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George Clooney:
Shame on You,
Daily Mail

OPINION

Jul 9, 2014 8:11 AM CDT

George Clooney: Shame on You, Daily Mail

Actor responds to fabricated article

(Newser) - The Daily Mail: so bad that George Clooney is actually responding to one of its articles. The story—which has since been taken down but is still excerpted on other sites including the New York Daily News —claimed that the mother of Clooney fiancée Amal Alamuddin objected to...

JK Rowling
Publishes
Harry Potter
Sequel, Kind Of

Jul 8, 2014 9:35 AM CDT

JK Rowling Publishes Harry Potter Sequel, Kind Of

It briefly crashed Pottermore website

(Newser) - Harry Potter fans, rejoice: JK Rowling has published a story on her Pottermore website set years after the teen wizard (spoiler alert) finally defeated Voldemort. You'll need a login to read it, BuzzFeed notes (and it was so popular it temporarily crashed the site, Mashable adds, though everything appears...

ABC Forces Canned View
Co-Hosts to Make Nice

Jul 8, 2014 9:22 AM CDT

ABC Forces Canned View Co-Hosts to Make Nice

Also, Sarah Palin would like to replace McCarthy or Shepherd

(Newser) - The View was back yesterday for its first live broadcast since it was revealed that ABC was giving everyone except Whoopi Goldberg the boot —and if you watched, you may have noticed that soon-to-be-ex-co-hosts Jenny McCarthy and Sherri Shepherd didn't have anything mean to say, despite their ouster....

Taylor Swift Wrote
a WSJ Op-Ed.
That Is All.

Jul 8, 2014 8:52 AM CDT

Taylor Swift Wrote a WSJ Op-Ed. That Is All.

It's about as Taylor Swift-ian as you might expect

(Newser) - Taylor Swift: singer-songwriter, winner of all the awards, serial dater, and now, Wall Street Journal guest columnist. Swift offers up her opinion on the state of the music industry in the Journal, noting that though "many (many) people ... predict the downfall of music sales and the irrelevancy of the...

Kanye Booed for
20-Minute Rants
at 2 Concerts

Jul 7, 2014 10:52 AM CDT

Kanye Booed for 20-Minute Rants at 2 Concerts

Rapper irritated audiences at both nights of London festival

(Newser) - Kanye West got booed at not one but two concerts in London over the weekend, when he stopped his performance to go on a couple of rambling rants. On both Friday and Saturday at the Wireless Music Festival in Finsbury Park, the rapper went on and on despite the audience'...

Joan Rivers
Storms Out
of Interview

Jul 7, 2014 10:35 AM CDT

Joan Rivers Storms Out of Interview

She's no fan of CNN host's line of questioning

(Newser) - Note to reporters thinking of interviewing Joan Rivers: Don't ask her to defend her edgy humor or her affinity for fur. After CNN Newsroom host Fredricka Whitfield did just that Saturday night, Rivers angrily cut the interview short. "This whole interview is becoming a defensive interview," she...

Driving the
Banderas-Griffith
Split: Cheating?

Jul 7, 2014 10:00 AM CDT

Driving the Banderas-Griffith Split: Cheating?

Cheating rumors also crop up for DeGeneres, de Rossi

(Newser) - Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas say their divorce is amicable , but the inevitable rumors running wild suggest otherwise. Radar has heard a couple stories about Banderas—one source says he took an Indian actress on a romantic getaway in 2012; a Brazilian woman says he hit on her; even Sharon...

7 Craziest Celebrity Demands

Jul 6, 2014 1:29 PM CDT

7 Craziest Celebrity Demands

Staircase assistants, brand-new toilet seats...

(Newser) - "Diva demands" sometimes seem like an escalating arms race; Radar rounds up 15 of the craziest demands from both female and male celebrities. A sampling:

Mariah Carey once reportedly demanded a "staircase assistant" before going on a British talk show. Another time, her concert rider got very specific,

...

Jessica Simpson
Ties Knot No. 2

Jul 6, 2014 9:19 AM CDT

Jessica Simpson Ties Knot No. 2

4 years, 2 kids, and a lot of oversharing later, we have a wedding

(Newser) - After a nearly-four-year engagement that produced a pair of offspring and a lot of TMI , we can finally stop referring to Eric Johnson as "fiance." Yes, Jessica Simpson at last married her former NFL player beau yesterday in Santa Barbara, People reports. "We are overwhelmed with complete...

5 Celeb Couples Who
Used Surrogate Moms

Jul 6, 2014 7:49 AM CDT

5 Celeb Couples Who Used Surrogate Moms

Including one couple who had twins

(Newser) - Sometimes celebrity babies come into the world via a surrogate mom—and Radar rounds up 10 such cases. A sampling:

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick used a surrogate mother to give birth to their twins , and during the pregnancy, Parker feared for the surrogate mom's safety thanks to

...

