entertainment – News Stories About entertainment - Page 307

Sep 30, 2009 11:17 AM CDT

U2 Tour Costs $750K a Day

Bono and the boys talk pop stardom, expansive tour with Rolling Stone

(Newser) - Rolling Stone goes behind the scenes—and tags along in a private jet—for its cover story on the U2360° Tour (aka “the biggest rock tour of all time”), which is comprised of a 170-ton stage carted around by 200 trucks, 250 speakers, almost 400 employees—and $750,...

Suri Cruise's Wardrobe: $3.2M

Sep 30, 2009 10:34 AM CDT

Suri Cruise's Wardrobe: $3.2M

Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes outfit kid with designer duds

(Newser) - Conspicuous celebrity consumption has reached new heights (or lows?): Three-year-old Suri Cruise reportedly has a designer wardrobe worth $3.2 million. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes “really splurge on” their daughter, sometimes commissioning top designers to make her custom outfits, a source tells the Sun. “Suri is very...

It Wasn't Rape:
Sharon Tate's Sis

POLANSKI ROUNDUP

Sep 30, 2009 9:56 AM CDT

It Wasn't Rape: Sharon Tate's Sis

As Roman Polanski faces months in jail, Hollywood elite rally around him

(Newser) - The sister of Roman Polanski’s murdered second wife, Sharon Tate, says his crime was not rape. "There's rape and then there's rape,” Debra Tate tells MSNBC, and what happened between Polanski and his 13-year-old victim was “a consensual matter.” More from the Polanski saga:

Fake

...

Jon Asks to Stall Divorce

CELEB TRAINWRECK

Sep 30, 2009 9:23 AM CDT

Jon Asks to Stall Divorce

Gosselin files papers to delay divorce from Kate 90 days; rep adds he 'was not fired'

(Newser) - Despite the fact that he’s been squiring various 20-somethings around town for the past three months, Jon Gosselin wants a 90-day delay in his divorce from wife Kate. “I regret my conduct since Kate and I separated,” he tells In Touch. “I used poor judgment in...

First Lady
to Garden
on Sesame
Street

Sep 30, 2009 7:28 AM CDT

First Lady to Garden on Sesame Street

Michelle Obama will educate the residents on the value of healthy eating

(Newser) - What do Michelle Obama, Cameron Diaz, Eva Longoria Parker, Ricky Gervais, and Kobe Bryant have in common? All of them will appear on this season of Sesame Street, its 40th anniversary. The first lady will flex her green thumb and talk about gardening and eating healthy on the show’s...

Worst Celebrity Hotel Guests

Sep 29, 2009 5:15 PM CDT

Worst Celebrity Hotel Guests

As you probably guessed, Randy and Evi Quaid, Amy Winehouse made the list

(Newser) - Randy and Evi Quaid certainly aren’t the first celebrities to prove themselves awful hotel guests. In perhaps the understatement of the year, Concierge.com editor Peter Frank tells ABC, “Some of these celebrities do not know how to behave in a civilized manner.” Some of the worst...

Quaids' Wild Ride
a Tale of Drugs, Paranoia

Sep 29, 2009 1:38 PM CDT

Quaids' Wild Ride a Tale of Drugs, Paranoia

Texas arrest for stiffing hotel bill is just the tip of the iceberg

(Newser) - The arrest of Randy and Evi Quaid in Texas for stiffing a California hotel is only the latest twist in a bizarre tale of unpaid bills and paranoid fantasies. A private investigator hired by the Quaids—she’s out $17,000—tells Diane Dimond the actor and his wife owe...

Nation at Odds?
Miley's 'Party'
to the Rescue

OPINION

Sep 29, 2009 12:13 PM CDT

Nation at Odds? Miley's 'Party' to the Rescue

Pop starlet's latest song is her best—and it could help heal a fractured nation

(Newser) - At heart, Miley Cyrus is a “peace broker: She loves trying to get seemingly irreconcilable forces to hug, or at least sit together at the same lunch table.” Her most recent career milestone—“Party in the USA” became her highest-charting single ever—takes this role to a...

'Jewmaican' Amy Tries to Rap

WATCH IT

Sep 29, 2009 11:46 AM CDT

'Jewmaican' Amy Tries to Rap

Troubled singer tries her hand at a new hobby—and she has a faith healer, too

(Newser) - TMZ has stumbled upon a video of Amy Winehouse rapping with former backup singer Zalon. Many of the lyrics—with the exception of the notable line where she calls herself “Jewmaican”—are unintelligible, but listen for yourself at left. In other Winehouse news, she’s flying a faith...

Jon Cut From Jon & Kate Plus 8

Sep 29, 2009 11:39 AM CDT

Jon Cut From Jon & Kate Plus 8

Gosselin divorce impacts reality show; will continue—for now—with just Kate

(Newser) - Jon Gosselin’s douchey antics appear to have finally gotten TLC’s attention. The network is dropping the reality dad from Jon & Kate Plus 8 as of Nov. 2 and changing the name to Kate Plus 8. “Given Jon’s recent antics, there was no way the show...

