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Oct 30, 2009 10:40 AM CDT

Ledger-Directed Rap Video Debuts

Actor worked with Australian singer, a childhood friend

(Newser) - A music video, one of a few directed by Heath Ledger for little-known artists he liked, made its online debut yesterday. Australian rapper N'fa Forster-Jones, a childhood friend of the late actor's, posted the video along with a behind-the-scenes look at the project, the AP reports. "Every day I...

Spade Got $200K for Farley Ad

WATCH THE AD

Oct 30, 2009 9:49 AM CDT

Spade Got $200K for Farley Ad

Controversial DirecTV commercial is a 'tribute,' reps insist

(Newser) - Why did David Spade agree to the recent DirecTV ad that uses a scene from Tommy Boy, starring his departed costar Chris Farley? "To honor Chris's memory," his publicist tells the New York Post —but the $200,000 sources say Spade was paid probably didn't hurt....

Quaids Skip Court,
Face Arrest, Extradition

Oct 30, 2009 8:35 AM CDT

Quaids Skip Court, Face Arrest, Extradition

Randy and Evi Quaid missed three court dates; arrest warrant stands

(Newser) - After allegedly skipping out on their hotel bill, then skipping out on their court date three times, Randy and Evi Quaid are facing arrest. Yesterday's court appearance was their last shot, prosecutors tell E! , and extradition proceedings are underway. Their outstanding arrest warrants also remain effective, and "if extradition...

Mom Thinks LiLo's Dying, Too

SAYS DAD

Oct 29, 2009 10:31 AM CDT

Mom Thinks LiLo's Dying, Too

Michael will reveal tapes of Dina dishing on Lindsay

(Newser) - Michael Lohan is going to tell you the cold hard truth—ad nauseum and whether you like it or not. After appearances on Maury Povich and Access Hollywood in the past week, he's set to appear on Entertainment Tonight Monday, sources tell the New York Daily News , to air taped...

Anti-Semitism Got Polanski

gore vidal

Oct 29, 2009 10:06 AM CDT

Anti-Semitism Got Polanski

Gore Vidal is less than PC while discussing Roman Polanski

(Newser) - Gore Vidal isn't afraid to say what he really thinks about the Roman Polanski fiasco. "I really don’t give a f---. Look, am I going to sit and weep every time a young hooker feels as though she’s been taken advantage of?" he tells the Atlantic in...

2nd Doc Hooked Up With Anna

HOWARD K STERN HEARING

Oct 29, 2009 9:37 AM CDT

2nd Doc Hooked Up With Anna

Sandeep Kapoor wrote in diary about tryst with Anna Nicole Smith

(Newser) - Just in case anyone thought the Anna Nicole Smith hearing couldn't get any kinkier: It can, and it did. An investigator testified yesterday that Smith physician Sandeep Kapoor—who is facing charges along with psychiatrist Khristine Eroshevich and lawyer Howard K. Stern—had a less-than-professional relationship with Smith, "making...

Teen
Angelina
Slept With
Mom's Beau

Oct 28, 2009 3:26 PM CDT

Teen Angelina Slept With Mom's Beau

Star stole mom's lover at age 16, says new book

(Newser) - Angelina just can’t catch a break: unauthorized biographer extraordinaire Andrew Morton is pushing a new book and dangling the revelation that she slept with her mother’s live-in boyfriend when she was just 16. Angelina apparently confessed the affair to her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, much to the detriment of...

Meet
Hollywood's
New 'It Girl'

Oct 28, 2009 1:09 PM CDT

Meet Hollywood's New 'It Girl'

Carey Mulligan's role in An Education reminiscent of Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman

(Newser) - Thanks to her lauded role in An Education, Carey Mulligan is Hollywood's latest "It Girl," poised to join the ranks of Julia Roberts and Audrey Hepburn. "She has fragility, she has humor, she can be very moving, she's bright, and she's great to look at," says...

Highest Earning Dead Celebs

Oct 28, 2009 12:19 PM CDT

Highest Earning Dead Celebs

Michael Jackson, predictably, made the list—but not at No. 1

(Newser) - The stars on Forbes ' annual list of the top-earning dead celebrities number, appropriately, 13. To make the list, a "deleb" must have brought in at least $6 million in the past year. This year's list is notably missing former mainstays Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, and Steve McQueen, and...

Jay-Z Cleans Up
'Empire' for
World Series

Oct 28, 2009 12:05 PM CDT

Jay-Z Cleans Up 'Empire' for World Series

Rapper will keep his language PG while performing for Yanks

(Newser) - The lyrics to Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind" are sometimes as raw as New York, but it looks like the rapper will clean things up when he performs his city anthem at the World Series. A source close to the rapper says Jay-Z won't utter curses or other raunchy...

