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The Wind Rises Is a Beautiful, Difficult Finale for Miyazaki

Film is typically lyrical, atypically realistic, and a little controversial

(Newser) - What might be Hayao Miyazaki's last film makes its US debut this weekend, and naturally critics are in love with it. The beloved filmmaker announced his retirement after The Wind Rises debuted at the Venice Film Festival last year. Since then the movie—a biopic of Jiro Horikoshi, who...

Lena Dunham: What Jezebel Did 'Felt Gross'

Says Jezebel made 'monumental error' asking for unretouched 'Vogue' photos

(Newser) - Kanye West wasn't the only person unhappy with Lena Dunham's Vogue cover: Last month, after the cover was revealed, Jezebel offered $10,000 to anyone willing to hand over unretouched photos from the shoot. The images were served up the very next day, to much backlash from Jezebel...

Christina Aguilera Is Pregnant
 Christina Aguilera Is Pregnant 
Feb 21, 2014 8:57 AM CST

Christina Aguilera Is Pregnant

Expecting baby with new fiance Matt Rutler

(Newser) - Not only is Christina Aguilera engaged —she's also expecting a baby with newly minted fiance Matt Rutler. People claims (very enthusiastically) that it has confirmed the pregnancy, as does Us (with similar enthusiasm). Aguilera, 33, has a 6-year-old son with ex-husband Jordan Bratman. She and Rutler, 29, are...

US Olympian Runs Into Wolf&mdash; in Sochi Dorm
 That Olympic Wolf? 
 A Kimmel Stunt 
updated
Feb 21, 2014 1:23 AM CST

That Olympic Wolf? A Kimmel Stunt

Kate Hansen was in on viral video prank

(Newser) - It seemed like the ultimate Sochi fail, but it was actually a Jimmy Kimmel prank: American luger Kate Hansen claimed to have filmed a wolf roaming the halls of Olympic Village Wednesday, tweeting out the video link, posted to YouTube, along with this caption: "Wolf in my hall?!?...

Franco: Shia LaBeouf Is Just Reclaiming His Persona

Probably. But actors have acted out since days of Brando

(Newser) - In retrospect, this was kind of inevitable: James Franco has officially weighed in on Shia LaBeouf's weird behavior of late ... in the New York Times . Yes, in a Times column today, Franco informs us that though LaBeouf's behavior (from rampant plagiarism to wearing a bag over his head...

Kate Hudson, Fiance 'Leading Separate Lives'

Source says actress, Matt Bellamy may split

(Newser) - Trouble in paradise for Kate Hudson and fiancé Matt Bellamy? Sources tell the New York Daily News that the actress and the Muse frontman, who've been engaged for nearly three years, might split. The problem is that Hudson travels a lot and prefers to be based in LA, while...

Brian Williams 'Rapped' Amazing 'Rapper's Delight'

Jimmy Fallon makes viral video for 'Tonight Show'

(Newser) - In a pretty fantastic video that aired last night on the Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon's team pieced together dozens of news clips that resulted in a "performance" of "Rapper's Delight" by NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams. Weekend anchor Lester Holt and Today co-host Kathie Lee...

Hoffman's Will Contains One Unusual Request

He wanted his son to live in NY, Chicago, or San Francisco

(Newser) - Philip Seymour Hoffman's will seems pretty standard—the bulk of his estate was left to longtime partner Mimi O'Donnell—but it does include one unusual request, the New York Post reports: He wanted his son Cooper, then his only child, to "be raised and reside in or...

Heidi Klum, Seal Getting Close Again?

'It's very much back on,' source claims

(Newser) - If you were devastated by the 2012 demise of Heidi Klum and Seal's relationship because they always seemed like such a fun couple (see the gallery for photographic evidence), we have good news for you: There may be more matching Halloween costumes in their future. A source tells ninemsn...

SI Swimsuit Model: Weightless Kate Upton

She's photographed on zero gravity flight

(Newser) - Kate Upton's breasts are even perkier than usual in the photos taken for Sports Illustrated's 2014 Swimsuit Issue —because she modeled while flying in zero gravity. Upton went on a Zero Gravity Corporation flight in March 2013, where she experienced weightlessness and was photographed while floating through...

