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Ayla Brown: Scott's Kid, Idol Alum
 Ayla Brown: 
 Scott's Kid, 
 Idol Alum 
AND STILL SINGLE!
Jan 20, 2010 10:58 AM CST

Ayla Brown: Scott's Kid, Idol Alum

The former American Idol contestant is 'available,' he points out

(Newser) - That daughter Senator-elect Scott Brown embarrassed the heck out of last night was more famous than her dad until recently. Ayla Brown is also a former American Idol contestant, as well as a Boston College basketball standout. Watch clips of her time on the show, ("Up until I was...

Marc Webb to Direct Next Spider-Man

New director best known for indie flick (500) Days of Summer

(Newser) - The biggest twist so far in the next Spider-Man film is quite possibly the choice of director. The appropriately-named Marc Webb, best known for directing recent indie romance (500) Days of Summer, has signed on to helm Sony’s 2012 relaunch of the franchise, Variety reports. Still unknown is who...

'Pants' Not Just on the Ground&mdash; It's Everywhere
 'Pants' Not Just 
 on the Ground— 
 It's Everywhere 
REMIX EXPLOSION
Jan 20, 2010 10:51 AM CST

'Pants' Not Just on the Ground— It's Everywhere

Song gets millions of clicks on YouTube, spurs remixes

(Newser) - Not surprisingly, the award for first viral video hit of 2010 goes to American Idol audition song “Pants on the Ground.” After 62-year-old “General” Larry Platt introduced his masterpiece to the world last Wednesday, it took off, garnering 1 million Facebook fans and several million YouTube clicks...

John Mayer Gets Dirty With Rolling Stone

Singer offers questionable advice to Tiger Woods, too

(Newser) - If there’s one thing John Mayer can be counted on for, it’s fun quotes about masturbation. Yes, he’s back—and discussing Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Simpson, even Tiger Woods—in a Rolling Stone article previewed by PopEater . Some of the better, not-appropriate-for-children, quotes:
  • What he wants in a
...

Conan Bashes NBC en Español

O'Brien contract talks delayed; late night trashing continues

(Newser) - As the late night hosts’ jabs at each other and NBC go on…and on…and on, the severance deal between Conan O’Brien and NBC continues to be delayed. TMZ reports the hold-up is over how long O’Brien will be barred from slamming the network—which he did...

Dennis Hopper's Daughter Behind Divorce

Marin Hopper wants to cut stepmom Victoria Duffy, half-sis out of will

(Newser) - Dennis Hopper’s daughter is the force behind his divorce proceedings, shuttling her heavily medicated father to lawyers in an effort to cut wife Victoria Duffy out of the will. “The poor guy has no idea what is going on,” a source tells the Huffington Post . Hopper’s...

Jon Stewart Looks Back on Obama's First Year
 Jon Stewart Looks Back 
 on Obama's First Year 
'THANK GOD FOR BO'
Jan 20, 2010 7:53 AM CST

Jon Stewart Looks Back on Obama's First Year

The principal lesson from the first year? 'Negroes aren't magic'

(Newser) - Jon Stewart marked the first anniversary of Barack Obama’s presidency—or the first 364 days, 23 hours—on last night's Daily Show , offering up a complicated math equation for how Obama could have dropped 18 points in the polls in a single year. From Gitmo to health care to...

Cancer Takes Singer Kate McGarrigle, 63
 Cancer Takes 
 Singer Kate McGarrigle, 63 
OBITUARY
Jan 19, 2010 6:49 PM CST

Cancer Takes Singer Kate McGarrigle, 63

Canadian folkie was mother to Rufus, Martha Wainwright

(Newser) - Singer Kate McGarrigle, best known for her folky collaborations with sister Anna, and mother of singers Rufus and Martha Wainwright, died today of cancer in her native Montreal at age 63. The sisters sang in both English and French, and, “in terms of folk music internationally, she was an...

Just Look at the Fat Arms on Those A-Listers
 Just Look at 
 the Fat Arms on 
 Those A-Listers 
SAYS NYT BLOGGER
Jan 19, 2010 11:57 AM CST

Just Look at the Fat Arms on Those A-Listers

New York Times fashion blogger points out 'rounder' women

(Newser) - Et tu, New York Times ? A fashion blogger at the venerable paper, which isn't having the greatest run of late, is pointing fingers at a few actresses who looked a bit “rounder” at the Golden Globes. Though “it’s almost criminal to name names,” as Andy...

Ivana Trump Strips on Reality TV

She gets down to skivvies for Britain's Celebrity Big Brother

(Newser) - Ready to see more of Ivana Trump than you ever wanted to? You have Britain’s Celebrity Big Brother to thank for the decidedly NSFW clip featured above. The 60-year-old posed for a “life drawing” activity on the reality show yesterday, reports the Huffington Post —which has even...

