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Paris to PETA: Pig Better Off With Me Than as Bacon

PRINCESS PIGLETTE

Oct 15, 2009 9:52 AM CDT

Paris to PETA: Pig Better Off With Me Than as Bacon

Hilton escalates feud, says she treats 'pets like children'

(Newser) - Paris Hilton is still squealing with excitement over her new miniature piglet—“It’s a girl!” she tells Us—but she’s not pleased with PETA, which called her a “wretched example” for treating her pets “as disposable.” Not true, the heiress says: “I...

Medic: Travolta
Offered $15M to Hush

EXTORTION CASE

Oct 15, 2009 9:32 AM CDT

Medic: Travolta Offered $15M to Hush

Tarino Lightbourne tries to turn the tables on John Travolta at extortion trial

(Newser) - Jett Travolta was “dead, d-e-a-d, dead” before the ambulance arrived, Bahamian paramedic Tarino Lightbourne testified yesterday—adding that it was the Travoltas’ lawyer who offered him $15 million to destroy a “Refusal of Transport/Treatment” document signed by the actor. The paramedic is charged along with a former Bahamas...

Jon and Kate Ends Next Month

IT'S ABOUT TIME

Oct 15, 2009 9:18 AM CDT

Jon and Kate Ends Next Month

The trainwreck will finally get a little less public—maybe

(Newser) - Good news for everyone who’s been begging, “Make it stop!” Jon and Kate Plus 8 will finally be put to rest in mid- to late-November, sources tell Radar. “They are not shooting anymore so they are taking what they have and seeing how many more episodes...

Mayer to Mag: I'll Sodomize You

WACKY INTERVIEW

Oct 15, 2009 9:00 AM CDT

Mayer to Mag: I'll Sodomize You

John Mayer gives possibly the best interview ever to New York

(Newser) - John Mayer, always the charmer, waxed poetic on everything from Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize to sodomy with New York. Highlights:

On Obama’s Nobel: "Do you think I'm smart enough to be able to articulate to you why our president receiving the Nobel Peace Prize is a bit

...

Sorry Shriver Goes Hands-Free

Oct 15, 2009 8:46 AM CDT

Sorry Shriver Goes Hands-Free

Governator's wife takes questionably 'swift action' he promised

(Newser) - TMZ got an “I’m sorry” out of Maria Shriver a day after exposing her law-breaking habit of using her cell phone while driving. Hubby Arnold Schwarzenegger—who happened to sign the particular law that bans it—promised “swift action.” What does that mean? “I will...

Stern Gave Smith
Valium Shots: Guard

HOWARD K STERN HEARING

Oct 15, 2009 8:27 AM CDT

Stern Gave Smith Valium Shots: Guard

Lawyer, shrink accused of drugging Anna Nicole

(Newser) - Howard K. Stern injected Anna Nicole Smith with Valium “four or five” times in the months between her son’s death and her own, her bodyguard testified yesterday. “She couldn’t swallow,” he said. “Anna and Howard felt if they put it in the blood system...

Fey on
Virginity:
'Couldn't
Give It Away'

WATCH THE VIDEO

Oct 15, 2009 7:21 AM CDT

Fey on Virginity: 'Couldn't Give It Away'

'Just good, Christian values,' comic tells Letterman. 'Or, being homely'

(Newser) - Tina Fey was a virgin until age 24—“couldn’t give it away,” she told David Letterman last night, as the two discussed a tabloid list of celebrities who stayed virgins until, as Fey put it, “they were really old.” Responding to Letterman, who called it...

Bon Jovi Is NBC's First
'Artist in Residence'

Oct 14, 2009 9:38 PM CDT

Bon Jovi Is NBC's First 'Artist in Residence'

Jon and the boys will promote new album exclusively on network-owned air

(Newser) - In a move that will keep him exclusively on NBC-owned airwaves as he promotes his band’s upcoming album, Jon Bon Jovi has signed on as the network’s first “artist in residence.” His first appearance was on this morning’s Today show; he has spots scheduled with...

Point of Vampire Craze:
No Sex Is Deviant Anymore

GLOSSIES

Oct 14, 2009 6:56 PM CDT

Point of Vampire Craze: No Sex Is Deviant Anymore

Bloodsuckers of today just want to fit in

(Newser) - A cultural obsession with vampires usually coincides with changing sexuality, writes Stephen Marche. The vampire is a realized sexual other—whether an aristocratic libertine or an AIDS victim—with the human characters representing the mainstream. Usually, the normals have killed the other, but our current vampire moment is different: Whether...

Dress Like a Mad Man for $998

TRENDS

Oct 14, 2009 1:32 PM CDT

Dress Like a Mad Man for $998

Mad Men 's Don Draper, John Slattery inspire real-life Brooks Brothers suits

(Newser) - Need an excuse to chain smoke and drink excessively in true 1960s style? No problem: Come Monday, you can dress up like Mad Men’s Don Draper for a mere $998. Brooks Brothers, which has collaborated on the show’s costumes, is rolling out 250 of the “Mad Men...

