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Jimmy Fallon
Wipes Out During
Vodka Race

Mar 10, 2010 8:59 AM CST

Jimmy Fallon Wipes Out During Vodka Race

Chelsea Handler wins, obviously

(Newser) - Jimmy Fallon and Chelsea Handler competed in a vodka martini race last night, and Handler won—after the Late Night host fell and cut his hand on a broken martini glass. "You made me bleed!" Fallon accused Handler, as she concluded, "This is an awful game. I...

Oscars Defends
Farrah Fawcett Snub

Mar 10, 2010 8:42 AM CST

Oscars Defends Farrah Fawcett Snub

Director is 'sorry' family members were hurt by omission

(Newser) - The Academy Awards acknowledged its snub of Farrah Fawcett and apologized for it while simultaneously defending the decision. After being criticized by everyone from Roger Ebert to Tatum O’Neal, the Oscars’ “In Memoriam” director says he felt Fawcett’s “remarkable television work” was better honored at the...

Elinor Burkett
Explains Her
Oscars 'Kanye'

didn't want to let him 'blather on'

Mar 10, 2010 8:25 AM CST

Elinor Burkett Explains Her Oscars 'Kanye'

'Maybe I'm just, like, a middle-aged crazy person...'

(Newser) - Elinor Burkett, aka the Oscars’ “Lady Kanye,” told Joy Behar her side of the story last night. Burkett was irked knowing Roger Ross Williams would talk more about himself than the subject of their documentary, she says. “Either I could let him blather on, or I could...

'Planet-Size'
Gabby Sidibe
Will Never
Work Again:
Howard Stern

Mar 10, 2010 7:29 AM CST

'Planet-Size' Gabby Sidibe Will Never Work Again: Howard Stern

Shock jock wonders 'what does she eat?'

(Newser) - Howard Stern went on for four and a half minutes on yesterday’s show about “enormous fat black chick” Gabourey Sidibe. “Everyone’s pretending she’s a part of show business and she’s never going to be in another movie,” he says. The Precious star got...

Bush Speechwriter
Nails Jon Stewart

thanks for talking over me

Mar 10, 2010 7:24 AM CST

Bush Speechwriter Nails Jon Stewart

Marc Thiessen to 'Daily Show' host: 'You did most of the talking!'

(Newser) - To say Jon Stewart doesn’t quite agree with former George W. Bush speechwriter Marc Thiessen is a bit of an understatement. Things got heated between the two last night on the Daily Show , as Thiessen discussed his new book Courting Disaster and the lawyers he calls the “al-Qaeda...

Why 30somethings
Love Teen Soaps

confessions of a 90210 junkie

Mar 9, 2010 1:00 PM CST

Why 30somethings Love Teen Soaps

90210, Gossip Girl help us escape...and the clothes are nice, too

(Newser) - Like many 30somethings, Taffy Brodesser-Akner grew up alongside the cast of Beverly Hills, 90210—the show that gave her, “stuck in an all-girls yeshiva in Queens with no prom to speak of,” a chance to have “a real teenage experience.” But why, she wonders, is she...

Lindsay Lohan
Sues E*Trade:
That Baby Is
Mocking Me!

Wants $100M in damages

Mar 9, 2010 10:58 AM CST

Lindsay Lohan Sues E*Trade: That Baby Is Mocking Me!

Actress not amused by 'milkaholic' joke in commercial

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan is apparently famous enough to be known by her first name alone…and she wants $100 million from E*Trade, which dared to use that name without her permission. The “milkaholic” baby featured in the above ad was named after “someone on the account team,” a...

Heidi Montag
Mocks Her
Plastic
Surgeries

funny or die video

Mar 9, 2010 10:38 AM CST

Heidi Montag Mocks Her Plastic Surgeries

Reality star tries really, really hard to smile with stiff new face

(Newser) - We all know Heidi Montag has no problem with plastic surgery…but she does have a problem having to pay for it with plastic. “With hidden fees and standard interest rate increases, that $11,000 jawline can end up costing you upwards of $50,000,” she says in...

Sharon
Osbourne
Wants to Sell
Boobs on eBay

Mar 9, 2010 8:42 AM CST

Sharon Osbourne Wants to Sell Boobs on eBay

Breast implants are too annoying, she says

(Newser) - Sharon Osbourne discusses her children, her marriage, and her new novel with new! magazine, but most importantly, she discusses her boobs. “I wish I’d never had my breasts done the last time,” she says of her cosmetic surgery. “They’ve put these bloody great bags in...

To Keep
Working,
Gabby Sidibe
Must Lose
Weight

Mar 9, 2010 8:16 AM CST

To Keep Working, Gabby Sidibe Must Lose Weight

'Precious' star is popular, but that doesn't mean she'll get parts

(Newser) - Gabourey Sidibe may have been nominated for a best actress Oscar right alongside Hollywood legend Meryl Streep, but industry sources say she’ll need to drop her extra pounds if she wants her star to keep rising. “I'm not saying it's correct, but it's a simple fact that she...

