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Ashlee Auctions Rights to Cover 'Secret' Wedding

Reportedly has 7-figure offer for Saturday's hush-hush nuptials

(Newser) - Rumor has it that one media outlet is offering seven figures to cover Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz’s maybe-shotgun wedding, an affair so secretive that not even the guests know where it will be. Friends and family were sent an e-vite (yes, an e-vite), telling them only to book...

Scarlett's Waits Tribute: Unnecessary, But Not Bad

Johansson revisits legendary croaker's catalog

(Newser) - “Even the most sympathetic critics,” writes Tom Breihan for the Village Voice, have to grant that Anywhere I Lay My Head, Scarlett Johansson’s Tom Waits tribute album, “is a fundamentally ridiculous enterprise, almost stunning in its total lack of need to exist.” That said, Breihan...

Simpson, Romo Decide to Punt
 Simpson, Romo Decide to Punt 
May 14, 2008 10:57 AM CDT

Simpson, Romo Decide to Punt

Celeb couple ends well-publicized relationship, QB's friends claim

(Newser) - Jessica Simpson’s career might not be her only problem. The struggling pop singer and quarterback boyfriend Tony Romo have broken up, friends tell Chicago blog These Boots Are Made For Stalking. The pair's reps deny it, but the well-publicized relationship—orchestrated by Simpson's father—was a media firestorm for...

Oops! Brit Plays Bumper Cars Again

Another fender bender for LA's worst driver

(Newser) - Almost a month to the day since her last fender bender, Britney Spears rear-ended another car yesterday afternoon, People reports. The poptart, who spent most of her fall from grace aimlessly driving the streets of LA, was out for a midday cruise when she got herself into the latest insurance-swapping...

14 More Called Out for Medical Snooping

State says 68 people peeked at celebrities' files at UCLA center

(Newser) - Fourteen more staffers at the UCLA medical center have been accused of snooping in celebrities’ files, raising the number to 68, the Los Angeles Times reports. A new state report blames UCLA for its lack of privacy protection and for failing to report the snooping to authorities. It also provides...

Baby Bump for Brit?
 Baby Bump for Brit? 
May 12, 2008 12:30 PM CDT

Baby Bump for Brit?

Photo of shopping singer starts rumor mill

(Newser) - A Britney "bump watch" is on now that the Daily Mail has caught Spears resting a "protective" hand around her slightly rounded belly. Baby, maybe—or too many milkshakes. The singer was shopping in sweats and a T-shirt when a photographer snapped her clasping her abdomen. She’s...

Kate and Owen Getting Hitched?
 Kate and Owen
 Getting Hitched? 
May 12, 2008 11:00 AM CDT

Kate and Owen Getting Hitched?

Up-and-down couple engaged since last month, Daily Mail says

(Newser) - Off-again, on-again lovers Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson are going to tie the knot, reports the Daily Mail. Hudson, 29, has been sporting a giant sparkler ever since Wilson, 39, popped the question last month in Miami where they celebrated Hudson's birthday. The two first met filming the movie You,...

Investment Firm Bails Out Neverland

Eccentric Pop King gets to keep fantasy land estate

(Newser) - An investment company has bailed out Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch and a foreclosure auction of the 2,500-acre California property—which once featured roaming wild animals and amusement park rides—has been canceled, reports the Los Angeles Times. The financially troubled pop star bought the Los Olivos ranch in...

Curses! 9 Totally Unlucky Films
 Curses! 9 Totally Unlucky Films 
May 11, 2008 12:25 PM CDT

Curses! 9 Totally Unlucky Films

These films have been plagued by more than average bad karma

(Newser) - Even dramas and spy movies can turn into disaster flicks, either during or after the final wrap. The Los Angeles Times takes a close look at 9 accursed movies.
  1. Quantum of Solace: Anything but peaceful, the disaster tally included one lake-submerged Aston Martin, one stabbed technician, and a totaled Alfa
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Celebrity-Mad Moms Shell Out for Designer Baby Duds

Parents spend big bucks to dress kids like the babies of the stars

(Newser) - Sales of designer baby clothes are booming as parents keep a close eye on what the offspring of the famous are wearing, the Wall Street Journal reports. Stores are getting cleaned out of outfits after pics appear of a celebrity tot like Suri Cruise wearing them.

