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Letterman Extortionist
Conjures 'Tiger Defense'

'IF RACHEL UCHITEL GOT PAID...'

Dec 30, 2009 7:07 AM CST

Letterman Extortionist Conjures 'Tiger Defense'

Why can't Halderman clean up the way Woods' galpals did?

(Newser) - David Letterman’s accused extortionist came up with a novel way to use the Tiger Woods scandal to his advantage. In court documents filed yesterday, Robert Halderman’s attorney used the “If Tiger Woods’ mistresses can be paid off without going to jail, why can’t I?” defense. After...

2009's Worst Sex Scenes

SEX WITH A GHOST? NOT OK

Dec 29, 2009 11:38 AM CST

2009's Worst Sex Scenes

Congratulations, Katherine Heigl, for making the list twice

(Newser) - Sometimes on-screen sex scenes are just sex…not sexy. The Frisky points to a list on YourTango detailing the 10 worst sex scenes of 2009:

The Watchmen: Two superheroes have sex on a spaceship…with Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” playing in the background. Enough said.
The Ugly Truth: Katherine

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The Decade's Top Mistresses

BEST OF THE AUGHTS

Dec 29, 2009 10:36 AM CST

The Decade's Top Mistresses

Tiger Woods' women take up a lot of spots

(Newser) - Tiger Woods and Silvio Berlusconi had a whole stable of them; The political careers of Eliot Spitzer and John Edwards were wrecked by theirs; David Letterman actually benefited, ratings-wise, from his. With all these juicy stories to choose from, Vanity Fair offers up this list of the top 10 mistresses...

Monkey Pees on
Kim Kardashian

CELEBRITY JUSTICE

Dec 29, 2009 8:27 AM CST

Monkey Pees on Kim Kardashian

But it pooped on Ashton Kutcher, so everything's 'haha'

(Newser) - In a scene that many would probably love seeing on one of her reality shows, Kim Kardashian got peed on by a monkey. She wrote about the experience—it happened while visiting Ashton Kutcher’s production company—on her blog . She thought the monkey was cute (see picture No. 1),...

Charlie Sheen's Wife: He
Threatened to Kill Me

LISTEN TO 911 CALL

Dec 29, 2009 7:20 AM CST

Charlie Sheen's Wife: He Threatened to Kill Me

Brooke Mueller tells cops he held a knife to her throat

(Newser) - Police released the audio of Brooke Mueller’s 911 call yesterday, in which she says, “I’m scared for my life” after being “threatened” by husband Charlie Sheen. Mueller told the operator “we have people separating us,” but Sheen was “trying to sneak out the...

Biggest Divorces of the Decade

Dec 28, 2009 10:55 AM CST

Biggest Divorces of the Decade

From Brad and Jen to Madonna and Guy, these made headlines

(Newser) - For better or for worse, this decade will always be remembered as the one in which that homewrecker Angelina Jolie broke up Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston’s marriage. The Daily Beast comments on that, and nine other high-profile divorces of the '00s.

Tyra Banks Kisses
Talk Show Goodbye

WILL FOCUS ON FILM

Dec 28, 2009 10:01 AM CST

Tyra Banks Kisses Talk Show Goodbye

The Tyra Show to end after fifth season in spring 2010

(Newser) - Tyra Banks is pulling an Oprah: The Tyra Show host will end her daytime talk show—which brought everything from televised colonics to Tyra in her bathing suit to America's living rooms—at the end of this season to focus on a film studio she’s starting. “I’ve...

Susan Boyle
'Has Not Seen
a Penny': Bro

STILL LIVES ON $285/WEEK

Dec 28, 2009 8:44 AM CST

Susan Boyle 'Has Not Seen a Penny': Bro

But she's planning to buy a $1M home when royalties roll in

(Newser) - Despite her 4 weeks at the top of the charts and her massive popularity, Susan Boyle is still living on a $285 weekly allowance, her brother says. “At present she has not seen a penny of her fortune,” Gerry Boyle tells Irish Central . No word on when she'll...

Ivana Trump
Kicked Off
Plane After
Tantrum

CELEB MELTDOWNS

Dec 28, 2009 4:00 AM CST

Ivana Trump Kicked Off Plane After Tantrum

Allegedly screamed obscenities at kids, berated crew

(Newser) - Ivana Trump was kicked off a plane Saturday following an F-bomb-laced tirade directed at children on the Palm Beach-to-NYC flight. Ivana, first ex-wife of Donald Trump, became enraged by some kids who were running up and down the first-class aisles but refused offers of another seat or headphones, sheriff’s...

Sheen Had Knife,
Choked Me: Wife

PLUS: DIVORCE IN THE CARDS

Dec 28, 2009 3:48 AM CST

Sheen Had Knife, Choked Me: Wife

Details of the Charlie Sheen-Brooke Mueller fight emerge

(Newser) - Ugly details of the fight between Charlie Sheen and wife Brooke Mueller came out over the weekend—but whether any of them are true is the real question. Mueller told cops Sheen threatened her with a knife, police sources told TMZ yesterday, but—as the gossip site reported Saturday—Mueller...

