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Jon Stewart on Paul Ryan's Budget Plan: Just Like Obamacare (Daily Show Video)
 Ryan's Plan? 
 Just Like Obamacare 
jon stewart
Apr 13, 2011 8:21 AM CDT

Ryan's Plan? Just Like Obamacare

But of course, now Republicans love it and Democrats hate it

(Newser) - Remember last year, when Republicans hated Obamacare because of "exchanges, difficult end-of-life decisions, cuts to vulnerable seniors"? Well, Jon Stewart does, and last night he informed America: "Guess what? [Paul] Ryan's plan is all that, plus a $750 billion cut to Medicaid. How do they characterize a...

Bieber Sparks Diplomatic Uproar in Israel

Sides differ as to why Netanyahu meeting was canceled

(Newser) - Bieber fever strikes again, this time leading to a breakdown in talks between the Bieb and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. An excited Justin Bieber arrived in Israel Monday, only to quickly find his emotional journey to the Holy Land ruined ... by paparazzi. ("Take pictures of me eating but not...

Colbert to Fox: No, You Can't Get Pap Smear at Walgreens

No, you cannot get a breast exam at Walgreens

(Newser) - During the recent budget brawl, Republican Sen. Jon Kyl argued against government funding for Planned Parenthood—since, as he said, "well over 90% of what Planned Parenthood does" is abortions. "That is unbelievable!" said Stephen Colbert last night . "In that it is not true. Because only...

Jon Stewart Takes on Budget Mess, Near-Shutdown on 'The Daily Show' (Video)
 In Budget Mess, 
 Everyone Sucked 
jon stewart
Apr 12, 2011 8:08 AM CDT

In Budget Mess, Everyone Sucked

But at least the federal government is open for business

(Newser) - It's great that we managed to avoid a government shutdown, but Jon Stewart isn't very happy with anyone involved. Last night , he excoriated everyone: the media that breathlessly counted down from 179 hours to two, the previous Democratic-controlled Congress that didn't pass a budget because they live in "Sucksylvania....

Kirstie Alley Loses a Shoe on 'Dancing With the Stars' (Video)

 Kirstie Alley 
 Loses a Shoe 
'dwts' mishaps
Apr 12, 2011 4:37 AM CDT

Kirstie Alley Loses a Shoe

Apparently she's having a run of bad luck on 'DWTS'

(Newser) - Poor Kirstie Alley can't catch a break on Dancing With the Stars. Last week she fell , and last night she lost a shoe. Click to about 3:18 in the above video to see it happen—as PopEater notes, "The camera crew had a choice to either follow [partner...

Benicio del Toro Having Kid With ... Rod Stewart's Kid?

Kimberly Stewart expecting baby with Oscar winner

(Newser) - Kimberly Stewart has starred as herself in the E! True Hollywood Story episode of "The Hilton Sisters." So it makes total sense that she's carrying the baby of a fellow actor ... Oscar-winner Benicio del Toro. Yes, you read that right. The 31-year-old daughter of Rod Stewart isn't in...

Reese: Why I 'Sit in the Car and Cry'

But, she tells 'Vogue,' she wouldn't change her career

(Newser) - Reese Witherspoon never regrets becoming an actress, but she does miss one thing: her privacy. "I parted with my privacy a long time ago," she tells Vogue in a new profile. "We went different ways. And sometimes I mourn it. Sometimes I will sit in the car...

Rutgers Kids to the Boss: Please Save Our Reputation

To make up for Snooki brouhaha, they want Springsteen on campus

(Newser) - Rutgers has suffered some bad publicity lately, most recently when news surfaced that Snooki was paid more than Toni Morrison to give a talk there. But a group of students believes it has a solution: Bring Bruce Springsteen to campus. A Facebook event titled "College Ave Freeze Out: Let's...

Dennis Quaid: Cocaine Was Part of Movie Budgets

Actor recalls what it was like to be addicted

(Newser) - In Newsweek , Dennis Quaid recalls his "greatest mistake": the cocaine-fueled days of his youth. "It was very casual at first. That’s what people were doing when they were at parties," he writes of the '70s and '80s. "Cocaine was even in the budgets of movies,...

In Connecticut, Sheen Back to 'Winning'

He scores a standing ovation as crowd chants, 'F*** NYC!'

