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DiCaprio, Netflix
Team Up
on Gorilla
Documentary

Oct 18, 2014 12:02 PM CDT

DiCaprio, Netflix Team Up on Gorilla Documentary

Leo is executive producer of 'Virunga'

(Newser) - Netflix's latest celebrity collaborator is Leonardo DiCaprio, reports CNN . But instead of starring in something a la Kevin Spacey in House of Cards, DiCaprio is serving as executive producer of a documentary on endangered mountain gorillas in Africa. The film, called Virunga after the park in eastern Congo where...

What Will Happen
at Today's UN
Climate Summit?

Sep 23, 2014 7:40 AM CDT

What Will Happen at Today's UN Climate Summit?

125 world leaders convene in NYC to rally for new climate initiatives

(Newser) - Today's UN climate summit in New York City will draw together 125 nations in a massive, one-day precursor to Paris talks next year aimed at an overarching agreement, and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on world leaders to show up with "pledges of action," the BBC...

Your Top-Earning Actor Is...

Jul 22, 2014 8:59 AM CDT

Your Top-Earning Actor Is...

Robert Downey Jr., again

(Newser) - For the second year in a row , Robert Downey Jr. has snagged the top spot on Forbes ' list of Hollywood's highest-earning actors. Once again, he's estimated to have earned $75 million between last June and this one, and once again, a large part of that is probably...

Paris Hilton:
Don't Film Me for
Kardashian Show

Jun 4, 2014 10:50 AM CDT

Paris Hilton: Don't Film Me for Kardashian Show

Leonardo DiCaprio also refuses

(Newser) - Paris Hilton: too good for reality TV? She and Leonardo DiCaprio both refused to be filmed for Keeping Up With the Kardashians while partying Sunday at an LA event, XIV Summer Sessions, where Kim Kardashian's stepbrother, Brody Jenner, was DJing with some help from dad Bruce Jenner and brother...

DiCaprio,
Jonah Hill
to Make Movie
of Richard Jewell

Feb 8, 2014 11:44 AM CST

DiCaprio, Jonah Hill to Make Movie of Richard Jewell

Security was wrongly linked to Olympic bombing of 1996

(Newser) - Leonardo DiCaprio says he and The Wolf of Wall Street co-star Jonah Hill are "going to come up with something unique" as they re-team to tell the story of 1996 Olympics security guard Richard Jewell. Hill will star as Jewell in the planned film, which was presented to the...

Leo, Titanic
Crash Hill's
Monologue

'SNL'

Jan 26, 2014 11:30 AM CST

Leo, Titanic Crash Hill's Monologue

'Am I flying, Jack?'

(Newser) - Jonah Hill returned to Saturday Night Live last night with an opening monologue that attempted to separate from Wolf of Wall Street co-star Leo DiCaprio, and somehow ended with "the thing that made me feel safe"—both actors wrapped in a Titanic-esque embrace as that migraine-in-your-eye-inducing music played....

Why Jonah Hill Made
Wolf for Peanuts

Jan 22, 2014 10:11 AM CST

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...

Here Are Your
Golden Globes
Winners

golden globes

Jan 12, 2014 9:59 PM CST

Here Are Your Golden Globes Winners

Big winners: American Hustle, 12 Years a Slave, Breaking Bad

(Newser) - Tina Fey and Amy Poehler opened the Golden Globes tonight , and then it was on to the awards:

Best supporting actress in a motion picture: Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Best supporting actress in a TV series, miniseries, or movie: Jacqueline Bisset, Dancing on the Edge
Best TV miniseries or movie:

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Leo DiCaprio:
I Was Almost
Eaten by Shark

Jan 8, 2014 10:21 AM CST

Leo DiCaprio: I Was Almost Eaten by Shark

'Gigantic' great white got into cage with him

(Newser) - Apparently sharks find Leonardo DiCaprio just as tasty-looking as teen girls everywhere do. The actor revealed to Ellen DeGeneres yesterday that he was once nearly eaten by a great white: He often gets up close and personal with wildlife as part of his work with his Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, which...

Wolf of Wall Street
Is a Wild Ride

movie review

Dec 25, 2013 12:40 PM CST

Wolf of Wall Street Is a Wild Ride

DiCaprio, Scorsese team up for a new look at excess

(Newser) - The new DiCaprio-Scorsese movie The Wolf of Wall Street is getting solid reviews from critics (79% positive on Rotten Tomatoes ) and fans alike (86%). Some odds and ends:

Boring, it's not: It's "an exuberant, hyper-energized riot," writes Richard Brody at the New Yorker . "It’

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Clooney
Jabs Leo's
Trash-Talkin'
B-ball Buddies,
and More

'esquire' interview

Nov 11, 2013 11:30 AM CST

Clooney Jabs Leo's Trash-Talkin' B-ball Buddies, and More

Fun basketball story included in 'Esquire' interview

(Newser) - George Clooney gives a predictably charming, wide-ranging interview to Esquire , and the best anecdote involves Leonardo DiCaprio. It seems Clooney and DiCaprio both have homes in Cabo, and once ran into each other there. They got to talking about their respective, semi-famous ongoing basketball games and decided to play against...