'Supernova' Obama
Risks Flameout

OPINION

Dec 24, 2009 2:01 PM CST

'Supernova' Obama Risks Flameout

President shines bright, but supernovas don't last

(Newser) - President Obama has shone like a supernova, but supernovas, by definition, don’t shine brightly for very long. Obama is definitely a star, “the first real king of all media,” writes Daniel Henninger for the Wall Street Journal . “Nobody says ‘Barack Obama’ anymore. He’s jut...

Eerie Final Films
of Stars Who
Died Young

Dec 24, 2009 9:11 AM CST

Eerie Final Films of Stars Who Died Young

Brittany Murphy's last movies follow a morbid trend

(Newser) - In the wake of Brittany Murphy’s death, her latest film roles take on an especially creepy symbolism. The Frisky points to the just-released trailer for her upcoming movie Abandoned, in which she plays a woman under psychiatric care—and E! notes that the box art for another recent film,...

Domestic Violence Cited in Courtney Love Case

CUSTODY BATTLE

Dec 24, 2009 3:47 AM CST

Domestic Violence Cited in Courtney Love Case

Frances Bean Cobain's guardians ask to seal all records

(Newser) - Courtney Love’s rants against daughter Frances Bean Cobain may not have been restricted to Facebook: New court documents seem to hint at domestic violence. Cobain’s paternal grandmother and aunt filed a motion to seal all records of the custody proceedings from the public—including “allegations of domestic...

Worst
Parents
of 2009

ROLE MODELS

Dec 23, 2009 9:11 AM CST

Worst Parents of 2009

Not surprisingly, Nadya Suleman and the Gosselins make the list

(Newser) - 2009 will always be the year we first met Octomom, Jon and Kate’s divorce played out in the tabloids, and David Hasselhoff ruined Thanksgiving. And those aren’t the only bad parents of the year—the New York Daily News remembers the worst:

Richard and Mayumi Heene: Convinced the

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8 Celebs Who
Love to Get Naked

Dec 21, 2009 8:52 AM CST

8 Celebs Who Love to Get Naked

Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore—even Harry Potter likes to go nude

(Newser) - Some celebrities strip down so often, seeing their naked bodies starts to seem commonplace. The Frisky notes eight of the worst offenders:

Daniel Radcliffe: Equus was one thing, but donning his birthday suit for Harry Potter? Come on now.
Jennifer Aniston: She’s bared her bare tush everywhere from film

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Brittany Murphy Remembered

OBITUARY

Dec 21, 2009 7:31 AM CST

Brittany Murphy Remembered

Media find it difficult to sum up actress' troubled life

(Newser) - As news outlets everywhere struggle to memorialize Brittany Murphy's troubled, too-short life, co-stars and friends remembered the young actress in statements and—of course—on Twitter. Murphy’s life started as a Hollywood dream-come-true, “but then her star power fizzled, her personal life disintegrated, and she met a grisly...

NBC Wants Seinfeld, Not Conan

wishful thinking

Dec 17, 2009 9:52 AM CST

NBC Wants Seinfeld, Not Conan

As O'Brien's Tonight Show ratings struggle, NBC wishes for Seinfeld

(Newser) - Could Conan O’Brien be replaced as Tonight Show host—by Jerry Seinfeld? Maybe not, but that’s what many at NBC want. Executives tell PopEater that Conan has been struggling so much in the ratings department that replacement discussions have already begun, and Seinfeld's name is at the top...

More Celebs Who
Slammed Their Kids

Dec 17, 2009 9:28 AM CST

More Celebs Who Slammed Their Kids

Courtney Love's rant against Frances Bean Cobain is far from the first

(Newser) - Courtney Love called her 17-year-old daughter “deceptive” and “deluded” on Facebook—and that certainly wasn't the first time a celebrity has lashed out at a child. The Frisky lists a few other trainwrecky parent-child relationships:

Michael Lohan: He’s made a name for himself by discussing estranged daughter

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Jersey Shore Brainiacs
Can't Name Pope, VP

LAST NIGHT ON LENO

Dec 17, 2009 8:11 AM CST

Jersey Shore Brainiacs Can't Name Pope, VP

Not surprisingly, they basically fail Jay Leno Show trivia game

(Newser) - Jay Leno made a shocking discovery last night: The Jersey Shore cast members don’t know a whole lot about current events or world history. Among the questions Snooki, The Situation, and DJ Pauly D couldn’t answer: the vice president’s name, where the United Nations is, or...

Frances Bean Cobain
Gets Restraining Order

CELEB TRAINWRECKS

Dec 17, 2009 7:00 AM CST

Frances Bean Cobain Gets Restraining Order

Courtney Love continues Facebook rants, conjures Jamie Lynn Spears

(Newser) - Kurt Cobain’s family has been trying to take custody of Frances Bean for years, his uncle tells TMZ , because Courtney Love “can barely take care of herself”—and is certainly “not fit to take care of Frances.” As of yesterday, Love not only lost custody...

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