Gwyneth Slammed With New Round of Cheating Rumors

This time she's said to be cheating with Kevin Yorn; her rep denies it

(Newser) - Poor Gwyneth Paltrow just can't escape rumors of her infidelity. First came the rumor that Vanity Fair was going to publish an " epic takedown " that could, among other things , reveal an affair Paltrow supposedly had with a Miami billionaire. Then, yesterday—the same day Vanity Fair published...

The One Who Really Broke Taylor's Heart? Jake Gyllenhaal

Swift lost her virginity to him, source claims

(Newser) - Taylor Swift has written a lot of sad songs about a lot of guys, but an insider tells Radar that Jake Gyllenhaal is the one who really did a number on her, leaving her "damaged goods." Swift was originally "saving herself for marriage" but ended up losing...

What It's Like to Take a Paula Deen Cruise

Caity Weaver did it so you wouldn't have to

(Newser) - Gawker writer Caity Weaver had to know what it was like to go on a weeklong cruise with Paula Deen , so she booked and recently completed the January 2014 Eastern Caribbean Paula Deen Cruise—and wrote nearly 7,000 words about the experience for Gawker , including a list of more...

ABBA: Crazy Costumes Were a Tax Dodge

Outfits could be deducted, as long as they were outrageous

(Newser) - The crazy outfits ABBA was known for donning onstage? The band didn't pick them solely based on a love of sequins and spandex, the Guardian reports. Rather, Björn Ulvaeus confesses in a new book, Swedish tax laws allowed bands to deduct money spent on costumes, as long as...

The World Has 2 New Celeb Babies

John Krasinksi, Emily Blunt welcome daughter; Simon Cowell has son

(Newser) - Valentine's weekend (or President's Day weekend for the less romantic of you) brought bundles of joy for two celebrity couples:
  • John Krasinski and Emily Blunt announced the birth of their daughter yesterday on Twitter . "Wanted to let the news out directly," Krasinski wrote. "Emily and
...

10 TV Couples Who Were Together in Real Life

The chemistry was real for these stars

(Newser) - These television couples, rounded up by PopSugar , liked each other so much that they were (or still are) also couples in real life:
  • Lisa Rinna and Harry Hamlin: They're married, and also played a married couple on Veronica Mars.
  • Blake Lively and Penn Badgley: They dated for a while,
...

Kevin Spacey: House of Cards No Crazier Than DC

Except that 'you could never get an education bill passed that fast'

(Newser) - Kevin Spacey has surveyed his acclaimed politics drama, House of Cards, and finds it no more wacky than Washington, DC. "Look, for me, it's like performance art," he tells ABC today. "We can get done shooting on a day, and I'll come home and turn...

Muppets&#39; John Henson Dead at 48
 Muppets' 
 John Henson 
 Dead at 48 
OBITUARY
Feb 16, 2014 5:57 AM CST

Muppets' John Henson Dead at 48

'Sudden massive heart attack' kills Jim Henson's youngest son

(Newser) - John Henson, the youngest son of Muppets' creator Jim Henson and a puppeteer himself, has died of a massive heart attack at the age of 48, reports People . The Jim Henson Company confirmed Henson's death via a Facebook statement , saying that he died Friday "while at home with...

Christina Aguilera Engaged
 Christina Aguilera Engaged 
Feb 15, 2014 10:34 AM CST

Christina Aguilera Engaged

To boyfriend of 3 years, Matt Rutler

(Newser) - Christina Aguilera had a good Valentine's Day: She announced yesterday that she's engaged to Matt Rutler, her boyfriend of three years, Radar reports. Aguilera, 33, posted a photo to Facebook of her and Rutler holding hands on the beach—and her hand is sporting a huge ring. "...

Drake Bashes Rolling Stone for Replacing Him on Cover...
 Drake Apologizes 
 for Hoffman Tweets 
UPDATED
Feb 14, 2014 12:30 PM CST

Drake Apologizes for Hoffman Tweets

He clarifies his anger with 'Rolling Stone'

(Newser) - Drake has apologized for yesterday's ill-advised tweets about Rolling Stone and Philip Seymour Hoffman, kinda. On his Twitter page, the rapper had lashed out because the magazine replaced his cover image ... with one of Hoffman , after the actor's unexpected death. Drake first slammed the magazine for allegedly misquoting...

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