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Amazon Lost How Much on 99-Cent Gaga Downloads?

More than $3 million, the 'New York Times' estimates

(Newser) - Lady Gaga sold a whopping 1.1 million copies of Born This Way in its first week, but 440,000 of those copies went for just 99 cents on Amazon.com . Amazon, however, did pay Gaga's distributor the full price of $8 to $9 per album—which means, the...

Jennifer Aniston Goes Topless for Smartwater

New ad stirs up lots of interest, 'Adweek' notes

(Newser) - First she made a "sex tape" hawking Smartwater, now Jennifer Aniston has gone topless for the brand. In Adweek , David Kiefaber calls the new photo "topless yet modest," but bemoans the fact that people are so excited by it: "Really, is it that surprising that she'...

Jon Stewart Lectures Weiner, Slow-Jam Style

'Daily Show' host tried to avoid the story, couldn't

(Newser) - Jon Stewart really tried not to get into the whole Weinergate thing last night—after all, the Congressman is one of his friends. But after the wiener photo in question "literally c*ckblocked" the story Stewart was trying to report about Mitt Romney, the Daily Show host gave in and...

Justin Timberlake Dishes on Britney Spears, Jessica Biel in 'Vanity Fair' Interview
 JT Dishes on Britney, Jessica 
'vf' interview
Jun 2, 2011 10:46 AM CDT

JT Dishes on Britney, Jessica

Guess which one is the 'most significant person' in his life?

(Newser) - Justin Timberlake's recent Vanity Fair article was a downright ex-girlfriend bonanza. Of recent ex Jessica Biel, he says, “She is the single-handedly most significant person in my life. In my 30 years, she is the most special person, OK? … I don’t want to say much more,...

So, Just Who Wrote That Celebrity Novel?

Probably not the celebrity, says the 'New York Times'

(Newser) - Just because Nicole Richie is a reality TV star doesn't mean she can't also write. In fact, she claims to write every morning, before her family wakes up, and said last year that she writes "all my own stories." How else do you think she'd...

Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox Friendship Hits the Skids
 Jen, Courteney on the Outs 
bffs no more?
Jun 2, 2011 9:30 AM CDT

Jen, Courteney on the Outs

And it's all thanks to Cox's split with Arquette, sources say

(Newser) - Friends stars Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox have been famous for being real-life friends ever since the show debuted in 1994. So why haven't they been photographed together in almost a year? Sources tell Us "there's tension" between them, and not because Courteney had dinner with Brad...

Sean Kingston Passenger: I Begged Him to Slow Down

But Cassandra Sanchez won't press charges

(Newser) - The passenger on Sean Kingston’s jet ski says the singer was going “really fast” before slamming into a bridge over the weekend, “blasting past” another friend who was also jet skiing. Even so, TMZ reports, she will not press charges. As they approached the bridge, Cassandra Sanchez...

AG to The Wire: Make More Episodes

Or at least a movie, pleads Eric Holder

(Newser) - The nation's top lawyer has it out for David Simon. AG Eric Holder yesterday ordered the creator of The Wire to start working on another season of the HBO crime drama—and jokingly reminded him that "I have a lot of power." Holder issued his plea to...

Ted Haggard Appearing in 'Sex Comedy'

Pastor films cameo in 'The Waiting Game'

(Newser) - Ted Haggard: movie star? The possibly bisexual pastor, famous for his 2006 gay-massage-and-meth scandal, is appearing as himself in a so-called “sex comedy” for the Christian set. Picture a Judd Apatow movie with a few slight tweaks: Most notably, the theme is pro-abstinence. The Waiting Game, being developed in...

First Hobbit Movie Hits Theaters Dec. 2012

Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' will be split into two films

(Newser) - Peter Jackson's two-film adaptation of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit has release dates. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be released Dec. 14, 2012; its sequel, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, is to be released Dec. 13, 2013. The films have suffered repeated delays over studio funding problems,...

LeAnn Rimes: These Are Abs, Not Bones

Singer posts bikini photos, swings back when she's called 'scary skinny'

(Newser) - Newly married LeAnn Rimes Cibrian has gone from catching flak for her cheating ways to getting plenty of grief for her shrinking frame. The latest body beef erupted over the holiday weekend after Rimes tweeted photos of herself, on honeymoon in Cabo San Lucas, wearing a barely there bikini ... which...

