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20 Iconic Songs That Are Actually Covers

Cyndi Lauper didn't come up with the idea that girls just want to have fun

(Newser) - Next time you find yourself belting along to Cyndi Lauper singing "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" or Joan Jett singing "I Love Rock 'n' Roll," know this: Cyndi and Joan didn't originate those songs, they just made them famous. Huffington Post rounds up 20 hit...

Two and a Half Men Coming Back, Sans 'Half'

Angus T. Jones, who called show 'filth,' no longer a regular

(Newser) - Looks like Angus T. Jones won't be returning to the show he referred to as "filth," at least not full-time. Two and a Half Men has been renewed for next season, but Jones (the "half" man) won't be a regular, Entertainment Weekly reports. Warner Bros....

Amanda Bynes Shaves Half Her Head

And, apparently, talks to herself incoherently

(Newser) - The latest stop on the road to crazy taken by Amanda Bynes: She shaved off half of her hair. "I buzzed half my head like @cassie! No more old photos! This is the new me! I love it!" she tweeted last night, along with a couple pictures. Making...

How a Song Will Help Boston
 How a Song Will Help Boston 
Apr 25, 2013 10:47 AM CDT

How a Song Will Help Boston

Neil Diamond donating this week's 'Sweet Caroline' sales

(Newser) - "Sweet Caroline," an unofficial anthem at Fenway Park for more than 10 years now, is way up in popularity in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings. Sales of the song— sung by Diamond himself at the first Red Sox game after the attacks, and even played at...

More Woes for Justin Bieber

 More Woes for 
 Justin Bieber 
Apr 25, 2013 9:26 AM CDT

More Woes for Justin Bieber

Pot bust on his tour bus, and more bad behavior

(Newser) - Justin Bieber: not a huge fan of monkeys or his grandpa , but apparently a fan of marijuana. According to a Swedish newspaper report picked up by TMZ , Swedish police raided Bieber's tour bus last night after sniffing out a "strong smell" of pot wafting from it. They allegedly...

Why Reese's Mugshot Is So ... Odd

Police took several of 'wobbly' actress, and this was the best one

(Newser) - That odd Reese Witherspoon mugshot , the one in which she's not even looking at the camera? That was the best one of the multiple photos police took, a police source tells People . "She was wobbly," the source says. "She didn't need help walking, but she...

Bieber Doesn't Seem to Want His Monkey

Mally remains in German shelter

(Newser) - Looks like Justin Bieber's monkey might be staying in Germany permanently . Bieber still hasn't produced the required paperwork for Mally since customs authorities seized the 17-week-old capuchin monkey in March, and a customs spokesperson says Mally will remain in the Munich Animal Protection League shelter until they hear...

Paltrow's Life Officially a Little More Perfect

She's named 'People's' Most Beautiful

(Newser) - People has selected the celebrity everyone loves to hate as this year's "World's Most Beautiful Woman!": Gwyneth Paltrow. As is standard for Most Beautiful winners, Paltrow adopts a self-deprecating tone: "Around the house, I'm in jeans and a T-shirt. I don't really...

Ben Affleck: I Plan to Live on $1.50 a Day

...for at least one day, to bring awareness to global poverty

(Newser) - According to one estimate, 1.4 billion people around the world have to get by on just $1.50 a day. To bring awareness to that fact, Ben Affleck will spend only that much on food and drink for "at least one day" next week. Sophia Bush, Josh Groban,...

Michael Bay: No, I am Not Sorry About Armageddon

Director responds to headline-getting quote

(Newser) - Before Michael Bay brought Megan Fox to the world's attention , he brought us something else: Armageddon, a movie that Roger Ebert called "an assault on the eyes, the ears, the brain, common sense, and the human desire to be entertained," as Vanity Fair fondly recalls. Well, Bay...

Reese's Hubby Feels Really Bad

Witherspoon cancels media appearances in wake of kerfuffle

(Newser) - Reese Witherspoon is pretty embarrassed about her arrest Friday , and husband Jim Toth isn't feeling much better. He "feels awful that he involved Reese in the situation," a friend of Toth's tells People . "He made a bad decision and it certainly made things worse that...