Betty White Will Host SNL

Mar 8, 2010 6:40 PM CST

Betty White Will Host SNL

Date still TBA for 88-year-old riding wave of new popularity

(Newser) - In high demand after her popular Snickers Super Bowl ad, Betty White confirmed today that she’s signed on to host Saturday Night Live. No date’s been set yet for the 88-year-old Golden Girls star, who tells People of the renewed interest that includes a 500,000-strong Facebook fan...

Oscar Ratings Hit 5-Year High

Mar 8, 2010 4:15 PM CST

Oscar Ratings Hit 5-Year High

41.3M viewers tune in, highest since 2005

(Newser) - Last night's Oscar telecast attracted more viewers than the awards extravaganza has drawn in the last 5 years. Some 41.3 million viewers tuned in to see The Hurt Locker triumph over Avatar, compared to 36.3 for the 2009 show. The all-time high for Oscar viewership also involved James...

Will & Grace
Sidekick
Comes Out

'i was never in'

Mar 8, 2010 3:05 PM CST

Will & Grace Sidekick Comes Out

'What more do you want me to do?' asks Sean Hayes

(Newser) - Breaking news from, oh, 1998 or so: Sean Hayes is gay. After years of what many considered equivocating, the actor who gained fame as the flamboyant sidekick Jack on Will & Grace tells the Advocate , "I am who I am. I was never in, as they say. Never."...

5 Steps to Fixing the Oscars

no. 1: better hosts

Mar 8, 2010 11:52 AM CST

5 Steps to Fixing the Oscars

No more tweens, boring categories, unfunny hosts

(Newser) - The Oscars tried really hard for a broader appeal this year—10 best picture nominees! A Neil Patrick Harris appearance!—but even so, Ramin Setoodeh is "having trouble remembering anything that happened during the lethargic 210-minute ceremony." He offers five ways the Oscars can really improve in...

Johnny Depp,
King of
Sexual
Ambiguity

Mar 8, 2010 11:45 AM CST

Johnny Depp, King of Sexual Ambiguity

The Mad Hatter is the latest in a long line of gender-bending roles

(Newser) - Johnny Depp is routinely lauded for playing “unconventional” characters, “but here unconventional is code for ‘sexually ambiguous.’” And yet Depp—who approaches “role after role as installments in a serial drag show”—has remained “more popular than ever, bending popular notions of...

Paula Deen: Lil Wayne's Last Meal Should Clean Out His...

hint: the sun don't shine there

Mar 8, 2010 10:47 AM CST

Paula Deen: Lil Wayne's Last Meal Should Clean Out His...

Deen explains why the rapper should eat some collard greens

(Newser) - Barring yet another tooth-related emergency or fire , Lil Wayne heads to jail today. But what should he eat for his last meal as a free man? Celebrity chef Paula Deen has a suggestion, delivered to a charming TMZ paparazzo in her signature Southern drawl: “Collard greens, honey,” she...

Inside Oscars' 'Kanye' Moment

Mar 8, 2010 10:38 AM CST

Inside Oscars' 'Kanye' Moment

Elinor Burkett elbows her way in, interrupts Roger Ross Williams

(Newser) - Arguably the biggest watercooler moment at last night’s Oscars: Elinor Burkett “pulling a Kanye” on Roger Ross Williams as he accepted their best documentary short for Music by Prudence. Kerry Lauerman got both sides of the story for Salon : Burkett and Williams have been fighting over the direction...

Sister Wants
Natalie Wood
Case Reopened

mysteries

Mar 8, 2010 10:16 AM CST

Sister Wants Natalie Wood Case Reopened

Sister, yacht captain want 1981 case reopened

(Newser) - The official theory behind Natalie Wood’s untimely death is that the actress slipped while on her yacht—but Wood’s sister and the yacht captain want the investigation reopened, citing a fight Wood had with husband Robert Wagner prior to drowning. “I just want the truth to come...

Miley Cyrus:
Liam and I Are
Deeper Than You

like, they totally are

Mar 8, 2010 9:59 AM CST

Miley Cyrus: Liam and I Are Deeper Than You

Starlet explains her love for co-star Hemsworth

(Newser) - Um, newsflash, guys: Miley Cyrus is growing up (goodbye, Hannah Montana; hello, oh-so-sophisticated Nicholas Sparks movie!) and she, like, totally has the serious boyfriend to prove it. “I think we're both deeper than normal people—what they think and how they feel,” Cyrus explains to Teen Vogue...

Surprising
Celeb Voices
Behind TV Ads

guess who pitches toilet paper?

Mar 8, 2010 9:34 AM CST

Surprising Celeb Voices Behind TV Ads

You can't be dignified all the time

(Newser) - Jon Hamm is famous for playing an advertising exec on Mad Men, and soon he—or at least his voice—will also be famous for advertising, period. Hamm is the latest celebrity to lend his voice to a commercial campaign, in his case, Mercedes-Benz. PopEater takes a look at nine...