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Jon 'Cares' About Kate 2.0; She Cares About the Money

He cares about the money too, for that matter

(Newser) - Jon, Jon, Jon. Wasn’t it just the other day you claimed your heart belonged to Hailey Glassman? How quickly things change. Now the reality TV father of eight tells E!, “I care about Kate Major, she resigned from her job for me.” Even more touching: Major is...

Timberlake Opens 'Green' Golf Course

First to receive Audobon certification

(Newser) - Justin Timberlake took his well-known passion for golf and channeled it into creating an eco-friendly course, the first in the nation to be dubbed an Audubon Classic Sanctuary, the Commercial Appeal reports. Mirimichi, located near Memphis, was a $16 million labor of love for the singer, who says that in...

Rihanna, Brown Spend Weekend in Same Hotel

Coincidence, or covert meeting?

(Newser) - Rihanna and Chris Brown spent this weekend at separate rooms in the Trump Tower Hotel in Manhattan, the New York Post reports. The two weren’t seen together—which would be a violation of a restraining order issued against Brown—but left and returned to the hotel several times in...

Forget It: You'll Never Be Famous
 Forget It: You'll 
 Never Be Famous 
opinion
Jul 25, 2009 6:36 PM CDT

Forget It: You'll Never Be Famous

(Newser) - Celebrities are everywhere, grinning from magazine stands and TV screens galore. But good luck trying to join the glossy ranks of fame, Jim Hanas writes in the New York Post. The odds are daunting: Only 4,763 people are famous, says a market research company, and only 2% of...

Obama Keeps Celeb Ties Under Wraps
Obama Keeps Celeb
Ties Under Wraps
ANALYSIS
Jul 25, 2009 5:04 PM CDT

Obama Keeps Celeb Ties Under Wraps

Prez wary of alienating struggling Americans by courting celebs

(Newser) - Kalpen Modi has ditched the TV series House and moved into the White House—and that’s just the way the president wants it, Sheryl Gay Stolberg writes in the New York Times. Now an obscure bureaucrat in Obama's administration, Modi typifies the president's low-key relationship with Hollywood. Obama has...

Winehouse Cleared of Assault
 Winehouse 
 Cleared 
 of Assault 
GOSSIP ROUNDUP
Jul 24, 2009 10:23 AM CDT

Winehouse Cleared of Assault

Plus, Erin Andrews gets her own doll, and more

(Newser) - Amy Winehouse was cleared of assault today, with a judge determining evidence did not show dancer Sherene Flash suffered “the sort of injury that often occurs when there is a forceful punch to the eye,” the BBC reports. Winehouse told reporters, “I’m relieved. I’m going...

Jackson Death 'Almost Certainly' Homicide
 Jackson 
 Death 'Almost 
 Certainly' 
 Homicide 
JACKSON ROUNDUP
Jul 24, 2009 9:54 AM CDT

Jackson Death 'Almost Certainly' Homicide

Plus, more on his rumored love child, and Paris

(Newser) - When the coroner releases Michael Jackson’s autopsy results—scheduled for next week—the cause of death will “almost certainly” be listed as homicide, law enforcement sources tell TMZ. Elsewhere:
  • Omer Bhatti “had a father-and-son type of connection” with Michael, a pal tells People, “but I never
...

Jagger's Kid Goes Topless
 Jagger's Kid Goes Topless 
Jul 24, 2009 8:24 AM CDT

Jagger's Kid Goes Topless

Georgia, 17, launches modeling career

(Newser) - Another Jagger kid is stripping down in public, despite dad's displeasure. First Mick’s daughter Elizabeth bared her breasts at London’s 2004 Fashion Week, and now her 17-year-old sister is following suit. Georgia goes topless in an ad for Hudson Jeans, her first major modeling gig, that will appear...

Jon's Galpal Resigns From Tab
 Jon's Galpal Resigns From Tab 
Jul 24, 2009 6:45 AM CDT

Jon's Galpal Resigns From Tab

Sources say she's just using him to get her name in the papers

(Newser) - Stop the presses. Jon Gosselin's new Kate—not the one in Jon and Kate Plus 8—resigned from her post as a reporter at Star yesterday, citing a conflict of interest with her new relationship. But giving up her job doesn't quiet skeptics on Jon's latest flame, Kate Major. She’...

Leno Website Previews 'Terrible Jokes'

Staffers are dour, jokes are just plain bad

(Newser) - The days of thejaylenoshow.com being a funny site—back when it was owned by a stubborn realtor refusing “to budge in the face of increasingly desperate corporate pressure” from NBC—are over. Sadly, the URL now belongs to The Jay Leno Show, writes Seth Abramovitch for Movieline. Though...

