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Nov 1, 2009 3:01 PM CST

Mel Gibson's a Dad for 8th Time

Actor, fiancée have a new daughter

(Newser) - Mel Gibson became a father for the eighth time on Friday, when fiancée Oksana Grigorieva had a baby girl. The child is the second for Grigorieva, who has a son with actor Timothy Dalton. The mother of Gibson's other children is his wife of 29 years, Robyn, who filed...

Chaz Bono
Very Happy After Sex Change

Oct 30, 2009 4:28 PM CDT

Chaz Bono Very Happy After Sex Change

Sonny and Cher's firstborn finishes months of surgeries

(Newser) - Chaz—formerly Chastity—Bono is enjoying the payoff of years of effort: He’s finally a man. Born the daughter of Cher and Sonny Bono, Chaz says his female-to-male sex change was the “end of a long process going back almost a decade. I got clean and sober in...

Shine a Light
on Sneaky TV
Product Placement

OPINION

Oct 30, 2009 10:49 AM CDT

Shine a Light on Sneaky TV Product Placement

Do you know when you're being sold something?

(Newser) - You can tell when you’re watching a commercial, right? Not at all, writes NE Marsden , and that’s a huge problem. A new FTC measure seeks to expose the practice of paid consideration—“stealth advertising” is a better phrase—online by requiring bloggers and marketers to disclose remuneration,...

Ledger-Directed
Rap Video
Debuts

WATCH IT

Oct 30, 2009 10:40 AM CDT

Ledger-Directed Rap Video Debuts

Actor worked with Australian singer, a childhood friend

(Newser) - A music video, one of a few directed by Heath Ledger for little-known artists he liked, made its online debut yesterday. Australian rapper N'fa Forster-Jones, a childhood friend of the late actor's, posted the video along with a behind-the-scenes look at the project, the AP reports. "Every day I...

Spade Got $200K for Farley Ad

WATCH THE AD

Oct 30, 2009 9:49 AM CDT

Spade Got $200K for Farley Ad

Controversial DirecTV commercial is a 'tribute,' reps insist

(Newser) - Why did David Spade agree to the recent DirecTV ad that uses a scene from Tommy Boy, starring his departed costar Chris Farley? "To honor Chris's memory," his publicist tells the New York Post —but the $200,000 sources say Spade was paid probably didn't hurt....

At Trump Wedding,
a Missed Connection

CRAIGSLIST TO THE RESCUE

Oct 30, 2009 9:28 AM CDT

At Trump Wedding, a Missed Connection

Guest at Trump-Kushner nuptials seeks 'stunning' bartender

(Newser) - The best tidbit to come out of Ivanka Trump's wedding to Jared Kushner: A male-for-male post in the Craigslist missed connections section, which Brian Moylan at Gawker uncovered. The post, addressed to the bartender, ends with, "You're stunning. If you remember me, what color was my tie?"—and...

Quaids Skip Court,
Face Arrest, Extradition

Oct 30, 2009 8:35 AM CDT

Quaids Skip Court, Face Arrest, Extradition

Randy and Evi Quaid missed three court dates; arrest warrant stands

(Newser) - After allegedly skipping out on their hotel bill, then skipping out on their court date three times, Randy and Evi Quaid are facing arrest. Yesterday's court appearance was their last shot, prosecutors tell E! , and extradition proceedings are underway. Their outstanding arrest warrants also remain effective, and "if extradition...

Hopper Has
Prostate Cancer

Oct 29, 2009 10:00 PM CDT

Hopper Has Prostate Cancer

Actor, 73, cancels travel plans to focus on treatment

(Newser) - Dennis Hopper has been given a diagnosis of prostate cancer and is canceling all travel plans to focus on treatment. Manager Sam Maydew says the 73-year-old actor and artist is being treated through a "special program" at the University of Southern California. Asked about Hopper's prognosis, Maydew said, "...

Sex Rehab for
Steve Phillips? Oh, Please!

ANDREA PEYSER

Oct 29, 2009 10:48 AM CDT

Sex Rehab for Steve Phillips? Oh, Please!

Axed ESPN analyst is just the latest to use 'sex addict' as an excuse

(Newser) - Steve Phillips and his fellow celebrity sex addicts prove "all that's required to claim that a man's transgression is really a disease over which he is powerless is a large bank account, a small degree of fame, a clueless wife. And a straight face," writes Andrea Peyser in...

Mom Thinks LiLo's Dying, Too

SAYS DAD

Oct 29, 2009 10:31 AM CDT

Mom Thinks LiLo's Dying, Too

Michael will reveal tapes of Dina dishing on Lindsay

(Newser) - Michael Lohan is going to tell you the cold hard truth—ad nauseum and whether you like it or not. After appearances on Maury Povich and Access Hollywood in the past week, he's set to appear on Entertainment Tonight Monday, sources tell the New York Daily News , to air taped...

