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NOT-SO-SWEET EMOTION

Nov 9, 2009 11:36 AM CST

Steven Tyler Quits Aerosmith: Band

Move follows missed tour dates and apparent dissension

(Newser) - Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler has left the band, according to rhythm guitarist Brad Whitford and lead guitarist Joe Perry, who have suggested that they're looking for a new singer. The news comes after a disastrous summer tour in which Tyler broke his shoulder in a stage fall and canceled many...

Threesome Complaints
May Only Help Gossip Girl

Nov 9, 2009 11:14 AM CST

Threesome Complaints May Only Help Gossip Girl

Parents Television Council likely to boost racy episode's ratings

(Newser) - The CW might want to write a thank-you note to the Parents Television Council: All of its moaning about tonight’s Gossip Girl threesome is serving as free publicity for the show, which may just help boost its sagging ratings. No ads have been pulled and no affiliates are boycotting,...

Meet Mel Gibson's Lovechild

CELEBUSPAWN

Nov 9, 2009 10:50 AM CST

Meet Mel Gibson's Lovechild

Oksana Grigorieva says babydaddy Mel is 'very hands-on'

(Newser) - Mel Gibson’s had eight babies, so it comes as no surprise that he’s happy to change his newest daughter’s diapers. “He’s very hands-on,” babymama Oksana Grigorieva tells Hello! , which ran the first photos of Lucia Anne. The baby, who arrived a month early, will...

Travolta: Religion
Helps Us Cope

Nov 9, 2009 10:50 AM CST

Travolta: Religion Helps Us Cope

John, Kelly speak publicly for first time since Jett's tragic death

(Newser) - Near-daily religious counseling has helped the family cope with the loss of Jett, say John Travolta and Kelly Preston, who spoke out for the first time since his January death. “We've been working very hard every day as a family to heal,” Travolta says, "We have our...

Levi, Jon Pal Around in NYC

UNHOLY UNIONS

Nov 9, 2009 9:59 AM CST

Levi, Jon Pal Around in NYC

Johnston, Gosselin pose for legendary photo in Times Square

(Newser) - After weeks of hype, the wait is over: Levi Johnston is in New York to shoot his Playgirl spread. And who should he run into upon his arrival? America's other favorite ex-beau and fellow media darling Jon Gosselin. Johnston was in Times Square taping an outdoor Insider interview; Gosselin was...

Jackson Kids Save a Puppy

CUTENESS OVERLOAD

Nov 9, 2009 9:24 AM CST

Jackson Kids Save a Puppy

Paris, Prince, Blanket help Scooby Roo—but spies call them 'weird'

(Newser) - Thanks in part to Michael Jackson’s three children, a two-legged dog got a set of wheels this weekend. TMZ reported last month that the Jacksons were trying to raise $2,000 to pay for the custom cart—no word on how much they contributed. Adorable, yes—but that cuteness...

Prejean Watched
Sex Tape With Mom

AWKWARD FAMILY MOMENTS

Nov 9, 2009 9:04 AM CST

Prejean Watched Sex Tape With Mom

Former Miss Cali's own mother turned white

(Newser) - Nothing says good parenting like watching your kid's soccer games, concerts, school plays... and too-hot-for-TMZ solo sex tapes? Carrie Prejean’s mom was in the room when the Miss California pageant lawyers played the sex tape for Prejean. Sources tell TMZ the dethroned Miss Cali’s mother was shocked, turning...

Andre Agassi's Autobiography 'Lively but Narrow'

BOOK REVIEW

Nov 9, 2009 8:30 AM CST

Andre Agassi's Autobiography 'Lively but Narrow'

Open has griping, conceit, lots of tennis

(Newser) - Andre Agassi’s autobiography has gotten a lot of hype, thanks to his admission of using both crystal meth and a toupee—but most of Open deals with “tennis, more tennis, the misery of tennis,” writes Janet Maslin in the New York Times. Still, even minutely detailed descriptions...

Wanda Sykes Show: Working Hard, Hardly Working

TV REVIEW

Nov 8, 2009 3:59 PM CST

Wanda Sykes Show: Working Hard, Hardly Working

Clichés drag down late-night debut

(Newser) - Viewers expecting something fresh and new out of The Wanda Sykes Show—as the unlikely combination of Fox and an African-American lesbian might seem to promise—were sorely disappointed, writes Ken Tucker . The comedian and actor "is terrific: at ease and bawdy," he writes for Entertainment Weekly. But...

Christmas
Comes
Early

box office roundup

Nov 8, 2009 1:38 PM CST

Christmas Comes Early

'Precious' shatters record for per-location average

(Newser) - The stop-motion version of A Christmas Carol topped the weekend box office, opening with a $31 million haul. The figure is a slight disappointment, on the low end of the projected range for the family-friendly flick, reports Variety . The Michael Jackson documentary This is It lost 40% off last week's...

