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POTTER GROWS UP

Dec 8, 2009 8:09 AM CST

Harry, Hermione Get Naked

Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson get 'very sexy,' says director

(Newser) - Hang on to your hats, parents: Harry Potter and Hermione Granger will strip down in a “very sexy” scene in the next film. The decidedly mature scenario comes about courtesy of a monster that's torturing Ron Weasley, Hermione’s would-be boyfriend, with the scandalous images. “We’ll create...

Tiger Gets Tips
From Letterman

TRUST HIM, HE KNOWS

Dec 8, 2009 6:13 AM CST

Tiger Gets Tips From Letterman

'Maybe I'll learn a little something here myself,' host jokes

(Newser) - If there’s anyone who might have some good advice for Tiger Woods on how to handle his sex scandal, it’s David Letterman—and the talk show host shared just that last night on his Late Show . Among his “Top 10 Ways Tiger Woods Can Improve His Image”...

Free Tomorrow in LA?
Karaoke With Porn Stars

Dec 7, 2009 8:00 PM CST

Free Tomorrow in LA? Karaoke With Porn Stars

If you're in the industry, or want to be, hit Sardo's on Tuesday

(Newser) - Karaoke and porn are about as popular as pastimes get—and if you’re free tomorrow night you can combine ‘em at a Los Angeles-area bar. Industry types started hanging out at Sardo’s —which also hosts G-rated Family Fridays—a few years ago, and now on Tuesdays,...

Top Cultural Game-Changers

decade in review

Dec 7, 2009 2:11 PM CST

Top Cultural Game-Changers

What will we still be talking about next decade? Britney, for one

(Newser) - The ‘00s were full of important contributions to culture, but which ones will we still be talking about in another decade? Here are some of New York ’s picks:

TV: The Sopranos for inventing quality cable, American Idol for changing the music industry, and of course all things

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Don't Miss
Men of a Certain Age

TV REVIEW

Dec 7, 2009 1:16 PM CST

Don't Miss Men of a Certain Age

Star turns from Romano, Braugher, Bakula buoy new TNT dramedy

(Newser) - The male midlife crisis is hardly a groundbreaking subject, but Men of a Certain Age doesn’t need novelty to augment the poignant and hilarious truth it deals in. The new TNT series “proves a powerful yet mercifully amusing experience—bittersweet, poignant, and wise," Tom Shales writes. "...

LiLo in
Threesome
—Photo Shoot

ARTISTIC INTEGRITY

Dec 7, 2009 10:56 AM CST

LiLo in Threesome —Photo Shoot

Lindsay Lohan gets naked, busts out the nip slip for Muse mag

(Newser) - Just when you thought Lindsay Lohan had reached the peak of her attention-getting antics, the starlet poses in a series of threesome-inspired shots. The 18-page ménage à trois photo spread, inspired by Kate Moss and Johnny Depp’s relationship, appears in Milan’s Muse magazine. A naked LiLo even...

How Jon Gosselin
Stays So Famous

Dec 7, 2009 10:50 AM CST

How Jon Gosselin Stays So Famous

Octodad himself doesn't get his celebrity status, he admits

(Newser) - In a bid to keep his fame alive post-reality show, Jon Gosselin will take pictures with anyone who asks: Japanese tourists, Starbucks baristas, cab drivers—but even he doesn’t understand the public fervor surrounding him. “As long as they’re snapping, I’ll keep smiling,” he tells...

Need a Holiday
Gift for Her?
Try a Pap Smear

pretty weird psa

Dec 7, 2009 9:54 AM CST

Need a Holiday Gift for Her? Try a Pap Smear

New CBS ad campaign says skip the jewelry, go for the gyno

(Newser) - Just imagine the look on your honey’s face when she opens up your holiday gift to find just what she always wanted…a Pap smear. That’s what CBS is advising you to put at the top of your shopping list this season in a series of bizarre PSAs....

Kennedy Center
Honors De Niro, Boss

SLIDESHOW

Dec 7, 2009 6:27 AM CST

Kennedy Center Honors De Niro, Boss

Brubeck, Bumbry, Mel Brooks round out list of those lauded at gala

(Newser) - Last night’s Kennedy Center Honors brought together such unlikelies as Jack Black and Aretha Franklin to fete award winners Mel Brooks, Dave Brubeck, Grace Bumbry, Robert De Niro, and Bruce Springsteen in a three-hour variety show. Highlights of the night, attended by the president, vice president, and speaker of...

