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Miley Offered $1M Condom Deal
 Miley Offered $1M Condom Deal 
Jul 28, 2008 11:21 AM CDT

Miley Offered $1M Condom Deal

Manufacturer wants teen sensation to endorse safe sex

(Newser) - Miley Cyrus has said publicly she’ll wait until marriage to have sex, but that isn't stopping a condom company from offering the 15-year-old a lucrative endorsement deal and a lifetime supply of protection. Reps for the tween sensation tell the New York Daily News they haven't been approached but...

Mills' PR Flack Quits, Calls Her 'Mental Maniac'

Employee denies writing tell-all, claims she is owed $100K

(Newser) - Heather Mills’ publicist quit this week over an alleged tell-all book, the New York Post reports. Michele Elyzabeth, who once posted videos online defending Mills, grew exasperated when Mills accused her of writing an insider's account. “I told her I was sick of her outbursts,” says Elyzabeth, “...

Publisher Sues Lil' Kim, Foxy Brown

Sez neither produced books they were paid for

(Newser) - Simon & Schuster Inc. sued rappers Foxy Brown and Lil' Kim yesterday, saying they were paid advances for books they never delivered. The publishing house wants Brown to return a $75,000 advance she received in 2005 for an autobiography called Broken Silence and wants Lil' Kim to return the...

Is Ledger's Ex Jonzin' for Love?
 Is Ledger's Ex Jonzin' for Love? 
Jul 24, 2008 11:13 AM CDT

Is Ledger's Ex Jonzin' for Love?

Michelle Williams and Spike Jonze reportedly an item

(Newser) - Heath Ledger's ex-fiancee, Michelle Williams, may have found love again—in the arms of director Spike Jonze, Star magazine reports via the Daily Mail. Williams and Jonze, who divorced director Sofia Coppola in 2003, were spotted locking lips outside his Manhattan pad. The late actor's best friend, who has been...

Love Sued Over Nirvana Catalog

Company claims Cobain's widow broke verbal contract

(Newser) - Business firm London & Co. sued Kurt Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, for $975,000 yesterday, claiming she didn’t give them their share of the $19.5 million she earned from selling part of Nirvana's publishing catalog. They allege Love broke a verbal contract to share 5% of profits from...

Paps Nabbed Near Brit's Pad

Photographers arrested for loitering

(Newser) - Los Angeles police busted two photographers near Britney Spears' home Monday on loitering charges. After ignoring warnings to leave the city-owned road near the exclusive gated community that is also home to Ed McMahon, the paps were arrested and their car impounded.  

The 10 Best-Paid Actors
 The 10 Best-Paid Actors 
Jul 23, 2008 11:01 AM CDT

The 10 Best-Paid Actors

From the Fresh Prince to Captain Jack Sparrow, stars aren't sweating the small notes

(Newser) - Hancock isn't the "have you seen it" superhero movie of the season, but star Will Smith isn't crying in his beer: The ex-Fresh Prince raked in $80 million in the year that ended June 1. The rest of the Forbes top 10:
  1. Johnny Depp ($72 million)
  2. Eddie Murphy ($55
...

A-List Potential, F-Grade Agents
 A-List Potential, F-Grade Agents 
OPINION
Jul 22, 2008 4:13 PM CDT

A-List Potential, F-Grade Agents

Blogger looks at actors who never parlayed breakout roles into full-on stardom

(Newser) - James Caviezel has gone from playing Jesus in Passion of the Christ to “a dragon hunter from another planet” in next year’s Outlander, Spencer Martin notes on the Playlist. Who else should have fire their agents for such moves?
  1. Heather Graham. Success: Drugstore Cowboy, Boogie Nights, Austin Powers.
...

Bale Makes Bail, Denies Mom Assault
 Bale Makes
 Bail, Denies
 Mom Assault  
UPDATED
Jul 22, 2008 1:09 PM CDT

Bale Makes Bail, Denies Mom Assault

Reports abuse before son's London movie premiere

(Newser) - Batman star Christian Bale was arrested today in London after his mother and sister accused him of assaulting them in his hotel suite over the weekend, the Daily Mail reports. The women lodged their complaints yesterday, but police waited until after last night’s London premiere of The Dark Knight...

Winehouse MIA at Hubby's Sentencing
Winehouse MIA at Hubby's Sentencing
Jul 21, 2008 3:32 PM CDT

Winehouse MIA at Hubby's Sentencing

Blake gets 27 months for assault, bribery; may be out by holidays

(Newser) - Amy Winehouse was nowhere to be seen as a London judge handed husband Blake Fielder-Civil a 27-month prison sentence for beating up a bar owner, then trying to bribe the man to keep quiet, the Daily Mail reports. Fielder-Civil has already spent 9 months in the slammer, and with good...