Cougar Town Deserves
Scorn, Not Yuks

OPINION

Oct 14, 2009 11:57 AM CDT

Cougar Town Deserves Scorn, Not Yuks

Courteney Cox's new show has everyone watching—but why? Masochism?

(Newser) - Cougar Town is our nation’s newest guilty pleasure—“‘guilty’ in this case meaning ‘it makes you want to stick your head in the oven’ and ‘pleasure’ referring to the feeling humans get from having their fingernails ripped off one by one,” writes Heather Havrilesky...

Armani's New
Underwear
Model:
Megan Fox

Oct 14, 2009 10:53 AM CDT

Armani's New Underwear Model: Megan Fox

Transformers hottie follows Victoria Beckham in ads for designer

(Newser) - Megan Fox is already everywhere you look, but she’ll really be all over the place come January, thanks to her new gig as the face—and body—of new Armani underwear and jeans campaigns, Women’s Wear Daily reports. The label also signed Cristiano Ronaldo, but the two won’...

Anna Nicole
Bottle-Fed
in Last Days

HOWARD K STERN HEARING

Oct 14, 2009 10:50 AM CDT

Anna Nicole Bottle-Fed in Last Days

Howard K. Stern's hearing offers a look into the drugged final days of Smith

(Newser) - Anna Nicole Smith’s last days are getting the inevitable rehash thanks to the Howard K Stern hearing, and the details are about as disturbing as you might guess. The Playboy Playmate was so drugged she had to be fed Pedialyte with a baby bottle, and her final hours were...

Madonna: I Was
'Provocative' at 13

INTERVIEW

Oct 14, 2009 10:40 AM CDT

Madonna: I Was 'Provocative' at 13

Material Girl looks back on success, talks Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga

(Newser) - Madonna is still making headlines 25 years after telling Dick Clark she planned “to rule the world” on American Bandstand. She looks back at the past three decades with Rolling Stone, revealing her first “provocative performance” as a seventh grader, her life as a “geek” in high...

I Know Lilo's Drug Dealer: Dad

SILENCE IS GOLDEN

Oct 14, 2009 10:23 AM CDT

I Know Lilo's Drug Dealer: Dad

Lohan's always-talking dad Michael is still, not surprisingly, running his piehole

(Newser) - For all those wanting to know exactly which drugs LiLo is on, Michael Lohan might have the answer. In yet another TMI interview with Radar, the celebu-dad says he definitely knows who her drug dealer is: “This guy follows Lindsay all over the place,” he says, adding, “...

Pals Not Taking
Khloe-Lamar Seriously

NEITHER IS ANYONE ELSE

Oct 14, 2009 10:10 AM CDT

Pals Not Taking Khloe-Lamar Seriously

As pre-nup battle between Odom, Kardashian drags on, pals speak out

(Newser) - In today’s “ridiculous quote of the day” corner: Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian, who still can’t agree on a pre-nup arrangement. Friends are getting frustrated with Odom for listening to “hanger-on friends” who—shockingly!—don’t seem to “have the best interests of Lamar...

Homer Had
Never Heard
of Playboy:
Marge

Oct 14, 2009 8:51 AM CDT

Homer Had Never Heard of Playboy: Marge

Simpsons mom, in nude cover story, spills on marriage with Homer

(Newser) - Marge Simpson does more than just strip down in the November issue of Playboy—she talks too, telling the magazine about the moment she knew she’d marry Homer: “Well, when the doctor said I was pregnant, I heard a voice saying, 'That's the man you're going to marry....

PETA Peeved Over Paris' Pig

PRINCESS PIGLETTE

Oct 14, 2009 6:47 AM CDT

PETA Peeved Over Paris' Pig

Hilton's latest accessory angers perpetually pissed animal rights organization

(Newser) - PETA has found a new poster child for its ire: Paris Hilton, who recently adopted a $4,500 miniature piglet. Despite naming the animal “Princess Piglette,” TMZ notes, PETA claims the "wretched example" treats her pets like “disposable accessories”—“as disposable as her friends,...

Teacher Fired for Butt Art
Paints Colbert for Charity

Oct 13, 2009 8:39 PM CDT

Teacher Fired for Butt Art Paints Colbert for Charity

Stan Murmur's auctioning portrait to benefit Va. public schools

(Newser) - A Virginia teacher fired after a YouTube clip surfaced of him using his posterior to paint is turning the other cheek—and auctioning off a portrait of comedian Stephen Colbert to benefit public schools. Stan Murmur uses what WTVR-TV calls “the anthropometric monotype method of painting. That means he...

Governator: 'Swift Action' for Wife's Serial Car Phone Use

Oct 13, 2009 6:44 PM CDT

Governator: 'Swift Action' for Wife's Serial Car Phone Use

But TMZ catches Maria Shriver on cell behind wheel after Schwarzenegger promise

(Newser) - California’s ban on using cell phones (other than hands-free) while behind the wheel is loosely enforced at best, but Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is promising “swift action” after TMZ brought wife Maria Shriver’s serial violations to his attention today. Schwarzenegger made the promise via Twitter to TMZ boss...