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Jackson's Death a Homicide: Coroner

(Newser) - Michael Jackson's death will be officially ruled a homicide by the LA County coroner's office, sources tell the AP. Jackson's body contained "lethal levels" of a powerful prescription anesthetic, the office determined during his autopsy, according to an affidacit unsealed today. Dr. Conrad Murray administered the drug, propofol, but...

Starring as Susan Boyle: Robin Williams. Maybe.

(Newser) - A biopic of Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle just got some added star power, the UK tabloid Daily Star reports. Robin Williams, no stranger to cross-dressing, has been approached to play the dowdy Britain’s Got Talent songstress. “I’ve been asked if I want to play Susan in...

Arctic Monkeys Go Darker, Show Staying Power
 Arctic Monkeys Go Darker, 
 Show Staying Power 
album review
Aug 24, 2009 1:44 PM CDT

Arctic Monkeys Go Darker, Show Staying Power

Album maintains the 'good stuff,' tries something new

(Newser) - With their latest album, Britain’s Arctic Monkeys show they haven’t let the media hype get the better of them. Alex Turner and Co. try some new directions without abandoning the “good stuff” from “their usual territory,” writes Joe Tangari for Pitchfork. Humbug is “their...

Candace Bushnell Is Not a Cougar

Term is derogatory, she argues

(Newser) - Sex and the City scribe Candace Bushnell may be a glamorous 50-year-old married to a man 10 years her junior—but don’t call her a cougar, the New York Daily News reports. “How come every time women manage to break out of traditional roles, someone comes along and...

Meet the New Women of Pop
 Meet the New Women of Pop 
OPINION
Aug 24, 2009 12:10 PM CDT

Meet the New Women of Pop

Up-and-comers making waves here and abroad

(Newser) - Women are front and center in the world of pop music this fall. Three of the most exciting up-and-comers catch the ear of Lizzy Goodman, writing in New York:
  • Amanda Blank, I Love You: The Philly-based MC “is a white girl from the burbs who dresses, talks, and raps
...

Fiore Beau 'Happy' Jenkins Is Dead
 Fiore Beau 
 'Happy' Jenkins Is Dead 
GOSSIP ROUNDUP
Aug 24, 2009 11:15 AM CDT

Fiore Beau 'Happy' Jenkins Is Dead

Plus, Fergie and the Prince are together again, sorta

(Newser) - Murdered model Jasmine Fiore wanted to get back together with ex-boyfriend Robert Hasman, he said this morning on Today. When Hasman heard Fiore’s suspected murderer, Ryan Jenkins, had killed himself, “I was happy,” he said. Fiore’s mother, Lisa Lepore, said of Jenkins, “He wanted to...

Jacko Kids Take Vegas
 Jacko Kids Take Vegas 
Aug 24, 2009 9:26 AM CDT

Jacko Kids Take Vegas

Kids getting back to normal at hotel that used to be home

(Newser) - Michael Jackson’s three children spent the weekend at their old home—the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas, where they lived with the King of Pop briefly last year, People reports. This time around, Prince, Paris, and Blanket were joined by grandma Katherine and three friends, and spent a few...

Bye, Bye Birdie Scene Too Risque for Broadway

Revival will be even more PC than high school productions

(Newser) - High school drama clubs have been putting on Bye Bye Birdie for nearly 50 years—apparently they didn’t realize they've been staging a certain scene so risque it makes Broadway blush. The upcoming Broadway revival will cut a dance sequence featuring Rose cavorting on and around a table with...

'Embarrassed' Amy Wants Blake Back

She can't help it, still wants druggie ex back

(Newser) - Amy Winehouse will be the first to admit that going back to her jailbird ex-hubby would be embarrassing, but she can’t help it: Blake Fielder-Civil is “my man,” she told the Mirror after a recent performance. “We can make it. We’re so strong together,”...

Basterds Hunts Down Box Office Win
 Basterds Hunts 
 Down Box Office Win 
BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP
Aug 23, 2009 3:20 PM CDT

Basterds Hunts Down Box Office Win

(Newser) - Inglourious Basterds had a glorious opening weekend, scalping the box office for $37.6 million to give Quentin Tarantino the best opening of his career, USA Today reports. District 9 continued its strong showing in second place with $18.9 million, while GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra ($12.5...