A Decade
of Hipsters

AN EVOLVING BREED

Dec 6, 2009 4:05 PM CST

A Decade of Hipsters

From the Emo to the Meta-Nerd, check 'em here

(Newser) - The 2000s have been the decade of plenty of things, hipsters included. Paste undertakes a study of their evolution, from 2000 to the present:

2000: The Emo. “Proto-hipster” finds guyliner and a white belt a “soulful combination.”
2001: The Emo Redux. You’ll see a theme in

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Rivers Cuomo
Injured in
Weezer
Bus Crash

Dec 6, 2009 3:02 PM CST

Rivers Cuomo Injured in Weezer Bus Crash

Indie darlings were en route from Toronto to Boston

(Newser) - Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo suffered minor injuries this morning when a bus carrying the band from Toronto to Boston ran off the New York State Thruway about 40 miles west of Albany. Cuomo complained of rib pain and was taken to a local hospital after the tour bus slid on...

Billy Joel: Daughter on the Mend After OD

Dec 6, 2009 2:39 PM CST

Billy Joel: Daughter on the Mend After OD

Alexa Ray Joel took a homeopathic drug, source says

(Newser) - Alexa Ray Joel is out of the hospital and "is going to be fine," her father, Billy Joel, said last night. The 23-year-old singer-songwriter, reportedly distraught over a recent breakup, was treated at a New York hospital after overdosing on a substance a source identifies as a homeopathic...

Blind Side
Overshadows
New Moon

box office roundup

Dec 6, 2009 2:22 PM CST

Blind Side Overshadows New Moon

Football flick capitalizes on strong Thanksgiving weekend

(Newser) - Building on strong word-of-mouth and an unexpectedly lucrative Thanksgiving weekend, The Blind Side caught and passed New Moon at the weekend box office. The Sandra Bullock vehicle pulled in $20.4 million to $15.7 million for the teen vampire sequel. Both dwarfed Brothers, which underperformed despite stars Natalie Portman,...

Serious Moonlight a Dim Effort

MOVIE REVIEW

Dec 4, 2009 2:52 PM CST

Serious Moonlight a Dim Effort

Filming slain writer's script a fine sentiment, poorly executed

(Newser) - When Waitress writer-director Adrienne Shelly was murdered, in 2006, she left behind the script for Serious Moonlight. Critics speculate that she might have made it work, but that hasn't happened:

"A wife duct-tapes her husband to a chair and tells him that she will make him fall in love

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The Office Is
Downright Depressing

blame jim

Dec 4, 2009 1:41 PM CST

The Office Is Downright Depressing

Jim Halpert illustrates 'the worst purgatory of 30-something life'

(Newser) - The Office has turned from funny and charming to the most depressing show on television, and it’s all thanks to once-beloved character Jim Halpert. “The show has taken the story of a man with a promising future and given him an interminable present,” writes Meghan Keane for...

Russia, Georgia
Fund Dueling
War Movies

Dec 4, 2009 1:21 PM CST

Russia, Georgia Fund Dueling War Movies

Propaganda is the better part of valor

(Newser) - More than a year after they stopped shooting at each other, Russia and Georgia are still fighting—on movie screens. Each side is backing high-profile films sympathetic to their take on the war. Russia’s first effort, a documentary entitled Act of Betrayal, fell flat because its claims that Georgia...

Brothers Has Strong
Acting, Weak Heart

movie review

Dec 4, 2009 12:20 PM CST

Brothers Has Strong Acting, Weak Heart

Critics wonder: Why did Jim Sheridan need to do this remake?

(Newser) - Tobey Maguire, Natalie Portman, and Jake Gyllenhaal deliver solid performances in Jim Sheridan's war movie Brothers, but the film doesn't measure up to the 2004 Danish original, say critics:

Peter Howell, Toronto Star : "It's still a film worth seeing, if only for the performances, but it seems to be

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Everybody's Fine?
No, Everybody's Sappy

Movie Review

Dec 4, 2009 11:10 AM CST

Everybody's Fine? No, Everybody's Sappy

De Niro the best part about predictable holiday treacle

(Newser) - Critics are divided on Everybody’s Fine: Some think the family drama is okay because of Robert De Niro, and others think it’s awful despite him. What they’re saying:

It’s “a thoroughly fake movie that is about, of all things, the need for truthfulness,” writes

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Miley Cyrus Gets a Tattoo

'Just Breathe'

Dec 4, 2009 10:50 AM CST

Miley Cyrus Gets a Tattoo

It's in full view because of her hot pink bikini

(Newser) - Miley Cyrus continues down the path of righteousness, this time not with indiscriminate Twitter photos or a pole dance, but with…a tattoo under her breast. The Daily Mail has photos of the Disney starlet in Florida flaunting a pink bikini and—underneath the left cup—what appear to be...

Rolling Stone Gets Into Restaurant Biz

Dec 4, 2009 10:31 AM CST

Rolling Stone Gets Into Restaurant Biz

Hollywood lounge plans to outclass Hard Rock; chain possible

(Newser) - Aiming to sidestep the pitfalls that have bedeviled countless other entertainment-industry players, Rolling Stone magazine is opening its own Hollywood restaurant. “We've been looking for the ideal opportunity to expand the Rolling Stone brand," co-founder Jann Wenner tells the Los Angeles Times . And no, it’s not because...