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Jon Hamm Returns to SNL, Goes Shirtless

'Saturday Night Live' guest host can't live up to debut but fits in well

(Newser) - Jon Hamm's Saturday Night Live debut was an instant classic, which meant hopes were high—perhaps unrealistically so—for last night's second effort. The Mad Men star has no trouble taking off his shirt and "obviously enjoys doing comedy, and so was game for a few silly bits,"...

Food Industry's Loveliest Ladies

Padma Lakshmi tops list; Food Network faves score

(Newser) - Of a piece with the site’s list of the hottest men in food , Slashfood presents its top women:
  • Padma Lakshmi: “Calm, collected, and poised, the host of Bravo’s Top Chef is possibly the hottest woman on television,” John Devore writes.
  • Giada De Laurentiis: The Food Network
...

Rip Torn Arrested for Breaking Into Conn. Bank

Actor was drunk, armed with revolver: cops

(Newser) - Rip Torn is due in court tomorrow after allegedly breaking into a bank while "highly intoxicated" and carrying a loaded gun, Connecticut state police say. The 78-year-old actor broke a window to gain entry to a Salisbury bank Friday evening and is being held on $100,000 cash bond,...

Why Canned Beer's Better (And Which to Pick Up)

Bottle pales in comparison on taste and eco-friendliness

(Newser) - Canned beer isn’t just for redneck fishing trips any more, and next Sunday’s Super Bowl is the perfect excuse to re-introduce yourself. Via Serious Eats, reasons why cans are better than bottles, and the best canned brews out there:
  • Cans stack well in the fridge—leaving room for
...

Jimmy Kimmel: Jay Leno Is a 'Tattletale'


 Jimmy Kimmel: 
 Jay Leno Is 
 a 'Tattletale' 
watch out, oprah
Jan 29, 2010 12:22 PM CST

Jimmy Kimmel: Jay Leno Is a 'Tattletale'

Kimmel rebuts Jay Leno's Oprah Winfrey interview

(Newser) - After “ratting out” Jimmy Kimmel during his interview with Oprah Winfrey, Jay Leno seems to have no friends left in late night. Kimmel responded to yesterday's sit-down with the queen of all media—in which Leno claimed he felt “sucker punched” when Kimmel reamed him on the Jay ...

Jon Stewart Mocks Chris Matthews

'Forgot he was black'? He must have also forgotten about his mic

(Newser) - The moment the words were out of his mouth, Chris Matthews must have known he was bait for Jon Stewart, who last night on the Daily Show couldn't resist calling Matthews—who also "might have forgotten you're miked"—“one scotch away from being Ron Burgundy.” He...

20 Songs That Make No Sense
 20 Songs That Make No Sense 
you want it what way?
Jan 28, 2010 11:33 AM CST

20 Songs That Make No Sense

I want it that way. Wait, you want what what way?

(Newser) - Some lyrics are just so ambiguous you have no idea what you’re singing about when you sing along. Willa Paskin lists 20 “songs that make you go, huh?” on BlackBook :
  • “I Want It That Way,” Backstreet Boys: “Make up your minds dudes, is ‘that
...

Ayla Brown's Music Video Debuts, 'Cloying Vanilla Pop'

The video for 'Pick It Up' features, mostly, a distraught-looking Brown

(Newser) - Not surprisingly, Ayla Brown’s EP was released Tuesday, a mere week after dad Scott Brown won Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat—and months ahead of its original April release. The songs emulate “that cloying strand of '90s soft-pop that emulated '80s soft-pop,” writes Chris Richards for the...

Wanda Sykes Covers 'Pants on the Ground'

 Wanda Sykes 
 Covers 'Pants 
 on the Ground' 
'boobs out ya blouse'
Jan 28, 2010 10:46 AM CST

Wanda Sykes Covers 'Pants on the Ground'

'Boobs Out Ya Blouse' the latest rendition of viral video hit

(Newser) - Courtesy of Wanda Sykes, women everywhere finally have a version of “Pants on the Ground” they can call their own. Salon points to a video of the comedian, as “General Maama Gram,” auditioning for American Idol with her own original song: “Boobs Out Ya Blouse.”...

Brad's a Slacker, Angie's a...
 Brad's a Slacker, Angie's a... 
DUELING RUMORS
Jan 28, 2010 9:24 AM CST

Brad's a Slacker, Angie's a...

But others say Pitt is the one who's fed up, calling Angelina Jolie a 'bitch'

(Newser) - We get it, we get it: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are still together—but for how long? Sources give Us all sorts of juicy quotes about the uber-couple, claiming “Angie felt like Brad wasn’t pulling his weight,” leaving her stuck caring for all six kids. Another,...

