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Mag Bares GI Joe Star's Stripper Past

18-year-old made $50 a night, plus tips

(Newser) - Channing Tatum is a rising star—but before his high-profile turn in GI Joe, he was known as “Chan Crawford,” a stripper at a Florida nightclub. Us has video of the then-18-year-old (watch it at left) peeling off everything but a thong as a dancer in the Chippendales-style...

Mel's Babymama: Don't Judge!
 Mel's Babymama: Don't Judge! 
GOSSIP ROUNDUP
Aug 11, 2009 11:51 AM CDT

Mel's Babymama: Don't Judge!

Plus, Angie: hot or too skinny? It's anyone's guess.

(Newser) - Oksana Grigorieva may be carrying Mel Gibson’s love child, but she wants “to be judged by my art, by my music,” she tells Reuters in her first interview. “How can I be judged for falling in love? We live in the same city. I don’t...

Jennifer Hudson Welcomes Son
 Jennifer Hudson 
 Welcomes Son 
Aug 11, 2009 11:12 AM CDT

Jennifer Hudson Welcomes Son

Pregnancy was never announced, but here he is

(Newser) - Jennifer Hudson never formally announced she was pregnant, but the proof is in the pudding: She welcomed son David Daniel Otunga Jr. yesterday, she tells the Hollywood Reporter. The baby, named for his father, was conceived shortly after the murders of Hudson’s mother, brother, and nephew. Hudson and Otunga...

Twilight Star: Nude Pics Belong to Me

Yes, another one...

(Newser) - The latest tween obsession to find herself embroiled in a nude photo scandal: Ashley Greene of Twilight fame. She apparently snapped herself in the buff, and the photos found their way to Perez Hilton's site. That was before her lawyers found their way to Perez Hilton, who then took the...

Levi, Kathy Plan 'Love Igloo'
 Levi, Kathy Plan 'Love Igloo' 
Aug 11, 2009 8:35 AM CDT

Levi, Kathy Plan 'Love Igloo'

Plus, Levi dishes on Palins' marital problems

(Newser) - Kathy Griffin rehashed her date with Levi Johnston last night on Larry King Live, in what the Huffington Post and Gawker declare quite possibly the most entertaining segment in the show’s history. Amid recollections of “spooning” in the arms of her “tiger” and imagining their “love...

Tina Talks Emmys, Jay, and Sarah...Sorta

(Newser) - As if its record 22 Emmy nominations weren’t enough, 30 Rock also recently landed a syndication deal. Tina Fey talks success—and Sarah Palin—with Broadcasting & Cable:
  • On possibly hosting the Emmys: "No, I think it's a hard job and a thankless one. I think maybe it's
...

Newton-John's Dead Ex Alive in Mexico

Speculation reigns he faked it to escape debt

(Newser) - Olivia Newton-John’s former lover has been presumed dead since going missing on a 2005 fishing trip—but he may have faked it due to rising debts, the Daily Mail reports. Private investigators claim to have found Patrick McDermott working in a small Mexican fishing town, and a fax sent...

Sometimes, Celeb Tweets Bring Real News

But not usually.

(Newser) - Surprise! Celebrities do, occasionally, use Twitter to break actual news. Don’t believe it? USA Today lists some examples:
  • Paula Abdul: Bid adieu to American Idol before an official statement was released.
  • Ryan Seacrest: Told the world Ben Silverman was out at NBC before NBC did.

Levi Is Kathy's 'Teen Choice'
 Levi Is Kathy's 
 'Teen Choice' 
GOSSIP ROUNDUP
Aug 10, 2009 10:42 AM CDT

Levi Is Kathy's 'Teen Choice'

Plus, Jesus Luz is still around and Jeremy Piven still isn't over sushi poisoning

(Newser) - If Levi Johnston’s goal is to break into Hollywood, he got at least a toe in the door last night: My Life on the D-List star Kathy Griffin brought him along as her date to the Teen Choice Awards, E! reports. “Long-distance relationships are not easy, especially when...

Jacko Sources: Pal Not Paris' Dad
 Jacko Sources: 
 Pal Not Paris' Dad 
JACKSON ROUNDUP
Aug 10, 2009 8:53 AM CDT

Jacko Sources: Pal Not Paris' Dad

Plus, Michael finally buried, and more

(Newser) - Mark Lester’s words were “twisted around,” his friends tell People, and though he did donate sperm to Michael Jackson, “he’s not claiming to be the father of Paris Jackson.” Or at least not this morning. All such stories circulating the tabloids are “just...

