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It's Complicated
Really a Simple Rom-Com

MOVIE REVIEW

Dec 25, 2009 11:53 AM CST

It's Complicated Really a Simple Rom-Com

It may not be complicated, but Alec Baldwin's performance shines

(Newser) - Some critics see Nancy Meyers' latest as somewhat more reasoned and subtle than her usual fare. But It's Complicated is still a formulaic flick—with a scene-stealing turn by Alec Baldwin. A few takes:

The flick " isn't nearly complicated enough, but at least Meyers has dropped something a bit

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Better Drug
Records Might
Have Saved
Brittany Murphy

OPINION

Dec 24, 2009 1:19 PM CST

Better Drug Records Might Have Saved Brittany Murphy

She may have been 'doctor shopping,' and if docs had known...

(Newser) - Brittany Murphy’s death may illustrate a grim truth: that “stars’ poison of choice is the legal and prescribed kind,” Rahul Parikh writes. Even sadder tragedies involving legal drugs might be averted if doctors embraced technology as much as, say, librarians. “Libraries are technologically integrated,” continues...

Boyle's Album
on Track to Be
Year's Top Seller

watch out, taylor swift

Dec 24, 2009 12:49 PM CST

Boyle's Album on Track to Be Year's Top Seller

No. 1 seller for 4th week may just beat out Tayor Swift

(Newser) - Susan Boyle’s I Dreamed a Dream was the top-selling album in the country for the fourth week in a row last week, and its total of 2.4 million copies makes it the second-best-selling album of the year. The leader is Taylor Swift’s Fearless—and Fearless has had...

Eerie Final Films
of Stars Who
Died Young

Dec 24, 2009 9:11 AM CST

Eerie Final Films of Stars Who Died Young

Brittany Murphy's last movies follow a morbid trend

(Newser) - In the wake of Brittany Murphy’s death, her latest film roles take on an especially creepy symbolism. The Frisky points to the just-released trailer for her upcoming movie Abandoned, in which she plays a woman under psychiatric care—and E! notes that the box art for another recent film,...

Kate Gosselin
Loses Talk
Show Gig

Dec 24, 2009 5:15 AM CST

Kate Gosselin Loses Talk Show Gig

After divorce from Jon, reality show star deemed too controversial

(Newser) - Looks like Kate Gosselin will have to come up with another way to stay in the spotlight: Sources say the reality show mom has been booted from an upcoming talk show for being too controversial. Gosselin shot the pilot, a show geared toward working moms, with Paula Deen and two...

Domestic Violence Cited in Courtney Love Case

CUSTODY BATTLE

Dec 24, 2009 3:47 AM CST

Domestic Violence Cited in Courtney Love Case

Frances Bean Cobain's guardians ask to seal all records

(Newser) - Courtney Love’s rants against daughter Frances Bean Cobain may not have been restricted to Facebook: New court documents seem to hint at domestic violence. Cobain’s paternal grandmother and aunt filed a motion to seal all records of the custody proceedings from the public—including “allegations of domestic...

Radio's Top Songs By Genre

BEST OF THE DECADE

Dec 23, 2009 8:16 PM CST

Radio's Top Songs By Genre

Tim McGraw's Something Like That played 487K times

(Newser) - Feel like you heard Tim McGraw’s Something Like That about half a million times in the past decade? Well, the ratings folks at Nielsen will back you up on that, with their list of commercial radio’s most-played songs of the decade:

Country: Something Like That, Tim McGraw, 487,

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Worst
Parents
of 2009

ROLE MODELS

Dec 23, 2009 9:11 AM CST

Worst Parents of 2009

Not surprisingly, Nadya Suleman and the Gosselins make the list

(Newser) - 2009 will always be the year we first met Octomom, Jon and Kate’s divorce played out in the tabloids, and David Hasselhoff ruined Thanksgiving. And those aren’t the only bad parents of the year—the New York Daily News remembers the worst:

Richard and Mayumi Heene: Convinced the

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TI Leaves Jail,
Heads to Halfway House

Dec 22, 2009 10:07 PM CST

TI Leaves Jail, Heads to Halfway House

Rapper moves after 7 months of 1-year gun sentence

(Newser) - Rapper TI left jail today after serving about 7 months of his 1-year sentence, heading from the low-security facility in Arkansas to a halfway house in his hometown of Atlanta. The 29-year-old, whose real name is Clifford Harris, will likely remain there until March, XXL reports, under a federal sentence...

Porn Star
Tera Patrick
Not Into Sex: Ex

CAREER MISMATCHES

Dec 22, 2009 8:56 AM CST

Porn Star Tera Patrick Not Into Sex: Ex

She says they broke up because he picked porn over her

(Newser) - Sounds like someone's in the wrong business: Tera Patrick, half of the now-separated "first couple of porn," is "not a sexual person," ex Evan Seinfeld says, telling the New York Post , "We barely had sex in our own marriage." Seinfeld's comments came after Patrick...