Yorke, Flea in Unholy Union

Sep 29, 2009 11:07 AM CDT

Yorke, Flea in Unholy Union

Radiohead frontman teams up with 'sock-penised' Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist

(Newser) - Radiohead purists, prepare yourselves: Frontman Thom Yorke is teaming up with, of all people, Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The "sock-penised" bassist, along with Beck drummer Joey Waronker, percussionist Mauro Refosco, and Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, will back Yorke up as he performs material from his 2006...

Kardashian-Bush On, Others Off

BREAKUPS + MAKEUPS

Sep 29, 2009 9:23 AM CDT

Kardashian-Bush On, Others Off

As Kim and Reggie reunite, Emmy Rossum and Fred Durst both divorce

(Newser) - Perhaps inspired by the sister Khloé's epic romance with new hubby Lamar Odom, Kim Kardashian got back together with Reggie Bush just a day after that sacred union took place. “They’re totally back together for real,” a source tells People. The same cannot be said for...

SNL's F-Bomb
Coulda Been
Staged

Sep 29, 2009 8:34 AM CDT

SNL's F-Bomb Coulda Been Staged

The circumstances leading to Jenny Slate's viral video moment are awfully suspicious

(Newser) - With the Jenny-Slate-says-f---ing-on-live-TV clip going viral and making Saturday Night Live nearly relevant again, E! has to wonder—was it staged? It unrolls its best guess at what happened:

Sarah Palin bows out of politics, which means no more Tina Fey on SNL.
Lorne Michaels realizes he'll have to wait

...

Jude Law Wants
Paternity Test
for Lovechild

Sep 29, 2009 7:35 AM CDT

Jude Law Wants Paternity Test for Lovechild

After fling with Samantha Burke, Law isn't convinced baby Sophia is his

(Newser) - Don’t roll out the Father of the Year award for Jude Law just yet. The alleged babydaddy has yet to meet Samantha Burke’s daughter Sophia because he’s waiting on a DNA test to prove he’s the father—though he did pay for the birth. “It...

Conan: I Hit My
Head So Hard
I Understood
Lost

Sep 28, 2009 9:56 PM CDT

Conan: I Hit My Head So Hard I Understood Lost

Tonight host returns, makes light of Friday mishap

(Newser) - Conan O'Brien was back at work today on the Tonight Show, and joking about a stunt accident Friday that gave him what he calls a slight concussion. According to an NBC transcript of tonight's monologue, O'Brien says he hit his head so hard that for five seconds he understood the...

Claire Danes
Weds Hugh Dancy

Sep 28, 2009 5:39 PM CDT

Claire Danes Weds Hugh Dancy

My So-Called Life star, British actor were married in France

(Newser) - Actors Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy were married earlier this month in France, Life & Style reports. Danes, best known for her starring role in the cult TV series My So-Called Life, met Dancy on the set of the 2007 film Evening. The up-and-coming Dancy appeared most recently as...

Just Being Carrie Fisher Is Super-Weird

FUNNYWOMAN PROFILE

Sep 28, 2009 4:08 PM CDT

Just Being Carrie Fisher Is Super-Weird

'You’re supposed to be unusual' in Hollywood: Wishful Drinking author

(Newser) - Carrie Fisher’s shrink told her, “If you worked in a supermarket they would’ve institutionalized you at 20,” she recalls. Not so in Hollywood, where the erstwhile Princess Leia suffered through drug addiction, manic depression, and failed relationships—her own and her parents’. But electroshock therapy helped...

The Books Jay-Z Lives By

Sep 28, 2009 1:56 PM CDT

The Books Jay-Z Lives By

The rapper talks to Oprah's magazine about books that inspire him

(Newser) - Jay-Z has gone from rapper to mogul, and he shares some of the books that helped him along the way with O magazine:

The Seat of the Soul, by Gary Zukav: "There are two books that I absolutely live my life by. This is one of them. I believe

...

SNL's Slate Keeps
Her Fricking Job

Sep 28, 2009 1:50 PM CDT

SNL's Slate Keeps Her Fricking Job

NBC won't can rookie over nervous slip-up

(Newser) - SNL won't drop newbie Jenny Slate over the F-bomb she dropped on her live debut Saturday. NBC tells the Orlando Sentinel's Hal Boedeker that the frickin’ slipup, which viewers were supposed to hear between the lines, is not cause for dismissal. Perhaps Slate can even incorporate the scandal in the...

Precious Director,
Star Earn 'Wows'

Sep 28, 2009 12:15 PM CDT

Precious Director, Star Earn 'Wows'

Expect astonishing Gabourey Sidibe and director Lee Daniels to stay in the spotlight

(Newser) - Film festival darling Precious is a breakthrough not just for director Lee Daniels—who collected Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey to champion the movie—but also for star Gabourey Sidibe, who plays the abused main character. Though media reports paint her as “this downtrodden, ugly girl who got this...