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Clueless Co-Star
Brittany Murphy
Dead at 32

UPDATED

Dec 20, 2009 3:16 PM CST

Clueless Co-Star Brittany Murphy Dead at 32

Troubled starlet suffered cardiac arrest

(Newser) - Brittany Murphy, who made a splash playing the makeover victim in Clueless and later battled substance abuse, died today in Los Angeles. She was 32. The LA Fire Department was called to a home owned by Murphy's husband, Simon Monjack, where she was found in cardiac arrest and could not...

Avatar Wraps
Weekend
With $73M

bOX OFFICE ROuNDUP

Dec 20, 2009 1:41 PM CST

Avatar Wraps Weekend With $73M

James Cameron scores 2nd-biggest Dec. opening ever

(Newser) - Avatar plowed through an East Coast blizzard to score $73 million at the box office this weekend, falling short of only I Am Legend for a December opening, reports Variety . The James Cameron blockbuster recouped its hefty $220 million pricetag with worldwide sales. The Princess and the Frog fell to...

Dr. Drew Is Clueless
About Sex Addiction

opinion

Dec 19, 2009 1:12 PM CST

Dr. Drew Is Clueless About Sex Addiction

And he's a narcissist to boot, says participant on 'Sex Rehab'

(Newser) - The current season of VH1's Sex Rehab With Dr. Drew wraps up this weekend, and at least one participant is glad to be rid of his association with the good doctor. "It was immediately apparent that while Drew may be an astounding drug and alcohol specialist, he knows very...

Sean Combs
to Obama:
Please Adopt Me

interview

Dec 19, 2009 5:19 AM CST

Sean Combs to Obama: Please Adopt Me

Rapper extraordinaire also takes credit for election

(Newser) - Sean Combs sat down with Playboy for an interview, and the artist formerly known as Diddy (and P-Diddy, and Puff Daddy ...) sure is good for a quote. Or several. Highlights:

On his hip-hop legacy: "If I’m not inspiring you at this point, you’re a lost hope.

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18 Other Slowpoke Directors

IT'S NOT JUST JAMES CAMERON

Dec 18, 2009 12:45 PM CST

18 Other Slowpoke Directors

James Cameron's 12-year hiatus before Avatar isn't the first

(Newser) - James Cameron went 12 years between feature films—and other directors have gone even longer, for reasons ranging from hubris to legal problems to, say, Nazi oppression. Slate looks at 18 other filmmakers who took their sweet time:

Sylvester Stallone, 21-year gap: Between helming Rocky IV and Rocky Balboa, Stallon

...

Real Housewives
Feel Recession

NO MORE YACHTS

Dec 18, 2009 10:51 AM CST

Real Housewives Feel Recession

Orange County reality show stars are downgrading, like the rest of us

(Newser) - The next time you have to clean your own house or resort to shopping at—gasp!—H&M instead of Prada, don’t feel bad: The stars of Real Housewives of Orange County are right there with you. As if those shocking belt-tighteners aren’t bad enough, one of...

Gloria Estefan Grills
Obama—About Xmas

not-so-HARD-HITTING INTERVIEWS

Dec 18, 2009 10:49 AM CST

Gloria Estefan Grills Obama—About Xmas

Singer gets into the nitty-gritty—about Christmas—with the president

(Newser) - Gloria Estefan’s interview with President Obama—conducted for a Univision Christmas special—didn't exactly delve into immigration reform or health care. Politico offers up the complete transcript. Some of the, uh, highlights:

Urgent matters: “I have a very important question to start off this interview,” Estefan says.

...

Blu-Ray Goes
3D With New
Standards

Dec 18, 2009 10:32 AM CST

Blu-Ray Goes 3D With New Standards

New players will export two images in full 1080p

(Newser) - Blu-ray players will soon come equipped to show 3D movies in full 1080p, thanks to new standards announced yesterday. Players built to conform with the new standard, which should begin shipping next year, will send two images to the TV, both in full resolution. With the proper glasses, those images...

Screen Legend
Jennifer Jones
Dead at 90

OBITUARY

Dec 17, 2009 1:31 PM CST

Screen Legend Jennifer Jones Dead at 90

Oscar winner for 'Song of Bernadette' was Selznick's muse

(Newser) - Jennifer Jones, an Oscar winner for The Song of Bernadette and the widow of both legendary producer David O. Selznick and industrialist Norton Simon, died today in Malibu. She was 90. Selznick plucked Jones from obscurity by casting her in Bernadette (1943) and launching a career that included four more...

Precious, Basterds
Lead SAG Noms

Dec 17, 2009 10:01 AM CST

Precious, Basterds Lead SAG Noms

Up in the Air also scores three Screen Actors Guild nominations

(Newser) - Award-season frontrunners Inglourious Basterds, Precious, and Up in the Air led today’s Screen Actors Guild nominations with three apiece. Included in those nominations for Basterds and Precious is a nod for outstanding performance by a motion picture cast—SAG’s answer to the typical “best picture” category. Other...