5 Stars Who Dated
Their Employees

Jul 5, 2014 1:34 PM CDT

5 Stars Who Dated Their Employees

Must be awkward if things don't work out

(Newser) - Who said mixing business and pleasure is a bad idea? These nine celebrities rounded up by Radar certainly didn't think so:

Heidi Klum started dating her bodyguard, Martin Kristen, months after filing for divorce from Seal.
LeAnn Rimes met her now-ex-husband Dean Sheremet, a dancer, at rehearsals for the

...

9 Iconic Roles That Almost Went to Someone Else

Jul 5, 2014 9:21 AM CDT

9 Iconic Roles That Almost Went to Someone Else

Johnny Depp as Ferris Bueller?

(Newser) - John Travolta as Forrest Gump? Difficult to envision, but it could have happened: Travolta turned down the role before Tom Hanks ended up with it, according to HLN 's list of 18 iconic roles that almost went to different actors. More:

Will Smith turned down the role of Neo

...

Rapper: Katy Perry Used
My Song as 'Witchcraft'

Jul 3, 2014 11:37 AM CDT

Rapper: Katy Perry Used My Song as 'Witchcraft'

Flame claims she stole his music for 'Dark Horse'

(Newser) - First Katy Perry's "Dark Horse" angered Muslims ; now it's drawn the ire of a Christian rapper. Flame and his producers this week filed suit against Perry, claiming she stole his 2008 song, "Joyful Noise," Celebuzz reports—and, as if that's not bad enough, the...

Katherine
Heigl: How
Rom-Coms
Messed Up
My Career

marie claire interview

Jul 3, 2014 10:44 AM CDT

Katherine Heigl: How Rom-Coms Messed Up My Career

She did too many, she explains in new interview

(Newser) - If you thought Katherine Heigl's career was suffering because she's difficult to work with , well, allow the actress to set the record straight: It was actually doing too many romantic comedies that was the problem. "I had an amazing time. I love romantic comedies," she explains...

Lindsay Lohan
Suing ... Over
Grand Theft Auto

Jul 3, 2014 9:20 AM CDT

Lindsay Lohan Suing ... Over Grand Theft Auto

Says character was based on her without her permission

(Newser) - Lacey Jonas looks like Lindsay Lohan. She has a clothing line like Lindsay Lohan's. She dresses and accessorizes like Lindsay Lohan. She hangs out at the Chateau Marmont like Lindsay Lohan. Who is she? A character in Grand Theft Auto V, which is why Lohan is now suing the...

Why a Gay Man
on The View Is
an Awful Idea

OPINION

Jul 2, 2014 1:57 PM CDT

Why a Gay Man on The View Is an Awful Idea

Daniel D'Addario doesn't want to see Mario Cantone as co-host

(Newser) - Rumor has it Mario Cantone will be one of the new co-hosts on The View following the abrupt re-shuffling at the talk show—and if true, it's "the worst idea The View and its executive producer Barbara Walters have had yet," writes Daniel D'Addario on...

Portia Went to Rehab Over 'Ugly' Ellen Fight: Insider

Jul 2, 2014 10:07 AM CDT

Portia Went to Rehab Over 'Ugly' Ellen Fight: Insider

Things got pretty bad between de Rossi, DeGeneres: source

(Newser) - Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi always seem like such a lovely couple—but things are apparently very different behind closed doors. A source tells In Touch that de Rossi did a secret 30-day stint in rehab in May—and, as per the Contra Costa Times , it was trouble with...

Academy Sues Winner's
Heirs for Selling His Oscar

Jul 2, 2014 9:30 AM CDT

Academy Sues Winner's Heirs for Selling His Oscar

The Academy is not pleased with auction

(Newser) - Once you win an Oscar, that golden statuette is yours to do with as you please ... right? Wrong. One of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' bylaws states that before a member can sell an Oscar, they must first offer it to the Academy for $10. And the...

Robin Thicke's Twitter Q&A Goes Terribly Wrong

Jul 1, 2014 4:32 PM CDT

Robin Thicke's Twitter Q&A Goes Terribly Wrong

People want to #AskThicke the questions you might expect

(Newser) - Someone at VH1 came up with the brilliant idea of hosting a Twitter Q&A with Robin Thicke using the hashtag #AskThicke. What could possibly go wrong? Well, between the backlash over his controversial hit "Blurred Lines" and the spectacle he's made of himself trying to win back...

Shia LaBeouf
Goes to Rehab

finally

Jul 1, 2014 8:59 AM CDT

Shia LaBeouf Goes to Rehab

It's about time

(Newser) - Did Shia LaBeouf's crazy night on Broadway last week finally convince him it's time to get help? Maybe: After he was kicked out of a theater and arrested Thursday night, LaBeouf checked into rehab in LA yesterday, x17 reports. LaBeouf was also seen toting Alcoholics Anonymous literature, Radar...