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Soulja Boy Found Liable for Sexual Assault

Jury orders rapper to pay former assistant $4.25M

(Newser) - After hearing days of harrowing testimony from a woman who used to live with Soulja Boy, a jury in Los Angeles ordered the rapper to pay her $4.25 million. Soulja Boy, whose real name is DeAndre Way, was found liable for claims including sexual battery, assault, and gender violence,...

30 Celebs Who Spend Like Crazy
 30 Celebs Who 
 Spend Like Crazy 
$60K ... on fish?
Mar 8, 2013 10:44 AM CST

30 Celebs Who Spend Like Crazy

If you would never spend $60K on fish, you are probably not a celebrity

(Newser) - Celebrities: They are not just like us. Unless, of course, you're the type of person who spends $50,000 at a North Carolina strip club, like rapper Drake recently did. The Huffington Post lists 30 stars who spend so lavishly, they may be headed to Nicolas Cage Town :
  • Lady
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The Most Lucrative Tweeters
 The Most Lucrative Tweeters 
Jan 13, 2010 5:00 AM CST

The Most Lucrative Tweeters

Celebs can net $10K just for one tweet endorsing a product

(Newser) - Twitter represents a new frontier for advertising, with companies like Ad.ly connecting advertisers to much-followed celebrities. The Daily Beast lists the most highly compensated tweeters:
  1. Kim Kardashian : 2,795,369 followers, $10,000 (at least) per tweet.
  2. Soulja Boy : 2,002,848 followers, $10,000 (at least) per tweet.
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2009's Most Viral Videos
 2009's Most Viral Videos 
Year in Review
Dec 13, 2009 1:20 PM CST

2009's Most Viral Videos

Music videos rule the charts, user-generated stuff absent

(Newser) - Viral videos went corporate in 2009, with nary a user-generated video cracking the top 10 in Visible Measures’ ranking, based on views on 150 different platforms. The list is almost entirely music videos, which are essentially ads for albums, TechCrunch points out. The only exception is the top video, the...

Who Needs Chris? Rihanna Lines Up Duets

Jay-Z, JT, Kanye among those who want to record

(Newser) - Rihanna’s planned duet with ex Chris Brown ended on a flat note when he allegedly assaulted her—but lucky for her, she has five back-ups good to go. Jay-Z, Kanye West, Justin Timberlake, Pharrell Williams, and Soulja Boy are all ready to record with her, the Mirror reports. “...

Buzz Aldrin Raps With Snoop Dogg

Astronaut pairs with unlikely collaborators to benefit charity

(Newser) - What’s next for a man who’s walked on the moon? For 79-year-old astronaut Buzz Aldrin, it’s recording a rap song, USA Today reports. “I'm not too good at carrying a tune, but I do have rhythm,” says Aldrin, who collaborated with Snoop Dogg, Soulja Boy,...

Mike Gravel Woos Obama Girl
 Mike Gravel Woos Obama Girl 
May 7, 2008 6:41 PM CDT

Mike Gravel Woos Obama Girl

Quirky Libertarian hits YouTube, but can't win her away from Barack

(Newser) - The quirkiest presidential candidate has found a new platform—a drop-dead funny video spot with Web fave Obama Girl, writes AOL blogger Liza Porteus Viana. Libertarian Mike Gravel does the Soulja Boy dance in an attempt to sway the famous Barack booster. “You should drop your crush on Obama,...

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