NBC Wants Seinfeld, Not Conan

wishful thinking

Dec 17, 2009 9:52 AM CST

NBC Wants Seinfeld, Not Conan

As O'Brien's Tonight Show ratings struggle, NBC wishes for Seinfeld

(Newser) - Could Conan O’Brien be replaced as Tonight Show host—by Jerry Seinfeld? Maybe not, but that’s what many at NBC want. Executives tell PopEater that Conan has been struggling so much in the ratings department that replacement discussions have already begun, and Seinfeld's name is at the top...

More Celebs Who
Slammed Their Kids

Dec 17, 2009 9:28 AM CST

More Celebs Who Slammed Their Kids

Courtney Love's rant against Frances Bean Cobain is far from the first

(Newser) - Courtney Love called her 17-year-old daughter “deceptive” and “deluded” on Facebook—and that certainly wasn't the first time a celebrity has lashed out at a child. The Frisky lists a few other trainwrecky parent-child relationships:

Michael Lohan: He’s made a name for himself by discussing estranged daughter

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Jersey Shore Brainiacs
Can't Name Pope, VP

LAST NIGHT ON LENO

Dec 17, 2009 8:11 AM CST

Jersey Shore Brainiacs Can't Name Pope, VP

Not surprisingly, they basically fail Jay Leno Show trivia game

(Newser) - Jay Leno made a shocking discovery last night: The Jersey Shore cast members don’t know a whole lot about current events or world history. Among the questions Snooki, The Situation, and DJ Pauly D couldn’t answer: the vice president’s name, where the United Nations is, or...

Frances Bean Cobain
Gets Restraining Order

CELEB TRAINWRECKS

Dec 17, 2009 7:00 AM CST

Frances Bean Cobain Gets Restraining Order

Courtney Love continues Facebook rants, conjures Jamie Lynn Spears

(Newser) - Kurt Cobain’s family has been trying to take custody of Frances Bean for years, his uncle tells TMZ , because Courtney Love “can barely take care of herself”—and is certainly “not fit to take care of Frances.” As of yesterday, Love not only lost custody...

Biggest Loser
Verges on
Exploitation

526 LBS: TOO MUCH?

Dec 16, 2009 12:57 PM CST

Biggest Loser Verges on Exploitation

Experts weigh in on whether reality show has gone too far

(Newser) - The Biggest Loser is getting bigger each year: Next season, 526-pound Michael Ventrella will be the show’s largest contestant ever. Though wanting to help people shed pounds is a good thing, the show seems exploitative when it uses “heaviest ever” to promote itself. PopEater rounds up media experts’...

Courtney Love Slams
Daughter on Facebook

frances 'is deluded'

Dec 16, 2009 10:56 AM CST

Courtney Love Slams Daughter on Facebook

Frances Bean Cobain is 'deluded,' 'deceptive'

(Newser) - Courtney Love, a long-time fan of airing dirty laundry in public, posted two tirades—partially aimed at daughter Frances Bean Cobain, who she recently lost custody of—on Facebook last night. Commenters say the posts have since been deleted, but Perez Hilton has the text. Highlights from the horribly misspelled...

Tiger Woods
Linked to...
Jessica
Simpson?

PLUS: ELIN PLANS DIVORCE

Dec 16, 2009 10:45 AM CST

Tiger Woods Linked to... Jessica Simpson?

Sources say the golfer flirted with Tony Romo's ex, and Elin will leave

(Newser) - Today’s bizarre Tiger Woods rumor: The golfer was also involved with—wait for it—Jessica Simpson. It seems the two met days before Simpson and Tony Romo split, when Romo partnered with Woods at a golf tournament. “Tiger liked what he saw and let her know it,”...

A-Rod Turned
Off by Kate's
Primping

but she looks dumpy

Dec 16, 2009 10:13 AM CST

A-Rod Turned Off by Kate's Primping

Alex Rodriguez turned off by Hudson's style? But she always looked bad

(Newser) - The real reason Kate Hudson and Alex Rodriguez broke up: She was just too interested in looking pretty and being photographed at Yankees games. “She would always want to be styled before games and she’d insist on front-row seats,” a source—who adds that Hudson’s primping...

Sarah Jessica
Parker Talks
Missing Mole

last night on Letterman

Dec 16, 2009 9:49 AM CST

Sarah Jessica Parker Talks Missing Mole

Sex and the City star shocked by the attention, she tells David Letterman

(Newser) - In case you were not aware of the“mystery of the missing mole,” Sarah Jessica Parker has some news for you: She "didn't think a thing" about removing it...at first. "Then apparently it turned into mole-gate." The actress told David Letterman last night that after...

Erin Andrews: Peephole Stalker Deserves Max

Dec 16, 2009 9:39 AM CST

Erin Andrews: Peephole Stalker Deserves Max

'I hope he never sees the light of day,' she says of Michael Barrett

(Newser) - Erin Andrews had some harsh words for her stalker when she faced him in court for the first time yesterday. Though Michael Barrett’s plea agreement recommends two years in prison, Andrews pushed for the maximum of five, saying, “I hope he never sees the light of day again,...