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Forbes Writer to Daily Show: 'Food Stamps Are Cruel'

John Tamny: People don't like being 'reliant' on others

(Newser) - On last night's Daily Show , correspondent Jessica Williams looked into food stamps' rapidly shrinking funding. The program is dwindling exactly as it should be, according to Forbes columnist John Tamny , though maybe not for the reasons you'd think. Tamny told Williams that he thinks "food stamps are...

Hall &amp; Oates Actually &#39;Pop Geniuses&#39;
 Hall & Oates Actually 
 'Pop Geniuses' 
OPINION
Dec 18, 2013 11:33 AM CST

Hall & Oates Actually 'Pop Geniuses'

So enough with the hate, says Mary Elizabeth Williams

(Newser) - Hall & Oates get a lot of hate, but the duo— new entrants into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame —are actually "pop geniuses," writes Mary Elizabeth Williams on Salon . They're the kind of band that make "your friends groan in disgust" ... assuming you...

Hallelujah? Justin Bieber Says He's Retiring

But he's probably joking, boo

(Newser) - It's a Christmas miracle: Justin Bieber told an LA radio station yesterday that he's retiring after his new album comes out next week, the Huffington Post reports. "I'm actually retiring, man," Bieber said. "I'm just gonna take some time. I think I'm...

Michael Jordan, Wife Expecting Twin Girls

Bruce Willis also expecting new baby

(Newser) - We knew Michael Jordan and his new wife were expecting a baby —but it turns out they're expecting two. Jordan and Yvette Prieto's identical twin girls are due in April, E! reports, just about a year after the couple wed. Another celebrity baby coming soon: Bruce Willis'...

Anchorman 2 Stays Funny
 Anchorman 2 
 Stays Funny 
reviews
Dec 18, 2013 9:02 AM CST

Anchorman 2 Stays Funny

Ron Burgundy heads to 24-hour news

(Newser) - Anchorman 2 brings the "legendary" Ron Burgundy into the 1980s and a new medium: 24-hour news. The sequel brings back the absurdity of the first and even takes a few swings at satire, and while it may not equal its predecessor, critics say it's worth a watch.
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AARP to Brad Pitt: Happy 50th, Join Up!

Organization reminds actor he's now eligible to join its ranks

(Newser) - Not many would think of Brad Pitt as a card-carrying member of AARP, but the actor turns 50 today, which makes him eligible to join—and the organization isn't exactly letting him forget it. It put out a mock cover of its magazine featuring a picture of Pitt, People...

Beyonce&#39;s New Album &#39;Is Saving the Planet&#39;
Beyonce's New Album
'Is Saving the Planet'
OPINION
Dec 17, 2013 1:29 PM CST

Beyonce's New Album 'Is Saving the Planet'

James West explains how

(Newser) - As if Beyonce weren't badass enough already, what with her surprise new album quickly becoming iTunes' fastest-selling album ever, she's also "saving the planet" while selling hundreds of thousands of copies of the record, writes James West for Mother Jones . Consider this: It takes a lot less...

Shia LaBeouf Plagiarizes Apology ... for Plagiarizing

Time to start using your own words, buddy

(Newser) - Well, this is awkward: Shia LaBeouf posted a short film online yesterday after debuting it at Cannes last year, BuzzFeed noticed it seemed awfully similar to a 2007 Daniel Clowes comic ... and then LaBeouf apologized for the similarity, and BuzzFeed noticed that parts of his apology sounded awfully similar to...

Ashley Judd: Wynonna Is Spying on Me

Alleges in court documents that sister put tracking device on her car

(Newser) - Legal documents filed by Ashley Judd reveal that the actress believes her sister Wynonna is spying on her, E! reports. Ashley says a mechanic found a GPS tracking device on her Mini Cooper, which was then traced back to a private investigator allegedly "working for Wynonna Judd," according...

How Beyonce Pulled Off Secret New Album

Yes, code names were involved

(Newser) - Beyonce blew the world's collective mind when she released a new album seemingly out of thin air Friday, and now a number of media outlets are tackling the inevitable question: How did she do it?
  • Code names were involved. The album was called "Lily," Billboard reports, and
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Rihanna's NYC Place Uses 3 Bedrooms as Closets

Hey, she needed more room for her clothes, OK?

