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Sesame Street, View Among Daytime Emmy Winners

Susan Haskell, Christian Leblanc, Darin Brooks take home honors

(Newser) - The ladies of The View unseated Ellen Degeneres as Best Talk Show Host at yesterday's Daytime Emmy Awards, though they weren't at the ceremony, E! reports. Other big winners included Rachael Ray for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show and Tyra Banks for Outstanding Informative Talk Show, while The Bold and the ...

Jon Gosselin Parties in Vegas
 Jon Gosselin Parties in Vegas 
Aug 31, 2009 9:34 AM CDT

Jon Gosselin Parties in Vegas

Despite members of 'Team Kate,' reality dad gets phone numbers, attention

(Newser) - Collecting phone numbers, drinking Veuve Clicquot in his cabana, starting a Twitter feed: It was all in a day's work for Jon Gosselin, who hosted a Las Vegas pool party at the MGM Grand on Saturday, People reports. “It looks like we'll have a good time,” the reality...

Details of DJ AM's Final Day Emerge

Adam Goldstein text messaged friends before death; Mandy Moore 'heartbroken'

(Newser) - Details of DJ AM’s final hours are beginning to come together, and police sources tell People he sent out his last text message at 1am the day he died. Two friends received the message, about his gig in Las Vegas that night—and 16 hours later, a friend called...

Disney to Buy Marvel for $4B
 Disney to Buy Marvel for $4B 
Aug 31, 2009 8:35 AM CDT

Disney to Buy Marvel for $4B

(Newser) - The Walt Disney Co. says it is acquiring Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion in cash and stock, bringing characters like Iron Man and Spider-Man into the Disney family. Under the deal, Disney will acquire ownership of 5,000 Marvel characters. Marvel shareholders will receive $30 per share in cash plus...

Macaulay Could Be Blanket's Dad: Tab

Culkin formed bond with Michael Jackson; sources think he's mystery sperm donor

(Newser) - In what a source acknowledges “is probably the wackiest” Jackson progeny rumor yet, the latest possible bio-dad for Michael’s youngest, Blanket, is Macaulay Culkin, the Sun reports. “This isn’t just chitter-chatter, even Culkin suspects he’s Blanket’s father,” the source continues, adding that the...

DJ AM's Death Not Suicide: TMZ

Plane crash likely triggered descent into drugs; breakup not blamed

(Newser) - DJ AM’s death was not a suicide, and it had “absolutely nothing to do with his recent breakup,” law enforcement sources tell TMZ. They say Adam Goldstein developed a dependency on anxiety drugs following last year’s plane crash, which triggered a “recent” relapse into addiction....

Jenna Bush Hager Joins Today as Contributor

Ex-president's daughter will report on education, not politics

(Newser) - The Today show's newest hire has extensive White House experience—she's Jenna Hager, the daughter of former President Bush and Laura Bush. The new correspondent will contribute stories about once a month on issues like education, not politics, Today executive producer Jim Bell tells the AP, adding that the unsolicited...

Hollywood's Top Fictional Teachers

(Newser) - Never had an inspiring, funny, or even downright godawful teacher? Luckily, Hollywood has them in spades. Babble presents the 40 best fictional teachers:
  • Ms. Norbury, Mean Girls: She taught “the female student body to lay off the sexist insults.”
  • Economics teacher, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off: Ben Stein
...

The Final Destination Makes a Box Office Killing

Teen slasher knocks off Pitt's Inglourious Basterds

(Newser) - Supernatural slasher flick The Final Destination slaughtered its competition at the box office this weekend, taking in $28.3 million, USA Today reports. The latest installment of the Final Destination franchise—this time in 3D—knocked Inglourious Basterds ($20 million) to second. Halloween II, the 10th Michael Myers movie, debuted...

NYC Cops: DJ AM Death Looks Like Drug Overdose

Crack pipe, prescription bottles found in apartment

(Newser) - A drug overdose looks to be the cause of death for DJ AM, the celebrity disc jockey found today in a SoHo apartment, New York police tell the Post. A crack pipe and prescription drugs lay near the bed where Adam Goldstein, 36, died sometime in the past few days;...

