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Lauryn Hill Goes to Jail
 Lauryn Hill Goes to Jail 
Jul 8, 2013 1:58 PM CDT

Lauryn Hill Goes to Jail

Will serve 3 months in prison for tax evasion

(Newser) - Lauryn Hill has started serving a three-month prison sentence in Connecticut for failing to pay about $1 million in taxes over the past decade. A spokesman for the federal Bureau of Prisons says the Grammy-winning singer reported today to the federal prison in Danbury. The onetime Fugees singer pleaded guilty...

Pink Fan, 16, Arrested Over Tweet

He made ill-advised reference to "Timebomb" song

(Newser) - An Australian teen found out the hard way that Melbourne police take tweets about bombs very seriously ... even if those tweets are just innocent references to pop songs. While attending a Pink concert, the male fan tweeted, referring to her song "Timebomb," "@Pink I'm ready with...

Paris Headed to Posh School for Troubled Kids

Jackson not ready to go home, family fears

(Newser) - The next stop for Paris Jackson, who is currently still at UCLA Hospital following her suicide attempt : Diamond Ranch Academy, a treatment center/boarding school in Utah for troubled kids. Mother Debbie Rowe and grandmother Katherine Jackson don't think the 15-year-old is ready to go home, and they also want...

16 Celeb Marriages That Lasted Less Than a Year

Kim and Kris were married an age, compared to some of these

(Newser) - Even by Hollywood standards, these marriages rounded up by the Huffington Post were spectacularly short-lived. Lasting anywhere from 55 hours to 10 months, all 16 of the unions were up before a year was out. Check out a sampling in the gallery, or click for the complete list .

8 Stars Banned From Hotels, Bars...

And, of course, indoor skydiving establishments

(Newser) - So you're a nightclub owner. Of course you want celebrities to be seen at your establishment ... with a few exceptions. The Huffington Post rounds up eight stars who've been banned from bars, hotels, and other places:
  • Justin Bieber got banned from perhaps the weirdest place of all—Las
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7 Bizarre Celebrity Deaths

From accidental drownings to fan club shootings

(Newser) - The rocker who may have been killed by a spider bite . The reality star who died while off-roading . The singer found dead and surrounded by rotting food and dog feces . Sometimes, the circumstances surrounding celebrity deaths are just plain strange, as in these seven examples, from a group of 17...

Jennifer Love Hewitt Quits Twitter Over 'Bad Vibes'

Pregnant star says she was experiencing too much 'negativity'

(Newser) - Sorry, folks, but you will not be getting all the details of Jennifer Love Hewitt's pregnancy and eventual wedding on Twitter. She, like so many stars before her, has decided to step away from the social network, Celebuzz reports. Her account is still active, but she tweeted Wednesday, "...

Seth Meyers Engaged
 Seth Meyers Engaged 
Jul 5, 2013 10:50 AM CDT

Seth Meyers Engaged

Will wed longtime girlfriend Alexi Ashe

(Newser) - Lots of exciting changes are coming up for Seth Meyers: He's taking over for Jimmy Fallon on Late Night ... and he's getting married. A rep confirms Meyers is engaged to longtime galpal Alexi Ashe, Us reports. "He's known that she's The One for awhile, but...

Ted Nugent: I Might Run for President

'My answers would make things wonderful,' he says

(Newser) - Well, you knew this was coming: Everyone's favorite rocker-slash-gun-lover-slash-Obama-hater, Ted Nugent , is considering a run for the Oval Office. The news comes in the middle of a pretty spectacular Washington Post profile of Nugent. (His first words to the interviewer? He says he's been off "killing some...

Brosnan Daughter Quietly Married 2 Weeks Before Death

Actor went back to work yesterday

(Newser) - A bit of joyful news in the wake of Pierce Brosnan's daughter's death : She quietly married her boyfriend two weeks beforehand. Brosnan walked Charlotte, 42, down the aisle; her daughter Isabella, 15, was a bridesmaid. "It wasn’t a day to be sad," an attendee tells...

