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Britney Helps Jamie Lynn Celebrate

Family, friends gather to fete 17-year-old mom-to-be

(Newser) - Britney Spears returned home to Louisiana over the weekend for a cameo at 17-year-old sister Jamie Lynn's baby shower at their mother's home in Kentwood, People reports. "We all sat in a circle and she opened gifts and thanked every person," said a guest. "It was just...

Uma Stalker Says He Meant No Harm
Uma Stalker Says He Meant No Harm
May 3, 2008 9:54 AM CDT

Uma Stalker Says He Meant No Harm

Bizarre missives were just creative writing, he tells court

(Newser) - A man accused of stalking Uma Thurman for years has told a court he never meant to scare the star, the New York Post reports. Jack Jordan says the bizarre letters he sent Thurman—including pictures of razor blades and open graves, descriptions of aborted fetuses, and reference to her...

Celebs Who Dress (Way) Down
 Celebs Who Dress (Way) Down 
May 2, 2008 2:45 PM CDT

Celebs Who Dress (Way) Down

Wealthy folks who insist on dressing like they're poor

(Newser) - Just because they have tons of money and access to the hautest of couture doesn't mean they actually have to take advantage of it. Nerve highlights richie-riches who refuse to advertise their wealth with high-class duds. (Or sometimes showers.)
  1. Amy Winehouse: Even smokes crack "just to keep it
...

Uma Breaks Down in Stalker Trial

Star gives tearful testimony against stoic defendant

(Newser) - Uma Thurman had barely begun her testimony against alleged stalker Jack Jordan when the waterworks began, E! Online reports. Appearing pale, with nary a trace of makeup, Thurman teared up as she told the court how she’d feared for her kids’ and family’s safety. She described an incident...

Aniston and Mayer Heat Up
 Aniston and Mayer Heat Up 
May 1, 2008 10:44 AM CDT

Aniston and Mayer Heat Up

New couple are caught sunbathing in Miami

(Newser) - Unlucky-in-love Jennifer Aniston was caught in the midst of a hot-n-heavy weekend with serial-dater and musician John Mayer, In Touch magazine reports. Mayer flew to Miami where America's Sweetheart was filming Marley & Me. "It's very real. They've been seeing each other for a few weeks now,” a...

Kate Hudson 'Most Beautiful'
 Kate Hudson 'Most Beautiful' 
Apr 30, 2008 6:35 PM CDT

Kate Hudson 'Most Beautiful'

She tops People magazine's annual list

(Newser) - People Magazine has released its annual list of the 100 most beautiful people, and Kate Hudson leads the way. Here's the top 10:
  1. Kate Hudson
  2. Salma Hayek
  3. Mary J. Blige
  4. Rumer Willis (daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore)

David Blaine Breaks Breath-Holding Record

Endurance artist sets new record at 17 minutes, 4 seconds

(Newser) - David Blaine broke the world record for holding one’s breath today when he was submerged for 17 minutes and 4 seconds during a taping of Oprah. The endurance artist looked relaxed emerging from a water-filled sphere, the AP reports. Blaine had undergone simulated altitude training and pure oxygen treatment...

'CSI' Actor Busted for Drugs
'CSI' Actor Busted
for Drugs
Apr 30, 2008 11:11 AM CDT

'CSI' Actor Busted for Drugs

Gary Dourdan nabbed snoozing in car on wrong side of street

(Newser) - Life imitated art for "CSI" star Gary Dourdan when he was arrested Monday in Palm Springs, Calif., for possession of cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, and prescription pills, People reports. The “disoriented” crime drama star, who plays an audio-video analyst with an addiction-addled past, was picked up by patrol officers...

The Engagement of Mimi?
 The Engagement of Mimi? 
Apr 30, 2008 9:31 AM CDT

The Engagement of Mimi?

New beau plops down $2.5M on engagement ring

(Newser) - Mariah Carey might be keeping silent about the $2.5 million 17-carat engagement rock on her finger, but her new beau isn't. Actor Nick Cannon was overheard yesterday saying the pair are going to marry, reports the New York Post, during a follow-up visit to the New York jeweler where...

Amy Singing 007's Tune?
  Amy Singing 007's Tune? 
Apr 29, 2008 8:02 PM CDT

Amy Singing 007's Tune?

Britain's favorite bad girl vying to land new movie's theme song

(Newser) - Though her head-butting skills may be as valuable to 007 as her pipes, Amy Winehouse is auditioning to be the theme-song girl, not Bond girl, of the upcoming pic Quantum of Solace. Producer Mark Ronson said there are no guarantees her track will be used, though he adds, “The...

