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Amanda Bynes Retires From Acting

24-year-old tweets big news

(Newser) - Onetime child star Amanda Bynes, who gained fame on Nickelodeon, has retired from acting. "I don't love acting anymore so I've stopped doing it," the 24-year-old announced at 3am yesterday—on Twitter, of course. "If I don't love something anymore I stop doing it." If she's...

Meet Justin Bieber, the Lawyer

Philadelphia attorney gains fame by accident

(Newser) - The young lawyer wanted to be taken seriously and make a name for himself, but he had a problem: His name is Justin Bieber. "I started getting 50 to 60 friend requests a week on Facebook," the 32-year-old—he's twice the age of the omnipresent pop star—tells...

Why Katie Never Towers Over Tom
 Why Katie Never 
 Towers Over Tom 
in case you missed it
Jun 20, 2010 1:05 PM CDT

Why Katie Never Towers Over Tom

Yet she looks like an Amazon next to most others

(Newser) - Tom Cruise may wear the pants in his relationship with Katie Holmes, but he also likely wears the heels, reports the New York Daily News in tackling what is surely one of the most important questions of our time: How is it that Holmes, who towered over Daniel Radcliffe at...

5 Movie Myths About Guns
 5 Movie Myths 
 About Guns 
Jun 19, 2010 5:00 PM CDT

5 Movie Myths About Guns

For starters, it's hard to blow up a car with one

(Newser) - Hollywood just loves its guns, but it doesn't always get the facts straight. Robert Evans of Cracked.com busts 5 common gun myths:
  • Bullets blow up cars and stuff (Jaws, Casino Royale, Matrix Reloaded): If it were that easy to make flammable things go boom, every car accident "would
...

Meet Zach Anner, the Next Oprah?
 Meet Zach Anner, 
 the Next Oprah? 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Jun 19, 2010 8:29 AM CDT

Meet Zach Anner, the Next Oprah?

Viral video star could get his own show

(Newser) - Zach Anner, a self-described “wheelchair-bound lady magnet,” is the latest viral video star—and he could be the next Oprah. Anner submitted a video to the talk show queen’s “ Your Own Show ” contest, a search for the next TV star, Time reports. Anner, who has...

7 High-Profile Missing Movie Props

Ruby slippers, Maltese Falcon, Spider-Man costume have all disappeared

(Newser) - Important things vanish in movies all the time—ghosts, ninjas, starlets' clothing. But what happens to important props that may have aftermarket value? Quite often, they go missing. Mental Floss lists seven iconic movie props that mysteriously disappeared:
  • The Easy Rider motorcycle: Two copies of each bike in the counterculture
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Hail Pixar: Toy Story 3 Is Film of the Year

Incredible studio turns out another incredible movie

(Newser) - It's only June, but Toy Story 3 already has one call for best movie of the year. In fact, Dan Kois of the Awl goes so far as to declare that “the people of Pixar are currently America's most important filmmakers.” This movie is “totally bonkers,”...

Don't Waste Time on Jonah Hex
 Don't Waste Time 
 on Jonah Hex 
movie review
Jun 18, 2010 1:42 PM CDT

Don't Waste Time on Jonah Hex

Josh Brolin and Megan Fox are stuck in a badly executed flop

(Newser) - Critics pretty much hate Jonah Hex, the new Westernish flick with Josh Brolin, Megan Fox, and John Malkovich.
  • Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times : A "smoldering ash heap. ... Brolin's intermittent voice-over narration proves to be the most powerful stuff, with the rest curiously sputtering."
  • Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
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White Actress Cast as African Queen—Again

Despite her 'full lips,' Angelina Jolie is no Cleopatra

(Newser) - Why is Angelina Jolie, a white woman, playing Cleopatra , an African queen? “Just when we thought there weren't enough leading roles for black women in Hollywood , they create one and give it to a white woman,” writes Shirea L. Carroll for Essence . “I don't care how full...

No One Believes Crazy Jeremy London Story

Plus: Another weird story about apparently broke actor

(Newser) - Poor Jeremy London: First he was kidnapped and forced to smoke dope ; now no one believes him. Friends of Brandon Adams, who has pleaded not guilty to kidnapping London, say Adams would totally do drugs with someone—but would never force anyone to do drugs. “Brandon probably was doing...