11 Awful Celeb
Interviewees

Jun 10, 2013 10:33 AM CDT

11 Awful Celeb Interviewees

Celebrity journalists spill stories

(Newser) - In the wake of Rhys Ifans walking angrily out of an interview with the Times of London , the Guardian spoke to a few journalists about their worst encounters with celebrities:

One reporter calls interviewing Gwyneth Paltrow "one of the low points of my life." Paltrow arrived at the

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Now Hot for Men: Makeup

May 19, 2013 6:36 PM CDT

Now Hot for Men: Makeup

Grooming products raked in $5B last year, up 100% since 1997

(Newser) - Makeup isn't just for ladies anymore, but that doesn't mean you're about to see Adam Lambert lookalikes at every turn. A new trend in stealth makeup, or ahem, "grooming," has men's cosmetics sales climbing—to the tune of more than $5 billion that American...

Gatsby Just Not That Great

movie review

May 10, 2013 7:21 AM CDT

Gatsby Just Not That Great

Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan star in Baz Luhrmann's adaptation

(Newser) - Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of The Great Gatsby arrives with much fanfare—but, based on the reviews, it looks like those high hopes might be dashed. Critics are mixed on the film as a whole, though no one disputes that it's as bombastic as might be expected from Luhrmann....

DiCaprio
Pays $200K
for Date With
Bill Clinton

Jan 15, 2013 8:54 AM CST

DiCaprio Pays $200K for Date With Bill Clinton

Snags auction item at Sean Penn's charity bash

(Newser) - Leonardo DiCaprio has a big date coming up, with an old married guy: Bill Clinton. The one-on-one get-together with the former president was auctioned off at a gala for Sean Penn's Haiti charity Saturday, and DiCaprio bid as much as $100,000 but was still outbid. So he proposed...

12 Co-Stars Who
Also Co-Starred
in Each Others'
Weddings

Dec 30, 2012 2:40 PM CST

12 Co-Stars Who Also Co-Starred in Each Others' Weddings

In the end, 'Jack' walked 'Rose' down the aisle

(Newser) - Admit it: You let out a big "awww" when you heard that Leonardo DiCaprio (aka Jack from Titanic) walked Kate Winslet (aka Rose from aforementioned Titanic) down the aisle at her third wedding . The Huffington Post rounds up 11 more celebrity co-stars who participated in each others' weddings:

Victor

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12 Celebrity Bromances

Dec 8, 2012 11:22 AM CST

12 Celebrity Bromances

Matt Damon and ... wait for it ... John Krasinski

(Newser) - Everyone knows about Ben Affleck's "bromance" with Matt Damon, but did you know The Office star John Krasinski is also good buddies with Damon? The two first met while Damon was filming The Adjustment Bureau with Krasinski's wife, Emily Blunt, and then they co-wrote, co-produced, and co-starred...

33 Child Stars Who
Turned Out OK

Dec 2, 2012 9:59 AM CST

33 Child Stars Who Turned Out OK

They're not all like Angus T. Jones

(Newser) - For every child star like Angus T. Jones trashing his own show , there's a Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who started acting at age seven but has managed to turn into a movie star while apparently remaining well-adjusted and normal. The Huffington Post rounds up an impressive 32 more of the latter:...

12 Celebs With Strange Pets

'piggy smalls'?

Dec 1, 2012 5:30 AM CST

12 Celebs With Strange Pets

Miley Cyrus is the latest, although she doesn't actually own hers...

(Newser) - For Miley Cyrus' 20th birthday, PETA gave her a pig—sort of. The animal rights organization decided to sponsor a rescued pig named Nora in Miley's name, since the singer-actress "spends so much time encouraging others to help animals," a VP explains. In fact, Cyrus even asked...

25 Casting
Close Calls

jen ... on SNL?!

Nov 17, 2012 12:53 PM CST

25 Casting Close Calls

Hollywood roles that could have gone another way

(Newser) - Angelina Jolie won an Oscar for her role in Girl, Interrupted—so, chances are, Parker Posey regrets not auditioning for the role when invited. Posey has said she "just didn't care enough about it." The Frisky rounds up 24 more casting close calls in Hollywood:

Leonardo DiCaprio

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