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Woman of the Year: Beyonce

(Newser) - How fierce: Beyoncé has been named Billboard's Woman of the Year. The magazine singled her out as the most inspirational female recording artist of the last 12 months. The honor comes on the heels of a world tour to promote I Am...Sasha Fierce that saw the singer's philanthropic alter...

Whitney 'Sublime' After 7 Years Away
 Whitney 'Sublime' 
 After 7 Years Away 
album review
Aug 26, 2009 11:35 AM CDT

Whitney 'Sublime' After 7 Years Away

'The Voice' is still there, with help from industry giants

(Newser) - It’s been seven years since Whitney Houston’s last album, and many younger listeners probably know her better for her recently-troubled life than for her series of huge hits. But her new album, I Look to You, marks a triumphant return, writes Jim DeRogatis in the Chicago Sun-Times. “...

Kate Gosselin: 'Lonely,' but 'Busy'

(Newser) - While her soon-to-be ex-husband tomcats around and waxes poetic about how he'd like to have a 9-to-5 job, Kate Gosselin told Larry King last night that she's "lonely," but "too busy" to date. When prodded further about potential beaus eying the size of her brood, she responded,...

At Dallas' $1.2B Stadium, Video Board May Be Too Low

(Newser) - The video board above the playing field at the new, $1.2 billion Dallas Cowboys Stadium weighs 1.2 million pounds, is the world’s largest 1080p high-definition TV … and could be hanging too low, USA Today reports. Though it’s 90 feet above the playing surface—5 feet...

Limbaugh: Jay-Z Diss 'Means I Made It'

(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh says he’s finally an A-lister, the Huffington Post reports, after being name-checked by Jay-Z in a track leaked recently off the rapper’s forthcoming The Blueprint 3 album. “Tell Rush Limbaugh to get off my balls, it’s 2010 not 1864,” goes the lyric from...

'Hasidic Reggae Guy' Matisyahu Stretches Sound
'Hasidic Reggae Guy' Matisyahu Stretches Sound
interview
Aug 25, 2009 6:50 PM CDT

'Hasidic Reggae Guy' Matisyahu Stretches Sound

Hasidic reggae singer expands his sound on new CD

(Newser) - Matisyahu Miller is tired of just being the “Hasidic reggae guy,” the singer tells AP. His newest CD, Light, shows a wider range of influences, including guitar rock, electronic pop, and folk. As a Hasidic Jew who sang reggae—complete with Jamaican accent—Matisyahu was a curiosity act...

World's Priciest Wedding Singers

(Newser) - For the demanding bride-to-be who thinks a DJ just doesn't cut it, top-notch live entertainment can be had—for a few million dollars. The New Zealand Herald runs down the best paid wedding singers:
  1. Rolling Stones: These aging rockers garner upwards of $8 million for a private audience, but will
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I Want a New Job: Jon
 I Want a New Job: Jon 
Aug 25, 2009 11:21 AM CDT

I Want a New Job: Jon

Reality show dad just has it so rough

(Newser) - Life is so hard for Jon Gosselin that he would trade his gig on a hit reality show for a desk job, he tells Us. “I wish I had a 9 to 5 job instead of the nightmare I'm living. This is 24/7,” he said while standing outside...

Pauly Shore Heads to Reality TV

His topic: African adoptions

(Newser) - Just when you thought reality TV couldn’t get any worse, Pauly Shore gets his own show. Adopted will follow the comedian’s efforts to adopt an African child, reports the New York Post, citing Variety. This can’t possibly end well.

Thirtysomething Hits DVD— But Is It Still Good?

Former fan would prefer an escape over this tedious show

(Newser) - Thirtysomething is finally on DVD, much to the excitement of baby boomers everywhere—and Seth Stevenson, who, inexplicably, loved the show as a 14-year-old boy. “I wondered: Would I find it even more compelling now that I’d actually reached my 30s?” he writes for Slate. But, though the...

