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Phil Collins
Quits Music,
Apologizes
for Success

Mar 5, 2011 3:50 PM CST

Phil Collins Quits Music, Apologizes for Success

'It's hardly surprising that people grew to hate me'

(Newser) - Phil Collins is quitting music—and he basically thinks the planet's reaction will be good riddance. "I don't think anyone's going to miss me," the former Genesis drummer told FHM magazine, via the Telegraph . Highlights from the interview:

Health is a big issue: Among his ailments: ruined hearing

...

Next for Gwyneth Paltrow: Singing About Sex on Glee

Next for
Gwyneth:
Singing
About Sex

Mar 5, 2011 11:32 AM CST

Next for Gwyneth: Singing About Sex

Paltrow, as Holly Holliday, sexes up 'Glee'

(Newser) - Sorry, haters: Gwyneth and her pipes aren't going anywhere. The actress-turned-singer is about to hit Glee again, and her second turn as Holly Holliday is shaping up to be a pretty sexual one, notes the Huffington Post . Paltrow's choir-room performance isn't so PG this time around: She sings Joan Jett's...

Mike Huckabee on Natalie Portman: I Didn't 'Attack' Her Out-of-Wedlock Pregnancy

Huckabee:
I Didn't 'Attack'
Natalie Portman

Mar 5, 2011 9:30 AM CST

Huckabee: I Didn't 'Attack' Natalie Portman

He's just very happy about her pending nuptials

(Newser) - Mike Huckabee will have you know that he didn't diss Natalie Portman's out-of-wedlock pregnancy— contrary to what you might have read in the "Hollywood media" —nor, for that matter, "did I criticize the hardworking single mothers in our country," reports Politico. He is, however, really glad...

Zsa Zsa Gabor Needs Second Leg Amputated, Doctors Say, But She Refuses Surgery

Docs: Zsa Zsa
Needs 2nd Leg
Amputated

Mar 4, 2011 9:45 AM CST

Docs: Zsa Zsa Needs 2nd Leg Amputated

She refuses surgery, has '50-50 chance' of surviving one year

(Newser) - Zsa Zsa Gabor already lost one leg , and now doctors say they must amputate the remaining one. But the 94-year-old actress is refusing the surgery, her publicist says, and she will be released from the hospital today. She was admitted Wednesday after blood stopped flowing to her left leg; most...

Huckabee Rips
Natalie Portman's
Pregnancy

Mar 4, 2011 6:31 AM CST

Huckabee Rips Natalie Portman's Pregnancy

He slams 'glorifying' children out of wedlock

(Newser) - Possible presidential contender Mike Huckabee isn't taking on birthers, but he is grousing about a birth. He has slammed Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman for being pregnant out of wedlock. It's "troubling" to see people like "Natalie Portman or some other Hollywood starlet who boasts of, 'Hey look, we're...

Blade Runner Sequel Planned

Mar 4, 2011 4:51 AM CST

Blade Runner Sequel Planned

Production firm in talks to buy rights to sci-fi classic's universe

(Newser) - Other Blade Runner movies could be here in time for 2019, the year when the 1982 sci-fi classic takes place. Production company Alcon Entertainment says it's in the final stages of talks to acquire the rights to make prequels and sequels based on the settings and characters of the original,...

Jimmy Fallon Launches His Own Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Flavor, 'Late Night Snack'

It's Fallon Vs. Colbert
in Battle of the Ice Creams

late night wars?

Mar 3, 2011 12:32 PM CST

It's Fallon Vs. Colbert in Battle of the Ice Creams

'Late Night Snack' is made with fair trade ingredients

(Newser) - Watch out, Stephen Colbert: You have some late-night competition ... in the form of ice cream. Colbert launched his very own Ben & Jerry's flavor, AmeriCone Dream, in 2007, and last night fellow late show host Jimmy Fallon did the same. Ben & Jerry's Late Night Snack is vanilla ice cream...

12 Famous Open
Relationships

Mar 3, 2011 10:29 AM CST

12 Famous Open Relationships

Charlie Sheen is the latest, the wackiest, but not the first

(Newser) - Charlie Sheen may be the craziest celebrity ever to have a relationship with multiple women simultaneously , but he's certainly not the only celebrity to do so. The Daily Beast rounds up a dozen:

Hugh Hefner: The Playboy founder's relationship record? Seven women at once. (He also, of course, dated identical

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Lady Gaga Walks the Runway

thierry mugler show

Mar 3, 2011 9:15 AM CST

Lady Gaga Walks the Runway

She makes her fashion debut at Thierry Mugler show

(Newser) - Lady Gaga is known for her unconventional fashion choices , so is it any surprise the singer would eventually become a catwalker? Gaga made her runway debut last night at Thierry Mugler's Paris fashion show, wearing two outfits: one black, one white, both involving very tall shoes, according to the Hollywood ...

ScarJo, Penn Skip Off to Cabo

Mar 3, 2011 8:43 AM CST

ScarJo, Penn Skip Off to Cabo

They say they're not dating, but ran off to Mexico together

(Newser) - Despite insisting last month that they're just friends, Scarlett Johansson and Sean Penn continue to set tongues wagging that there may be just a little bit more going on. Tuesday morning, they took a private jet to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, where they were seen having lobster and margaritas, People...

