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Mar 10, 2010 9:58 AM CST

Robert De Niro to Play Vince Lombardi

But it looks like no John Krasinski for Captain America

(Newser) - Robert De Niro is set to play NFL coach Vince Lombardi, but—in more casting news from a different film—the role of Captain America is still up for grabs. Though a Marvel insider told Fox , "We are bracing ourselves for 'that guy from The Office' to land Captain...

Oscars Defends
Farrah Fawcett Snub

Mar 10, 2010 8:42 AM CST

Oscars Defends Farrah Fawcett Snub

Director is 'sorry' family members were hurt by omission

(Newser) - The Academy Awards acknowledged its snub of Farrah Fawcett and apologized for it while simultaneously defending the decision. After being criticized by everyone from Roger Ebert to Tatum O’Neal, the Oscars’ “In Memoriam” director says he felt Fawcett’s “remarkable television work” was better honored at the...

'Planet-Size'
Gabby Sidibe
Will Never
Work Again:
Howard Stern

Mar 10, 2010 7:29 AM CST

'Planet-Size' Gabby Sidibe Will Never Work Again: Howard Stern

Shock jock wonders 'what does she eat?'

(Newser) - Howard Stern went on for four and a half minutes on yesterday’s show about “enormous fat black chick” Gabourey Sidibe. “Everyone’s pretending she’s a part of show business and she’s never going to be in another movie,” he says. The Precious star got...

Lindsay Lohan
Sues E*Trade:
That Baby Is
Mocking Me!

Wants $100M in damages

Mar 9, 2010 10:58 AM CST

Lindsay Lohan Sues E*Trade: That Baby Is Mocking Me!

Actress not amused by 'milkaholic' joke in commercial

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan is apparently famous enough to be known by her first name alone…and she wants $100 million from E*Trade, which dared to use that name without her permission. The “milkaholic” baby featured in the above ad was named after “someone on the account team,” a...

Heidi Montag
Mocks Her
Plastic
Surgeries

funny or die video

Mar 9, 2010 10:38 AM CST

Heidi Montag Mocks Her Plastic Surgeries

Reality star tries really, really hard to smile with stiff new face

(Newser) - We all know Heidi Montag has no problem with plastic surgery…but she does have a problem having to pay for it with plastic. “With hidden fees and standard interest rate increases, that $11,000 jawline can end up costing you upwards of $50,000,” she says in...

Sharon
Osbourne
Wants to Sell
Boobs on eBay

Mar 9, 2010 8:42 AM CST

Sharon Osbourne Wants to Sell Boobs on eBay

Breast implants are too annoying, she says

(Newser) - Sharon Osbourne discusses her children, her marriage, and her new novel with new! magazine, but most importantly, she discusses her boobs. “I wish I’d never had my breasts done the last time,” she says of her cosmetic surgery. “They’ve put these bloody great bags in...

To Keep
Working,
Gabby Sidibe
Must Lose
Weight

Mar 9, 2010 8:16 AM CST

To Keep Working, Gabby Sidibe Must Lose Weight

'Precious' star is popular, but that doesn't mean she'll get parts

(Newser) - Gabourey Sidibe may have been nominated for a best actress Oscar right alongside Hollywood legend Meryl Streep, but industry sources say she’ll need to drop her extra pounds if she wants her star to keep rising. “I'm not saying it's correct, but it's a simple fact that she...

5 Steps to Fixing the Oscars

no. 1: better hosts

Mar 8, 2010 11:52 AM CST

5 Steps to Fixing the Oscars

No more tweens, boring categories, unfunny hosts

(Newser) - The Oscars tried really hard for a broader appeal this year—10 best picture nominees! A Neil Patrick Harris appearance!—but even so, Ramin Setoodeh is "having trouble remembering anything that happened during the lethargic 210-minute ceremony." He offers five ways the Oscars can really improve in...

Johnny Depp,
King of
Sexual
Ambiguity

Mar 8, 2010 11:45 AM CST

Johnny Depp, King of Sexual Ambiguity

The Mad Hatter is the latest in a long line of gender-bending roles

(Newser) - Johnny Depp is routinely lauded for playing “unconventional” characters, “but here unconventional is code for ‘sexually ambiguous.’” And yet Depp—who approaches “role after role as installments in a serial drag show”—has remained “more popular than ever, bending popular notions of...

Paula Deen: Lil Wayne's Last Meal Should Clean Out His...

hint: the sun don't shine there

Mar 8, 2010 10:47 AM CST

Paula Deen: Lil Wayne's Last Meal Should Clean Out His...

Deen explains why the rapper should eat some collard greens

(Newser) - Barring yet another tooth-related emergency or fire , Lil Wayne heads to jail today. But what should he eat for his last meal as a free man? Celebrity chef Paula Deen has a suggestion, delivered to a charming TMZ paparazzo in her signature Southern drawl: “Collard greens, honey,” she...