Bow Wow's Mom Gets Way Too Twitter Happy
 Bow Wow's 
 Mom Gets Way 
 Too Twitter Happy 
embarrassment dept
Jan 19, 2010 10:39 AM CST

Bow Wow's Mom Gets Way Too Twitter Happy

Rapper threatens to leave, but fans side with Teresa Caldwell

(Newser) - Celebrities really are just like us: They don’t want their moms humiliating them on Twitter, either. The mother of 22-year-old rapper Bow Wow recently joined the site and promptly began posting embarrassing comments about needing more “QT” with her son and wanting to get back together with her...

NY Times Mocks Cancer-Stricken Michael C. Hall

'What's with the hat?' wonders uninformed fashion blogger

(Newser) - Dexter star Michael C. Hall’s battle with cancer has been well publicized—but apparently no one informed the New York Times. Someone at the paper’s Moment blog slammed the hat Hall wore to the Golden Globes, tweeting , “Is Michael C. Hall playing Bob Marley in an upcoming...

Sandra Bullock Donates $1M to Haiti

 Sandra Bullock 
 Donates $1M 
 to Haiti 
And more celeb aid news
Jan 19, 2010 8:36 AM CST

Sandra Bullock Donates $1M to Haiti

Bullock joins long list of celebrity donors, helpers

(Newser) - Sandra Bullock is the latest celebrity, following George Clooney and Brangelina, to donate $1 million to Haiti’s earthquake aid efforts. The latest, from Variety and Us , on how other celebrities are helping:
  • George Clooney: Along with Wyclef Jean and Anderson Cooper, Clooney will co-host Friday’s “Hope for
...

Inside the Terrifying World of Neil Gaiman
 Inside the 
 Terrifying World 
 of Neil Gaiman 
AUTHOR PROFILE
Jan 18, 2010 2:04 PM CST

Inside the Terrifying World of Neil Gaiman

Author has cult-following, is 'nobody's bitch,' was raised Scientologist

(Newser) - Hey, have you heard of this guy Neil Gaiman? That’s basically the gist of a meandering New Yorker profile on the prolific fantasist. Gaiman, for the uninitiated, is a wildly popular writer of comics, novels, screenplays, and, lately, terrifying children’s books. Though mainstream critics sometimes neglect his work,...

Sweatpants in Public? Not OK
 Sweatpants in Public? Not OK 
OPINION
Jan 18, 2010 11:55 AM CST

Sweatpants in Public? Not OK

Celebrities are allowing this disturbing trend to grow

(Newser) - It’s one thing for a “pill-addled trainwreck” to be photographed in sweatpants—but now that affable everyman Adam Sandler has been caught wearing a pair of the “home only” garments (and, worse, Ugg slippers) out to brunch, it’s time to be concerned. Sweatpants “are the...

Jay in 2004: 'Conan, It's Yours'
 Jay in 2004: 'Conan, It's Yours' 
leno's original announcement
Jan 18, 2010 10:56 AM CST

Jay in 2004: 'Conan, It's Yours'

Leno promised no 'animosity' when O'Brien took over Tonight Show

(Newser) - The best piece of unintentional humor to come out of NBC’s late night dramedy is probably Jay Leno’s original 2004 announcement that Conan O’Brien would take over The Tonight Show in five years. Funny or Die unearthed the clip, which features Jay deeming Conan the best choice...

Globes Fashion: The Good, Bad, the Really Bad

 Globes Fashion: 
 The Good, Bad, 
 the Really Bad 
See who went as a pirate
Jan 18, 2010 9:44 AM CST

Globes Fashion: The Good, Bad, the Really Bad

Celebs don bright colors to support Haiti at dreary ceremony

(Newser) - Other than umbrellas, the most common accessories on the Golden Globes' red carpet were yellow, blue, and red ribbons showing support for Haiti earthquake victims. Many actresses donned vibrantly colored gowns to contrast with the gloomy mood from the tragedy—and the weather. “A lot of people wore color,...

10 Celebs PETA Hates
 10 Celebs PETA Hates 
FUR FLAUNTERS
Jan 18, 2010 9:04 AM CST

10 Celebs PETA Hates

Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, and more flaunt their fur

(Newser) - For every celebrity willing to pose naked in a PETA ad, there’s one who is equally willing to flaunt fur clothing all over town. The Frisky rounds up PETA’s 10 worst enemies:
  • Kelis: The singer recently accused PETA of being “the death of fashion.”
  • Lindsay Lohan:
...

Streep, Bullock, Hangover, Avatar Clean Up

Jeff Bridges, Mo'Nique, 'Mad Men,' 'Glee' also among winners

(Newser) - Avatar and The Hangover captured the top film awards, Meryl Streep and Drew Barrymore charmed with stream-of-consciousness acceptance speeches, and host Ricky Gervais generally behaved at tonight's Golden Globes ceremony. Jeff Bridges and Sandra Bullock established themselves as Academy Award favorites with victories in the leading dramatic role categories, as...

10 Ways the Golden Globes Beat the Oscars

Food, drink, and fashion flubs start awards season off right

(Newser) - Awards season unofficially begins with tonight's Golden Globes ceremony, an alcohol-addled free-for-all that makes the Oscar telecast feel like a prayer meeting. Breeanna Hare of CNN runs down 10 reasons the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's shindig beats the Academy Awards:
  • Booze: "The Globes would not be the Globes if
...

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