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Clooney: I'm Not Part of Obama's Brain Trust

Refutes story, says he's 'spent more time with Sen. McCain'

(Newser) - George Clooney supports Barack Obama, but unlike Scarlett Johansson he's not claiming to be a campaign consultant or in regular contact. The actor today refuted an LA Times story saying he “frequently text messages” the candidate, People reports. “I have never texted or emailed Sen. Obama,” Clooney...

Paris Sued for Breaking Publicity Pledge on Sorority Flick

Heiress 'failed to plug' DVD comedy

(Newser) - The distributors of National Lampoon's Pledge This are taking star Paris Hilton to court, E! Online reports. Hilton, who also gets a credit as executive producer of the 2006 straight-to-DVD comedy, failed to live up to her contractual obligation to give the movie reasonable publicity, the lawsuit charges. Distributors are...

Jolie Takes Role Meant for Cruise

Spy thriller lead must undergo gender change

(Newser) - What Angelina Jolie wants, she gets. The actress is nearing a deal to play the lead in a spy thriller originally intended for Tom Cruise, Variety reports. The well-regarded script, Edwin A. Salt, is the story of a CIA agent on the run from espionage charges. Should Jolie seal the...

40-Year-Old Virgin Actor Charged With Stabbing Ex

Woman in critical condition

(Newser) - An actor in The 40-Year-Old Virgin was arrested in San Diego last night on attempted murder charges for allegedly stabbing his ex-girlfriend. Shelley Malil, 43, was nabbed on his way to meet with his attorney, who along with family and friends had persuaded him to turn himself in, police said....

Newman Quits Hospital, With 'Weeks to Live'

Asks to die at home with family

(Newser) - Cancer-stricken Paul Newman is finished with chemotherapy and has gone home to be with his family, Fox News reports. The 82-year-old Oscar-winner reportedly has weeks to live but “didn’t want to die in the hospital,” a family friend said. The actor is said to have been getting...

Hot Ticket: Jolie's Presidential Endorsement

Undecided and independent, actress-activist wants refugee agenda

(Newser) - With her star power, humanitarian activism, and status as a UN ambassador, Angelina Jolie represents a celebrity endorsement both John McCain and Barack Obama are actively seeking, reports Wilshire & Washington, Variety's politics blog. "I am waiting to see the commitments they will make on issues like international justice,...

Doris Day Now a Hermit Called Clara

Lives in isolation, collecting stray animals

(Newser) - This is one legend who isn’t shopping a comeback. At 84, Hollywood icon Doris Day has changed her name to Clara Kappelhoff—her birth surname—and lives in obscurity in rural California where she spends her days rounding up stray animals to take back to her 11-acre fortress-like ranch,...

Jewel Elopes With Her Cowboy
 Jewel Elopes With Her Cowboy 
Aug 8, 2008 11:40 AM CDT

Jewel Elopes With Her Cowboy

Longtime pair weds in Bahamas

(Newser) - Jewel eloped to the Bahamas last night with her longtime boyfriend, the rodeo champion Ty Murray, People reports. The pair, who never announced their engagement, exchanged vows at a private ceremony in which the singer wore a traditional gown and Murray donned his favorite jeans and cowboy hat. The groom...

L'Oreal Denies Lightening Beyonce's Skin in Ad

(Newser) - L’Oreal says it didn't lighten Beyonce’s skin tone for an ad for its Feria hair color brand, the AP reports. Media outlets have been abuzz since TMZ juxtaposed the ad—running in Elle,  Allure, and Essence magazines—with a photo of the star in which she seems...

Posh Related to Marx Comrade

Revolutionary who fled to England is Victoria Beckham's great-great-great-grandfather

(Newser) - Victoria Beckham’s girl-power roots go a lot further back than her Spice Girls days: The pop icon is the great-great-great-granddaughter of a 19th-century communist who worked with Karl Marx, Reuters reports. A German historian discovered the link between Posh and revolutionary Carl Heinrich Pfaender who was chummy with Marx...

