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Miley Kisses a Girl&mdash;Almost
 Miley Kisses a Girl—Almost 
Jun 4, 2010 6:37 AM CDT

Miley Kisses a Girl—Almost

Does she even surprise us anymore?

(Newser) - Pole dancing, racy photo after racy photo…with Miley Cyrus, you’re always wondering what’s next. She answered that question for us last night by miming a lesbian kiss with one of her dancers while performing “Can’t Be Tamed” on Britain’s Got Talent. The Mail makes...

Rue McClanahan Dead at 76
 Rue McClanahan Dead at 76 
Jun 3, 2010 11:06 AM CDT

Rue McClanahan Dead at 76

The actress suffered 'massive stroke'

(Newser) - Rue McClanahan died today, making Betty White the last living Golden Girl. The 76-year-old "passed away at 1am this morning" after suffering a massive stroke, her manager tells People . The actress who had a minor stroke earlier this year after her bypass surgery, "had her family with her,...

Penn: Robin Is 'a Ghost to Me'
 Penn: Robin Is 'a Ghost to Me' 
vanity fair interview
Jun 3, 2010 10:52 AM CDT

Penn: Robin Is 'a Ghost to Me'

Actor opens up about his work in Haiti

(Newser) - For the past five months—with only brief breaks for fundraising, testifying on Capitol Hill, and of course attending the Oscars—Sean Penn has lived in a tent camp in Haiti. Douglas Brinkley, who volunteered with Penn in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, talks to him about his experience for...

McCartney Sings 'Michelle' to Michelle

Beatle is awarded Gershwin Prize at White House lovefest

(Newser) - Paul McCartney was honored last night with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, and his evening at the White House was filled with reverent tributes, raucous performances, and a bit of humor. “After the last eight years, it's good to have a president that knows what a library is,...

Nicholson Mourns 'Soulmate' Hopper
 Nicholson Mourns 
 'Soulmate' Hopper 
memorial service
Jun 3, 2010 5:15 AM CDT

Nicholson Mourns 'Soulmate' Hopper

Friends, family, and locals attend memorial Mass

(Newser) - Mourners including Jack Nicholson and Val Kilmer remembered Dennis Hopper yesterday at his memorial Mass. The actor was laid to rest in New Mexico, where he first went in 1969 while scouting locations for Easy Rider and lived for 12 years. Nicholson, who acted alongside Hopper in Easy Rider, called...

Why Katherine Heigl Makes $15M a Movie
 Why Katherine 
 Heigl Makes 
 $15M a Movie 
the new julia?
Jun 2, 2010 10:41 AM CDT

Why Katherine Heigl Makes $15M a Movie

Ahead of her: Just Angelina Jolie and Sandra Bullock

(Newser) - Katherine Heigl has been murdered in the press for trashing her own roles (she called Knocked Up "a little sexist" and complained about her sub-par Grey's Anatomy material); she's been called difficult and was even fired by her own publicist—yet Heigl is the third highest-paid woman in Hollywood,...

Government Wants James Cameron's Help With Oil Spill

Well, he did once make a movie about a boat...

(Newser) - The top kill didn't work, so the government apparently figured, what the heck, let's call James Cameron! Yes, James Cameron of Titanic and Avatar fame is among the experts who met yesterday to brainstorm ways to stop the BP oil leak...because apparently, as Matthew Daly writes for the AP...

Stewart, Colbert Join Conan in Epic Danceoff

Comedians join O'Brien on comedy tour

(Newser) - Conan O'Brien's good friends Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert made an appearance last night at the New York City stop of his comedy tour. For what purpose? A dance-off, of course. Back in 2008, the three comedians brawled over who made who—and the battle continued yesterday at the Radio...

Larry King Goes Gaga
 Larry King Goes Gaga 
Jun 2, 2010 7:28 AM CDT

Larry King Goes Gaga

The best moments from his interview with the Lady

(Newser) - As Mediaite notes, you probably heard the most "shocking" revelations from Lady Gaga's Larry King interview long before the interview actually aired last night: She tested "borderline positive" for lupus, she was set to open for Michael Jackson's "This Is It" tour, etc, etc. Watch the full...

Boyle's Now a Prisoner of Her Own Fame
Boyle's Now
a Prisoner of
Her Own Fame
OPINION
Jun 1, 2010 1:25 PM CDT

Boyle's Now a Prisoner of Her Own Fame

Singer can't fade into obscurity like author Harper Lee

(Newser) - It's been exactly 1 year since Susan Boyle's star-making turn on Britain's Got Talent , and the singer is now crazy famous—but she doesn't seem to be enjoying it much. Friends say Boyle's suffered a breakdown and doesn't enjoy her celebrity, writes Ben Macintyre for the Times of London . She...

