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'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' Previews Begin; Delays Plague Debut, But Audience Still Wowed

 Spider-Man Musical 
 Off to Tangled Start 

broadway preview
Nov 29, 2010 9:27 AM CST

Spider-Man Musical Off to Tangled Start

But wowed audience loved 'heart-racing' stunts

(Newser) - Previews of Broadway musicals are rarely perfect, but last night's debut of the long-plagued Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark was especially troubled. The start was delayed 24 minutes; the show was paused five times for technical problems; an actress hung upside down in the air for six minutes. Yet none...

Johnny Depp: Me Tonto
 Johnny 
 Depp: 
 Me Tonto 
Nov 29, 2010 2:46 AM CST

Johnny Depp: Me Tonto

But who will be his kemosabe in upcoming Lone Ranger update?

(Newser) - Hi ho, Silver! Johnny Depp will bring back the thrilling days of yesteryear with a fresh portrayal of the Lone Ranger's unflappable Native American sidekick, Tonto. Depp is bound to majorly overhaul the character of the quiet, subservient Tonto created by actor Jay Silverheels in the popular 1950s series. But...

Harry Potter's $50.3M Haul Tops Holiday Weekend

But Tangled isn't far behind

(Newser) - A fairy-tale princess gave young wizard Harry Potter a run for his money at the weekend box office. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 remained the No. 1 movie with $50.3 million over Thanksgiving weekend, closely followed by the animated musical Tangled with $49.1 million, according...

Willie Nelson Busted For Pot
 Willie Nelson Busted For Pot 
what a shocker
Nov 27, 2010 8:10 AM CST

Willie Nelson Busted For Pot

Country music star must still like to get high

(Newser) - Apparently, Willie Nelson still enjoys the occasional doobie. The country music star was arrested—right out of his tour bus—at a border patrol checkpoint in Texas yesterday for possessing 6 ounces of marijuana, KVIA reports. He was booked in county jail but later freed on bond. This is just...

Airports Ban PETA Ads Mocking TSA

Video, ad campaign make light of new security procedures

(Newser) - Several major airports are taking a stand against PETA ads that make light of the TSA's new security procedures. One, a video originally planned to be shown in Boston on Logan Airport's free wi-fi network, features Pamela Anderson (hardly) dressed as a TSA agent stripping passengers of leather and fur....

Your Super Bowl Entertainment: Black Eyed Peas

will.i.am honored to be chosen over, say, Cheap Trick

(Newser) - The Black Eyed Peas will be the first non-classic rock act to rock the Super Bowl halftime stage since Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson's 2004 nipple slip performance. "They could have picked anybody," will.i.am tells Rolling Stone . "They could rock a million and get Cheap...

Mark Ruffalo Lands on Terror Watch List

Homeland Security not a fan of movie he promotes, apparently

(Newser) - Apparently, protesting natural gas drilling is enough to land you on the terror advisory list, as Mark Ruffalo found out the hard way. The actor was placed on the watch list by Pennsylvania’s Office of Homeland Security after organizing screenings for Gasland, a documentary about drilling, the San Francisco ...

Burlesque So Terrible It's Funny
 Burlesque 
 So Terrible 
 It's Funny 
movie review
Nov 24, 2010 11:11 AM CST

Burlesque So Terrible It's Funny

Cher, Christina Aguilera can't save 'ridiculous' musical

(Newser) - Cher is back, starring in her first film in seven years, but critics aren't too wowed by the campy Burlesque, which also feature Christina Aguilera:
  • "The choicest dialogue in Burlesque provokes the sort of laughter that other, intentionally funny films only dream of generating," writes Michael Phillips in
...

Why Angelina Won't Celebrate Thanksgiving

She refuses to honor 'murder,' says friend

(Newser) - There may be one American not rushing out to the grocery store for last-minute Thanksgiving fixings tonight: Angelina Jolie. The actress "hates this holiday and wants no part in rewriting history like so many other Americans," a friend tells PopEater . "To celebrate what the white settlers did...

Hollywood Offers Up Ronni Chasen Murder Theories

And they are pretty wild, to say the least

(Newser) - Ronni Chasen's Beverly Hills murder continues to stump detectives , but Hollywood is offering up some pretty crazy ideas about what happened to the famed publicist. "One theory is that somebody close to Ronni had substantial gambling debts of up to half a million dollars, and she was being chased...