Paris Video Riffs on McCain's Ad

Heiress thanks 'white-haired dude' for the endorsement

(Newser) - Paris Hilton says she’s “like, totally ready to lead” in her video response to John McCain—the "wrinkly, white-haired guy"—for his ad comparing Barack Obama to tabloid celebrities like herself, ABC News reports. In the deadpan video posted on funnyordie.com, the heiress figures she's...

Group Hangs Up on Celebrity Robocalls

Prerecorded political messages from stars irk many voters

(Newser) - Not everyone is starstruck by phone calls from Jack Nicholson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jay-Z, or Scarlett Johansson. The appeals to get out and vote are prerecorded messages known as "robocalls," which have become the cheapest and most popular form of political advertising, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Now a...

LiLo's Sis Heads Down Road to Trouble

Ali Lohan bares cleavage, makes scene on fast track to wreckage

(Newser) - Is Lindsay Lohan’s younger sister the last teen in the world who considers her sibling a good role model? In just the last week, Ali, 14, has put her push-up-bra-assisted cleavage on display, caused a scene at a movie premiere, and auditioned for a porno director, ABC News reports....

$heen $its Atop TV Heap
 $heen $its
 Atop TV Heap 
Aug 5, 2008 11:26 AM CDT

$heen $its Atop TV Heap

(Newser) - Charlie Sheen is the highest-paid primetime TV actor at $825,000 per episode, but the Two and a Half Men star's $20 million per year pales in comparison to Oprah's haul. The media mogul took home $385 million last year, Reuters reports in deconstructing TV Guide’s annual list of...

Freeman in 'Good Spirits'
 Freeman in 'Good Spirits'
Aug 5, 2008 10:01 AM CDT

Freeman in 'Good Spirits'

(Newser) - Morgan Freeman “has a broken arm, broken elbow, and minor shoulder damage but he is in good spirits," his publicist told People. The actor underwent successful surgery to correct the damage from a car accident Sunday night in Mississippi, the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reports. "He's worried about his...

Celebs Make 'Baby Fat' Chic
Celebs Make 'Baby Fat' Chic
GLOSSIES
Aug 4, 2008 12:51 PM CDT

Celebs Make 'Baby Fat' Chic

Madonna is the poster girl for newest youth-restoring procedures

(Newser) - Following the lead of Madonna and Demi Moore, women in their 50s and 60s are trading the tight pull of traditional facelifts for techniques that push out the face to resemble the baby fat plumpness of teenage definition, reports New York. The magazine dubs the sought-after look the “New...

Olsen Demands Immunity in Ledger Probe

Olsen twin last to be interviewed in fed investigation

(Newser) - Mary-Kate Olsen, the first person phoned after a masseuse found Heath Ledger’s body, won't agree to be interviewed by federal investigators without a guarantee of immunity from prosecution, the New York Post reports. The feds have interviewed everyone else they consider connected to the case, including a “nice...

Bernie Mac Has Pneumonia
 Bernie Mac
 Has Pneumonia
Aug 4, 2008 9:51 AM CDT

Bernie Mac Has Pneumonia

Reports of comedian's death untrue

(Newser) - Comedian Bernie Mac is in “very, very critical” condition and in a Chicago hospital being treated for pneumonia, a family friend told the Chicago Sun-Times. But the 50-year-old’s publicist called reports of his death "a very horrible rumor" and said he'll be released soon.

Lohan Fires Back at Cop's 'Gay' Remark

Star tells police chief her love life is none of the LAPD's business

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan thinks LA's top cop should butt out of her private life, OK! reports. The star, rumored to be in a relationship with DJ Samantha Ronson, said the chief's comments yesterday that the city's paparazzi problem has eased since she "has gone gay" were inappropriate. Lohan made her...

Republicans Scold McCain; Obama Camp Pounces

Negative turn generates anger toward candidate

(Newser) - A new Obama campaign memo obtained by Time documents Republican disapproval of the McCain camp’s recent tactics. Some highlights:
  • Pat Buchanan on the commercial juxtaposing Obama, Britney Spears, and Paris Hilton: "Look, this is not an effective ad.”
  • Ed Rollins: “John needs to be the deliberate,
...

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