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Jesse James, Kat Von D Break Up Again
 Jesse, Kat Break Up Again 
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Sep 26, 2011 9:04 AM CDT

Jesse, Kat Break Up Again

On-again, off-again engagement is back off

(Newser) - Tragic news out of Tinseltown: Kat Von D and Jesse James have split again. In a note posted Saturday on her Facebook page, Von D cleared up some rumors, writing, “I am not in a relationship.” The tattoo artist and star of the now-canceled reality show LA Ink...

9 Weirdest Celeb Name Changes

The former Ron Artest is in good company

(Newser) - In honor of Ron Artest’s name change to Metta World Peace , Time rounds up nine more celebrities who’ve undergone rather, er, interesting name changes:
  • Lisa Bonet: The Cosby Show star became known as Lilakoi Moon in the 1990s because, she said, she wanted privacy. But she continued to
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Reaction Roundup: James Spader Debuts as CEO on 'The Office' Season Premiere
 Spader Debuts as Office CEO 
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Sep 23, 2011 10:11 AM CDT

Spader Debuts as Office CEO

Critics, viewers react to season premiere

(Newser) - James Spader was back in The Office’s season premiere last night, as Dunder Mifflin’s new—and slightly creepy—CEO, Robert California. So how did he—and the show—do?
  • “That was encouraging,” declares James Poniewozik in Time . “I am not nearly ready, after one episode,
...

13 Celebs Who Wish They'd Never Had Plastic Surgery

Courtney Love says it made her look 'wonky'

(Newser) - Minka Kelly this week told David Letterman that she came thisclose to getting plastic surgery: She worked as a scrub nurse at a doctor's office in exchange for a planned boob job, which a former Playboy Playmate told her she needed. She ultimately changed her mind, reports the Huffington...

Brad Backtracks on Jen Comments Again and Again

She's a 'dear friend,' and he was misinterpreted, he insists

(Newser) - Brad Pitt is trying to promote Moneyball, his film coming out tomorrow, but everyone keeps insisting on asking him about his Jennifer Aniston non-slam from last week. The whole thing was made into something it wasn’t by the tabloid press, Pitt tells Matt Lauer in a Today interview this...

Ted Haggard to Appear on Celebrity Wife Swap

And he'll trade mates with ... Gary Busey

(Newser) - In possibly the weirdest news you’ll hear all day, sex-and-drug-scandal-plagued Ted Haggard is going on the celebrity edition of ABC’s Wife Swap reality show … and will swap partners with Gary Busey. Yes, in case you’d forgotten, Haggard still has a wife—despite the fact that he...

Inside Suri's Scientology School

Apparently there's a lot of clay, and perhaps some grade inflation to boot

(Newser) - They grow up so fast: Suri Cruise’s first day of school—Scientology-flavored school—was last week. So what’s it like at the New Village Leadership Academy in Calabasas, California, which uses L. Ron Hubbard’s “study technology” educational system? Well, for one thing, there’s a lot...

Posh Goes to Great Lengths to Lose Baby Weight

Victoria Beckham walks 7 miles per day, says source

(Newser) - Victoria Beckham is, shall we say, committed to losing her baby weight, a source tells the Sun . After giving birth to daughter Harper Seven in July, Posh Spice started rising at—brace yourself—7am and walking seven miles per day in two treadmill sessions while also doing yoga. “She'...

Two and a Half Men Premiere: Womanizing Ashton Kutcher a Fine Stand-in for Charlie Sheen, Say Critics
Sweet, Womanizing Kutcher
a Fine Stand-in for Sheen
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Sep 20, 2011 9:18 AM CDT

Sweet, Womanizing Kutcher a Fine Stand-in for Sheen

Critics not gushing, but they're mostly pleased with premiere

(Newser) - Charlie Sheen’s character “exploded like a balloon full of meat,” another character explained last night as Two and a Half Men premiered and finally killed him off. Meanwhile, Ashton Kutcher also debuted as Walden Schmidt. What the critics are saying:
  • Turns out Schmidt is “sweet, unsarcastic
...

Charlie Sheen Wins $25M Warner Bros. Settlement

His firing from Two and a Half Men costing producers a bundle

(Newser) - Who's crazy now? Charlie Sheen is hammering out a settlement with Warner Bros. for his firing from Two and a Half Men amounting to $25 million, TMZ and the Los Angeles Times are reporting. The whacked-out actor filed a $100 million lawsuit for wrongful termination against Warner Bros. when...