Brad Pitt's 'Bachelor Pad' Just an Addition
 Brad Pitt's 
 'Bachelor Pad' 
 Just an Addition 
CELEBRITY REMODELS
Jan 28, 2010 8:28 AM CST

Brad Pitt's 'Bachelor Pad' Just an Addition

Plus, Jon Voight calls rumors of split with Angelina Jolie 'nonsense'

(Newser) - Who better to speak on the subject of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie than Angie’s sometimes-estranged father, Jon Voight? He calls the rumors of a Brangelina split “nonsense,” the Sydney Morning Herald reports. “It’s all made-up stuff,” he scoffs. But what about that bachelor...

Simon Monjack: Warner Bros. 'Killed' Murphy
 Simon 
 Monjack: 
 Warner Bros. 
 'Killed' Murphy 
WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT
Jan 28, 2010 8:07 AM CST

Simon Monjack: Warner Bros. 'Killed' Murphy

Husband will file wrongful death suit in Brittany Murphy's death

(Newser) - In an exclusive—and four-page long—interview with the Daily Beast , Brittany Murphy’s husband and mother Sharon confront gossip ranging from Simon Monjack’s reputation as the “bad guy” to Brittany’s rumored drug use. But the biggest news to emerge is Monjack’s plan to file a...

Chronicler of WASP Life Louis Auchincloss Dies at 92

Lawyer-turned-novelist succumbs to stroke

(Newser) - Louis Auchincloss, who chronicled the life of powerful, white, Anglo-Saxon Protestants into which he was born, died yesterday of a stroke at age 92. The Yale-educated Auchincloss left a prominent conservative New York law firm to write, and is best known for the 1960s novels The Rector of Justin and...

Julianne Moore, a Refreshingly Sane Celebrity

Four-time Oscar nominee still picks kids up at school unbothered

(Newser) - Julianne Moore is famous, yes: But she can also walk into a restaurant around the corner from her New York abode with no fanfare, proving, as Janice Turner writes in the Times of London, “Diane von Furstenberg’s theory that stars are only as famous as they want to...

Kiefer Sutherland Loses $869K in Cow Scam

Michael Wayne Carr allegedly roped actor into Ponzi scheme

(Newser) - Kiefer Sutherland is the latest celebrity victim of a Ponzi scheme, losing $869,000 to a scam involving…cows? Yes, cows. The 24 star fronted Michael Wayne Carr the money to buy cattle in Mexico then sell them at a profit in the US—but the suspected con man never...

'Pants On the Ground' a Rip-Off?
 'Pants On the Ground' 
 a Rip-Off? 
JUDGE FOR YOURSELF
Jan 27, 2010 10:43 AM CST

'Pants On the Ground' a Rip-Off?

'Pockets on the Floor' preceded it, and sounds oddly familiar...

(Newser) - “Pants on the Ground” fever struck America as soon as “General” Larry Platt introduced his instant classic on American Idol. But is it truly an original song? The Frisky points to a video of The Green Brothers singing an eerily similar tune called “Back Pockets on the...

Tyra Banks Launches Plus-Size Model Contest

Fiercely Real Teen Model Search will end with contract, spread

(Newser) - Tyra Banks is jumping on the plus-size model bandwagon with a new modeling competition—the Fiercely Real Teen Model Search. “I've always felt it was my mission to expand the narrow perceptions of beauty,” she tells Us . Teens with dress sizes between 12 and 20 who stand 5'9"...

Brangelina Did Meet With Lawyers—to Sign Living Will

The real story behind Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie's lawyer meeting

(Newser) - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie certainly did meet lawyers and sign legal documents recently, but those documents had nothing to do with a split: The couple signed a living will. Angelina just wanted to make sure that “if, God forbid, anything happens to her, Brad has complete control” rather...

Jersey Shore Star in Nude Pics
 Jersey Shore Star in Nude Pics 
INEVITABILITY DEP'T
Jan 27, 2010 8:22 AM CST

Jersey Shore Star in Nude Pics

Photos of naked Jenni 'Jwoww' Farley being shopped around

(Newser) - Well, it was only a matter of time before this happened: Jenni Farley, otherwise known as Jersey Shore’s “Jwoww,” is the star of her very own nude photo scandal. Radar gleefully reports that the pictures “leave NOTHING to the imagination,” and at least three are...

6-Year-Old Angelina Jolie Frolics in Home Video

Tribute video commemorates anniversary of Marcheline Bertrand's death

(Newser) - Today marks the third anniversary of Marcheline Bertrand’s death, and a memorial video featuring her and her two children—Angelina Jolie and James Haven—has been posted on YouTube . Featuring home video clips from a 1981 vacation in Hawaii, it shows a 6-year-old Angelina hula dancing with her mom,...

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