Gossip Girl Puts Another
Nail in Speakeasy's Coffin

Nov 8, 2009 6:39 AM CST

Gossip Girl Puts Another Nail in Speakeasy's Coffin

A good cocktail is timeless; this trend is not

(Newser) - Not even a month after one mag wished for the speakeasy trend to die, Gossip Girl (yes, a show about high school and college kids, but that’s another topic) is pounding another nail in the cocktail conceit, Derek Brown writes. With one of the show’s characters opening a...

Jon Stewart
Channels
Glenn Beck

WATCH THE VIDEO

Nov 6, 2009 12:41 PM CST

Jon Stewart Channels Glenn Beck

Appendicitis attack is obviously part of a larger conspiracy, Jon says

(Newser) - Jon Stewart asked the tough questions last night: Now that Glenn Beck has lost his appendix, how are we going to stop the conspiracy to harvest the rest of his organs? The Daily Show host channeled everything Beck last night, from glasses-fiddling to chalkboard to leaps of logic. “...

Inside The Box,
a Muddled Surprise

MOVIE REVIEW

Nov 6, 2009 12:11 PM CST

Inside The Box, a Muddled Surprise

Film is wayward, most critics agree, but for some it's interesting

(Newser) - Critics are split on The Box, the new film from writer-director Richard Kelly, known for the much-loved Donnie Darko and the reviled Southland Tales. Some takes on the flick about a box with a mysterious, life-changing button:

Pass, writes writes Elizabeth Weitzman in the New York Daily News. Don't "

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Pre-Scandal
Fergie Spills
to Cosmo

Nov 6, 2009 11:09 AM CST

Pre-Scandal Fergie Spills to Cosmo

Before Josh Duhamel's stripper fiasco, singer applauded him in mag

(Newser) - When Cosmopolitan interviewed Fergie for its December issue, no one could have predicted that by the time it hit stands, hubby Josh Duhamel would be embroiled in a stripper-sex scandal. At the time, Fergie sang his praises, Radar reports, telling the mag when it came to her recent weight gain...

Rihanna: 'I Was
Battered, I Was
Bleeding'

Nov 6, 2009 10:27 AM CST

Rihanna: 'I Was Battered, I Was Bleeding'

'I fended him off with my feet,' she says of Chris Brown attack

(Newser) - As he hit her, Rihanna says, Chris Brown had “no soul in his eyes,” and he left her bleeding and swollen. The singer didn't hold back in the second part of her interview with Diane Sawyer on today’s Good Morning America , saying, "All I kept thinking...

What Broke
Celebs Can
Teach Us

TIPS FOR THE MANSIONLESS

Nov 6, 2009 9:38 AM CST

What Broke Celebs Can Teach Us

Don't make the same mistakes as Nicolas Cage and Annie Leibovitz

(Newser) - Celebrities really are just like us: During these financially stressful times, they’re suffering, too. On Huffington Post, Manisha Thakor points out the takeaway from four high-profile meltdowns.

NBA Player Antoine Walker: Squandered away his $110 million fortune by age 33. The lesson? If you have a variable income, don’

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Oprah to Rosie:
Stop Calling
Me Gay!

UNFAVORITE THINGS

Nov 6, 2009 9:17 AM CST

Oprah to Rosie: Stop Calling Me Gay!

Winfrey to O'Donnell: 'I don't want to hear it anymore!'

(Newser) - Watch out, Rosie: You got yourself on Oprah’s bad side. The talk-show queen is upset with O’Donnell after the comedian recently told Howard Stern that Winfrey and BFF Gayle King "are the emotional equivalent of" a gay couple—especially since this isn’t the first time Rosie’...

Shatner Reads the Real Levi

APOLOGIES dept.

Nov 6, 2009 7:29 AM CST

Shatner Reads the Real Levi

Conan O'Brien sorry for fake Tweets, but not too sorry

(Newser) - The Tonight Show got the last laugh on Levi Johnston. The soon-to-be Playgirl model threatened to sue if Conan O’Brien didn’t retract Wednesday’s poetry session, featuring William Shatner dramatically reading Levi’s supposed Tweets. So O'Brien admitted they were actually written by “a clever impostor posing...

Oprah Sets Date for
Cable Launch,
Show Move

NIKKI FINKE

Nov 5, 2009 1:50 PM CST

Oprah Sets Date for Cable Launch, Show Move

Discovery Channel to media mogul: 'Move it or lose it'

(Newser) - The long-awaited launch of Oprah's cable network is set for early 2011, and her syndicated talk show will move to the new Oprah Winfrey Network—and from Chicago to Los Angeles. The switch from Discovery Health Channel to OWN was originally set for mid-2009, and Discovery threatened to rescind the...

New Site
Decodes
Rap Lyrics

Nov 5, 2009 11:42 AM CST

New Site Decodes Rap Lyrics

Rap Genius breaks down Jay-Z, Ghostface Killah, and more

(Newser) - Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ song “Empire State of Mind” is everywhere, even at the World Series. But do you know what the lyrics mean? If not, Rap Genius (formerly Rap Exegesis) can clue you in the way it educated Nick Antosca of the Huffington Post. Some of the explanations...