Love Letters Shed Light on Taylor-Burton Romance
Love Letters Shed Light on Taylor-Burton Romance
read a sample
Jun 1, 2010 11:15 AM CDT

Love Letters Shed Light on Taylor-Burton Romance

Read Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton's romantic missives

(Newser) - Forget Brangelina, TomKat, and Speidi: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were the celebrity couple. The July issue of Vanity Fair includes excerpts from the upcoming book Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century by Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger, including never-before-seen love letters. A sampling,...

22 Horrible Movie Hairdos
 22 Horrible Movie Hairdos 
Jun 1, 2010 10:58 AM CDT

22 Horrible Movie Hairdos

Gyllenhaal's 'Prince of Persia' coif is bad but far from the worst

(Newser) - If you found Jake Gyllenhaal's shaggy Prince of Persia mane amusing, great news: There's more where that came from. In the gallery, check out some of the 22 cringe-inducing movie hairstyles rounded up by Kate Ward of Entertainment Weekly . For the complete list, click here .

Sheen Will Serve 30 Days in Jail
 Charlie Sheen Headed to Jail 
Jun 1, 2010 10:36 AM CDT

Charlie Sheen Headed to Jail

Plea deal will get actor out in time to film sitcom

(Newser) - Charlie Sheen will reportedly go to jail after a plea bargain reducing a felony charge stemming from his Christmas Day brouhaha with wife Brooke Mueller to a misdemeanor. "Charlie intends to go to court on June 7, plead to a misdemeanor, and immediately begin serving his 30 days,"...

Naveen Andrews, Barbara Hershey Split Up

After 11 on-and-off years, 'Beaches' and 'Lost' stars go separate ways

(Newser) - Lost star Naveen Andrews and Beaches star Barbara Hershey, who first got together in 1998, quietly broke up late last year, People reports . Andrews, now 41, and Hershey, 62, overcame not just their age difference and their careers' radically different trajectories but also the revelation in 2005 that he had...

15 Celebs' Summer Jobs
 15 Celebs' Summer Jobs 
guess who was a hooters girl
May 31, 2010 3:20 PM CDT

15 Celebs' Summer Jobs

See, they really were just like us...once

(Newser) - Even Tom Cruise had a newspaper route—in his pre-Hollywood days, of course. The Daily Beast uncovers the summer jobs of 15 celebrities:
  • Amy Adams: The Enchanted star was, briefly, a Hooters girl after high school, but she says she “wasn’t cut out to be a Hooters waitress.
...

Jacko Leaves Kids $33M Each
 Jacko Leaves Kids $33M Each 
dad, siblings get zero
May 31, 2010 12:06 PM CDT

Jacko Leaves Kids $33M Each

Family shocked at who is left out of will

(Newser) - Michael Jackson left his brothers, sisters, and father zip in his will…but gave his three children $33 million each. Prince, Paris, and Blanket (ages 13, 12, and 8) will have some access to the trust fund money starting at 21. By the time they can freely access a third...

Sam, LiLo Make Up
 Sam, LiLo Make Up 
um...yay?
May 31, 2010 10:58 AM CDT

Sam, LiLo Make Up

How long til Ronson and Lohan are back at it?

(Newser) - Despite having had both a glass and a cigarette (allegedly) thrown at her in recent months, Samantha Ronson has apparently decided to befriend troubled ex Lindsay Lohan again. Radar snapped Ronson leaving LiLo’s place on Friday night and asked if the melodramatic pair was getting back together. Lohan’s...

MIA Pens Song for 'Racist' NYT Reporter

Sample lyric: 'You're a racist / I wouldn't trust you one bit.'

(Newser) - MIA isn't stopping at sharing Lynn Hirschberg’s phone number with the Twitterverse in retaliation for the reporter’s unflattering New York Times Magazine profile of the singer. MIA's latest move: a song for Hirschberg—aptly titled “IM A SINGER”—which poses the lyrical question, “Why the...

13 Stars Who Defied Death
 13 Stars Who Defied Death 
May 29, 2010 5:15 AM CDT

13 Stars Who Defied Death

Guess who was nearly taken out by a disco ball?

(Newser) - An awful lot of celebrities have died over the past year—making Bret Michaels surviving an emergency appendectomy, a brain hemorrhage, and a stroke seem especially miraculous. The Frisky lists a dozen other celebrities who have cheated death:
  • Boy George: He was injured—and just inches away from being crushed—
...

Meet Megan Fox's Transformers Replacement

 Meet Megan Fox's 
 Transformers 
 Replacement 
10 facts about rosie
May 28, 2010 10:39 AM CDT

Meet Megan Fox's Transformers Replacement

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is a Victoria's Secret Angel

(Newser) - Victoria’s Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is the new Megan Fox…in Transformers 3, at least. The Frisky runs down 10 must-know facts about the 23-year-old Brit:
  1. Love life: She’s been linked to Kylie Minogue ex Olivier Martinez and Ronnie Wood’s son, and she’s currently dating action
...

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