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Thin Lizzy Guitarist Gary Moore Dead at 58

Moore died today in a Spain hotel

(Newser) - Gary Moore, a former guitarist for Thin Lizzy, died this morning in a Spain hotel room. He was 58 years old. Moore was originally a member of the band Skid Row with Phil Lynott; Lynott later asked him to join Thin Lizzy as the band's new guitarist. After leaving Thin...

Social Network, Inception Win at WGAs

Nolan, Sorkin take home top screenwriting honors

(Newser) - The sci-fi smash Inception and Facebook drama The Social Network took top screenplay honors last night at the Writers Guild Awards. Inception writer Christopher Nolan won for best original screenplay and The Social Network writer Aaron Sorkin won for best adapted screenplay. The Social Network, was the heavy favorite Sorkin...

Letterman: I'll Quit Late Show in...

...two years, he says casually

(Newser) - What will David Letterman be doing in two years? No one knows, but one thing he apparently won't be doing: hosting the Late Show. He let that little tidbit slip casually while interviewing Howard Stern last night. The clip in the gallery ends, of course, just before the comment, but...

Sheen: People, Get Over My BS

Egypt is burning, and media cares how much coke he's doing?

(Newser) - Charlie Sheen is finally speaking up, and he tells E! —via text message—that the rumors swirling about him ( cocaine chunks the size of tennis balls , his family seeking a conservatorship …) are “all crap.” He continues, “Believe nothing. I will never speak about...

Stewart Debates Rape vs. Rape-Rape

Should taxpayer money really go to women who've only been 'rape-ished'?

(Newser) - The GOP wants to limit federal funding for abortions to cases of “forcible rape” only, and, not surprisingly, Jon Stewart was there last night to heap his scorn on the idea. “All rape is by definition forcible,” he pointed out, but correspondent Kristen Schaal wasn’t convinced....

Jen: I Turned Down SNL for Friends

People thought she was crazy, but she 'did alright,' she tells Oprah

(Newser) - Jennifer Aniston could have avoided that awful “Rachel” haircut entirely—if she’d taken the job offer she got from Saturday Night Live. Aniston revealed to Oprah Winfrey yesterday that she turned down SNL for Friends, PopEater reports. Everyone “thought I was making a huge mistake," she...

W to Pouting Kim: It Was Art!

Magazine responds to nude cover controversy

(Newser) - Poor Kim Kardashian’s nude W magazine spread made her cry —and now the mag responds, albeit vaguely. The cover, as part of the November Art Issue, “was conceived as an artistic collaboration with well-known artist Barbara Kruger, and was a meditation on the influence that reality TV...

LiLo Accused of Jewelry Theft
 LiLo Accused of Jewelry Theft 
Feb 2, 2011 9:32 AM CST

LiLo Accused of Jewelry Theft

One of her friends turned over stolen necklace to cops

(Newser) - Lindsay, Lindsay Lindsay: You just can’t stay out of trouble, can you? La Lohan is now accused of stealing a $2,500 necklace—and as police were requesting a search warrant for her house last night, one of LiLo’s friends turned the jewelry over to authorities. Investigators say...

The Kennedys Finds a Home
 The Kennedys Finds a Home 
Feb 2, 2011 8:53 AM CST

The Kennedys Finds a Home

Controversial miniseries will air in April

(Newser) - Good news for those of you who really, really wanted to watch JFK (or at least, Greg Kinnear’s version of him) discussing his need for “strange ass” : The Kennedys has found a home. After getting booted from the History Channel (reportedly by two of the Kennedys themselves ),...

Elton John: Billy Joel Needs Rehab

Former touring partner needs to get help, tough love

(Newser) - Today’s out-of-left-field celebrity comment: Elton John says his former touring partner Billy Joel needs to “do something better” with his life. Specifically, John tells Rolling Stone that Joel’s "alcoholism" caused them to cancel many tours, and that the Piano Man needs to take rehab more seriously....