Hangover Hauls in Huge $86.5M Debut

Apparently audiences don't care about the awful reviews

(Newser) - Hollywood's hangover is a lot bigger the second time around. The Hangover Part II hauled in $86.5 million in its first weekend, putting Hollywood on course to set a new revenue record for the long Memorial Day weekend, according to studio estimates today. The Hangover sequel did nearly...

'The Hangover Part II' Movie Review Roundup: It's 'Mind-Bogglingly Awful'
 New Hangover 
 Mind-Bogglingly Bad 
review roundup
May 27, 2011 11:16 AM CDT

New Hangover Mind-Bogglingly Bad

Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis star in Todd Phillips' film

(Newser) - If the first Hangover was a wild party, the second is, well, the hangover. Critics are savaging the latest effort from Todd Phillips:
  • Writing in Salon , Andrew O’Hehir smacks the film’s “mind-boggling awfulness.” It’s a “clumsy, homophobic, cliché-ridden, and terminally unfunny sequel” that
...

Family Plans to Take Grease Star Off Life Support

But ex-girlfriend Vikki Lizzi is fighting the decision, source says

(Newser) - Jeff Conaway’s family has been keeping a vigil at his bedside since he fell into a coma last week, but they have now decided to turn off the actor’s life support machine. Doctors told the family that the Grease and Taxi star has no brain function, a source...

Lindsay Lohan Begins House Arrest Sentence
 LiLo Begins 
 House Arrest 
May 26, 2011 1:55 PM CDT

LiLo Begins House Arrest

Lindsay Lohan will serve sentence of roughly 35 days

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan arrived bright and early at LA's Lynwood Jail today to surrender for a house arrest sentence related to the theft of a necklace , according to TMZ . The 24-year-old actress will be cooped up in her townhouse for roughly 35 days with the electronic ankle bracelet she was...

Kara: 'I Almost Died' After Pot Brownies at Paula's House

But, she notes, marijuana treats weren't actually Abdul's

(Newser) - Paula Abdul once put Kara DioGuardi—often seen as her rival on American Idol—in the hospital. DioGuardi told the story on Lopez Tonight yesterday, divulging that she stayed at Abdul's house for a while—and once made the mistake of eating six brownies a friend had left after...

Lady Gaga Talks Bullying, 'Rocky IV' in Rolling Stone Cover Story
 Lady Gaga: Why 
 Rocky IV Inspires Me 
'rolling stone' interview
May 26, 2011 9:37 AM CDT

Lady Gaga: Why Rocky IV Inspires Me

Singer also talks bullying in 'Rolling Stone' cover story

(Newser) - Lady Gaga’s inspiration comes from … Rocky IV? Apparently so: "My favorite part is when Apollo's ex-trainer says to Rocky, 'He is not a machine. He's a man. Cut him, and once he feels his own blood, he will fear you,’” she tells...

Oprah Winfrey's Favorite Things: Her 9 Craziest Audience Giveaways
 Oprah’s 9 Craziest Giveaways 
May 25, 2011 11:35 AM CDT

Oprah’s 9 Craziest Giveaways

Cars, clothes ... herb rub?

(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey is famous for giving gifts to her audience, and those gifts have ranged from the extravagant (diamonds, cars) to the just plain bizarre (glitter Uggs?!). Slate lists her nine most memorable gifts:
  • Spanx, 2000: The slimming undergarments might seem ubiquitous now, but they were new and still
...

Oprah Winfrey's Final Guest? Oprah Winfrey
 Oprah's Final Guest: Oprah 
May 25, 2011 9:12 AM CDT

Oprah's Final Guest: Oprah

The stage belongs to talk show queen on final show

(Newser) - After all the guessing, rumors, and speculation about who might appear on Oprah Winfrey’s final show, the answer turned out to be quite simple: Oprah herself. The talk show queen was the only person to take the stage during yesterday’s taping of her last episode, which airs today,...

Kim Kardashian Engaged to Kris Humphries
 Kim Kardashian Engaged 
May 25, 2011 8:32 AM CDT

Kim Kardashian Engaged

Reality star surprised when Kris Humphries popped the question

(Newser) - Just a month after shooting down engagement rumors , guess what? Kim Kardashian got engaged. The reality star tells People she was completely surprised on May 18 when she walked into her house and found boyfriend Kris Humphries kneeling and rose petals spelling out “Will you marry me?” Kardashian, 30,...

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