Women Hot on Gwyneth's Heels
 Women Hot on Gwyneth's Heels 
May 10, 2008 7:12 AM CDT

Women Hot on Gwyneth's Heels

Actress sports oh-so-high stilettos, and sales skyrocket

(Newser) - Gwyneth Paltrow's choice to wear Pacini heels as high as 6, 7 or, gasp!, 8 inches while traveling the world to promote her turn as Pepper Potts in Iron Man has spiked sales of the heels in Britain's trendier shops, the Independent reports. Credit crunch, begone: The "Gwyneth-effect" is...

Foxy Cops Plea, Pens Apology
 Foxy Cops Plea, Pens Apology 
May 9, 2008 10:25 AM CDT

Foxy Cops Plea, Pens Apology

Rapper gets to stay out of jail for hurling phone at woman

(Newser) - A plea deal to settle charges that rapper Foxy Brown hurled a BlackBerry at a neighbor means the notorious bad girl had to pen an apology letter instead of going back to jail, the New York Post reports. "It's over," the hip-hop diva said. "I made a...

Another TomKitten?
 Another TomKitten? 
May 9, 2008 10:05 AM CDT

Another TomKitten?

Pal says Katie gave go-ahead to baby No. 2

(Newser) - Tom Cruise had better watch it: E! Online reports that wife Katie Holmes has the baby-making "itch." "Now that Suri is more toddler than baby, she said she misses having an infant in the house. And, of course, she thinks Suri would make a great big sister,...

Malibu Calls On Ken Starr to Fight Paparazzi

Ex-Clinton investigator to help city draft laws reining in photogs

(Newser) - Officials in Malibu are taking a new approach to taming paparazzi: enlisting the help of Kenneth Starr. The city’s mayor has asked the man who investigated Bill Clinton in the Monica Lewinsky case to bring together an anti-paparazzi think tank to draft laws seeking photographer-free “buffer zones” and...

Alec Baldwin Weighs Political Career

Actor hits the big 5-0, tells 60 Minutes he's learned tact

(Newser) - Outspoken actor Alec Baldwin is reconsidering his decision never to run for political office now that he's hit the half-century mark. The scrutiny he came under during his nasty divorce from Kim Basinger and the custody battle over their daughter has helped him learn the tact needed to survive in...

Winehouse Busted Again
 Winehouse Busted Again
May 8, 2008 2:30 AM CDT

Winehouse Busted Again

Star busted after cops view 'drug video'

(Newser) - Addled singer Amy Winehouse is out on bail after being arrested again for suspected drug offenses yesterday, the Guardian reports. London police questioned her after a video surfaced that allegedly shows her taking drugs. Winehouse's last arrest was less than two weeks ago, when she was cautioned about an assault.

Judges Back Rowling in Case Over Son Pics

UK outlets can't publish photos in ruling seen as blow to paparazzi

(Newser) - A British court approved JK Rowling’s request to ban publication of a photograph of her son, Reuters reports, reversing a lower circuit's ruling. "If a child of parents who are not in the public eye could reasonably expect not to have photographs of him published in the media,...

The View From Inside the Uma Jury

Member explains how panel reached stalking verdict

(Newser) - A Wall Street Journal reporter who served on the jury that convicted Uma Thurman’s stalker yesterday looks back today, recalling just over a week of debate, junk food, and weird dreams. “The fact that she was a famous movie star made us partly charmed, partly suspicious," writes...

Madge Reprises Lesbian Kiss
 Madge Reprises Lesbian Kiss 
May 7, 2008 11:10 AM CDT

Madge Reprises Lesbian Kiss

A she did with Britney, Madonna uses a girl-on-girl lip-lock for publicity

(Newser) - Madonna revived a rare classic last night—and it wasn't a song. During a performance in Paris to promote new album Hard Candy, the Material Girl, 49, grabbed a female backup dancer for an on-stage lip-lock, reprising a headline-grabbing steamy stunt with Britney Spears during a 2003 MTV awards show,...

Britney Wins More Time With Sons

K-Fed lawyer praises singer's 'progress'

(Newser) - Pop princess Britney Spears will be seeing more of her two young sons, the AP reports. Dad Kevin Federline will retain custody, but a court yesterday extended Britney's visitations rights, a sign of the progress she has made since her father took over the singer's affairs. Federline's attorney, who did...

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