Country Fans to Crossover Simpson: Cross Back

'No twang' in singer's country tunes

(Newser) - Struggling pop star Jessica Simpson’s country crossover got off to a rocky start Saturday when her debut performance at Wisconsin’s Country Thunder Festival drew a decidedly mixed reaction from the crowd, the Kenosha News reports. "I just don't hear the country in her; I don't hear the...

Connery Won't Give Son a Dime
 Connery Won't Give Son a Dime 
Jul 21, 2008 10:45 AM CDT

Connery Won't Give Son a Dime

Star wants son to earn his living

(Newser) - Add Sean Connery to the list of wealthy patriarchs who want their children to make their own money. The 77-year-old actor is worth $170 million, but his 45-year-old son, Jason, will “never receive a penny” of it, Connery’s ex-wife and Jason's mother Diane Cilento told the London Times.

DMX Charged in Med-Bill Dodge
 DMX Charged in Med-Bill Dodge 
Jul 20, 2008 2:06 PM CDT

DMX Charged in Med-Bill Dodge

Rapper faces third arrest this summer

(Newser) - Scofflaw rapper DMX was arrested at a Phoenix mall yesterday and charged with giving a false name and Social Security number so he could skirt medical bills, the AP reports—only the third time this summer the rapper has faced charges. The sheriff claims DMX—real name Earl Simmons—visited...

'Brenda' Back on 90210 Spinoff
 'Brenda' Back on 90210 Spinoff 
Jul 20, 2008 12:08 PM CDT

'Brenda' Back on 90210 Spinoff

Shannen Doherty will reprise her 1990s character

(Newser) - Brenda Walsh will return as an adult to CW's 90210 spinoff this fall, reports the AP, but it remains to be seen whether actress Shannen Doherty has finally grown up. Also slated for comebacks on the angsty teen drama are Jennie Garth and Tori Spelling, but Doherty’s notorious volatility...

Julia Allison Is More Famous Than You

How the Internet's It Girl became a celebrity for being a celebrity

(Newser) - Julia Allison is famous, although her only discernible talent is self-promotion. Wired traces just how the online celebrity—nominally a journalist, but known mainly for documenting her every waking moment—climbed her way to the top of the buzz heap: by making an impression, keeping her fans interested, then branching...

The Roles They Left Behind
 The Roles They Left Behind 
Jul 18, 2008 4:50 PM CDT

The Roles They Left Behind

Here's a list of stars whose movies outlasted them

(Newser) - Heath Ledger's posthumous appearance in The Dark Knight prompts Radar to muse on stars whose films debuted after they died, prompting critics to wonder what could have been—or to hold their tongues.
  • Brad Renfro, The Informers. A onetime child star known for run-ins with the law, Renfro completed filming
...

Hayek Back on the Market
 Hayek Back on the Market 
Jul 18, 2008 11:34 AM CDT

Hayek Back on the Market

Bombshell, billionaire baby daddy call the whole thing off

(Newser) - Salma Hayek and French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault have called it quits 10 months after their daughter was born. "We are sad to announce the engagement of Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault has been canceled. There will be no further comment," Hayek's rep told USA Today. Pinault is CEO...

Michael J. Fox Returns to TV
 Michael J. Fox
 Returns
 to TV 
Jul 17, 2008 12:50 PM CDT

Michael J. Fox Returns to TV

Will guest star on 'Rescue Me'

(Newser) - Michael J. Fox will return to the small screen next year in a four-episode guest role on FX's "Rescue Me,” the AP reports. The “Spin City” star, whose symptoms of Parkinson’s disease have become evident since his 1991 diagnosis, will play the wheelchair-bound love-interest of the...

Mark Ronson 'Approves' of LiLo-Sam Love

After double-date, big bro's girlfriend says they're a 'lovely couple'

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan and celebrity DJ Samantha Ronson’s lesbian relationship is all but out of the closet—and now Ronson’s Grammy-winning brother Mark Ronson gives their love two thumbs up.“Her and Sam make a lovely couple—they seem really happy,” Mark's girlfriend Daisy Lowe told the...

Andy Dick Faces Sex, Drug Charges

Comedian allegedly pulled down a teenager's top

(Newser) - An "extremely intoxicated" Andy Dick pulled down the tank top and bra of a teenage girl outside a California restaurant, police say. The 42-year-old comedian faces a slew of charges, including sexual battery and public intoxication. Police found marijuana and the anti-anxiety drug Xanax in his pockets, MTV reports.

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