Jennifer Grey Wins Dancing WIth the Stars
 Jennifer Grey Wins 
 Dancing WIth the Stars 
3rd PLace for Bristol
Nov 24, 2010 12:01 AM CST

Jennifer Grey Wins Dancing WIth the Stars

Bristol Palin comes in 3rd amid voting glitches

(Newser) - Jennifer Grey overcame the competition—and an alleged Tea Party conspiracy —to become the 11th champion of Dancing With the Stars. The 50-year-old beat Bristol Palin, who finished third, and Kyle Massey to win the mirror ball, the AP reports. "I didn't think I was going to compete...

In NYC, a Subway Line to Hogwarts?

Advertisement for platform 9 3/4 magically appears

(Newser) - Could the fastest way to get to Hogwarts be by way of the New York subway? Platform 9 3/4, the magic train platform that Harry Potter and his classmates use to get to Hogwarts, has appeared on an official MTA sign at the 14th St. Union Square station, the New ...

Kanye West's 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' Review: His Best, and the Year's Best

 Kanye's Latest 
 Is Album of 
 the Year 
music review
Nov 23, 2010 11:01 AM CST

Kanye's Latest Is Album of the Year

'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ' is also the rapper's best effort yet

(Newser) - Kanye West is officially back: "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is the best album of 2010 and the best album of West's career," asserts Jonah Weiner on Slate . The rapper, always unable to keep quiet about things he finds unjust, has "managed to channel his sense of...

Robert Downey Jr. Taught Me How to Play a Drunk: Paltrow

Gwyneth explains how she prepared for Country Strong

(Newser) - Gwyneth Paltrow drinks—"a lot," she told Chelsea Handler last night—but she still had no idea what it would be like to have a serious alcohol problem, as her character does in Country Strong. So what did she do? Easy: Emailed Robert Downey Jr. for advice. "...

Bristol Palin Comes in Last, Again

 Bristol Palin 
 Comes in 
 Last, Again 
dwts finals
Nov 23, 2010 5:20 AM CST

Bristol Palin Comes in Last, Again

Not that that's ever made a difference before...

(Newser) - Surprising probably no one, Bristol Palin came in last once again during last night's Dancing With the Stars finals. Her jive got her a score of 27 and her freestyle a 25—but at least the freestyle involved an entertaining sequence with Palin dancing in a cage. Jennifer Grey came...

Charlie Sheen's Porn Star: He Choked Me, Threw a Lamp

Capri Anderson will file civil complaint

(Newser) - If you thought you'd seen the last of Capri Anderson, the porn star (and rumored prostitute ) police found hiding in the bathroom after Charlie Sheen's latest rampage , think again. She's filing a criminal report as well as a civil complaint alleging assault and false imprisonment, she tells Good Morning ...

Courtney Love Tweets More Racy Pics

So how's that image overhaul going so far?

(Newser) - Courtney Love was at it again this weekend, tweeting racy pictures of herself sprawled over a chair in lingerie, flashing her bottom, and kissing a scantily clad woman. The New York Daily News thinks the woman in question looks like Paz de la Huerta of Boardwalk Empire, but no confirmation...

Album John Lennon Signed for His Killer on Sale: $850K

Double Fantasy LP has autograph, fingerprints

(Newser) - Hours before he died, John Lennon autographed an album for his killer—and for just $850,000, that macabre souvenir can be yours. The Double Fantasy LP, signed for Mark David Chapman five hours before Chapman killed Lennon, was found by a maintenance man and turned over as evidence. An...

Jay-Z: I Shot My Brother at Age 12

Rapper, publicizing new memoir, talks about rough childhood

(Newser) - Jay-Z has sold more than 50 million albums, won 10 Grammys, and is the head of an über-successful business empire. But his childhood was a rough one—and he discusses it at length with the Guardian , speaking publicly for the first time about an incident when, at just 12,...

AMA Fashion: the Good, the Bad, the Wacky

We've got really long trains, super wide shoulder pads, and more

(Newser) - Yeah, yeah, yeah—Justin Bieber took home the top prize last night at the American Music Awards. But more importantly, who looked hottest on the red carpet? Radar offers up a list of the best, worst, and wackiest fashions. Browse through a sampling in the gallery or click here for...

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