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Jacko Jacked to Cut Jackpot Album

King of Pop knows his financial future relies on a chart-topper

(Newser) - Michael Jackson is depending on his next album to stave off encroaching financial ruin. That’s why, 2 days ago, he banned his kids from his Las Vegas studio, swore off women (did he ever like them?) and recruited music masterminds RedOne and Akon to produce a money machine, the...

Not Again! Cruise Back to Oprah

First appearance since raving antics in 2005

(Newser) - What hopping mad announcement does he have now? Tom Cruise will return to the Oprah Winfrey Show for the first time since his notorious couch-jumping, Katie-Holmes-crazed fiasco in 2005, MSNBC reports. In addition to a studio interview, the two-part show, planned for May sweeps, will tour his Telluride mountain getaway,...

Once Acting Gods, Now Mere Mortals
Once Acting Gods, Now
Mere Mortals
OPINION
Apr 24, 2008 1:58 PM CDT

Once Acting Gods, Now Mere Mortals

Latest from De Niro, Pacino is downright embarrassing

(Newser) - They may be two of the most admired American actors ever, but Al Pacino and Robert De Niro's latest films don't exactly do credit to their respective legends, writes Patrick Goldstein in the Los Angeles Times. The two "have become parodies of themselves, making payday movies and turning in...

Winehouse Faces Jail After Violent Bender

Booze, drugs said to fuel fists of fury from 'snarling tigress'

(Newser) - Amy Winehouse will be arrested, sources tell the Sun, after assaulting two men during a booze- and drug-induced rampage last night in London. The 24-year-old singer allegedly headbutted a man who was trying to hail a cab for her, and earlier punched a man for refusing to give up his...

Suri's Birthday Tab: $100K
 Suri's Birthday Tab: $100K 
Apr 23, 2008 8:00 PM CDT

Suri's Birthday Tab: $100K

Butterflies are the day's theme ... and TomKat spring for 1,000 live ones

(Newser) - Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes certainly upgraded from last year's piñatas-and-pizza party for daughter Suri's first birthday, spending $100,000 to celebrate her second last Friday. The event's 24 guests each got their own designer cake (shaped like a hat, with a butterfly and a daisy on the brim),...

Cameron to Take a Year Off
Cameron
to Take a
Year Off
Apr 23, 2008 11:44 AM CDT

Cameron to Take a Year Off

Actress plans to travel, do charity work and 'get to know myself'

(Newser) - Cameron Diaz plans to take a year off after she finishes her current movie, she told W before her father’s sudden death last week. “There’s a lot of things that I’ve been wanting to do,” said Diaz, 35. She plans to travel, do charity projects...

Hilton Hit With Hyatt Ban

 Hilton Hit With
 Hyatt Ban 
Apr 23, 2008 11:05 AM CDT

Hilton Hit With Hyatt Ban

Ditzy heiress barred from hotel chain after graffiti incident

(Newser) - Paris Hilton is facing a worldwide Hyatt ban after she scrawled her name on a $12,700-a-night presidential suite's luxury wallpaper in Moscow, the Sun reports. The heirhead, who's on tour with her Good Charlotte boyfriend Benji Madden, was fined $7,100 for the "Paris Moscow 2008" graffiti gaffe,...

Mariah Carey: No Babies for Me
 Mariah Carey: No Babies for Me 
Apr 23, 2008 10:00 AM CDT

Mariah Carey: No Babies for Me

Having a child would make diva feel 'violated'

(Newser) - Mariah Carey may be nearing her 40th birthday but the singer isn't worried about her biological clock, reports the New York Daily News. That's because she has no plans to have kids—in fact, she'd "feel violated' by having a baby. "I know that's a weird thing to...

Mambo Boots Matlin From DWTS
 Mambo Boots Matlin
 From DWTS 
Apr 23, 2008 8:23 AM CDT

Mambo Boots Matlin From DWTS

Deaf actress finishes last, bounced from 'Dancing With the Stars'

(Newser) - Marlee Matlin became the latest also-ran on "Dancing With the Stars" last night when judges and audiences voted her off after an awkward mambo, the AP reports. The deaf actress struggled to stay with the beat, and "looked uncomfortable throughout," according to the head judge. On her...

Cindy's Tips for Green Living
 Cindy's Tips for Green Living 
Apr 22, 2008 3:07 PM CDT

Cindy's Tips for Green Living

Ex-supermodel offers hints for an ecological family

(Newser) - “We all want to live a little greener,” ex-supermodel and mom Cindy Crawford writes in The Daily Green. The key for moms is making small changes that mesh with hectic household living:
  1. Filter your tap water and use a reusable bottle. Thirty-eight billion bottles end up in landfills
...