Sheen
Must Stay
100 Feet
From Twins

Mar 3, 2011 3:20 AM CST

Sheen Must Stay 100 Feet From Twins

He threatened to 'cut off my head,' says estranged wife Brooke Mueller

(Newser) - Wacked-out actor Charlie Sheen has not only lost custody of his twin toddler sons , but he's under a restraining order demanding he stay at least 100 feet away from them. New details of the rapidly unraveling personal life of the off-the-rails actor emerged in a court action filed by...

Keith Richards'
Kid Busted
for Drugs,
Graffiti

Mar 3, 2011 2:42 AM CST

Keith Richards' Kid Busted for Drugs, Graffiti

Theodora Richards, 25, arrested for writing on NYC convent wall: cops

(Newser) - Theodora Richards is in trouble with the law, although she's got a long way to go before she can match her dad's arrest record. The 25-year-old daughter of Keith Richards and Patti Hansen appeared in court in New York City yesterday on drug and graffiti charges, reports the BBC . The...

Without
Steve Carell,
There Is No
Office

OPINION

Mar 2, 2011 1:48 PM CST

Without Steve Carell, There Is No Office

Why NBC should pull the plug

(Newser) - Sure, sure, The Office is still funny, but it’s becoming increasingly obvious that it’s running out of steam, and should just close up shop when Steve Carell departs. “You can sense a weariness and desperation setting in,” writes Matt Zoller Seitz on Salon . “Are we...

Too-Tight
Gown Lands
Joan Collins
in ER

Mar 2, 2011 11:45 AM CST

Too-Tight Gown Lands Joan Collins in ER

She experienced 'something rather like a Victorian swoon'

(Newser) - Joan Collins was rushed to the hospital from an Oscars party—and all because of her too-tight gown. "I squeezed into it and resigned myself to not eating much at the Vanity Fair Oscars bash," she recalls in the Daily Mail . But by around 10pm, she felt dizzy...

Former Oasis Frontman Slams Radiohead

Mar 2, 2011 10:26 AM CST

Former Oasis Frontman Slams Radiohead

How dare the band write about 'a f***ing tree,' says Gallagher

(Newser) - Liam Gallagher may not be in Oasis any longer, but that doesn't mean he's done insulting his fellow musical artists. (Oasis, of course, was famous for claiming to be "bigger than the Beatles." ) His target this time: Radiohead. "I heard that f***ing Radiohead record [The King ...

Bristol's Memoir:
Not Afraid of Life

Mar 2, 2011 4:02 AM CST

Bristol's Memoir: Not Afraid of Life

How much will she spill?

(Newser) - Bristol Palin is writing a memoir after all—daringly called Not Afraid of Life—and besides some dope on her famous mom, the tome will include a bit of dish on Dancing With the Stars and two-time Bristol heartbreaker Levi Johnston. It looked for a time like Bristol's memoir, posted...

Sheen to
Jewish Group:
You Apologize
to Me

Mar 1, 2011 12:24 PM CST

Sheen to Jewish Group: You Apologize to Me

He wants a retraction of anti-Semitism accusation

(Newser) - The Anti-Defamation League accused Charlie Sheen of "borderline anti-Semitism" when he called Two and a Half Men creator Chuck Lorre by his Hebrew name, Chaim Levine . But Sheen, via a letter from his lawyer obtained by TMZ , says that's not fair—and demands that the ADL issue a retraction....

Charlie Sheen's
Motto: 'Enjoy
Every Loaded
Moment'

Mar 1, 2011 10:45 AM CST

Charlie Sheen's Motto: 'Enjoy Every Loaded Moment'

Plus: Why Hef is an 'amateur,' and more

(Newser) - Another day, another absolute glut of Charlie Sheen stories. The latest:

In a just-published interview given to GQ last month—before he went on a rant against his boss , but after he trashed his hotel room —Sheen explains his philosophy on life (and, apparently, partying): "You enjoy every

...

Christina Aguilera,
Boyfriend Arrested

Mar 1, 2011 9:29 AM CST

Christina Aguilera, Boyfriend Arrested

Singer busted for public intoxication as boyfriend charged with DUI

(Newser) - Anthem-flubbing Christina Aguilera has a bigger scandal on her hands now: She was arrested early this morning in West Hollywood on charges of public intoxication. Her boyfriend Matthew Rutler was also charged with driving under the influence, TMZ reports. Aguilera looked "extremely intoxicated" and was "unable to...

Before Oscar,
Portman Was
Science Geek

Mar 1, 2011 8:26 AM CST

Before Oscar, Portman Was Science Geek

The celebrated actress has a side you may not know about

(Newser) - You probably already know that Natalie Portman is an Academy Award-winning actress , but did you know that she's also a science prodigy? In high school—while she was already starring in films alongside Julia Roberts and Jack Nicholson—Portman made it to the semifinals of the Intel Science Talent Search,...