbol: 
 AOL Email Address 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Sep 18, 2011 6:02 PM CDT

The New Status Symbol: AOL Email Address

Bigshots in politics, media, entertainment hang on to old addresses

(Newser) - AOL.com email addresses are so nineties, right? But apparently they're also a sort of weird status symbol amongst a certain set. Ben Smith first made the argument last week on Politico , noting that despite the "stigma" long associated with the AOL.com domain, there's also "...

Brad: I Didn't Mean to Call Jen Boring...

That probably won't calm the angry members of Team Aniston, however

(Newser) - Brad Pitt’s really stepped in it now, riling up Team Jen afresh with his comments in the new issue of Parade . You see, back in the ‘90s, he “wasn’t living an interesting life,” he tells the magazine. “I think that my marriage had something...

Cage: Naked Guy Broke Into My House, Ate Fudgesicle

And no, it was not funny

(Newser) - Add this to your file of weird Nicolas Cage stories : While promoting his new movie Trespass, a home invasion thriller, Cage told the Toronto Film Festival quite a story about a home invasion he actually went through. "It was two in the morning. I was living in Orange County...

Cameron Diaz, Alex Rodriguez Break Up
 A-Rod, Cameron Split 
Sep 14, 2011 1:42 PM CDT

A-Rod, Cameron Split

We're taking bets: Is it for real this time?

(Newser) - The 18-month storybook romance of Cameron Diaz and Alex Rodriguez has come to an end. They've simply got no time for love, a source explains to Us : "She's very busy with her career, and he's had injuries and wants to focus on his game. They're...

Michelle Williams 'Vogue' Interview: Heath Ledger's Death Changed Me
 Michelle: Heath's 
 Death Changed Me 
'vogue' interview
Sep 14, 2011 10:53 AM CDT

Michelle: Heath's Death Changed Me

But three years later, life has 'repaired itself'

(Newser) - When Heath Ledger died, "it felt like we didn’t have anything," Michelle Williams recalls in a new Vogue cover story. But three years later, "my life—our life—has kind of repaired itself," she says. "It's not a perfectly operating system—there are...

Anderson Gets Spray Tanned With Snooki

Yes, viewers at home, he does take off his shirt

(Newser) - Anderson Cooper, who has braved angry mobs in Egypt, faced potential radiation poisoning in Japan, and rescued a bloodied child in Haiti, shows a decidedly less hard-hitting side on his new daytime show . Case in point: On the second episode of Anderson yesterday, Coop went for a spray tan with—...

Celebs With 2012 Guinness World Records

Apparently, a lot of people live streamed the royal wedding

(Newser) - The Guinness Book of World Records is not just for regular joes who go on epic bar crawls or paddleboard rides . No, it's also for celebrities—and according to Perez Hilton , Gossip Cop , and MTV , a whole slew of them made their way in to the 2012 edition:
  • Lady
...

Gaga Flashes Photogs ... Er, What Was That?

Gawker stumped

(Newser) - The great Gaga mystery continues . The too-much singer flashed photogs when her slitted dress slitted a bit too much, gushes the New York Daily News , which spotted a piercing on the underwear-less Gaga. But Gawker was left wondering what exactly that was between Gaga's legs. The News blurred the...

14 Most Bizarre Celebrity Pregnancy Cravings

Bananas and ketchup ... yum?

(Newser) - More proof celebrities are just like us: They get weird pregnancy food cravings, too. The Sun reports that Beyonce is already hankering for some pretty weird combinations, which, perhaps too predictably, include pickles. "She's snacking on Oreo biscuits and gherkins," says a source. Also, "Bounty ice...

Ryan O'Neal: Tatum Drama All Oprah's Fault

Winfrey didn't work her magic, he complains

(Newser) - Bad news: Turns out Oprah Winfrey is not always the magic antidote for what ails you, a lesson Ryan O’Neal learned the hard way: It seems that simply appearing in a reality show on her Oprah Winfrey Network did not manage to fix the long-troubled relationship between O'Neal...

'WE' Screening at Toronto Film Fest: Madonna Bursts Into Song, Gives Critics Instructions
Madonna Bursts Into Song, Gives Critics Instructions
'we' screening
Sep 13, 2011 9:19 AM CDT

Madonna Bursts Into Song, Gives Critics Instructions

And calls King Edward VIII 'very punk rock'

(Newser) - Madonna doesn’t mind criticism of her new movie, WE—a good thing, since it bombed at the Venice Film Festival and, Reuters notes, subsequently received a one-star review in the Guardian—as long as that criticism is directed at the movie, and not at the Material Girl. "I...

Madonna Posts Cheeky Video Ode to Hydrangeas

Material Girl responds to flower brouhaha

(Newser) - Nope, Madonna still doesn’t like hydrangeas, a fact she makes abundantly clear in a new video posted on her official YouTube channel. Though titled "Madonna’s love letter to hydrangeas"—and beginning with an apparent apology to the flower she dissed last week —the video quickly...

Jennifer Lopez's Rebound: Bradley Cooper, Source Says
 Jennifer Lopez Moves on With... 
Sep 12, 2011 10:02 AM CDT

Jennifer Lopez Moves on With...

Bradley Cooper, source says

(Newser) - Well, that didn’t take long: Jennifer Lopez, who announced her split from hubby Marc Anthony on July 15, appears to be moving on. She spent Saturday evening on a “romantic” dinner date with Renee Zellweger-ex and famous French-speaker Bradley Cooper, sources tell TMZ . The pair dined at New...

Awesome TV Remote Mutes Most Annoying Celebs

Sadly, creator has no plans to sell them

(Newser) - If you just can’t take any more Snooki, we have good news for you: Video producer Matt Richardson has come up with an ingenious way to mute her automatically. Richardson hacked a remote control, making it possible to automatically mute the TV whenever a certain word—in this example,...

Spartacus Star Andy Whitfield Dead at 39

TV program was breakout hit, famous for violence and nudity

(Newser) - Eighteen months after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Spartacus TV star Andy Whitfield has died. He was 39. Spartacus: Blood and Sand was the Starz network's first big hit, thanks in large part to the program's plentiful violence and nudity. Whitfield was almost unknown when he was cast...

Ricky Gervais Plots 'Alternative' Golden Globe Hosting

He'd take podcast potshots during broadcast in percolating plan

(Newser) - Ricky Gervais won't shut up. Bashed after hosting the last Golden Globe Awards show for his inappropriate comments (which should have come as no surprise to anyone), the irreverent comedian is considering being an underground podcast host next time around. That's the gist of his latest blogs as...

Alec Baldwin Bashes Lowly Starbucks Barista

...who may not exist

(Newser) - Alec Baldwin is not a man known for his cool temper, which makes it only slightly surprising that he went on a Twitter rant on Wednesday. The weird twist? It was directed at a possibly non-existent Starbucks employee. "Starbucks on 93 and B’way. Uptight Queen barrista [sic] named...

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