Amy Winehouse Sues Blake's Mum

Says stolen love letter amounts to copyright infringement

(Newser) - Amy Winehouse is suing her former mother-in-law for copyright infringement, the Sun reports. Nope, Blake Fielder-Civil’s mum didn’t steal one of Winehouse’s songs—she sold a love letter from Amy to Blake, and the singer is “furious the private letter was used to make money,”...

Guiding Light's Lesbian Couple Finally Gets to Kiss

No, not during soap's last days...online

(Newser) - Thanks to the Internet, a popular lesbian soap opera couple will finally get their long-awaited kiss. Crystal Chappell, Guiding Light’s Olivia, is bringing friends and fans together to create a Web series after the soap goes off the air next month. And though never allowed to make out with...

Bachelorette Cheater's Emails Exposed

Shameless contestant doesn't mind seeing them splashed across gossip sites

(Newser) - Ed Swiderski, who won the heart of Bachelorette Jillian Harris and almost immediately started battling cheating rumors, “never” took the show seriously, Us reports. In a series of emails published by RealitySteve.com, it's clear that Swiderski wooed two other women while competing on the show, promising to “...

Jacko Doc Disputes Cops' Timeline

Plus, more dirt on yet another Jacko doc

(Newser) - As a timeline of Michael Jackson’s final hours began to emerge, Dr. Conrad Murray’s lawyer was was quick to question it, calling it “police theory” in a statement yesterday, the AP reports. “Dr. Murray simply never told investigators that he found Michael Jackson at 11am not...

Dad: Marriage Was 'Hell on Earth'

Claims Fiore lied, cheated

(Newser) - Friends and family of Ryan Jenkins and Jasmine Fiore are speaking out, painting a picture of a toxic relationship that ended with her murder and his suicide, the New York Daily News reports. Their marriage “was hell on Earth—I advised him 50 times to get out of that...

Miley's Bro: Tattooed Nice Guy
 Miley's Bro: Tattooed Nice Guy 
Aug 25, 2009 9:21 AM CDT

Miley's Bro: Tattooed Nice Guy

But those 'fake' Jonas Brothers better watch out

(Newser) - Miley Cyrus’ half-brother Trace is covered in tattoos, wants to beat up two-thirds of the Jonas Brothers, and says the best—and worst—advice he ever got was when “Tom Delonge from Blink-182 told me not to sleep with too many nasty girls on the road.” But the...

On Letterman, Wintour Does Her Best 'Hannibal Lecter'

(Newser) - Sources at today’s taping of The Late Show With David Letterman tell Gawker that Anna Wintour—the Vogue editor portrayed by Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada—“was like Hannibal Lecter.” In her first-ever appearance on the show, Wintour ditched her trademark shades, the source adds,...

Crypt Above Monroe's Sells for $4.6M

(Newser) - An anonymous bidder paid more than $4.6 million to win an online auction for the crypt directly above the actress' final resting spot at a Los Angeles cemetery. Bidding started at $500,000 on Aug 14. The final bid was $4,602,100. The Los Angeles Times reported earlier...

This Fall's Top Guy Shows
 This Fall's Top Guy Shows 
TV preview
Aug 24, 2009 5:50 PM CDT

This Fall's Top Guy Shows

(Newser) - Fall is right around the corner, and with it, thankfully, comes new TV. Esquire runs down the top shows men should be looking forward to:
  • Modern Family: A mockumentary in which the guy who played Al Bundy plays the head of three different families.
  • Sons of Anarchy: “Hamlet with
...

Baldwin on Opposing Lieberman: Never Mind

(Newser) - Alec Baldwin has no plans to challenge Joe Lieberman for his Senate seat in 2012, USA Today reports. The actor’s spokesman says he wants the Connecticut independent to retain his position because of the paucity of moderate Republicans in the Senate. In a recent Playboy interview, Baldwin floated many...

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