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Britney Custody Hearing Gets Off to Low-Key Start

Singer appears distraught as she attempts to gain more time with young sons

(Newser) - Britney Spears attended a custody hearing today, and the scene at the courthouse was surprisingly calm, People reports. The singer looked distraught during a recess, but she appeared to be in higher spirits returning to the courtroom. Because she remains under the conservatorship of her father, the court is unlikely...

Thurman's Stalker Convicted

Harassment charge carries sentence of up to 1 year

(Newser) - A man accused of shadowing Uma Thurman and repeatedly following her home was convicted today of stalking and aggravated harassment, the New York Times reports. Both charges are misdemeanors, with potential jail time of 90 days for stalking and up to a year for aggravated harassment. Jack Jordan, 37, had...

Lohan Lifts Mink, Returns Under Pressure

Fellow partygoer spots starlet in swiped mink

(Newser) - A Columbia student wants answers—and $10,000—from Lindsay Lohan after the actress "borrowed" her beloved mink coat, the New York Post reports. Two weeks after losing the one-of-a-kind fur, the 22-year-old spotted a photograph in OK! magazine of Lohan leaving that exact party sporting the $11,000...

Top 10 Movie Cameos
 Top 10 Movie Cameos 
May 5, 2008 7:41 PM CDT

Top 10 Movie Cameos

These small parts left a big impression

(Newser) - Neil Patrick Harris just about stole Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle with a cameo, and he's not alone. Dose.ca runs down its top 10 movie cameos, including a stealth visit from Cate Blanchett in a hazmat suit.
  1. Bob Barker, Happy Gilmore
  2. Will Ferrell, Wedding Crashers

Sex and the City Star Misses ... the City

On eve of movie release, Parker recalls bygone Manhattan

(Newser) - When Sarah Jessica Parker laments the old Manhattan that is slowly eroding—coffee shops and bodegas closing, Sex and the City bus tours parked outside Magnolia Bakery—her husband, Mathew Broderick, tells it to her straight: “That’s your fault!” New York magazine sits down with the star,...

Britney Helps Jamie Lynn Celebrate

Family, friends gather to fete 17-year-old mom-to-be

(Newser) - Britney Spears returned home to Louisiana over the weekend for a cameo at 17-year-old sister Jamie Lynn's baby shower at their mother's home in Kentwood, People reports. "We all sat in a circle and she opened gifts and thanked every person," said a guest. "It was just...

Uma Stalker Says He Meant No Harm
Uma Stalker Says He Meant No Harm
May 3, 2008 9:54 AM CDT

Uma Stalker Says He Meant No Harm

Bizarre missives were just creative writing, he tells court

(Newser) - A man accused of stalking Uma Thurman for years has told a court he never meant to scare the star, the New York Post reports. Jack Jordan says the bizarre letters he sent Thurman—including pictures of razor blades and open graves, descriptions of aborted fetuses, and reference to her...

Celebs Who Dress (Way) Down
 Celebs Who Dress (Way) Down 
May 2, 2008 2:45 PM CDT

Celebs Who Dress (Way) Down

Wealthy folks who insist on dressing like they're poor

(Newser) - Just because they have tons of money and access to the hautest of couture doesn't mean they actually have to take advantage of it. Nerve highlights richie-riches who refuse to advertise their wealth with high-class duds. (Or sometimes showers.)
  1. Amy Winehouse: Even smokes crack "just to keep it
...

Uma Breaks Down in Stalker Trial

Star gives tearful testimony against stoic defendant

(Newser) - Uma Thurman had barely begun her testimony against alleged stalker Jack Jordan when the waterworks began, E! Online reports. Appearing pale, with nary a trace of makeup, Thurman teared up as she told the court how she’d feared for her kids’ and family’s safety. She described an incident...

Aniston and Mayer Heat Up
 Aniston and Mayer Heat Up 
May 1, 2008 10:44 AM CDT

Aniston and Mayer Heat Up

New couple are caught sunbathing in Miami

(Newser) - Unlucky-in-love Jennifer Aniston was caught in the midst of a hot-n-heavy weekend with serial-dater and musician John Mayer, In Touch magazine reports. Mayer flew to Miami where America's Sweetheart was filming Marley & Me. "It's very real. They've been seeing each other for a few weeks now,” a...