SNL Alum's Dad Murdered in Nashville
SNL Alum's
Dad Murdered
in Nashville
Apr 29, 2008 11:39 AM CDT

SNL Alum's Dad Murdered in Nashville

Police say Oteri's father killed by his songwriting partner

(Newser) - A hit-making Nashville songwriter was charged yesterday in the pocketknife murder of his producing partner, who—in a headline-grabbing twist out of an old country ballad—is the father of former Saturday Night Live comedienne Cheri Oteri, TMZ reports. Nashville police said Oteri’s father had a "significant laceration”...

Encore! Britney Back on Sitcom
 Encore! Britney Back on Sitcom 
Apr 28, 2008 2:55 PM CDT

Encore! Britney Back on Sitcom

How I Met Your Mother c o-creator: 'We’re all so thrilled'

(Newser) - Britney's back for a second stint guest-starring on How I Met Your Mother. Spears' first cameo netted the show its highest ratings ever, and the new episode began filming today, reports People. “We’re all so thrilled to have Britney joining us once again," says the show's co-creator.

Favorite Celeb Companions
 Favorite
 Celeb
 Companions 
Apr 28, 2008 8:43 AM CDT

Favorite Celeb Companions

RIP, Paw Paw

(Newser) - The death this month of Martha Stewart's beloved canine Kublai Khan Paw Paw Chow Chow (just Paw Paw to his pals) got Nerve's Nicole Pasulka ruminating on her top celeb best friends. A sampling:
  • Millie, First Dog for the first President Bush: "Pet lovers that we are, we’d
...

Why We Love Gossip Girl
 Why We Love Gossip Girl 
OPINION
Apr 27, 2008 2:49 PM CDT

Why We Love Gossip Girl

CW's prime-time soap has appeal far beyond intended teen targets

(Newser) - New York magazine writers Jessica Pressler and Chris Rovzar have come out of the closet. No, not that closet—the one hiding adult fans of Gossip Girl. The pair once justified their love for the CW's teen soap opera by calling it "awesomely bad … like Showgirls. Or a...

Winehouse 'Cautioned' After Night in Cell

Singer held by London police on suspicion of assault

(Newser) - Amy Winehouse spent the night behind bars after showing up 3 hours late for questioning yesterday on Tuesday's head-butting and punching assault on two men outside a London bar, the Times reports. The visibly distressed singer was arrested and held overnight because a doctor deemed her “unfit to be...

Jacko Jacked to Cut Jackpot Album

King of Pop knows his financial future relies on a chart-topper

(Newser) - Michael Jackson is depending on his next album to stave off encroaching financial ruin. That’s why, 2 days ago, he banned his kids from his Las Vegas studio, swore off women (did he ever like them?) and recruited music masterminds RedOne and Akon to produce a money machine, the...

Not Again! Cruise Back to Oprah

First appearance since raving antics in 2005

(Newser) - What hopping mad announcement does he have now? Tom Cruise will return to the Oprah Winfrey Show for the first time since his notorious couch-jumping, Katie-Holmes-crazed fiasco in 2005, MSNBC reports. In addition to a studio interview, the two-part show, planned for May sweeps, will tour his Telluride mountain getaway,...

Once Acting Gods, Now Mere Mortals
Once Acting Gods, Now
Mere Mortals
OPINION
Apr 24, 2008 1:58 PM CDT

Once Acting Gods, Now Mere Mortals

Latest from De Niro, Pacino is downright embarrassing

(Newser) - They may be two of the most admired American actors ever, but Al Pacino and Robert De Niro's latest films don't exactly do credit to their respective legends, writes Patrick Goldstein in the Los Angeles Times. The two "have become parodies of themselves, making payday movies and turning in...

Winehouse Faces Jail After Violent Bender

Booze, drugs said to fuel fists of fury from 'snarling tigress'

(Newser) - Amy Winehouse will be arrested, sources tell the Sun, after assaulting two men during a booze- and drug-induced rampage last night in London. The 24-year-old singer allegedly headbutted a man who was trying to hail a cab for her, and earlier punched a man for refusing to give up his...

Suri's Birthday Tab: $100K
 Suri's Birthday Tab: $100K 
Apr 23, 2008 8:00 PM CDT

Suri's Birthday Tab: $100K

Butterflies are the day's theme ... and TomKat spring for 1,000 live ones

(Newser) - Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes certainly upgraded from last year's piñatas-and-pizza party for daughter Suri's first birthday, spending $100,000 to celebrate her second last Friday. The event's 24 guests each got their own designer cake (shaped like a hat, with a butterfly and a daisy on the brim),...

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