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Angry Tarantino Drops Film After Script Leaks

Feels betrayed, won't make 'Hateful Eight' next

(Newser) - Quentin Tarantino is mad—really mad. The director called Mike Fleming Jr. of Deadline after his script for The Hateful Eight leaked, and explained that he feels so "depressed" and betrayed that he's scrapping the ensemble Western, at least for now. "I finished a script, a first...

Why Jonah Hill Made Wolf for Peanuts

He took the SAG minimum paycheck, $60K

(Newser) - Jonah Hill took the absolute minimum paycheck for his role in The Wolf of Wall Street because he felt so passionate about working with Martin Scorsese, he explained to Howard Stern yesterday. "They gave me the lowest amount of money possible, that was their offer," Hill recalled, adding...

China Un-Bans Lady Gaga
 China Un-Bans Lady Gaga 
Jan 21, 2014 10:10 AM CST

China Un-Bans Lady Gaga

Slightly modified version of 'ARTPOP' can be legally sold

(Newser) - Finally, you can legally purchase a copy of a Lady Gaga album in China—although it might be a little different than a copy you'd get in the States. Chinese officials blacklisted Gaga's work in 2011, because it "damag[ed] the nation's cultural security," but they'...

One Reason Celebs Love the Chateau Marmont

Thick walls, hidden walkways make it perfect for privacy

(Newser) - Why do celebrities flock to the Chateau Marmont ? The Hollywood hotel was built in 1926 (and was first an apartment building), and seeing as it's located on a hill in California, it was constructed entirely of steel and concrete. That allows it to withstand earthquakes—but the thick...

Katherine Heigl Demoted to TV?

She'll play 'maverick' CIA agent in new NBC pilot

(Newser) - For a while there, Katherine Heigl looked like she was headed for America's Sweetheart status . Then she made a bunch of bad movies and got a reputation as being difficult to work with ... and now, well, she appears to be headed back to the small screen she left in...

7 Stars Who Ditched Twitter
 7 Stars Who Ditched Twitter 
Jan 19, 2014 2:10 PM CST

7 Stars Who Ditched Twitter

Some of them only briefly, of course...

(Newser) - Celebrities have a very love-hate relationship with Twitter, evidenced by these stars rounded up by Perez Hilton . All of them have quit the social networking site—at least for a while. A sampling:
  • Miley Cyrus quit Twitter in 2009, at the urging of her then-boyfriend Liam Hemsworth. She's back
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4 Weird Ways Actors Landed Big Roles

From washing a car to sending pictures of ... what?

(Newser) - It's not always head shots and auditions that land stars big roles. Page Six rounds up seven out-of-the-ordinary ways actors got the part. A sampling:
  • Mila Kunis: Told producers of That '70s Show she was almost 18, when in fact she was only 14.
  • Madonna: Was convinced she
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7 Lip Syncing Scandals
 7 Lip Syncing 
 Scandals 
Jan 18, 2014 10:07 AM CST

7 Lip Syncing Scandals

Some stars didn't even try to hide the fact they were mouthing along

(Newser) - Ever since Milli Vanilli made lip syncing infamous back in 1990—they were stripped of their Grammy when it was revealed that other singers actually recorded their hit song—many a singer has been accused of mouthing along to his or her own song, at least while performing. Radar rounds...

Kate Gosselin Upset With Girls After Awful Interview

Mady, Cara clam up on 'Today'

(Newser) - A Today show interview featuring Kate Gosselin and her two oldest kids got awkward very quickly yesterday when Cara and Mady, now 13, immediately clammed up. Mady answered the very first question with "Ummmm..." and a long silence, leading an apparently irritated Kate to interject, "Mady. Your...

Jessica Biel Opening Ritzy Restaurant ... for Kids

Because if the world needs anything, it's that

(Newser) - Here's the amusing description of Au Fudge, a children's restaurant Jessica Biel is opening in Santa Monica, Calif., per a Page Six source: "It would be a place where A-listers would feel comfortable bringing their kids to dine and take part in cooking activities." Biel has...