DJ AM Found Dead at 36
 DJ AM Found Dead at 36 
OBITUARY
Aug 28, 2009 6:43 PM CDT

DJ AM Found Dead at 36

Friends call NYC cops after not seeing Adam Goldstein for several days

(Newser) - DJ AM, who less than a year ago survived a plane crash, was found dead this afternoon in a New York apartment, TMZ reports; his real name was Adam Goldstein, and he was 36. Police, called by a friend who hadn’t seen Goldstein in several days, found drug paraphernalia...

Guitarist Noel Gallagher Quits Oasis, Blames Brother Liam

(Newser) - After years of sibling rivalry that often escalated into brawls, guitarist Noel Gallagher quit the band Oasis today, the BBC reports, and blamed brother Liam. “It’s with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight,” Noel, who’s 6 years older than...

Coroner Confirms Jackson's Death Was Homicide

Two sedatives blamed for entertainer's demise

(Newser) - Confirming reports leaked Monday, the LA County coroner's office said today that Michael Jackson's death was a homicide. The ruling means someone else caused the death but does not assign blame or even necessarily mean a crime was committed, MSNBC reports. The official cause of death is "acute intoxication"...

Film's Best Cross-Dressers
 Film's Best Cross-Dressers 
Aug 28, 2009 1:41 PM CDT

Film's Best Cross-Dressers

From Tootsie to Hedwig, Liev joins an illustrious list

(Newser) - Liev Schreiber was “giddy” playing an ex-Marine transvestite in Taking Woodstock, and in his honor, Nerve lists the best cross-dressers in film history:
  • John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch: He "is the epitome of ferocity and theatricality that drag queens around the world aspire to.”
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Woodstock Not Worth the Trip
 Woodstock Not Worth the Trip 
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Aug 28, 2009 1:08 PM CDT

Woodstock Not Worth the Trip

Mixed reviews for 1960s coming-of-age flick

(Newser) - Taking Woodstock isn’t really about the music: it’s more about coming of age on the outskirts of the festival. Critics are lukewarm about Ang Lee's latest effort:
  • “You can’t deny the smiling mood that wafts through the film like incense,” admits Anthony Lane of the
...

NFL to Dallas: Don't Move the Scoreboard

If a punter smacks it again, he gets a do-over

(Newser) - When a preseason punt hit the high-tech video screen at the Cowboys’ fancy new stadium, it prompted talk of moving the board. Now, the league says it can stay where it is, at least for this season, the Dallas Morning News reports. If another punter hits it—the team thinks...

Chris Brown's Mom Thanks Fans
 Chris Brown's Mom 
 Thanks Fans 
Aug 28, 2009 11:24 AM CDT

Chris Brown's Mom Thanks Fans

Joyce Hawkins says assault is a lesson from God

(Newser) - Chris Brown’s mother is speaking out for the first time since her son's assault on Rihanna, thanking fans for supporting him, E! reports. “I can now say this has been the most painful moment in my entire life,” Joyce Hawkins writes on his fan club website. “...

Entourage Stars 'Treated Me Like Meat:' Irina Voronina

Playboy Playmate claims actors made constant advances

(Newser) - A Russian model and Playboy Playmate was treated “like a piece of meat” by the stars of HBO’s Entourage—and was subsequently fired for ignoring their sexual advances, she tells Fox News. Some shots required the actors to “have their hands all over us,”Irina Voronina...

Portman Loves 'Dirty Rap'
 Portman Loves 
 'Dirty Rap' 
Aug 28, 2009 10:35 AM CDT

Portman Loves 'Dirty Rap'

The word 'dick' just makes Natalie giggle

(Newser) - Among the confessions Natalie Portman makes to interviewer—and co-star—Jake Gyllenhaal in Interview: She was scared of Smurfs, is obsessed with Carvel ice cream cake, and loves “really, really obscene hip-hop,” she says. “I love it so much. It makes me laugh and then it makes...

Barton: Tooth Surgery Led to Breakdown

Mischa talks The Beautiful Life and rumors of drug abuse—sort of

(Newser) - Mischa Barton is speaking out for the first time about last month’s “involuntary psychiatric hold,” and the troubled actress pins much of the blame on wisdom tooth surgery. “It was a nightmare," she tells Time Out New York. "I’ve never had surgery before—...

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