Kate Hudson 'Most Beautiful'
 Kate Hudson 'Most Beautiful' 
Apr 30, 2008 6:35 PM CDT

Kate Hudson 'Most Beautiful'

She tops People magazine's annual list

(Newser) - People Magazine has released its annual list of the 100 most beautiful people, and Kate Hudson leads the way. Here's the top 10:
  1. Kate Hudson
  2. Salma Hayek
  3. Mary J. Blige
  4. Rumer Willis (daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore)

David Blaine Breaks Breath-Holding Record

Endurance artist sets new record at 17 minutes, 4 seconds

(Newser) - David Blaine broke the world record for holding one’s breath today when he was submerged for 17 minutes and 4 seconds during a taping of Oprah. The endurance artist looked relaxed emerging from a water-filled sphere, the AP reports. Blaine had undergone simulated altitude training and pure oxygen treatment...

'CSI' Actor Busted for Drugs
'CSI' Actor Busted
for Drugs
Apr 30, 2008 11:11 AM CDT

'CSI' Actor Busted for Drugs

Gary Dourdan nabbed snoozing in car on wrong side of street

(Newser) - Life imitated art for "CSI" star Gary Dourdan when he was arrested Monday in Palm Springs, Calif., for possession of cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, and prescription pills, People reports. The “disoriented” crime drama star, who plays an audio-video analyst with an addiction-addled past, was picked up by patrol officers...

The Engagement of Mimi?
 The Engagement of Mimi? 
Apr 30, 2008 9:31 AM CDT

The Engagement of Mimi?

New beau plops down $2.5M on engagement ring

(Newser) - Mariah Carey might be keeping silent about the $2.5 million 17-carat engagement rock on her finger, but her new beau isn't. Actor Nick Cannon was overheard yesterday saying the pair are going to marry, reports the New York Post, during a follow-up visit to the New York jeweler where...

Amy Singing 007's Tune?
  Amy Singing 007's Tune? 
Apr 29, 2008 8:02 PM CDT

Amy Singing 007's Tune?

Britain's favorite bad girl vying to land new movie's theme song

(Newser) - Though her head-butting skills may be as valuable to 007 as her pipes, Amy Winehouse is auditioning to be the theme-song girl, not Bond girl, of the upcoming pic Quantum of Solace. Producer Mark Ronson said there are no guarantees her track will be used, though he adds, “The...

SNL Alum's Dad Murdered in Nashville
SNL Alum's
Dad Murdered
in Nashville
Apr 29, 2008 11:39 AM CDT

SNL Alum's Dad Murdered in Nashville

Police say Oteri's father killed by his songwriting partner

(Newser) - A hit-making Nashville songwriter was charged yesterday in the pocketknife murder of his producing partner, who—in a headline-grabbing twist out of an old country ballad—is the father of former Saturday Night Live comedienne Cheri Oteri, TMZ reports. Nashville police said Oteri’s father had a "significant laceration”...

Encore! Britney Back on Sitcom
 Encore! Britney Back on Sitcom 
Apr 28, 2008 2:55 PM CDT

Encore! Britney Back on Sitcom

How I Met Your Mother c o-creator: 'We’re all so thrilled'

(Newser) - Britney's back for a second stint guest-starring on How I Met Your Mother. Spears' first cameo netted the show its highest ratings ever, and the new episode began filming today, reports People. “We’re all so thrilled to have Britney joining us once again," says the show's co-creator.

Favorite Celeb Companions
 Favorite
 Celeb
 Companions 
Apr 28, 2008 8:43 AM CDT

Favorite Celeb Companions

RIP, Paw Paw

(Newser) - The death this month of Martha Stewart's beloved canine Kublai Khan Paw Paw Chow Chow (just Paw Paw to his pals) got Nerve's Nicole Pasulka ruminating on her top celeb best friends. A sampling:
  • Millie, First Dog for the first President Bush: "Pet lovers that we are, we’d
...

Why We Love Gossip Girl
 Why We Love Gossip Girl 
OPINION
Apr 27, 2008 2:49 PM CDT

Why We Love Gossip Girl

CW's prime-time soap has appeal far beyond intended teen targets

(Newser) - New York magazine writers Jessica Pressler and Chris Rovzar have come out of the closet. No, not that closet—the one hiding adult fans of Gossip Girl. The pair once justified their love for the CW's teen soap opera by calling it "awesomely bad … like Showgirls. Or a...

Winehouse 'Cautioned' After Night in Cell

Singer held by London police on suspicion of assault

(Newser) - Amy Winehouse spent the night behind bars after showing up 3 hours late for questioning yesterday on Tuesday's head-butting and punching assault on two men outside a London bar, the Times reports. The visibly distressed singer was arrested and held overnight because a doctor deemed her “unfit to be...

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