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Brooke Shields' Comments on Meghan Markle 'Quietly' Deleted

Shields told podcaster the duchess was a bit of a bore on SXSW panel

(Newser) - A podcast interview in which Brooke Shields complained that Meghan Markle had bored an audience appears to have vanished from the internet, prompting plenty of speculation about the reason. Shields sat down with An Unexpected Journey host India Hicks, who's a goddaughter of King Charles III, and talk turned...

Brooke Shields: Yes, Tom Cruise Apologized— a Year Later

She says she accepted his mea culpa over postpartum depression comments

(Newser) - Almost two decades after their infamous feud over postpartum depression medications, Brooke Shields says Tom Cruise did eventually apologize, Entertainment Weekly reports. Cruise told Matt Lauer, during a 2005 Today interview, that the meds Shields took "didn't cure anything," and then he went even further. "There...

Brooke Shields Reveals Assault by Hollywood Exec

It happened some 30 years ago

(Newser) - "I thought I was getting a movie, a job," says Brooke Shields of the fateful night more than 30 years ago that she dined with an unnamed Hollywood exec. She needed it, having been unable to land much work at the time. Instead, she ended up being sexually...

Brooke Shields Details Struggle After Rape

In documentary, actress says she hopes her account helps others

(Newser) - In a new documentary, Brooke Shields says that when she was raped in a hotel room in her 20s, she called on her experience as a sexualized child star. "God knows I knew how to be disassociated from my body," she says. "I'd practiced that."...

Brooke Shields Blasts Barbara Walters for 1980 Interview

Actress says chat with TV journalist over CK ad, when Shields was 15, was 'practically criminal'

(Newser) - In an October interview with Vogue, Brooke Shields spoke about the famous Calvin Klein jeans ad she'd made in 1980, when she was 15, and how she hadn't at the time realized how sexual in nature it was widely interpreted as. (Her famous line: "You want to...

Brooke Shields Addresses Infamous Calvin Klein Ad

Actress says she wasn't in on the joke

(Newser) - Brooke Shields has addressed the controversy that once surrounded her due to a tongue-in-cheek denim ad she appeared in 40 years ago. In an interview with Vogue , the actress and model revealed she wasn't in on the double entendre of the phrase "You want to know what comes...

Brooke Shields' Daughter Borrows Iconic Dress for Prom

Rowan wore actress' 1998 Golden Globes red gown

(Newser) - Borrowing your mom’s vintage dress and rocking it at the prom is a bold move. Bolder still when your mom is Brooke Shields, and the dress is the iconic red gown she wore to the Golden Globes in 1998, per Entertainment Tonight . Nobody is saying Rowan Henchy is...

5 Celeb Moms Who Battled Postpartum Depression

One even feared she would kill her family

(Newser) - Postpartum depression affects up to 13% of women—including these nine celebrity moms rounded up by The Stir . A sampling:
  • Amanda Peet suffered from "fairly serious" depression after her daughter was born, she revealed in 2008. "I want to be honest about it because I think there’s
...

11 Surprising Celebrity Couples
 11 Surprising Celebrity Couples 
Jun 22, 2014 3:20 PM CDT

11 Surprising Celebrity Couples

Yep, they really dated

(Newser) - "Wait... they were together?" That's the reaction you'll probably have to the long list of surprising celebrity couples rounded up by ETOnline , including:
  • Sofia Coppola and Keanu Reeves: Dated in 1992 after Coppola's famous director father worked with Reeves on Bram Stoker's Dracula.
  • Kathy Griffin
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9 Stars Who'd Be Rich Even If They Weren't Famous

Some of these celebs are also ... noble

(Newser) - Anderson Cooper's mom isn't leaving him any of her Vanderbilt family fortune—but we're guessing he wouldn't exactly be destitute even if he hadn't made his own name for himself. Perez Hilton rounds up 18 more celebrities who were already rich before they were famous....