'Angry, Aggressive' Lesbian Sex on Tap for Portman

(Newser) - After one look at the script for Natalie Portman’s next project, Black Swan “is already on the must-see list of 2010,” Carson Reeves blogs for ScriptShadow. Why? “Ecstasy-induced hungry aggressive angry sex” with fellow hottie Mila Kunis, that’s why. Darren Aronofsky, of The Wrestler, directs,...

Jackson Burial Moved to Sept. 3
 Jackson Burial Moved to Sept. 3 
Aug 21, 2009 8:24 PM CDT

Jackson Burial Moved to Sept. 3

(Newser) - Michael Jackson will be buried Sept. 3, not Aug. 29 as first planned, his family announced today. No reason was given for the change in the burial date, which would have been the pop icon’s 51st birthday, People reports. Jackson, who died June 25, is to be entombed at...

Spencer: I Want to Be the Next Brad Pitt

The scary part? He's probably serious.

(Newser) - Spencer Pratt has officially gone off the rails: In his upcoming book, How to Be Famous, he expresses his ambition to be the next Brad Pitt, the New York Daily News reports. Pratt is most in awe of Pitt for managing to dump “beloved” Jennifer Aniston for “home-wrecking...

TV Special 'Shocked' Octomom
 TV Special 'Shocked' Octomom 
GOSSIP ROUNDUP
Aug 21, 2009 11:37 AM CDT

TV Special 'Shocked' Octomom

Plus MJ and Gosselin hangers-on still talking

(Newser) - The Octomom TV special was shocking even to the Octomom herself, Nadya Suleman’s lawyer tells Radar. Suleman “was shocked to see some of the chaos of the scenes in the show, but she understands the show has its own production agenda.” Elsewhere:
  • Mark Lester was on Today
...

Miley's Pole Dance? No Big Deal to Dad

Billy Ray writes it off as her love of 'entertaining'

(Newser) - At least one parent isn’t upset over Miley Cyrus’ raunchy pole dance at the Teen Choice Awards—Billy Ray Cyrus. When asked about it by Access Hollywood, the proud pop non-answered with, “I just think that Miley loves entertaining people. She loves singing, songwriting. I always tell her...

Gay Man Recounts 'Love Story' With Jacko

Or, at least, so he claims to be

(Newser) - A man claiming to be Michael Jackson’s secret gay lover has stepped forward, telling Australia’s Woman’s Day, “I’ve lost my soul mate.” Jason Pfeiffer, 35, works for Jackson’s dermatologist, Dr. Arnold Klein, and claims his relationship with the King of Pop started with...

Cops Investigate Nude Tape
 Cops Investigate Nude Tape 
Aug 21, 2009 8:25 AM CDT

Cops Investigate Nude Tape

Nudie vid could include evidence of illegal activity

(Newser) - The McSteamy nudie vid could turn into more than just an embarrassment for the stars involved: The LAPD is investigating the tape for evidence of “celebrities engaging in illegal activity,” detectives say in a statement. An unnamed source handed the DVD over to cops on July 30 with...

Mag's Gutsy Photo Hits With Readers

(Newser) - In showing that it has the stomach to use plus-sized models in its pages, Glamour has provoked a torrent of positive reader reaction, blogger Margaret notes on Jezebel. A photo of a woman with a bit of a gut hanging over her underwear accompanied a story in the September issue,...

Jen Feels Burned by Cooper
 Jen Feels Burned by Cooper 
Aug 20, 2009 5:29 PM CDT

Jen Feels Burned by Cooper

(Newser) - Jennifer Aniston is feeling a little jilted because of Bradley Cooper’s burgeoning relationship with Renee Zellweger, Us reports. “She honestly feels screwed over," says a friend. "She had a major crush on him and she let him know," but "he didn't reciprocate." The...

3D Remake of Yellow Submarine to Surface

(Newser) - Disney is planning a 3D remake of Yellow Submarine, the 1968 psychedelic cartoon buoyed by a Beatles soundtrack, the Independent reports. Robert Zemeckis of Back to the Future fame will direct. Aside from the music, the Beatles were only tangentially related to the original film—actors provided the voices to...

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