Tell-All Unravels
Brangelina Fairytale

HINT: SHE'S CRRRRRAZY

Oct 28, 2009 10:14 AM CDT

Tell-All Unravels Brangelina Fairytale

Brangelina Exposed promises to reveal the reality of Pitt-Jolie pairing

(Newser) - Ian Halperin is at it again. The investigative journalist who has released sordid books about Michael Jackson, Kurt Cobain, and Celine Dion, among others, is adding Hollywood's power couple to the list. Brangelina Exposed, out Dec. 1, will reveal the reality behind the "glamorous fairytale" the public has been...

Miley Cyrus:
2009's Worst
Celebrity
Influence

WORSE THAN BRITNEY

Oct 28, 2009 9:58 AM CDT

Miley Cyrus: 2009's Worst Celebrity Influence

Hannah Montana star gets nearly half of votes—from fellow kids

(Newser) - Even her fellow teens and tweens are sick of Miley Cyrus' slanty-eyed pictures and pole dancing hijinks. The Disney starlet was voted Worst Celeb Influence of 2009, winning out over drunk-driving Shia LaBeouf, racy-photo-posing Vanessa Hudgens, Taylor-Swift-interrupting Kanye West, and the self-explanatory Britney Spears. Cyrus got an impressive 42% of...

Pop: Lilo Could Be Dead in Year

DOTING DADDIES

Oct 28, 2009 9:22 AM CDT

Pop: Lilo Could Be Dead in Year

Lindsay Lohan probably wishes, as does the world, dad would stop talking

(Newser) - Michael Lohan just refuses to budge from the D-list spotlight. His latest bout of look-at-me-I'm-Lindsay's-dad verbal diarrhea, courtesy of the Daily Mail : Lindsay could be "dead in a year," he tells Grazia. "I fear the worst. Look at Elvis, Anna Nicole Smith, Heath Ledger—who was a...

Swayze Widow:
I'll See Him Again

CaLIF. WOMEN'S CONFERENCE

Oct 28, 2009 8:00 AM CDT

Swayze Widow: I'll See Him Again

Lisa Niemi, Elizabeth Smart, Maria Shriver take part in Women's Conference

(Newser) - Just six weeks after losing her husband, Lisa Niemi spoke publicly for the first time about Patrick Swayze's death at yesterday's Women's Conference in California. "I am so grateful for what I had and my connection to him, and part of me believes that I will see him again,...

This Is It Proves
King of Pop
Still Rocked

REVIEW ROUNDUP

Oct 28, 2009 7:38 AM CDT

This Is It Proves King of Pop Still Rocked

Michael Jackson was in surprisingly good shape in dazzling footage

(Newser) - Michael Jackson didn't live long enough to take the final bow he had planned in London, but critics agree This Is It is a fitting swan song, proof that the King of Pop really did have a comeback in him:

"This Is It is quite extraordinary. If there was

...

Blackmailer Read
Letterman All Wrong

BEHIND THE SCENES

Oct 27, 2009 4:44 PM CDT

Blackmailer Read Letterman All Wrong

He's notoriously private, but don't cross him

(Newser) - When Robert Halderman asked David Letterman for $2 million, he probably assumed the notoriously private Letterman would pay him off to avoid public embarrassment. But "all Dave cares about is his career," a source tells New York in a lengthy look at the host and the scandal. "...

At Last, Rockers
Shut Up and Sing

VIRGINIA M. MONCRIEFF

Oct 27, 2009 12:30 PM CDT

At Last, Rockers Shut Up and Sing

Really, it's about time rockers made concerts all about the music

(Newser) - Bono—he of the eons-long concert diatribes about everything from Burma to the whales—has done the unthinkable. "Bono has started editing himself," Virginia M. Moncrieff realized during U2's Rose Bowl concert. And it's about time: Though Moncrieff admires their causes, she has reached the age where the...

Kathy Griffin: I'm
Having Levi's Baby

JUST LIKE BRISTOL

Oct 27, 2009 11:50 AM CDT

Kathy Griffin: I'm Having Levi's Baby

Comedian's Tonight Show appearance full of fun Johnston anecdotes

(Newser) - Kathy Griffin was on the Tonight Show yesterday to promote her new book Official Book Club Selection—or, rather, to discuss her "Brangelina situation" with Levi Johnston, as she described it to Conan O'Brien. "I am in a serious, committed relationship with Levi Johnston, and I resent that...

Ex-Staffer:
Letterman
Environment
'Demeaning'

NELL SCOVELL

Oct 27, 2009 9:50 AM CDT

Ex-Staffer: Letterman Environment 'Demeaning'

But not just because of sexual politics: It's time to hire female writers

(Newser) - Nell Scovell walked away from her dream job on Late Night with David Letterman thanks to the "hostile work environment" created by high-level male staffers having sex with their female employees. She writes about her experience in Vanity Fair—not to name names, but to point out the underlying...

Rosie: I Almost Dated Angelina

MENTAL WEDGIE

Oct 27, 2009 8:56 AM CDT