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Snooki Presents: Top 10 Reasons to Buy My Book
Snooki Presents: Top 10 Reasons to Buy My Book
late show with david letterman
Jan 11, 2011 6:41 AM CST

Snooki Presents: Top 10 Reasons to Buy My Book

Don't do it for yourself—do it for the economy

(Newser) - You could be forgiven for thinking Snooki’s debut literary venture, A Shore Thing , is perhaps not for you … but maybe you just haven’t been considering all the reasons to buy it. The Jersey Shore star herself offered up 10 such reasons last night on the Late Show ...

Tom and Katie Irked at Hathaway, May Skip Oscars

Former friends fell out after SNL skit teasing Holmes

(Newser) - Thanks to Anne Hathaway, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes may not be gracing the world with their presence at the Academy Awards. They’re considering a boycott because they’re displeased with Oscars co-host Hathaway for mocking Holmes during her stint on Saturday Night Live in November. “They used...

Who Killed The Kennedys? Caroline, Maria Shriver

The cousins lobbied strongly for its demise, sources say

(Newser) - The Kennedys themselves were behind the History Channel’s eleventh-hour yanking of The Kennedys, sources tell the Hollywood Reporter. No advertisers or sponsors complained about the controversial miniseries, which was called "vindictive" and "malicious" by a former JFK aide, but both Caroline Kennedy and Maria Shriver have close...

David, Victoria Beckham Expecting Baby No. 4

Their three boys are 'very excited'

(Newser) - You can never really have too many Beckhams, and the world is about to get one more. Soccer star David and his ex-Spice Girl wife, Victoria, are expecting again, the AP reports. "Victoria and I are expecting our fourth child this summer,” David wrote on Facebook today. “...

Next Up for Ted Williams: Co-Starring With Nicholson?

The homeless man with the radio voice says he may go Hollywood

(Newser) - Ted Williams got quite a few job offers after his "golden radio voice" was discovered —but this could be the most exciting. The homeless man says one of his family members got a call from none other than Jack Nicholson. "They're supposed to be making a movie...

13 Years Later, Notorious BIG Investigation Back On

Task force investigating new leads, say sources

(Newser) - Thirteen years later, the murders of rappers Notorious BIG and Tupac Shakur remain two of the music industry’s highest-profile unsolved mysteries—but that could soon change. Police “reinvigorated” the Notorious BIG murder case months ago, sources tell CNN , and they are actively looking into leads and new information...

Sean Penn: I'll Be in Haiti 'the Rest of My Life'

Plus, actor grouses about costly divorce

(Newser) - How long will Sean Penn’s work in Haiti go on? Forever, he tells the Hollywood Reporter . “There’s no end point,” he says. “This is where I’ll be when I’m not working, for the rest of my life.” Penn was there on Christmas...

NBC Gets Frisky With New Show: Playboy

As Playboy clubs are relaunched, show about clubs arrives

(Newser) - Playboy is coming to primetime. NBC ordered the pilot of the imaginatively-titled Playboy, a one-hour drama about the Playboy bunnies working in a Chicago Playboy club in the 1960s. There were once 22 Playboy clubs around the world, but all closed by 1991, Variety notes. The show arrives just as...

Mel Got Aroused by Beating Me: Oksana

Apparently the reports of insanity aren't over yet

(Newser) - It’s been a while since we’ve heard a new claim of Mel Gibson’s disturbing behavior from Oksana Grigorieva, so here's the latest: Sources say that while under oath, during a deposition in their custody battle Tuesday, Grigorieva said Gibson had trouble in the bedroom but managed to...

Twilight Sucks Up People's Choice Awards

House , Glee win for TV; Eminem, Katy Perry nail music awards

(Newser) - Bloodsuckers were the hit of MTV's People's Choice Awards last night as the Twilight Saga: Eclipse crew grabbed top movie, best film acting team, and best movie actress honors. "Wow, this is unreal," said a chatty Kristen Stewart. "I was a vampire this morning in Baton Rouge,...

Snooki Wakes Up in a Trash Can 'Like Once a Month'

Apparently she's still quite the party girl

(Newser) - If you were looking for an excuse to watch Ellen today, here it is: Apparently it features Jersey Shore’s Snooki telling the talk show host that she wakes up in a trash can “like once a month,” the Huffington Post reports. Snooks was talking to DeGeneres about...

Hurley's Lost Numbers Turn Lucky for Lottery Players

Nearly 10,000 win $150 by playing them

(Newser) - Hurley’s lucky/unlucky number sequence from Lost was pretty lucky last night for the nearly 10,000 people who played it in the lottery. The winning sequence (4 8 15 25 47 42) included four of those infamous Lost numbers (4 8 15 16 23 42), and in the right...

Why Taylor and Jake Called It Quits

After endless coffee dates, couple is no more

(Newser) - Expect a song about Jake Gyllenhaal on Taylor Swift’s next album. The cutesy pair is “over,” a source tells People . “It ended last month.” They were first seen together in October , and then were spotted at many, many coffee shops over the next couple months....

Cops: LiLo Did Commit Battery in Rehab

Findings are being forwarded to Lohan's probation officer

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan might not be free for long. Detectives have concluded that the actress likely did commit battery in a confrontation with a rehab staffer last month and they're forwarding their findings for possible prosecution. "The investigation determined Ms. Lohan violated several aspects of her probation, including the battery,...

Justin Bieber to Vanity Fair: 'I'm Good-Looking, Right?'

The obsession of tweens everywhere opens up

(Newser) - Well, Justin Bieber must have really made it: He’s on the cover of Vanity Fair. Inside the mag, he opens up about his influences (Michael Jackson, Boyz II Men), his goals (“to make people happy … and to have everyone root for me”), and his likes (outer...

James Franco's New Project: Directing Faulkner

No big deal for this wunderkind, right?

(Newser) - James Franco can get multiple master’s degrees while publishing short stories, putting on art shows, and of course, preparing to host the Oscars … so directing a William Faulkner classic should be no sweat, right? Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying is just one of Franco’s upcoming directorial...

Kim Kardashian: I Was Bullied for My Boobs at 11

In Glamour interview with Katie Couric, she talks Playboy , and more

(Newser) - Katie Couric interviews Kim Kardashian for Glamour's Guy Issue, about everything from Playboy to her adolescent C-cups. The juiciest bits:
  • Her reality show is really … real: “E! has never once put anything out there that we haven’t approved of or accepted. If there’s something that we’
...

Stewart: Obama Is Luke Skywalker
Stewart: Obama
Is Luke Skywalker
Jan 4, 2011 6:53 AM CST

Stewart: Obama Is Luke Skywalker

And he's fighting the Republic...an Empire

(Newser) - Before its hiatus, the Daily Show was mocking Obama and the Democrats—but a lot has changed in two weeks. Jobless benefits, the 9/11 first responders bill, and the DADT repeal, to name a few. Does this make the president, as all the media insist on calling him, “the...

Arquette Checks Into Rehab, Courteney 'Admires' Him

He's fighting alcoholism, depression, says source

(Newser) - David Arquette has checked into rehab for treatment of alcoholism and "other" issues, and his estranged wife supports the decision. Arquette made the move to the Betty Ford center because he believes it's "the right thing to do for his family," a source tells TMZ . "He's...

Average American Watches 34 Hours of TV a Week

That almost sounds like a full-time job...

(Newser) - The average American watches 34 hours of television per week … which sounds suspiciously like a full-time job. That slightly depressing, slightly baffling statistic comes to you courtesy of the Nielsen Company, which reports that total viewing rose about 1% in 2010. More from Nielsen, via the New York Times...

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