Camille Grammer: Fox News Killed Our Sex Life

Kelsey preferred watching Fox to cuddling, she says

(Newser) - What came between Kelsey and Camille Grammer? Well, a 29-year-old woman , but in addition to that, Fox News. Camille talked to Joy Behar last night about the end of her 13-year marriage, and noted that part of the problem was a lack of intimacy: Not only did the couple forgo...

Gwyneth Reminds Us Why We Hate Her
 Gwyneth 
 Reminds 
 Us Why 
 We Hate Her 
'harper's bazaar' interview
Feb 1, 2011 9:43 AM CST

Gwyneth Reminds Us Why We Hate Her

People in England are 'cool,' she explains

(Newser) - Oh, Gwyneth … just when you finally have people begrudgingly starting to like you again , you remind us all why you’re the actress everyone loves to hate . “I miss America, but I love living in the UK,” she gushes in Harper’s Bazaar UK. “In England,...

Christina Applegate Welcomes Daughter

Sadie Grace LeNoble is 'doing great,' says rep

(Newser) - Christina Applegate and her fiancé welcomed a daughter Thursday, her rep confirms to People . Applegate has been dating musician Martyn LeNoble for almost three years and got engaged on Valentine’s Day . She and daughter Sadie Grace LeNoble “are doing great,” says her rep in a statement. A...

Gervais Asked to Host Golden Globes Again

Despite seemingly offending everyone, HFPA apparently liked ratings

(Newser) - The president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association said host Ricky Gervais' "totally unacceptable" behavior at the Golden Globes "crossed the line" … but, er, that doesn’t mean they don't want him back next year. "The ratings went up again, and the organizers asked me to...

Sheen Burned Through Huge Cocaine Balls: Porn Star

And he 'chugs booze like water'

(Newser) - Just how far Charlie Sheen veered off the rails before his hospitalization last week has been revealed by yet another porn star pal, who talks of seeing cocaine chunks the size of tennis balls at the star's last bender. "I've never seen someone so self-destructive and able to take...

Gemma Ward: Time With Heath Ledger Was 'Magical'

Supermodel opens up about brief relationship

(Newser) - Gemma Ward’s relationship with Heath Ledger might not be as well-known as Michelle Williams'—but the supermodel was the last to date Ledger before his death, and now she's opening up about their relationship. "I have taken a break from the media spotlight for the past few years...

Kim Kardashian Cried Over Nude W Cover

She calls W magazine shot 'full-on porn'

(Newser) - Kim Kardashian may have a sex tape and a Playboy spread in her past, but she was still upset over the extent of her nudity on the cover of W magazine last year. On last night’s episode of Kourtney & Kim Take New York, Kim was shown reacting to...

SAG Red Carpet: Who Rocked It?

One notable trend? Baby bumps

(Newser) - The Screen Actors Guild Awards are “awards season’s most self-congratulatory show,” writes Fug Girl Jessica Morgan, but that didn’t stop her from live-blogging the red carpet on the Fug Girls' website . Baby bumps were definitely very trendy, as were plunging necklines . Click through some of the...

The New Hot Body Part? Knees
 The New Hot 
 Body Part? 
 Knees 
THANKS, KATE MIDDLETON
Jan 27, 2011 12:11 PM CST

The New Hot Body Part? Knees

And if yours aren't as nice as Kate Middleton's, well, get on it!

(Newser) - Just when you finally stopped feeling insecure about your not-as-sexy-as-Michelle-Obama arms, along comes Kate Middleton to make you feel bad about your … knees?! Yep, at least according to a Telegraph piece from last week, the Boston Globe reports. Middleton is constantly flaunting her excellent knees, and at least one...

Kings of Leon vs. Glee: Spat Turns Homophobic

Drummer Nathan Followill later apologizes, says he wasn't gay-bashing

(Newser) - At least one Kings of Leon member was not happy about being told to eff off by Glee creator Ryan Murphy. Drummer Nathan Followill responded with a Twitter rant some, including the Huffington Post , are calling homophobic. “Dear Ryan Murphy, let it go. See a therapist, get a manicure,...

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