Robert Pattinson's New Galpal: Elvis' Granddaughter?

He's spotted with Riley Keough

(Newser) - Well, this is awkward: Robert Pattinson was spotted driving to his house with a "mystery girl" Sunday, and she's now been IDed as model/actress Riley Keough. That's notable for three reasons:
  • Keough is the granddaughter of Elvis Presley .
  • She co-starred with Pattinson ex Kristen Stewart in The
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Tom Sends Katie Letter, Wants Her Back

Holmes love of Cruise's life: source

(Newser) - It's been a year since Katie Holmes filed for divorce from Tom Cruise, and apparently Cruise is feeling sentimental. A source tells UK magazine Look the actor sent Holmes an "emotional letter" looking to, at the very least, be friends again, Australia's News Network reports. "It'...

Alec Baldwin on Twitter: 'Never' Again

And he wants to quit acting, too

(Newser) - Vanity Fair had the pleasure of chatting with Alec Baldwin just days after his latest Twitter rant . Ostensibly the interview was about a photo collection Baldwin curated and his new movie, Blue Jasmine, but of course Twitter came up. Asked whether he'll ever open his account again, Baldwin...

Pierce Brosnan's Daughter Dies

Charlotte Brosnan succumbs to ovarian cancer

(Newser) - Pierce Brosnan's daughter succumbed to her three-year battle with ovarian cancer last week in London, Brosnan confirms to People . "On June 28 at 2pm my darling daughter Charlotte Emily passed on to eternal life," says Brosnan. The 41-year-old "was surrounded by her husband Alex, children Isabella...

J-Lo Got $1.5M to Sing at Dictator's Birthday: Source

She's still, she's still Jenny from the Bloc

(Newser) - Jennifer Lopez got at least $1.5 million to sing "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" Saturday night at a 56th birthday party for Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, leader of the former Soviet republic of Turkmenistan—a man whose regime is described as "among the most repressive in the world" by Human...

Demi Lovato: I Was Suicidal While Appearing on Barney

At just 7 years old, she reveals

(Newser) - Demi Lovato was just 7 years old when she started appearing on Barney & Friends, but already she was battling depression. "At the time, I was just so grateful to be on TV, but I was also really struggling," says Lovato in the upcoming issue of Cosmopolitan . "...

13 Unsolved Hollywood Mysteries

The Black Dahlia, Superman, and more

(Newser) - Long before people started speculating whether someone sinister was behind Michael Jackson's death, Hollywood had seen its fair share of unsolved mysteries. Radar rounds up 13, from the comedian accused of rupturing an actress' bladder—but never convicted—to the actress who was rumored to have let her teenage...

20 Celebrity Mea Culpas
 20 Celebrity Mea Culpas 
Jun 30, 2013 7:18 AM CDT

20 Celebrity Mea Culpas

Paula Deen joins their ranks

(Newser) - Paula Deen has made a couple of public apologies and/or explanations (not all of them grammatically correct ) for her still-exploding n-word controversy. But she needn't feel alone; she joins a whole slew of other celebrities who had to do the same. Wonderwall rounds up 19 others:
  • Hugh Grant:
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The Latest in Strange Baby Names of the Stars

There were quite a few before North West...

(Newser) - Did Kim Kardashian and Kanye West take the prize for Weirdest Baby Name of All Time when they named their daughter North West? You be the judge: ETOnline rounds up the latest in strange celebrity monikers:
  • Poppy, daughter of Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer. (Moyer's has a daughter from
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7 Celebs Who Served in the Military

Drew Carey, Bill Cosby on the list

(Newser) - Not all celebrities had a typical route to fame— the Stir rounds up seven stars who once served in the military:
  • Drew Carey: Marine Corps, six years.
  • Bill Cosby: Navy, hospital corpsman, four years. He served in the Korean War.
  • Ice-T: Army, four years.
  • MC Hammer: Navy, Aviation Storekeeper 3rd
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