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Jennifer Love Hewitt Now Has Husband and Baby

Gets married secretly, then gives birth to daughter

(Newser) - Jennifer Love Hewitt finally has what she's wanted for so long : a husband and a baby. She apparently secretly wed Brian Hallisay before they welcomed their daughter yesterday, People reports. The couple is "thrilled to announce the birth of their daughter Autumn James Hallisay," says a JLH...

Alec Baldwin Fired Over Gay Slur: Report

His 'Up Late' show at MSNBC has been canceled

(Newser) - Alec Baldwin is reportedly out at MSNBC thanks to his recent anti-gay controversy. Insiders at the network tell Page Six that parent company Comcast decided to cancel Up Late With Alec Baldwin after the actor allegedly hurled an anti-gay slur at a photographer (and then tried to smooth things over...

Now Britney's Little Sister Is a Singer, Too

But Jamie Lynn Spears is into country, apparently

(Newser) - If Britney Spears is just not enough Spears for you, good news: Little sister Jamie Lynn is getting into the singing business now, too. The younger Spears released her debut single yesterday, E! reports. But you won't get her music mixed up with her older sister's: "How...

Watch WH Crasher, Rocker Get Hitched—for $14.95

Blessed event to air on Pay-Per-View

(Newser) - Just when you thought the union of White House gatecrasher Michaele Salahi and Journey guitarist Neal Schon could not get any classier , this: The couple is getting married. Live on Pay-Per-View. And you can watch it for $14.95. They're calling the San Francisco nuptials "Neal and Michaele:...

New Gig for Mick Jagger: Great-Grandpa

Rock 'n' roll!

(Newser) - If this doesn't make you feel old, nothing will: Mick Jagger is set to become a great-grandfather early next year. His daughter Jade told the Sunday Times that her 21-year-old daughter, Assisi, expects to give birth in several months. She tells the newspaper she does not expect the Rolling...

Taylor Swift Wins Big at AMAs
 Taylor Swift 
 Wins Big at AMAs 
Nov 25, 2013 12:03 AM CST

Taylor Swift Wins Big at AMAs

She takes top prize for 3rd time

(Newser) - Taylor Swift's fans have done it again, voting her the American Music Awards artist of the year for a third time. The 23-year-old pop star also won country album of the year for Red and favorite female country and pop/rock artist, giving her a leading four trophies as fans...

Least Influential Person of the Year? Rodman
 Least Influential Person 
 of the Year? Rodman 
'gq' list
Nov 24, 2013 12:33 PM CST

Least Influential Person of the Year? Rodman

'GQ' rounds up the 25 people who didn't make a difference

(Newser) - Dennis Rodman certainly thinks he's influential, but GQ disagrees. The basketball star and self-styled North Korea ambassador is the No. 1 entry on the magazine's annual list of the 25 Least Influential People. Rodman "was the first prominent American celebrity invited inside the nation-sized prison that is...

10 Eerie Hollywood Deaths
 10 Eerie Hollywood Deaths 
Nov 23, 2013 1:19 PM CST

10 Eerie Hollywood Deaths

Mysterious circumstances surround these celebrities

(Newser) - Brittany Murphy's sudden death has always been mysterious, especially when it was followed by the death of her husband, months later, apparently from the same cause. Now her dad wants the investigation into Murphy's death re-opened, because he thinks she was poisoned. The Huffington Post rounds up 30...

10 Celebs Who Needed Interventions

Some kicked the drugs, alcohol, but for others, a sad ending

(Newser) - Radar rounds up a list of stars who have faced intervention attempts from family members and friends. In some cases, they went to rehab and got cleaned up—but other cases had a tragic ending. Check out a sampling of 10 of them in the gallery or the full...

Paula Deen Linked to Sweatshop Labor

Radar investigation uncovers unsafe conditions at factories

(Newser) - The latest bit of awful publicity for Paula Deen: Radar accuses the celebrity chef of partnering with companies that use sweatshop labor. An investigation by the gossip site finds that at factories making Deen-branded products, there have been deaths and life-threatening injuries, fires caused by unsafe conditions, and dismal salaries...