Anti-Semitism Got Polanski

gore vidal

Oct 29, 2009 10:06 AM CDT

Anti-Semitism Got Polanski

Gore Vidal is less than PC while discussing Roman Polanski

(Newser) - Gore Vidal isn't afraid to say what he really thinks about the Roman Polanski fiasco. "I really don’t give a f---. Look, am I going to sit and weep every time a young hooker feels as though she’s been taken advantage of?" he tells the Atlantic in...

2nd Doc Hooked Up With Anna

HOWARD K STERN HEARING

Oct 29, 2009 9:37 AM CDT

2nd Doc Hooked Up With Anna

Sandeep Kapoor wrote in diary about tryst with Anna Nicole Smith

(Newser) - Just in case anyone thought the Anna Nicole Smith hearing couldn't get any kinkier: It can, and it did. An investigator testified yesterday that Smith physician Sandeep Kapoor—who is facing charges along with psychiatrist Khristine Eroshevich and lawyer Howard K. Stern—had a less-than-professional relationship with Smith, "making...

Hailey:
Jon Has
'Mantrums'

WATCH THE VIDEO

Oct 29, 2009 8:46 AM CDT

Hailey: Jon Has 'Mantrums'

Glassman talks Gosselin—and the strangers who call her a 'fat whore'

(Newser) - Wondering when Hailey Glassman would start oversharing about her relationship with Jon Gosselin? The time has come. On an interview airing on tonight's—and tomorrow's— Insider , Jon's galpal accuses him of emotional abuse. "He has 'mantrums,'" she says. "I cry and say, 'Why are you so mean...

Couric's Halloween Costume: Aaden Gosselin

Oct 29, 2009 8:32 AM CDT

Couric's Halloween Costume: Aaden Gosselin

Jon & Kate Plus 8 kids are so used to spotlight, mom doesn't even mind

(Newser) - Kate Gosselin inspired this year's hottest Halloween wig, but Katie Couric is taking a different Gosselin-themed route for her costume: dressing up as sextuplet Aaden. "I met Kate and she seems very nice," Couric tells Extra . "And I told her I was gonna be Aaden, and she...

Scariest Albums
Ever Made

LISTEN (IF YOU DARE)

Oct 28, 2009 2:07 PM CDT

Scariest Albums Ever Made

Celebrate Halloween with these psychologically creepy albums

(Newser) - James Montgomery, tasked with listing the scariest albums ever made for MTV in honor of Halloween, resisted the temptation to include Avril Lavigne's The Best Damn Thing. Instead, he went for the "dense, raw, positively horrifying albums, guaranteed to turn your Halloween into a total fright-fest." Check them...

Meet
Hollywood's
New 'It Girl'

Oct 28, 2009 1:09 PM CDT

Meet Hollywood's New 'It Girl'

Carey Mulligan's role in An Education reminiscent of Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman

(Newser) - Thanks to her lauded role in An Education, Carey Mulligan is Hollywood's latest "It Girl," poised to join the ranks of Julia Roberts and Audrey Hepburn. "She has fragility, she has humor, she can be very moving, she's bright, and she's great to look at," says...

Highest Earning Dead Celebs

Oct 28, 2009 12:19 PM CDT

Highest Earning Dead Celebs

Michael Jackson, predictably, made the list—but not at No. 1

(Newser) - The stars on Forbes ' annual list of the top-earning dead celebrities number, appropriately, 13. To make the list, a "deleb" must have brought in at least $6 million in the past year. This year's list is notably missing former mainstays Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, and Steve McQueen, and...

Jay-Z Cleans Up
'Empire' for
World Series

Oct 28, 2009 12:05 PM CDT

Jay-Z Cleans Up 'Empire' for World Series

Rapper will keep his language PG while performing for Yanks

(Newser) - The lyrics to Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind" are sometimes as raw as New York, but it looks like the rapper will clean things up when he performs his city anthem at the World Series. A source close to the rapper says Jay-Z won't utter curses or other raunchy...

Tell-All Unravels
Brangelina Fairytale

HINT: SHE'S CRRRRRAZY

Oct 28, 2009 10:14 AM CDT

Tell-All Unravels Brangelina Fairytale

Brangelina Exposed promises to reveal the reality of Pitt-Jolie pairing

(Newser) - Ian Halperin is at it again. The investigative journalist who has released sordid books about Michael Jackson, Kurt Cobain, and Celine Dion, among others, is adding Hollywood's power couple to the list. Brangelina Exposed, out Dec. 1, will reveal the reality behind the "glamorous fairytale" the public has been...

Miley Cyrus:
2009's Worst
Celebrity
Influence

WORSE THAN BRITNEY

Oct 28, 2009 9:58 AM CDT

Miley Cyrus: 2009's Worst Celebrity Influence

Hannah Montana star gets nearly half of votes—from fellow kids

(Newser) - Even her fellow teens and tweens are sick of Miley Cyrus' slanty-eyed pictures and pole dancing hijinks. The Disney starlet was voted Worst Celeb Influence of 2009, winning out over drunk-driving Shia LaBeouf, racy-photo-posing Vanessa Hudgens, Taylor-Swift-interrupting Kanye West, and the self-explanatory Britney Spears. Cyrus got an impressive 42% of...