Next for Blaine: Breath-Holding Mark, on Oprah

Extreme-endurance stuntman aims to crack 16:14 on April 30

(Newser) - David Blaine, the magician and "endurance artist" is training to break the human breath-holding record April 30 on Oprah. He's already done it 16 minutes, 9 seconds in a test run, John Tierney reports in his New York Times science blog. New techniques have made it possible for the...

Kanye, Fiancee Call It Quits
 Kanye, Fiancee Call It Quits 
Apr 22, 2008 12:52 PM CDT

Kanye, Fiancee Call It Quits

Alexis 'sad,' but says pair remains friendly

(Newser) - Rapper Kanye West and his designer fiancée Alexis Phifer have officially broken off their engagement, Phifer confirmed yesterday. “They’d been having problems,” said a friend of West’s. “Kanye is really focused on his show… Alexis is a nice girl, but Kanye has been going...

Has LiLo Switched Teams?
 Has LiLo Switched Teams? 
Apr 22, 2008 12:03 PM CDT

Has LiLo Switched Teams?

Troubled starlet defends lesbian gal pal, sends rumor mill into overdrive

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan and DJ darling Samantha Ronson seem to be more than just friends. When Ashley Olsen greeted Ronson Friday night, a jealous Lohan screamed: "Get your 15-year-old "Full House" a** away from my girlfriend," a source told the New York Post.

Cruise Kid Lands Gig in Will Smith Flick

Tom is 'so proud of' Connor, 13, 'for really doing this on his own'

(Newser) - Which gets you further in Hollywood: having Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman as parents or having Will Smith as your close family friend? Either way, Connor Cruise, the famed actors' adopted 13-year-old son, has scored himself a big screen debut in Smith's upcoming drama, "Seven Pounds," People.com...

UK Revives Flagging US Stars
 UK Revives Flagging US Stars 
analysis
Apr 20, 2008 2:04 PM CDT

UK Revives Flagging US Stars

David Gest, Janice Dickinson among celebs reviving fame abroad

(Newser) - Britain is having a Statute of Liberty-esque effect on B-list US celebs, as Hollywood's tired, poor, huddled stars revive their fame across the pond, Tom Teodorczuk writes in Radar. Model Janice Dickinson, director Woody Allen, and music producer David Gest are just a few such celebs soaking in what one...

Mr. Hip Hop, You Need to Stop
Mr. Hip Hop,
You Need
to Stop
Apr 20, 2008 11:40 AM CDT

Mr. Hip Hop, You Need to Stop

Yahoo lists the worst rappers to ever pick up a mic

(Newser) - Before Chingy or Master P came Shaq's failed try at rap. And before him were many other shameful attempts at the lyrical flow. Yahoo lists the worst rappers ever:
  1. Vanilla Ice: The "Ice Ice Baby" king also failed as an actor in Cool as Ice.
  2. MC Hammer started a
...

Ray Charles' 12 Kids Seek More Control Over Estate

Star's children battling with longtime manager

(Newser) - The children of legendary singer Ray Charles—all 12 of them—want more control over their father's estate. A confusing meeting with their ailing dad before he died has entangled the kids in legal battles over Charles' estate, currently run by the musician's longtime manager Joe Adams, the Los Angeles ...

Bullock OK After Crash With Drunk Driver

Police say motorist 'almost giggled' when told who she hit

(Newser) - A woman accused of drunk driving slammed head-on into Sandra Bullock's SUV last night near the Massachusetts coast, the Boston Globe reports. Bullock, 43, her husband, Jesse James, 39, and their driver were unhurt in the crash. Police said oncoming driver Lucille Gatchell "almost giggled" when told who she...

CNN Star Busted With Drugs, Sex Toy in Park

Charges dropped pending drug counseling

(Newser) - When cops found Richard Quest in Central Park early yesterday morning, they first busted him for loitering past the park's closing time. Then they noticed that the CNN star had a rope tied from his neck to his genitals, drugs in his pocket, and a sex toy in his boot,...

Rapper Foxy Brown Freed
 Rapper Foxy Brown Freed 
Apr 19, 2008 10:25 AM CDT

Rapper Foxy Brown Freed

Rowdy singer walks out of Riker's Island after 8 months

(Newser) - Feisty rapper Foxy Brown walked free from Riker's Island prison yesterday after serving 8 months behind bars for battling with manicurists in a New York nail salon, E! News reports. Brown had been sentenced to a year in jail for probation violations stemming from the fight. The rowdy hip-hop star...

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