Baldwin Defuses Anti-Gay Uproar ... by Pretending to Be Gay

Yes, make a gay joke, Alec, that'll certainly do the trick

(Newser) - Today's entry in the annals of ill-advised ideas: Alec Baldwin, currently the subject of controversy over his recent use of at least one anti-gay slur , tried to defuse the situation yesterday ... by jokingly pretending to be gay. At a tech conference in San Francisco, Baldwin expressed remorse over his...

Kanye Wants Big Favor From Anna Wintour

Meanwhile, he gets in a hilarious feud with Zappos

(Newser) - Kanye West just wants a little, tiny, eensy-beensy favor from Anna Wintour: for her to put his fiance on the cover of Vogue. He so badly wants Kim Kardashian to grace the cover that he recently got editor Wintour and the magazine's creative director, Grace Coddington, seats to his...

Did Brittany Murphy Accidentally Poison Herself?

And are the recent toxicology results even valid?

(Newser) - Brittany Murphy's dad thinks she was poisoned —but the evidence he found may point to something else, sources tell Page Six . They say that at the time of Murphy's death, meth and cocaine in the LA area were frequently mixed with rat poison and other toxins—meaning...

Eminem, Ex-Wife May Get Back Together: Her Mom

They see each other 'all the time,' says rapper's former mother-in-law

(Newser) - Eminem and ex-wife Kim Mathers don't exactly have what one might call a healthy relationship, but they certainly have an interesting one (who can forget this definitely NSFW gem he wrote for her?). The latest development: They see each other "all the time" and are getting along "...

Fergie: Baby's Name Came to Me in Dream

Plus more celebrity babies, romance

(Newser) - Well, at least one celebrity is explaining her odd name choice: Fergie says she and hubby Josh Duhamel chose their baby's name, Axl Jack , after a dream she had while pregnant. In the dream, "I was in the audience at this festival. It was outdoors and it was...

George W. Bush&#39;s Latest Painting: Jay Leno
 George W. Bush's 
 Latest Painting: 
 Jay Leno 
'tonight show'
Nov 20, 2013 8:29 AM CST

George W. Bush's Latest Painting: Jay Leno

Former president interviewed on 'Tonight Show'

(Newser) - George W. Bush sat down with Jay Leno on the Tonight Show last night, making what NPR calls a "relatively rare appearance on national TV." (As he explained to Leno, with the late night host "about to head out to pasture ," the former president "just...

People's Sexiest Man Alive Still Not Ryan Gosling

It's Adam Levine of 'Maroon 5,' 'The Voice'

(Newser) - People is apparently determined to remain unswayed by America's legions of Ryan Gosling fans: For the second year running after Gosling-philes actually protested the fact that their crush was not named Sexiest Man Alive, he was once again not named Sexiest Man Alive . Instead, People bestowed the honor on...

Flight Attendant Sues Leno—Over Bestiality Jokes

Flight attendant wants world to know she did not have sex with rats

(Newser) - A segment from earlier this year has landed Jay Leno in hot water, and it's all thanks to a couple of bestiality jokes. Former American Airlines flight attendant Louann Giambattista sued the airline back in June over a bizarre situation: The 55-year-old said her co-workers lied and said she...

Brittany Murphy May Have Been Poisoned: Report

Toxicology testing finds high levels of heavy metals

(Newser) - Brittany Murphy's dad may have been right all along: Angelo Bertolotti always doubted the official coroner's report on his daughter's death, as well as the death of her husband, Simon Monjack, five months later. (Both were found to have died of natural causes including pneumonia.) Bertolotti...

The Kanye-Obama Feud Continues

West also addresses Confederate flag controversy

(Newser) - There's little love lost between Kanye West and President Obama , and West has issued the latest salvo: In an interview with Hot 107.9 this morning, West said he felt used by the president and is basically over him, the Washington Times reports. "I’m not gonna mention...

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