High Ozzy Thought Sharon Was Trying to Kill Him
 Ozzy Thought Sharon 
 Was Trying to Kill Him 
inside his relapse
Apr 22, 2013 10:53 AM CDT

Ozzy Thought Sharon Was Trying to Kill Him

Osbourne would go missing for days during relapse

(Newser) - So just how bad did things get during Ozzy Osbourne's year-and-a-half relapse into booze and drugs ? Well, according to sources who talked to Britain's Daily Star tabloid, the rocker got so high he became convinced wife Sharon was planning to murder him. He ran around their mansion...

Bieber Won't Help Me: Destitute Grandpa

George Bieber 'living in squalor,' says Justin never helps out

(Newser) - With a name like George Bieber, you'd think a person would have it made. But no, Justin Bieber's 61-year-old grandfather is, as the Sun puts it, "living in squalor." He has work-related back problems that keep him from working—or even making it upstairs in his...

Kanye Has Spent $100K on Pregnancy

...for private jets to fly to doctor's visits

(Newser) - Worried about those reports that pregnant Kim Kardashian and babydaddy Kanye West are barely spending any time together ? Well, you needn't fret about the health of their relationship, according to TMZ . Sources say West, who has been working in Paris for the past few months, has spent $100,...

Witherspoon on Arrest: 'I Had One Drink Too Many'

Actress apologizes for 'deeply embarrassing' arrest

(Newser) - Reese Witherspoon released a contrite statement after news broke of her arrest last night. Witherspoon, who reportedly said things like, "Do you know my name?" as her husband was being given a field sobriety test, says she is "deeply embarrassed about the things I said." "I...

Reese Witherspoon, Hubby Arrested

She's charged with disorderly conduct

(Newser) - Squeaky-clean Reese Witherspoon found herself in a rare bit of trouble in the wee hours of Friday morning, reports Variety . The actress is in Atlanta shooting The Good Lie, and was a passenger in a car being driven by husband Jim Toth when the pair were pulled over after Toth...

9 Celebs Dating Much Younger Men

In some cases, decades separate them

(Newser) - It's not just famous men who can have much younger lovers: The Frisky rounds up nine celebrity ladies in relationships with younger men:
  • When Sharon Stone was starring in Basic Instinct, her 30-years-younger guy Martin Mica was just ... six.
  • Madonna certainly seems to enjoy dating younger men. Her latest,
...

Neil Diamond Gives Boston, Red Sox Fans a 'Sweet' Surprise

Leads crowd in 'Sweet Caroline'

(Newser) - Fenway Park offered up a number of tributes to the Boston Marathon victims at yesterday's Red Sox game, a matchup with the Kansas City Royals that had been delayed due to Friday's manhunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. But the biggest surprise may have been Neil Diamond's appearance. He...

David Lee Roth: From Rocker to EMT ... and Back

Van Halen's frontman grapples with the new zeitgeist

(Newser) - Remember David Lee Roth? The wild Van Halen lead singer had quite a bumpy ride once the band broke up and his solo career ran its course in the 1980s, writes Steve Kandell in BuzzFeed . Starting over, Roth worked as an EMT on ambulance calls in New York City. "...

27 Celebs&#39; Real Names
 27 Celebs' 
 Real Names 
Apr 20, 2013 8:28 PM CDT

27 Celebs' Real Names

Does Vincent Damon Furnier sound like a rocker's name?

(Newser) - Alice Cooper wasn't actually born with his female-sounding name; his parents dubbed him Vincent Damon Furnier. Radar lists the real names of 26 more stars:
  • Chuck Norris: Carlos Ray
  • Sting: Gordon Sumner
  • Kirk Douglas: Issur Danielovitch
  • Jodie Foster: Alicia Christian Foster
  • Hulk Hogan: Terry Jean Bollette
  • George Michael: Georgios
...

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