Cruise Daughter Gets $59K Makeover
 Cruise Daughter 
 Gets $59K Makeover 
GOSSIP ROUNDUP
Aug 7, 2009 11:25 AM CDT

Cruise Daughter Gets $59K Makeover

Plus, Pamela Anderson was a nympho, and Lady GaGa is a hermaphrodite

(Newser) - Tom Cruise’s 16-year-old daughter felt a little insecure—so he shelled out $59,000 for a makeover, Australia’s News Network reports. Isabella “was complaining that boys never notice her,” a source tells the National Enquirer, adding that since the makeover, she’s “more confident and...

Idol Will Miss Paula's Crazy Antics
 Idol Will Miss 
 Paula's Crazy Antics 
OPINION
Aug 7, 2009 9:30 AM CDT

Idol Will Miss Paula's Crazy Antics

The true reality show is at the judges' table, after all

(Newser) - Paula Abdul “walked away from a multimillion-dollar salary, a gig that brought her out of obscurity”—but it’s American Idol that will smart the most from her departure, writes Jeanne McManus for the Washington Post. “She generally contributed absolutely nothing to the verdict of the talent...

Rihanna Heads to Leno, Brown to Hard Labor

Singer faces community labor at sentencing

(Newser) - Rihanna will make her first public performance since the Chris Brown assault at a somewhat unlikely venue: the Jay Leno Show, E! reports. She will join Kanye West and Jay-Z for Leno’s primetime debut Sept. 14. Brown isn’t doing quite so well: Wrigley cut his sponsorship deal, and...

Boyle: I Did It for My Mom
 Boyle: I Did It for My Mom  
Interview
Aug 6, 2009 2:23 PM CDT

Boyle: I Did It for My Mom

Fame hasn't gone to singing sensation's head

(Newser) - Soaring to stardom was “too big for anyone to handle,” says Susan Boyle. But in her first major magazine interview, the singer doesn't pause when asked whether she’s glad she went on Britain’s Got Talent: “Come on! It goes without saying,” she tells Harper’...

'No Homo' Makes Hip-Hop Less Homophobic

(Newser) - Kanye West was one of the first rappers to say, “Yo, stop it” to homophobic hip-hop artists, and his stance on homosexuality “remains the highest-profile rebuke of gay-bashing that hip-hop has seen,” writes Jonah Weiner for Slate. So why did West use the anti-gay hip-hop phrase “...

Leno Spills Details on New Show

 Leno Spills Details 
 on New Show 
GOSSIP ROUNDUP
Aug 6, 2009 9:43 AM CDT

Leno Spills Details on New Show

Plus, Kate Major is still talking...

(Newser) - The Jay Leno Show will bear few similarities to Leno’s tenure on the Tonight Show—for one, he won’t have a desk until the end of the fast-paced hour, if at all—but it will still feature celebrity guests (two max) and signature Leno comedy bits, according to...

Paula, Don't Let Door Hit You On Way Out: Idol Staff

Employees toast departure of 'difficult diva'

(Newser) - Ryan Seacrest may be sad to see Paula Abdul go, but he’s in the minority: Longtime American Idol staffers were so overjoyed at her announcement, they threw an impromptu party, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. “Can’t you hear our celebration?” one veteran staffer says. “We broke out...

Pitt Won't Marry Until Gays Can

Stands by his decision despite 'flak' from religious right

(Newser) - Brad Pitt is standing firm in his decision not to marry “soul mate” Angelina Jolie until “it’s legal for everyone else,” he tells Parade. “I believe everyone should have the same rights. They say gay marriage ruins families and hurts kids. Well, I've had the...

Tinseltown's New Trend: See-Through Clothes

Just remember to wear something underneath

(Newser) - The latest fashion trend for Hollywood’s leading ladies is leaving less to the imagination. Stars from Megan Fox to Emma Watson have been stepping out in sheer outfits, USA Today reports. “Sheer is beautiful,” says one stylist. “You just don’t want to be obscene. The...

Mom Fears for Rihanna's Life
 Mom Fears 
 for Rihanna's Life 
GOSSIP ROUNDUP
Aug 5, 2009 11:56 AM CDT

Mom Fears for Rihanna's Life

Singer wants restraining order against Brown gone

(Newser) - As Chris Brown awaits sentencing today, Rihanna is again trying to squash a court order requiring him to stay 50 yards away, her lawyer tells People. Meanwhile, her mother is afraid she’s “playing Russian roulette with her life” by allowing Brown to keep his “power over her,...

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