Fox Censors Phone Hack Jibe at Emmies
 Fox Censors 
 Phone-Hacking 
 Bit at Emmys 
Emmy Night
Sep 19, 2011 1:24 AM CDT

Fox Censors Phone-Hacking Bit at Emmys

Alec Baldwin pulls videotaped skit after joke is axed

(Newser) - Alec Baldwin squashed his videotaped appearance on last night's Emmy Awards after Fox axed his joke about the phone hacking scandal at newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., Fox's parent company. Baldwin demanded his entire videotaped bit, which was to air at the beginning of the...

The New Status Symbol: AOL Email Address
 The New Status Symbol: 
 AOL Email Address 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Sep 18, 2011 6:02 PM CDT

The New Status Symbol: AOL Email Address

Bigshots in politics, media, entertainment hang on to old addresses

(Newser) - AOL.com email addresses are so nineties, right? But apparently they're also a sort of weird status symbol amongst a certain set. Ben Smith first made the argument last week on Politico , noting that despite the "stigma" long associated with the AOL.com domain, there's also "...

Brad: I Didn't Mean to Call Jen Boring...

That probably won't calm the angry members of Team Aniston, however

(Newser) - Brad Pitt’s really stepped in it now, riling up Team Jen afresh with his comments in the new issue of Parade . You see, back in the ‘90s, he “wasn’t living an interesting life,” he tells the magazine. “I think that my marriage had something...

Cage: Naked Guy Broke Into My House, Ate Fudgesicle

And no, it was not funny

(Newser) - Add this to your file of weird Nicolas Cage stories : While promoting his new movie Trespass, a home invasion thriller, Cage told the Toronto Film Festival quite a story about a home invasion he actually went through. "It was two in the morning. I was living in Orange County...

Cameron Diaz, Alex Rodriguez Break Up
 A-Rod, Cameron Split 
Sep 14, 2011 1:42 PM CDT

A-Rod, Cameron Split

We're taking bets: Is it for real this time?

(Newser) - The 18-month storybook romance of Cameron Diaz and Alex Rodriguez has come to an end. They've simply got no time for love, a source explains to Us : "She's very busy with her career, and he's had injuries and wants to focus on his game. They're...

Michelle Williams 'Vogue' Interview: Heath Ledger's Death Changed Me
 Michelle: Heath's 
 Death Changed Me 
'vogue' interview
Sep 14, 2011 10:53 AM CDT

Michelle: Heath's Death Changed Me

But three years later, life has 'repaired itself'

(Newser) - When Heath Ledger died, "it felt like we didn’t have anything," Michelle Williams recalls in a new Vogue cover story. But three years later, "my life—our life—has kind of repaired itself," she says. "It's not a perfectly operating system—there are...

Anderson Gets Spray Tanned With Snooki

Yes, viewers at home, he does take off his shirt

(Newser) - Anderson Cooper, who has braved angry mobs in Egypt, faced potential radiation poisoning in Japan, and rescued a bloodied child in Haiti, shows a decidedly less hard-hitting side on his new daytime show . Case in point: On the second episode of Anderson yesterday, Coop went for a spray tan with—...

Celebs With 2012 Guinness World Records

Apparently, a lot of people live streamed the royal wedding

(Newser) - The Guinness Book of World Records is not just for regular joes who go on epic bar crawls or paddleboard rides . No, it's also for celebrities—and according to Perez Hilton , Gossip Cop , and MTV , a whole slew of them made their way in to the 2012 edition:
  • Lady
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Gaga Flashes Photogs ... Er, What Was That?

Gawker stumped

(Newser) - The great Gaga mystery continues . The too-much singer flashed photogs when her slitted dress slitted a bit too much, gushes the New York Daily News , which spotted a piercing on the underwear-less Gaga. But Gawker was left wondering what exactly that was between Gaga's legs. The News blurred the...

14 Most Bizarre Celebrity Pregnancy Cravings

Bananas and ketchup ... yum?

(Newser) - More proof celebrities are just like us: They get weird pregnancy food cravings, too. The Sun reports that Beyonce is already hankering for some pretty weird combinations, which, perhaps too predictably, include pickles. "She's snacking on Oreo biscuits and gherkins," says a source. Also, "Bounty ice...

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