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Third Time's a Charm for Jay-Z, Rap's Cash King

Mogul discusses business, music as release approaches

(Newser) - As he comes full circle with the Sept. 11 release of The Blueprint 3, exactly 8 years after the original Blueprint, Jay-Z discusses his journey from the projects of Brooklyn to the top of Forbes’ Hip-Hop Cash King list with Billboard. “We—Usher, Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé, myself—are becoming...

Jon Plus Yet Another Kate
 Jon Plus Yet Another Kate 
GOSSIP ROUNDUP
Jul 20, 2009 10:36 AM CDT

Jon Plus Yet Another Kate

Also, more on the David Beckham return

(Newser) - Jon Gosselin is “and Kate” again. No, not that Kate—Kate Major, a Star reporter he was pictured out with Saturday night, the New York Daily News reports. The new Kate "has a tendency to blur the lines between ‘work’ and ‘friendship,’” says a...

Shaq, La Toya Share MJ Tributes

'Beat It' video and tribute song hit the web

(Newser) - The tributes to Michael Jackson keep on coming. Basketball stars Shaquille O’Neal and Damon Jones recorded their own version of the dance-off/knife fight from Jackson’s “Beat It” video, TMZ reports. Meanwhile, La Toya Jackson released a song, “Home,” in her brother's memory, Cover Awards reports....

Countess Eyes $55M Divorce Settlement
 Countess Eyes 
 $55M Divorce 
 Settlement 
GOSSIP ROUNDUP
Jul 17, 2009 11:10 AM CDT

Countess Eyes $55M Divorce Settlement

Divorce expected to be finalized today

(Newser) - The contentious divorce between Swedish countess Marie Douglas-David and Internet mogul George David is expected to be settled today, reports the New York Post. Douglas-David will have to make do with about $55 million, and she won’t get the $16 million penthouse or $1.5 million earrings she wanted....

Angelina Is No. 1 Lesbian Hero
 Angelina Is No. 1 Lesbian Hero 
Jul 17, 2009 10:11 AM CDT

Angelina Is No. 1 Lesbian Hero

She beat Madonna and Lady Gaga, among others

(Newser) - Angelina Jolie is the ultimate lesbian heroine, the Telegraph reports. “Angelina was the clear winner, and she also has a dark side which many lesbians like,” says a rep for One Poll, which oversaw the survey of 2,600 lesbians. “All of the ladies in the poll...

Rowe Sues Fake 'Friend'
 Rowe Sues 
 Fake 'Friend' 
JACKSON ROUNDUP
Jul 17, 2009 9:16 AM CDT

Rowe Sues Fake 'Friend'

Plus, investigation turns criminal, doctor flees California

(Newser) - Let the Michael Jackson lawsuits begin. Ex-wife Debbie Rowe filed a defamation suit against Rebecca White, Radar reports. White who claimed to be a friend of Rowe's, publicized an e-mail in which she said Rowe wrote, “Do I want the kids? Hell no.” Rowe denies being friends with...

Emmy Nod Would Make Fawcett Proud

Fawcett got three acting nominations, but documentary nod would have meant the most

(Newser) - Farrah Fawcett’s Emmy nomination came 3 weeks after her death at 62, but it would have made her proud, pal Alana Stewart tells the Los Angeles Times. “This would have meant so much to Farrah,” says Stewart of the outstanding nonfiction special nod for Farrah’s Story,...

Second Person Dead in Madonna Stage Collapse

Madonna 'devastated' by news

(Newser) - The collapse of a stage where Madonna was to perform this weekend has claimed a second victim. A 32-year-old British citizen has died, CNN reports. The first casualty was a 53-year-old Frenchman who died yesterday; three more are in the hospital in Marseille, and seven were treated and released, says...

Mischa Barton in Psychiatric Lockdown

OC star hospitalized in Los Angeles after breakdown: sources

(Newser) - OC star Mischa Barton was removed from her Hollywood home by police and placed under an involuntary psychiatric hold last night, reports Access Hollywood. A spokesman for the British-born actress confirmed that she will miss the premiere of her new movie Homecoming in New York tonight because of medical treatment....

Jon's Not Engaged ... or Maybe Secretly Engaged
 Jon's Not Engaged ...
 or Maybe Secretly Engaged 
GOSSIP ROUNDUP
Jul 16, 2009 12:00 PM CDT

Jon's Not Engaged ... or Maybe Secretly Engaged

Plus, Jessica Simpson is sad

(Newser) - Reports of Jon Gosselin’s engagement to galpal Hailey Glassman “are absolutely 100% false,” a Gosselin friend tells Us. But wait! “They’re engaged but nobody is allowed to say. They’ve been warned to keep it secret,” a source—this one friends with the jeweler...