I Cried for 2 Years After Break-Up: Alexa Ray

But she says she wasn't trying to kill herself

(Newser) - When Alexa Ray Joel overdosed on homeopathic aspirin, she wasn’t trying to commit suicide, she just wanted to numb the pain of her first serious break-up. “I was crying every day for two years straight after that,” she says in an interview airing tonight on 20/20, E!...

Kate's Boob Job: Thank the Bodyguard

It's normal for bodyguards to assess your breasts, right?

(Newser) - If you’re a fan of Kate Gosselin's reportedly enhanced boobs, you have her bodyguard to thank. “Kate was going to have one kind of breast augmentation, but she changed her mind after talking to Steve about what would look best,” a source tells Us . Steve—that would...

Colbert Turns Obama Speech Into Kids' Book

 Colbert Turns 
 Obama Speech 
 Into Kids' 
 Book 
'see spot spread'
Jun 18, 2010 8:19 AM CDT

Colbert Turns Obama Speech Into Kids' Book

Goes from 10th-grade-level to kindergarten-level

(Newser) - If you found yourself struggling to understand President Obama’s 10th-grade-level oil spill speech, Stephen Colbert is here to help you out. “Mr. President, your flowery verbiage is opaque and perplexing,” he said last night on the Report . “I’m sorry, I meant to say, your talky...

Blame Upskirt Pic on Miley: Perez

It's not child porn because it's not 'arousing,' he says

(Newser) - Perez Hilton continues to insist the upskirt photo of Miley Cyrus that he posted is not child porn, and says Cyrus has no one to blame but herself for the shot. The picture doesn’t show Miley sans underwear—it just shows her “getting out of the car in...

Sadie Ditches Twitter After Rant at Sienna
 Sadie Ditches Twitter 
 After Rant at Sienna 
JUDE'S WORLD
Jun 17, 2010 11:10 AM CDT

Sadie Ditches Twitter After Rant at Sienna

Frost wasn't too happy with daughter's haircut

(Newser) - Note to future stepmothers: Never cut your stepkid’s hair, unless you want to get reamed on Twitter. Sadie Frost freaked out when Sienna Miller, reportedly engaged to Jude Law, gave Frost’s daughter with Law a boyish haircut. “I think ya should get ya own child and then...

Jeremy London Kidnapped, Forced to Smoke Dope

Sounds like something out of a really strange movie...

(Newser) - In today’s Bizarre Crimes Department: Actor Jeremy London was reportedly kidnapped at gunpoint and forced to do drugs. The Party of Five star—and former prescription drug addict—was changing a flat tire in Palm Springs last week when two men stopped to help, then abducted him in his...

Megan Fox Engaged Again
 Megan Fox Engaged Again 
yep, it's true
Jun 17, 2010 10:47 AM CDT

Megan Fox Engaged Again

Sorry, boys: Her publicist confirms the story

(Newser) - You may not have wanted to believe the rumors that Megan Fox was once again betrothed to Brian Austin Green, but apparently it’s true. Her publicist actually confirmed yesterday’s Us story, CNN reports...and CNN is serious business. The part of the story that may or may not...

White House Liaison Schmoozed With Salahis
 White House Liaison 
 Schmoozed With Salahis 
real housewives revelations
Jun 17, 2010 8:37 AM CDT

White House Liaison Schmoozed With Salahis

'Housewives' premiere sure to be embarrassing

(Newser) - If the first episode of Real Housewives of DC is any indication, the series probably won’t be on the White House DVR queue. Embarrassments abound, starting with the connection shown between Michele Jones—who works for the secretary of defense and supposedly told the gatecrashing Salahis she couldn’t...

Svelte Goodman: My Goal Weight Is '30 Pounds'

Talks dramatic weight loss with Letterman

(Newser) - David Letterman was quick to comment on John Goodman’s obvious weight loss last night on the Late Show , telling him “You look wonderful!” before asking what the actor weighed at his heaviest. “Pushing 400,” Goodman replies, then jokes that his target weight is “thirty...

9 Ridiculous Celeb Homes
 9 Ridiculous Celeb Homes 
Jun 16, 2010 1:12 PM CDT

9 Ridiculous Celeb Homes

Really, who doesn't need a place to put 1,000 shoes?

(Newser) - If you have the money to trick out your house with a private waterpark, three bomb shelters, your own runway, or a baseball diamond…why wouldn’t you? The Frisky lists the nine most ridiculous celebrity mansions:
  • Bill Gates: If you stay at his place, you get a chip so
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