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Doc Phoned Galpal as Jacko Lay Dying

Conrad Murray's girlfriend says he dropped phone, helped Jackson

(Newser) - What was Dr. Conrad Murray doing while Michael Jackson was dying? Chatting on the phone with his lady friend. Sources tell TMZ the cell phone call to a galpal in Houston lasted from 12:03 to 12:13pm; five minutes into the call, Murray’s girlfriend says he dropped the...

Halderman Wants Extortion Case Dropped

 Halderman 
 Wants Extortion 
 Case Dropped 
LETTERMAN SCANDAL
Nov 10, 2009 10:32 AM CST

Halderman Wants Extortion Case Dropped

Lawyer says he just wanted to sell Letterman a screenplay

(Newser) - Accused blackmailer Robert Halderman went to court today, and his lawyer is asking for the extortion case against him to be dismissed. In court papers, Halderman’s attorney writes, "The sensationalism surrounding this indictment, fueled by the celebrity of the purported victim and the deference paid to that celebrity...

Lipsticked Donny Osmond (Tries to) Get Down
 Lipsticked 
 Donny Osmond 
 (Tries to) 
 Get Down 
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Nov 10, 2009 9:56 AM CST

Lipsticked Donny Osmond (Tries to) Get Down

He channels Michael Jackson on Dancing With the Stars

(Newser) - Yes, that’s Donny Osmond dressed as Michael Jackson and sporting lipstick as he dances a terrifying paso doble to "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" on Dancing With the Stars with partner Kym Johnson, aka Cyndi Lauper. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

Prop-Wielding Senators: Beware Jon Stewart


 Prop-Wielding 
 Senators: Beware 
 Jon Stewart 
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Nov 10, 2009 8:56 AM CST

Prop-Wielding Senators: Beware Jon Stewart

Daily Show host questions validity of comparing reform to Holocaust

(Newser) - Republicans who rallied against the health care bill used everything from a picture of a Nazi concentration camp to a baby to make their point, and none of it got by Jon Stewart . When Michele Bachmann used a lei brought to her by Hawaiian constituents as a prop, saying, “...

Demi Moore: Call Me Puma, Not Cougar

Actress dishes on Ashton Kutcher, Twitter, and making indie films

(Newser) - Demi Moore is back in the spotlight at 47, thanks as much to her Twitter account as to her film career. She talks to W about upcoming roles in indie films The Joneses and Happy Tears, family life, and more:
  • On her status as a cougar: “I’m certainly
...

Meet Mel Gibson's Lovechild
 Meet Mel Gibson's Lovechild 
CELEBUSPAWN
Nov 9, 2009 10:50 AM CST

Meet Mel Gibson's Lovechild

Oksana Grigorieva says babydaddy Mel is 'very hands-on'

(Newser) - Mel Gibson’s had eight babies, so it comes as no surprise that he’s happy to change his newest daughter’s diapers. “He’s very hands-on,” babymama Oksana Grigorieva tells Hello! , which ran the first photos of Lucia Anne. The baby, who arrived a month early, will...

Travolta: Religion Helps Us Cope

John, Kelly speak publicly for first time since Jett's tragic death

(Newser) - Near-daily religious counseling has helped the family cope with the loss of Jett, say John Travolta and Kelly Preston, who spoke out for the first time since his January death. “We've been working very hard every day as a family to heal,” Travolta says, "We have our...

Levi, Jon Pal Around in NYC
 Levi, Jon Pal Around in NYC 
UNHOLY UNIONS
Nov 9, 2009 9:59 AM CST

Levi, Jon Pal Around in NYC

Johnston, Gosselin pose for legendary photo in Times Square

(Newser) - After weeks of hype, the wait is over: Levi Johnston is in New York to shoot his Playgirl spread. And who should he run into upon his arrival? America's other favorite ex-beau and fellow media darling Jon Gosselin. Johnston was in Times Square taping an outdoor Insider interview; Gosselin was...

Jackson Kids Save a Puppy
 Jackson Kids Save a Puppy 
CUTENESS OVERLOAD
Nov 9, 2009 9:24 AM CST

Jackson Kids Save a Puppy

Paris, Prince, Blanket help Scooby Roo—but spies call them 'weird'

(Newser) - Thanks in part to Michael Jackson’s three children, a two-legged dog got a set of wheels this weekend. TMZ reported last month that the Jacksons were trying to raise $2,000 to pay for the custom cart—no word on how much they contributed. Adorable, yes—but that cuteness...

Andre Agassi's Autobiography 'Lively but Narrow'
Andre Agassi's Autobiography 'Lively but Narrow'
BOOK REVIEW
Nov 9, 2009 8:30 AM CST

Andre Agassi's Autobiography 'Lively but Narrow'

Open has griping, conceit, lots of tennis

(Newser) - Andre Agassi’s autobiography has gotten a lot of hype, thanks to his admission of using both crystal meth and a toupee—but most of Open deals with “tennis, more tennis, the misery of tennis,” writes Janet Maslin in the New York Times. Still, even minutely detailed descriptions...