Now Shia LaBeouf in Bizarre Bar Brawl

Headbutts a guy who apparently dissed his girlfriend's mom

(Newser) - Shia LaBeouf's latest bizarre misdeed: a drunken brawl at a London bar last night, TMZ reports. In video obtained by the gossip site, LaBeouf yells, "What are you saying about my girl's mom? Are you f---ing kidding me bro?" and then headbutts the guy who angered him....

Trace Adkins Back in Rehab After Insane Bar Brawl

...with a Trace Adkins impersonator singing karaoke on a cruise ship

(Newser) - Trace Adkins' 12 years of sobriety ended not with a whimper, but with a drunken bar brawl ... with a Trace Adkins impersonator at karaoke night on a cruise ship. Yes, really. The country star was headlining a country-music-themed cruise, which was headed from Miami to Jamaica, when he got into...

American Hustle Nominated for All the Biggest Oscars
 American Hustle, Gravity 
 Score 10 Oscar Nods Each 
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Jan 16, 2014 8:01 AM CST

American Hustle, Gravity Score 10 Oscar Nods Each

'12 Years a Slave' gets 9 Academy Award nominations

(Newser) - American Hustle was a big winner at this morning's Academy Award nominations announcement, snagging nods in seven major categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and all four of the acting categories. Fellow Best Picture nominee Gravity tied Hustle for most overall nominations, with 10 apiece, the AP...

Liza Minnelli Had Breakdown Over Throat Drops Ad

Martha Stewart to the rescue, says report

(Newser) - If you watched the Golden Globes, you may have noticed Martha Stewart shilling for Pine Brothers Softish Throat Drops in a rare ad appearance. But Liza Minnelli was originally intended to star in the commercial, according to a crazy New York Post story that claims Minnelli initially insisted on a...

Johnny Depp Officially Off the Market?

Girlfriend Amber Heard spotted wearing a ring...

(Newser) - Is Johnny Depp headed down the aisle for the first time? Galpal Amber Heard has been spotted with what appears to be a diamond ring on a certain finger, E! reports, and all the gossip outlets are murmuring that the pair might be engaged. Rumors about Heard, 27, and Depp,...

Grown Ups 2, After Earth Lead Razzie Noms

Adam Sandler, Will Smith, Ashton Kutcher get bad acting nods

(Newser) - Oscar nominations are out tomorrow, which means the much-more-amusing Golden Raspberry Award nominations are out today. Grown Ups 2 got the most Razzie nominations this year, with eight nods including Worst Picture, Us reports. It was followed by After Earth, A Madea Christmas, and Movie 43, all of which got...

Springsteen, Fallon Tweak Christie on Bridge Scandal

Perform 'Governor Chris Christie's Fort Lee, NJ, Traffic Jam' on 'Late Night'

(Newser) - Chris Christie may have just hit bottom: The New Jersey governor is such a huge fan of Bruce Springsteen that he actually wept when the Boss hugged him . But last night, hours after Christie's State of the State speech , Springsteen joined Jimmy Fallon on Late Night to bash the...

Justin Bieber Detained as Cops Raid His Home
Justin's Buddy Arrested During Bieber Police Raid
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Jan 15, 2014 12:01 AM CST

Justin's Buddy Arrested During Bieber Police Raid

Bieber was detained, but not arrested

(Newser) - Could Justin Bieber finally be getting what's coming to him after months of obnoxious behavior ? The pop star and seven others were detained inside his home yesterday as deputies raided it, a Los Angeles County Sheriff spokesperson tells the Los Angeles Times . Deputies were searching the Calabasas abode...

Kanye West Allegedly Punched 18-Year-Old

Alleged victim reportedly hurled racial slurs at rapper, Kim Kardashian

(Newser) - Kanye West is being investigated by the Beverly Hills Police Department after an alleged assault yesterday, People reports. An 18-year-old man says West hit him, but a source insists the alleged victim actually sparked the incident. The details: Kim Kardashian was dogged by the paparazzi as she headed into a...

Ashlee Simpson Engaged to Diana Ross' Kid

She and Evan Ross announce betrothal on Twitter

(Newser) - Well, this sounds like a recipe for a successful marriage if we've ever heard one: Divorced woman, 29, gets engaged to the 25-year-old guy she's been dating for less than seven months. Yes, Ashlee Simpson is set to get married again, this time to Evan Ross, People reports....

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