Mom, Husband
Tried to Revive
Brittany Murphy

Dec 22, 2009 8:35 AM CST

Mom, Husband Tried to Revive Brittany Murphy

At least 10 kinds of prescription drugs found on her nightstand

(Newser) - Brittany Murphy's mom and husband tried to revive the actress before paramedics arrived at her Hollywood Hills home Sunday, but she was "without signs of life" by the time they got there, TMZ reports. At least 10 types of prescription drugs—including anxiety, pain, and anti-seizure meds— were found...

Bret Michaels:
Miley 'Nailed'
Cover of
'Every Rose'

poison approves

Dec 22, 2009 8:11 AM CST

Bret Michaels: Miley 'Nailed' Cover of 'Every Rose'

Pop star records 'Every Rose Has Its Thorn'

(Newser) - Poison frontman Bret Michaels had nothing but kind words for Miley Cyrus after working with her on a cover of his band's ballad, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn." Michaels said the teen pop star "nailed" the song. "She's one of the few musicians—and I want...

Brittany Murphy
Autopsy: Cause
of Death
'Deferred'

Dec 21, 2009 6:27 PM CST

Brittany Murphy Autopsy: Cause of Death 'Deferred'

Final report must await toxicology test results

(Newser) - Brittany Murphy's autopsy is complete, but the LA county coroner's office won't determine an official cause of death until after the completion of toxicology tests, which could take as long as 2 months. The 32-year-old actress, who died yesterday after suffering cardiac arrest, was bleeding internally before her death, a...

Meghan McCain
Picks the
People of '09

Dec 21, 2009 9:57 AM CST

Meghan McCain Picks the People of '09

Gen. McChrystal, Zach Galifianakis, and the Twitter guys make her list

(Newser) - Meghan McCain has been weighing in on intriguing people all year, right? Maverick Junior takes a crack at the year's most intriguing, dipping into both the entertainment and political worlds.

McCain kicks things off with Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the US commander in Afghanistan who has "the courage to keep

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Catherine
Zeta-Jones
Flashes
Audience

wardrobe malfunctions

Dec 21, 2009 9:44 AM CST

Catherine Zeta-Jones Flashes Audience

Mid-performance nip slip shocks Broadway audience

(Newser) - Hey, it's hard to keep 'em covered all the time. Catherine Zeta-Jones had a bit of a wardrobe malfunction during a performance of her Broadway show, A Little Night Music, the New York Post reports. In a scene where she opens her kimono to a fellow actor, some audience members...

8 Celebs Who
Love to Get Naked

Dec 21, 2009 8:52 AM CST

8 Celebs Who Love to Get Naked

Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore—even Harry Potter likes to go nude

(Newser) - Some celebrities strip down so often, seeing their naked bodies starts to seem commonplace. The Frisky notes eight of the worst offenders:

Daniel Radcliffe: Equus was one thing, but donning his birthday suit for Harry Potter? Come on now.
Jennifer Aniston: She’s bared her bare tush everywhere from film

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Brittany Murphy Remembered

OBITUARY

Dec 21, 2009 7:31 AM CST

Brittany Murphy Remembered

Media find it difficult to sum up actress' troubled life

(Newser) - As news outlets everywhere struggle to memorialize Brittany Murphy's troubled, too-short life, co-stars and friends remembered the young actress in statements and—of course—on Twitter. Murphy’s life started as a Hollywood dream-come-true, “but then her star power fizzled, her personal life disintegrated, and she met a grisly...

Affiliates Staggered
by Tanking Leno Ratings

TIME TO GIVE UP?

Dec 21, 2009 2:32 AM CST

Affiliates Staggered by Tanking Leno Ratings

'Writing's on wall' for struggling show, say many

(Newser) - With 10 pm ratings in a free fall for many NBC affiliates, the question is on the table: When will the network ditch its Jay Leno Show experiment? The drop in last month's numbers was “staggering,” one manager tells Broadcasting & Cable. Another—who saw a 48.4%...

Why 'Best of' Lists
Are the Worst

OPINION

Dec 20, 2009 4:13 PM CST

Why 'Best of' Lists Are the Worst

The problem, says a critic: 'They're about yesterday's yearning'

(Newser) - Julia Keller is of two minds about year-end "best of" lists—which are even more numerous and annoying than usual in this, the final year of the decade. She admits to reading them, "and I further confess that I sometimes enjoy arguing silently with them." But "...

The Only 3 Christmas TV Plots

TRADITIONS

Dec 20, 2009 3:43 PM CST

The Only 3 Christmas TV Plots

When it comes time for the holiday episode, don't expect a surprise

(Newser) - Christmas “takes over the airwaves as comprehensively as it does malls, office lobbies, and public service announcements”—but unfortunately, the Christmas TV plotline always falls into one of three categories, writes Torie Bosch for Slate :

Money woes: “A holiday season without gifts doesn't really feel like a

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