Jon Stewart Channels Glenn Beck

 Jon Stewart 
 Channels 
 Glenn Beck 
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Nov 6, 2009 12:41 PM CST

Jon Stewart Channels Glenn Beck

Appendicitis attack is obviously part of a larger conspiracy, Jon says

(Newser) - Jon Stewart asked the tough questions last night: Now that Glenn Beck has lost his appendix, how are we going to stop the conspiracy to harvest the rest of his organs? The Daily Show host channeled everything Beck last night, from glasses-fiddling to chalkboard to leaps of logic. “...

Pre-Scandal Fergie Spills to Cosmo

Before Josh Duhamel's stripper fiasco, singer applauded him in mag

(Newser) - When Cosmopolitan interviewed Fergie for its December issue, no one could have predicted that by the time it hit stands, hubby Josh Duhamel would be embroiled in a stripper-sex scandal. At the time, Fergie sang his praises, Radar reports, telling the mag when it came to her recent weight gain...

Rihanna: 'I Was Battered, I Was Bleeding'

'I fended him off with my feet,' she says of Chris Brown attack

(Newser) - As he hit her, Rihanna says, Chris Brown had “no soul in his eyes,” and he left her bleeding and swollen. The singer didn't hold back in the second part of her interview with Diane Sawyer on today’s Good Morning America , saying, "All I kept thinking...

What Broke Celebs Can Teach Us

 What Broke 
 Celebs Can 
 Teach Us 
TIPS FOR THE MANSIONLESS
Nov 6, 2009 9:38 AM CST

What Broke Celebs Can Teach Us

Don't make the same mistakes as Nicolas Cage and Annie Leibovitz

(Newser) - Celebrities really are just like us: During these financially stressful times, they’re suffering, too. On Huffington Post, Manisha Thakor points out the takeaway from four high-profile meltdowns.
  • NBA Player Antoine Walker: Squandered away his $110 million fortune by age 33. The lesson? If you have a variable income, don’
...

Oprah to Rosie: Stop Calling Me Gay!
 Oprah to Rosie: 
 Stop Calling 
 Me Gay! 
UNFAVORITE THINGS
Nov 6, 2009 9:17 AM CST

Oprah to Rosie: Stop Calling Me Gay!

Winfrey to O'Donnell: 'I don't want to hear it anymore!'

(Newser) - Watch out, Rosie: You got yourself on Oprah’s bad side. The talk-show queen is upset with O’Donnell after the comedian recently told Howard Stern that Winfrey and BFF Gayle King "are the emotional equivalent of" a gay couple—especially since this isn’t the first time Rosie’...

Shatner Reads the Real Levi
 Shatner Reads the Real Levi 
APOLOGIES dept.
Nov 6, 2009 7:29 AM CST

Shatner Reads the Real Levi

Conan O'Brien sorry for fake Tweets, but not too sorry

(Newser) - The Tonight Show got the last laugh on Levi Johnston. The soon-to-be Playgirl model threatened to sue if Conan O’Brien didn’t retract Wednesday’s poetry session, featuring William Shatner dramatically reading Levi’s supposed Tweets. So O'Brien admitted they were actually written by “a clever impostor posing...

New Site Decodes Rap Lyrics

Rap Genius breaks down Jay-Z, Ghostface Killah, and more

(Newser) - Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ song “Empire State of Mind” is everywhere, even at the World Series. But do you know what the lyrics mean? If not, Rap Genius (formerly Rap Exegesis) can clue you in the way it educated Nick Antosca of the Huffington Post. Some of the explanations...

I Went Back to Chris Brown: Rihanna

Says it takes 'eight or nine' times for an abused woman to leave

(Newser) - Rihanna returned to Chris Brown after he assaulted her Feb. 8, telling Diane Sawyer, “I fell in love with that person. That’s embarrassing. So far in love, so unconditional, that I went back.” Responding to Sawyer’s estimate in an interview airing tonight and tomorrow on ABC...

Ex Slaps Mini-Me With Restraining Order
 Ex Slaps 
 Mini-Me With 
 Restraining Order 
TINY COURT FILINGS
Nov 5, 2009 9:22 AM CST

Ex Slaps Mini-Me With Restraining Order

Beauty queen ex says Verne Troyer threatened her

(Newser) - Verne Troyer, better known as Mini-Me from Austin Powers, has already had a sex tape leaked—now he can add restraining order to his list of scandals. Ex-galpal Yvette Monet got the order last month after claiming she believes Troyer has a gun and she fears for her life, Radar...

Shatner Poeticizes Levi's Tweets
 Shatner 
 Poeticizes 
 Levi's Tweets 
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Nov 5, 2009 9:00 AM CST

Shatner Poeticizes Levi's Tweets

William Shatner back on Conan for dramatic reading of Johnston's posts

(Newser) - Only a dramatic reading by William Shatner can give Levi Johnston’s tweets the gravity they truly deserve. Shatner visited The Tonight Show yesterday to poeticize Twitter gems such as, “Maybe I’m a genius and not even know it. Maybe I don’t exist and it only seems...

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