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To Boost Chatbot's Appeal, Meta Turns to Celeb Voices

Meta AI can now speak in the voice of John Cena, Judi Dench, Kristen Bell

(Newser) - An AI-version of John Cena is now at your command, sort of. The actor-wrestler is one of several celebrities who've lent their voices to Meta's AI-powered chatbot, which counts some 400 million users across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, and is expected to become the most used AI...

Kristen Bell Will Be Marge's Voice in All-Musical Simpsons

First all-singing episode will kick off 33rd season

(Newser) - The Simpsons has featured dozens of original songs in its long history—including " The Monorail Song " and " See My Vest" —but it has never had an all-musical episode until now. The show's creators announced at a Comic-Con panel Saturday that they plan to kick off...

Kristen Bell Found Daughters Drinking O'Doul's in Zoom Class

She says girls, 5 and 7, love nonalcoholic beer

(Newser) - "I'm going to get a lot of flack for this. And let me start by saying I don't care," Kristen Bell told the Say Yes! With Carla Hall podcast Tuesday before explaining how her young daughters developed a taste for beer. Nonalcoholic beer, that is. The...

2 White Actresses Will Stop Voicing Biracial Characters

Jenny Slate, Kristen Bell make separate announcements

(Newser) - As protests calling for an end to systemic racism continue to rock the nation, two white actresses pledged Wednesday to stop voicing biracial cartoon characters, NBC News reports. Jenny Slate was first, posting on Instagram that she would no longer voice Missy on Netflix's Big Mouth. She says her...

Kristen Bell's Sober Hubby Says She Should Have 'Ecstasy Party'

She says she smokes weed around Dax Shepard, and he's OK with it

(Newser) - Dax Shepard has been sober for 14 years, but his wife, Kristen Bell, still vapes weed around him, she explained in a recent appearance on the WTF With Marc Maron podcast. (Maron, E! notes, is also sober.) "I smoke around my husband and it doesn't seem to...

Want to Hit the Low Notes? Have a Baby
Want to Hit the Low Notes?
Have a Baby
study says
Jun 1, 2018 3:15 PM CDT

Want to Hit the Low Notes? Have a Baby

Researchers find that a woman’s voice drops after giving birth

(Newser) - Want to sound more authoritative or hit those low notes in your signature song? Just have a baby. It worked for Adele and Kristen Bell , who have both noted that during and after pregnancy, their voices were lower. Researchers at the University of Sussex in Britain may have an explanation...

Stars Reveal How They Prep for Red Carpet


Stars Reveal Unglamorous
Sides Before Red Carpet
EMMY AWARDS 2016
Sep 18, 2016 7:10 PM CDT

Stars Reveal Unglamorous Sides Before Red Carpet

Vanity be damned for Amy Schumer, others

(Newser) - The Emmys red carpet is known for its glitz and glamour, but more and more celebrities have been taking to social media to show off what they look like before they get all dolled up, Us Weekly reports. And it seems like pore strips are a big prep item: Both...

Kristen Bell Has Something to Say to Donald Trump

'Zip it Don'

(Newser) - Donald Trump called out the six-pointed stars on a Frozen coloring book amid his own Star of David controversy, and Frozen star Kristen Bell was having none of that. "Zip it Don & get ur head outta ur ass. We've more important things 2 think abt today #AltonSterling...

7 Celeb Couples Who've Gone to Counseling

These famous duos are not afraid to admit they need help

(Newser) - Celebrity relationships are often blink-and-you-miss-them moments, so it's refreshing when celebs like Ben Affleck admit that keeping a marriage going, especially in Hollywood, takes a lot of work (albeit " the best kind of work. ") Below are seven famous couples who've reportedly used therapy as a...

Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard Hail Baby No. 2

Delta Bell Shepard joins big sis Lincoln

(Newser) - Despite saying they were "completely stumped" as to what to name their second-born, Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard have managed to settle on a name for their new daughter—born Friday, reports People . The couple announced the new arrival via Twitter, with mom declaring "The estrogen has now...