(Newser) - A pattern is emerging on Charlie Sheen’s My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat Is Not an Option tour: Crash and burn at one show only to “win” at the next . He did it once again this weekend, scoring a standing ovation at Connecticut’s Oakdale Theatre last night after...

Schwarzenegger Ready for Action

Nearly 8 years from his last hit, Arnold says he's still got it

(Newser) - Arnold Schwarzenegger is back, and even at age 63, the longtime action star says he's ready to return to the high-octane heroics and disemboweling that made him famous. "I can step very comfortably into the entertainment world and do an action movie with the same violence that I've always...

Charlie Sheen's Violent Torpedo of Truth Bombs in New York City
 Sheen Rotten in Big Apple 
Apr 9, 2011 8:51 AM CDT

Sheen Rotten in Big Apple

Charlie's definitely not winning at Radio City Music Hall

(Newser) - While Washington, DC, was busy avoiding its own implosion last night, Charlie Sheen was bombing in New York City with his Violent Torpedo of Truth gig. The highlights:
  • "For an hour, Sheen chain-smoked like a criminal—'can I have a f--king cigarette?'—lobbed the F-bomb like a 4-year-old suffering
...

Naomi Judd: I Was Sexually Abused, Too

In fact, it's her 'first memory,' she says

(Newser) - Ashley Judd recently revealed in her memoir that she was sexually abused as a child—and now mother Naomi says the same thing happened to her, Radar reports. Yesterday on The View, Naomi says that she first revealed the abuse to her therapist two years ago, when he asked about...

Schaal: Persecuted Arab Women Should Move to...

Vagistan? Well, OK, that was just one idea

(Newser) - Women may have played a leading role in the protests sweeping across the Middle East, but they're still finding themselves locked out of the new governments. And that's "not surprising," noted Kristen Schaal last night on the Daily Show . "Revolutions are notorious sausagefests. And just when it...

Judds 'Angry, Hurt' at Ashley's Memoir 'Betrayal'

'How she could betray her own flesh and blood?' says insider

(Newser) - Ashley Judd's family is not happy about her recently released memoir , which discloses details of a dysfunctional upbringing. "Naomi and Wynonna have had a strained relationship with Ashley for years," an insider tells Popeater . "This is the final nail in the coffin—they are very angry and...

Glenn Beck, Fox Hated Each Other All Along

Both sides kvetch anonymously to the 'New York Times'

(Newser) - Publicly, Glenn Beck and Fox News may have put a happy face on their divorce, but there’s a whole lot of acrimony behind the scenes, sources from both sides tell the New York Times . Beck’s supporters say he was unhappy at Fox almost from day one, and has...

Bristol Palin Was Worth Every Penny, Says Abstinence Group Candie's


 Candie's: 
 Bristol Worth 
 Every Penny 
that's 26.2M pennies...
Apr 7, 2011 7:25 AM CDT

Candie's: Bristol Worth Every Penny

Palin is the 'gift that keeps on giving,' says founder

(Newser) - Those of you who thought paying Bristol Palin $262,500 to promote sexual abstinence might've been a wee bit excessive can just stuff it, says Candie's Foundation founder Neil Cole, calling the payout "an amazing investment." "Bristol's the gift that keeps on giving," Cole says; indeed,...

Tina Fey Pregnant, Expecting 2nd Baby
 Tina Fey Expecting Baby No. 2 
Apr 7, 2011 4:30 AM CDT

Tina Fey Expecting Baby No. 2

'30 Rock' star reveals pregnancy on 'Oprah'

(Newser) - Tina Fey certainly has a lot going on for her right now: not just a new book , but a new baby. The 30 Rock star is five months pregnant with her second child, her rep confirms to People . Fey, 40, first revealed the news yesterday while taping an episode of...

Natalie Portman: I Used to Toke

Now 'I'm an old lady,' laments actress as she plugs stoner film

(Newser) - Pregnant actress Natalie Portman used to be "cool" and suck on marijuana spliffs, she reveals in an interview. "I smoked weed in college, but I haven't smoked in years," Portman tells Entertainment Weekly . "I'm too old. I wish I was that cool, but I'm like an...

The Meaning Behind Jolie's New Tattoo

Seventh map coordinates appear under other kids' birthplace tattoos

(Newser) - After sharp-eyed reporters spotted a seventh tattoo on Jolie's upper left arm, reports erupted that kid No. 7 was being added to her brood. After all, the other six tattoos mark the latitude and longitude of the birthplace of each of her six children. People reported that the new seventh...

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