(Newser) - What in the world to do when you have more clothes than your fancy penthouse apartment has closet space for? If you're Rihanna, the solution is simple: Convert three of the four bedrooms into closets. That's what sources tell Page Six she's doing at the $39,000-per-month,...

3 Avatar Sequels Will Be Made in NZ

Cameron wants first one out by Christmas 2016

(Newser) - New Zealand is about to get a major case of the blues—Avatar director James Cameron has announced that he plans to return to the country to shoot three sequels about the blue-skinned inhabitants of the fantasy world of Pandora. The director and Twentieth Century Fox have guaranteed that the...

Oscar Winner Joan Fontaine Dead at 96


 Oscar Winner 
 Joan Fontaine 
 Dead at 96 
obituary
Dec 16, 2013 12:32 AM CST

Oscar Winner Joan Fontaine Dead at 96

Sister of Olivia de Havilland feuded with sibling for years

(Newser) - Joan Fontaine, who won the Best Actress Oscar in 1941 for her role opposite Cary Grant in Alfred Hitchcock's Suspicion, died peacefully in her sleep at her Carmel, Calif., home yesterday at age 96, the AP reports. Fontaine was also nominated for Oscars for her lead roles in The ...

Peter O&#39;Toole Dead at 81
 Peter O'Toole 
 Dead at 81 
OBITUARY
Dec 15, 2013 12:20 PM CST

Peter O'Toole Dead at 81

'Lawrence of Arabia' star retired from acting in 2012

(Newser) - Actor Peter O'Toole , the legend of stage and screen perhaps best known for Lawrence of Arabia, has died at the age of 81, his agent confirms to the BBC . The Brit was nominated eight times for an Oscar but was win-less in his lifetime , though he did begrudgingly accept...

SNL Spoofs Interpreter, Selfie, Guy Fieri

Fieri Christmas special is 'not suitable for humanity'

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live didn't have to look much further than President Obama's exhaustively discussed trip to South Africa this week, with Kenan Thompson gleefully signing gibberish behind Jay Pharoah's Obama in the episode's Cold Open. After Obama runs him off, Kate McKinnon as Angela Merkel comes...

Lindsay Lohan Writing Tell-All
 Lindsay Lohan 
 Writing Tell-All 
happy holidays
Dec 15, 2013 9:34 AM CST

Lindsay Lohan Writing Tell-All

She's already gotten offers for book

(Newser) - It's just what you wanted for Christmas: Lindsay Lohan is writing a tell-all. Sources tell TMZ she's already met with a big literary agency and has even received a few six-figure offers, so there's pretty much no escaping it. The book will be based on journal entries...

KISS Guitarist's Home Goes Up in Flames

Ace Frehley had been fighting foreclosure on New York house

(Newser) - A suburban New York house owned by former KISS lead guitarist Ace Frehley has gone up in flames. The Journal News reports that firefighters were called to the stone house in the town of Yorktown Heights late yesterday morning. The home was heavily damaged, with flames burning through the roof....

We Haven't Had a Real Christmas Hit in 19 Years

Chris Klimek blames nostalgia, iTunes

(Newser) - It has apparently become impossible to write a new Christmas classic. The holiday canon "isn’t just closed—it’s a location-undisclosed black site that’s locked down tighter than Santa’s workshop," observes Chris Klimek at Slate . The last song that really fits the bill is Mariah...

Did Nigella Lawson Let Her Children Smoke Pot?

That's what ex-assistant implies in court testimony

(Newser) - The latest crazy allegation to come out of the trial of Nigella Lawson's ex-assistants: One of them implied while testifying yesterday that the celebrity chef let her kids smoke marijuana. Elisabetta Grillo told the court that Lawson was OK with cigarettes being purchased for her underage children; when a...

Utah Polygamy Law Unconstitutional: Federal Judge

Judge basically decriminalizes bigamy

(Newser) - Who would have thought the family from reality show Sister Wives would end up potentially making history? A US District Court judge "effectively decriminalized polygamy" in Utah yesterday when he ruled that key portions of the state's polygamy laws are unconstitutional, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. The judge...

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