Jackson's Legs Show Abuse
 Jackson's Legs Show Abuse 
JACKSON ROUNDUP
Jul 16, 2009 11:17 AM CDT

Jackson's Legs Show Abuse

Plus, bio-dad mystery drags on

(Newser) - More photos of Michael Jackson’s apparently drug-abused body have surfaced, this time showing bruises and needle marks on his legs, the Daily Mail reports. The images, originally broadcast on ABC, also show a large black wound where an IV line apparently fed into his leg. More on Jackson:
  • Michael
...

Bathroom Is for Texting, Not Talking: Pitt
 Bathroom Is 
 for Texting, 
 Not Talking: Pitt 
celebrity advice
Jul 16, 2009 10:33 AM CDT

Bathroom Is for Texting, Not Talking: Pitt

Brad doles out etiquette tips for the Internet age

(Newser) - The times, they are a-changin’—and that calls for new rules of etiquette. To help out, Brad Pitt addresses issues ranging from inter-Rock Band dynamics to texting in the bathroom for Wired:
  • Problem: Your Rock Band bassist sucks. Solution: “Fire his ass. Bonus: It'll put the others on
...

Google Maps Celebs' Fave Haunts

(Newser) - A new addition to Google Maps offers users a guide the haunts of the famous and kind-of-famous, Mashable reports. Some 200 globetrotting celebrities and experts were recruited to reveal their favorite spots in Favorite Places, which pinpoints everything from celebrity chef Alice Waters' choice of neighborhood restaurant to Al Gore's...

2009's Best Music So Far
 2009's Best Music So Far 
OPINION
Jul 15, 2009 4:00 PM CDT

2009's Best Music So Far

Yes, Kelly Clarkson made the top five

(Newser) - Now that 2009 is more than halfway over, James Montgomery runs down the best albums of the year—so far—on MTV:
  • Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion: The No. 1 pick is “the only thing I can remember that has actually lived up to the hype, if not exceeded
...

A Hundred Celebs, One Hotel Room
A Hundred Celebs, One Hotel Room
Jul 15, 2009 2:18 PM CDT

A Hundred Celebs, One Hotel Room

Book of portraits raises money for human-rights charity

(Newser) - During a four-month period in 2006 and 2007, 100 celebrities checked into Room 23 of Beverly Hills’ Peninsula Hotel. The result is photographer Deborah Anderson’s Room 23, a coffee-table book to raise money for a human-rights charity. “We wanted to portray anything and everything, from Minnie Driver reading...

With New CD and Makeover, Houston Has Liftoff

Diva is ready for her comeback

(Newser) - Whitney Houston “tumbled but she didn’t crumble,” music legend Clive Davis said last night at a London listening party for the diva’s latest. I Look To You is the first album in 7 years for the 45-year-old, reports the Mail. The crowd gave Houston—seemingly over...

Turlington Models a More Charitable Path

At 40, she's earning a master's and educating the world on maternity risks

(Newser) - Christy Turlington still considers modeling her work—“It’s the only thing that pays me; everything else is school or volunteerism,” the Columbia masters candidate, often described as one of the world’s most beautiful people, tells Vogue. “My face is a dime a dozen in many...

LAPD Treating Jacko Case as Homicide
 LAPD Treating Jacko 
 Case as Homicide 
JACKSON ROUNDUP
Jul 15, 2009 11:51 AM CDT

LAPD Treating Jacko Case as Homicide

(Newser) - Though it’s not yet official, the Los Angeles Police Department is treating Michael Jackson’s death as a homicide, law enforcement sources tell TMZ. The anesthetic Propofol looks to be the primary cause of death, and police are focusing on Dr. Conrad Murray as the person who likely administered...

Redford, Longtime Galpal Marry
 Redford, Longtime Galpal Marry 
GOSSIP ROUNDUP
Jul 15, 2009 11:10 AM CDT

Redford, Longtime Galpal Marry

Plus, trouble in paradise for Madonna and Jesus

(Newser) - Robert Redford married longtime girlfriend Sibylle Szaggars in Germany this weekend, E! reports. The actor and the painter, who met in the early '90s at a Sundance Film Festival event, married in a small private ceremony conducted in Szaggars’ native German, according to a local newspaper. It is the second...

LA Mayor: Thanks, But We Can Pay for MJ Memorial
 LA Mayor: Thanks, But 
 We Can Pay for MJ Memorial 
JACKSON ROUNDUP
Jul 14, 2009 12:43 PM CDT

LA Mayor: Thanks, But We Can Pay for MJ Memorial

Mayor calls donation request 'ridiculous'

(Newser) - Imagine the surprise of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa when he returned from vacation to find his proxy asking for donations to fund the Michael Jackson memorial. “This is a world-class city, and we provide fire and police protection, period,” he says. “The idea that we would...

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