8 Stars Who Voiced Video Game Characters

If you thought that character sounded familiar, you were probably right

(Newser) - "That voice sounds familiar..." If you've ever found yourself saying that while playing a video game, well, check out ETOnline 's list of 19 celebrities who've lent their voices to game characters. A sampling:
  • Emma Stone: Amanda Cartwright in Sleeping Dogs.
  • Kristen Bell: Lucy in
...

10 Celeb Couples Who Had Babies Before Getting Hitched

And 6 more who just might do the same

(Newser) - Word on the street is that Mila Kunis is pregnant and engaged , and it remains to be seen whether she and Ashton Kutcher will tie the knot before they welcome their child. Christina Aguilera and Matt Rutler are in a similar situation , as are Scarlett Johansson and Romain Dauriac , Olivia...

Veronica Mars Caters to Fans

 Veronica Mars 
 Caters to Fans 
MOVIE REVIEW
Mar 14, 2014 11:04 AM CDT

Veronica Mars Caters to Fans

Non-fans, not so much

(Newser) - Fans of TV's Veronica Mars have been impatiently waiting to see their favorite private eye on the big screen—after all, they did pay to make it happen —and critics seem to agree on what matters: The diehards will like the full-length feature. Here's what they're...

16 Secret Celeb Weddings
 16 Secret Celeb Weddings 
Feb 22, 2014 1:54 PM CST

16 Secret Celeb Weddings

Not every star needs all the fanfare

(Newser) - The latest celebrity couple to get married in secret? Leighton Meester and Adam Brody (aka Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl and Seth Cohen from The OC). PopSugar rounds up quite a few more stars whose weddings surprised us. A sampling:
  • Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard: They quietly got hitched at
...

7 Celebs Who Are Notoriously Cheap

They'd like to keep their big bucks to themselves, thanks

(Newser) - Just because they make the big bucks doesn't mean they have to spend the big bucks. Radar rounds up 15 of Hollywood's biggest cheapskates. Click through the gallery for a sampling, or check out the complete list (including one celebrity who hoards hotel soap and shampoo) here .

Dax Shepard: Wedding to Kristen Bell Cost $142
 Dax Shepard: 
 Wedding to 
 Kristen Bell 
 Cost $142 
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Oct 29, 2013 8:15 AM CDT

Dax Shepard: Wedding to Kristen Bell Cost $142

Of course, he doesn't have a wedding band yet...

(Newser) - Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell got married at the Beverly Hills courthouse , in a ceremony about as different from Kim Kardashian's last wedding extravaganza as it is possible to be. As Shepard revealed last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live , the whole thing—including the fuel it took to get...

10 Stars Who Got Married at City Hall

It's more common than you might think

(Newser) - Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard quietly got married recently, but rather than throw a typical, huge wedding, they headed to City Hall and let a justice of the peace do the honors. Turns out it's not entirely uncommon among the stars. The Frisky rounds up nine more celebrity couples...

10 of Hollywood's Shortest Celebs

The tallest among them: Tom Cruise

(Newser) - No one ever said you have to be tall to be famous—as these 20 stars rounded up by Radar definitely prove. The best part: Famously short Tom Cruise is actually the tallest person on the list. Click through the gallery for a sampling, or check out the complete list...

9 Celebrity Homebodies
 9 Celebrity Homebodies 
Sep 20, 2013 10:07 AM CDT

9 Celebrity Homebodies

They'd rather be on the couch than at a club

(Newser) - Nightclubs, red carpets, galas, after-parties? Pshaw. The Huffington Post rounds up 19 stars who say they'd rather be in their sweats, on the couch, with a glass of wine—or some variation of that. Click through the gallery for our nine favorite celebrity homebodies and what they have to...

Kristen Bell: I'm OK With 'Post-Baby Body'

She's 'proud to sit out the baby weight rat race'

(Newser) - Kristen Bell is on a magazine cover, 15 pounds heavier than she was before she had her baby daughter, and she's OK with that, People reports. In a new interview with Redbook , the actress explains: "I refused to worry about something I could not change, and I still...

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