14 Celebs Who Are Ivy Leaguers

Some of them may surprise you

(Newser) - Hey, who said stars can't also be smart? PopSugar rounds up 28 celebrities who attended Ivy League schools. A sampling, all of whom graduated:
  • Lupita Nyong'o: Has her master's in drama from Yale.
  • John Legend: Graduated from UPenn with an English degree.
  • Meryl Streep: Got her MFA
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13 Big Celebrity Feuds
 13 Big Celebrity Feuds 
Feb 23, 2014 9:50 AM CST

13 Big Celebrity Feuds

Let's just say these stars don't get along

(Newser) - Admit it: Celebrity feuds are kinda fun. Radar rounds up 26 of the juiciest. A sampling:
  • Chelsea Handler is friends with Jennifer Aniston and thus no fan of Angelina Jolie, although she once insisted, "It has nothing to do with Jennifer." She just thinks Jolie "seems like
...

Hasselbeck Swaps The View for Fox
Hasselbeck Swaps
The View for Fox 
Jul 10, 2013 2:30 AM CDT

Hasselbeck Swaps The View for Fox

She's joining Fox and Friends this fall

(Newser) - Another empty seat is coming up at The View: Elisabeth Hasselbeck is leaving the ABC talk show for a new gig on Fox and Friends, the network has confirmed. The departure comes as part of a shake-up that includes the exit of Joy Behar and the retirement of Barbara Walters...

28 Stars With College Degrees
 28 Stars With College Degrees 
May 26, 2013 7:49 AM CDT

28 Stars With College Degrees

Some in subjects you would not expect

(Newser) - These famous ladies didn't necessarily need a college degree in order to rake in the big bucks, but they got 'em anyway. PopSugar rounds up 28 actresses who graduated:
  • Eva Longoria: Master's degree in Chicano Studies; California State University, Northridge. Bachelor's degree in Kinesiology; Texas A&
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25 Celebs You Forgot Were Once Married

Remember the good old days of Madonna and Sean Penn?

(Newser) - Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson married in July 2006—on a party yacht, no less—but, shockingly, divorced that November. So you'd be forgiven for having forgotten they were ever married. PopSugar rounds up 24 more such couples:
  • Madonna and Sean Penn: Married 1985, divorced 1989.
  • Jennifer Lopez and
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Coming to The View: Brooke Shields?

She's one rumored replacement for Behar, Hasselbeck

(Newser) - If Elisabeth Hasselbeck leaves The View as rumored , a big name may be taking her seat: Radar reports that Brooke Shields is close to a deal to join the remaining ladies. She's guest hosted before, and sources tell Showbiz411 that Barbara Walters wants her to become a permanent addition...

Brooke Shields' Mom Dead at 79
 Brooke Shields' 
 Mom Dead at 79 
obituary
Nov 6, 2012 4:12 PM CST

Brooke Shields' Mom Dead at 79

Teri Shields managed her young daughter to stardom

(Newser) - Teri Shields raised eyebrows when she allowed her 11-year-old daughter, Brooke, to be cast as a prostitute in 1978's Pretty Baby. A few years later, she permitted a teenage Brooke to famously star in a series of commercials for Calvin Klein jeans, provocatively professing that nothing comes between "...

10 Hot Over-40 Moms
 10 Hot Over-40 Moms 
May 22, 2010 7:43 AM CDT

10 Hot Over-40 Moms

Kelly Preston joins the Hollywood older moms club

(Newser) - Kelly Preston is expecting a baby at 47 despite at least one doctor’s fear of medical complications . The Frisky rounds up 10 more hot, over-40 celebrity moms to give her some moral support:
  • Susan Sarandon: Belongs on the list twice over, as she gave birth to son Jack at
...

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...

In Memoir, Agassi Admits Using Crystal Meth

In Open , due Nov. 9, tennis star says he lied to avoid punishment

(Newser) - In a forthcoming memoir, tennis star Andre Agassi admits that he used crystal meth during his career, and even lied about it to avoid penalty for a positive drug test. “I can’t speak to addiction, but a lot of people would say that if you’re using anything...

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