Miley Cyrus:
Liam and I Are
Deeper Than You

like, they totally are

Mar 8, 2010 9:59 AM CST

Miley Cyrus: Liam and I Are Deeper Than You

Starlet explains her love for co-star Hemsworth

(Newser) - Um, newsflash, guys: Miley Cyrus is growing up (goodbye, Hannah Montana; hello, oh-so-sophisticated Nicholas Sparks movie!) and she, like, totally has the serious boyfriend to prove it. “I think we're both deeper than normal people—what they think and how they feel,” Cyrus explains to Teen Vogue...

Surprising
Celeb Voices
Behind TV Ads

guess who pitches toilet paper?

Mar 8, 2010 9:34 AM CST

Surprising Celeb Voices Behind TV Ads

You can't be dignified all the time

(Newser) - Jon Hamm is famous for playing an advertising exec on Mad Men, and soon he—or at least his voice—will also be famous for advertising, period. Hamm is the latest celebrity to lend his voice to a commercial campaign, in his case, Mercedes-Benz. PopEater takes a look at nine...

9 Celebs
Who Turned
Down Playgirl

Mar 8, 2010 8:28 AM CST

9 Celebs Who Turned Down Playgirl

...thank God

(Newser) - Jon Gosselin seems desperate enough to turn to Playgirl for cash…but no. The former reality star, who recently made headlines for being “hung like a 9-year-old boy,” turned the skin mag down. Apparently, $20,000 (plus an additional $10,000 for each inch over four!) isn’...

Oscars
Fashion:
Hits and
Misses

'dear charlize, cinnabon called...'

Mar 8, 2010 6:27 AM CST

Oscars Fashion: Hits and Misses

Charlize Theron gets fondled by her dress, but Gabourey Sidibe scores

(Newser) - Now that we know the Best Picture winner, it’s time for the more important question: Who were the fashion winners—and losers—at last night’s Oscars? Click through our gallery for thoughts from the Fug Girls and Film.com 's Maisy Fernandez. And to see Miley Cyrus’ particularly...

Farrah Fawcett
Missing From
Oscars Tribute

bea arthur, too

Mar 8, 2010 6:00 AM CST

Farrah Fawcett Missing From Oscars Tribute

Comedian, TV star absent from annual montage

(Newser) - Though the Oscars' "In Memoriam" segment typically focuses on film stars, it was jolting not to see Farrah Fawcett’s iconic image in this year's montage. Fawcett, who died in June, was best known for her TV role on Charlie’s Angels, though she did star in films like...

Dear Conservatives,
Stop Hating on Hollywood

bill maher

Mar 5, 2010 10:08 AM CST

Dear Conservatives, Stop Hating on Hollywood

At least the liberal actors don't have political aspirations

(Newser) - The Best Picture winner is unknown, but one thing is certain on Oscar weekend: “Talk radio hosts and conservative columnists will trot out their annual complaints about Hollywood,” and that whole shtick is getting old. First of all, writes Bill Maher in Variety , “You never see Hollywood...

Angelina Jolie
Had Affair With
Mick Jagger: Book

and ralph fiennes, colin farrell...

Mar 5, 2010 9:41 AM CST

Angelina Jolie Had Affair With Mick Jagger: Book

Actress seduced yet another married man, claims tell-all

(Newser) - Really, whose man hasn’t Angelina Jolie stolen? Just in time to get Vanessa Paradis even more concerned about the vixen hooking her claws into Johnny Depp, a new tell-all alleges Jolie had an affair with yet another married man: Mick Jagger. It all started when Angie appeared in a...

Sean Penn
Wishes 'Rectal
Cancer' on His
Detractors

always the charmer

Mar 5, 2010 8:21 AM CST

Sean Penn Wishes 'Rectal Cancer' on His Detractors

Actor not pleased with critics of his Haiti relief efforts

(Newser) - Don’t get on Sean Penn’s bad side, or he might wish a very unpleasant death upon you. The actor responded to detractors who say his relief work in Haiti is just his attempt to take attention away from his divorce with the usual grace, the New York Daily ...

Driver Apologizes
to Campbell for
Overreacting

Who's the victim here?

Mar 5, 2010 7:28 AM CST

Driver Apologizes to Campbell for Overreacting

but no one denies that she punched and slapped him

(Newser) - So this is rich: Instead of Naomi Campbell apologizing for punching and slapping a New York cabbie Tuesday, it's the cab driver who has apologized. "This whole thing has been blown out of proportion and I apologize to Ms. Campbell for causing that to happen," driver Miodrag Mejdina...

Galpal to Depp:
Stay Away From Angie!

wants him off man-thief's movie

Mar 4, 2010 10:55 AM CST

Galpal to Depp: Stay Away From Angie!

Vanessa Paradis fears Jolie will get Depp in her clutches

(Newser) - Vanessa Paradis really, really loves Johnny Depp—so much that she’s trying to force him out of his latest movie. Depp has a “real long and intense love scene” with man-thief Angelina Jolie in The Tourist, and a source tells the New York Post that Paradis demanded he...

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