Winehouse Assault Trial Begins
 Winehouse Assault Trial Begins 
GOSSIP ROUNDUP
Jul 23, 2009 11:37 AM CDT

Winehouse Assault Trial Begins

Plus, no one cares about Mischa Barton, and more

(Newser) - Hair and booze, two of Amy Winehouse’s better-documented crutches, came into play at the start of her assault trial today, People reports. When demonstrating the height difference in court between herself and the dancer who accuses Winehouse of slapping her, Winehouse pointed out, “my hair does make a...

Family Friends Believe Mystery Kid Is Jacko's

Liz Taylor might know the whole story

(Newser) - Michael Jackson’s rumored “secret son” has a long history with the family, sources tell MSNBC. Omer Bhatti, who called himself Michael J, told Jackson’s nephew that Michael was his father “out of the blue” in 1992, says a family friend. Bhatti was a constant presence at...

Die-Hard Fans: 'Britney Spears Saved My Life'

Troubled teens tell documentary of singer's impact

(Newser) - Britney Spears may not be the most obvious role model for the troubled, but hardcore fans credit her with changing their lives in a new BBC documentary, Newsweek reports. In Britney Spears Saved My Life, the superfans testify that Britney and her music guided them through the darkest times of...

Jacko's Mysterious Nanny Returns

Fired in 2008, she's back with the children

(Newser) - Amid speculation over custody of Michael Jackson’s children, the one constant presence in their lives has re-emerged: Nanny Grace Rwaramba has resumed child-care duties at the Jackson compound, a source tells Time, and she may become a permanent fixture. “Grace was like the mother, and Michael was the...

Jacko May Have Had Love Child
 Jacko May Have 
 Had Love Child 
JACKSON ROUNDUP
Jul 22, 2009 10:35 AM CDT

Jacko May Have Had Love Child

25-year-old front and center at memorial

(Newser) - A Norwegian Michael Jackson impersonator might be the King of Pop’s love child, the Mirror reports. Omer Bhatti, 25, was seated with Jackson's family in the front row at his Los Angeles memorial service, and resembles his youngest potential sibling, Blanket. Bhatti reportedly lived at Neverland Ranch as a...

Wife Dumps Rimes' Alleged Lover
 Wife Dumps 
 Rimes' Alleged Lover 
GOSSIP ROUNDUP
Jul 22, 2009 10:20 AM CDT

Wife Dumps Rimes' Alleged Lover

Plus, Kennedy and Love Hewitt not engaged quite yet

(Newser) - Eddie Cibrian is rumored to have strayed with costar LeAnn Rimes—and now he’s paying the price. Wife Brandi Glanville left him after catching the cheating pair together again, she tells Us, adding, “Eddie and LeAnn deserve each other.” Cibrian was quick to shoot back a statement...

Tyler Perry Sends Swim Club Kids to Disney Instead

Tyler Perry sponsors trip for Pennsylvania day campers

(Newser) - The 65 children who were denied entrance to a Philadelphia swim club are going to Disney World instead, thanks to Tyler Perry. The playwright “wanted to do something nice for them and let them know that for every negative experience, there are people out there who want them to...

We Need More Armstrongs, Fewer Jackos

Apollo astronauts exemplify what US celebs should be

(Newser) - It’s unfortunate that American celebrity typically comes in the form of “uninteresting, detestable, loud, or unaccomplished people” like Michael Jackson and Paris Hilton, writes Bret Stephens in the Wall Street Journal. What society needs is more heroes like the Apollo astronauts—celebrities with “the right stuff,”...

Joe: I Never Abused Michael
 Joe: I Never Abused Michael 
JACKSON ROUNDUP
Jul 21, 2009 8:28 AM CDT

Joe: I Never Abused Michael

Plus, the family argues over burial, will

(Newser) - Joe Jackson spoke to Larry King last night—in an interview King made sure to affirm was not paid for—and reaffirmed his belief Michael’s death involved “foul play,” denied any plans to put his three grandchildren into show business, and called claims he abused Michael “...

O'Neal Remembers Farrah's Final Moments

Son promised her to be "good"

(Newser) - In his first interview since Farrah Fawcett’s death, Ryan O’Neal remembers her final days and son Redmond’s promise to her “of a good life. Of a life she would have been proud of,” he tells Meredith Vieira this morning on Today. Watching Fawcett’s long...

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