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Funny People Funny
Enough for Box Office Win

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

Aug 2, 2009 2:27 PM CDT

Funny People Funny Enough for Box Office Win

(Newser) - Funny People laughed its way to the top of the box office this weekend with $23.4 million, USA Today reports. But that’s less than analysts predicted, and not enough to beef up this summer’s mediocre ticket sales. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince came second with $17....

Sir Paul
Croons
to a New
Michelle:
Obama

Aug 2, 2009 9:21 AM CDT

Sir Paul Croons to a New Michelle: Obama

(Newser) - Paul McCartney performed a rollicking concert last night before 60,000 fans just outside Washington, where the former Beatle dedicated the Rubber Soul classic "Michelle" to none other than Mrs. Obama. The lyrics go, "I love you, I love you, I love you. That's all I want to...

Tap Literary Greatness
at These Getaways

TRAVEL

Aug 1, 2009 6:56 PM CDT

Tap Literary Greatness at These Getaways

(Newser) - Looking to vacation in a spot that inspired your favorite novel? USA Today asks travel expert Melissa Biggs Bradley about the best hotels to connect physically with the literature.

The Resort at Paws Up, Greenough, Mont.: "The Blackfoot River, which runs through this 37,000-acre ranch, is the river

...

New Eminem Song
Disses Carey, Cannon

Aug 1, 2009 2:05 PM CDT

New Eminem Song Disses Carey, Cannon

(Newser) - Eminem reboots his beef with Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon in a new song, claiming to have slept with Carey and boasting that he has “pictures” of the singer, Access Hollywood reports. “You probably think since it’s been so long, if I had something on you I...

Moore Says
He Might Be Done With Documentaries

Aug 1, 2009 1:45 PM CDT

Moore Says He Might Be Done With Documentaries

He's working on two screenplays

(Newser) - Michael Moore’s upcoming Capitalism: A Love Story might be his final documentary, he tells the Detroit News. "While I've been making this film, I've been thinking that maybe this will be my last documentary," Moore says. "Or maybe for a while." Instead, the most successful...

Strangest eBay Auctions Ever

Jul 31, 2009 6:06 PM CDT

Strangest eBay Auctions Ever

Used handkerchiefs, sisters... the possibilities are endless!

(Newser) - Hard up for cash? Perhaps the Daily Mirror’s list of the 10 most bizarre eBay auctions will inspire you to sell off some of your own belongings:

Scorned by your ex-wife? Consider selling her wedding dress. If you model it yourself, as one man did in 2004, you could

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Student Must Pay $675K
for Illegal Downloads

Jul 31, 2009 5:22 PM CDT

Student Must Pay $675K for Illegal Downloads

(Newser) - A Boston graduate student must pay $675,000 to the music industry for illegally downloading 30 songs, a federal jury ordered today. Joel Tenenbaum, 25, essentially admitted yesterday to grabbing the music via file-sharing network KaZaA. The fine averages out to $22,500 per song—significantly less than the $80,...

YouTube Wedding
Stars Fight
Domestic
Violence

Jul 31, 2009 3:30 PM CDT

YouTube Wedding Stars Fight Domestic Violence

(Newser) - The Minnesota couple whose exuberant wedding procession went viral, generating millions of YouTube hits, are using their powers for good. Having brought priceless publicity to the song Forever, by domestic batterer Chris Brown, Jill Peterson and Kevin Heinz are encouraging fans to support domestic-violence prevention.

Funny People Puts
Serious Pressure on Sandler

Jul 31, 2009 2:22 PM CDT

Funny People Puts Serious Pressure on Sandler

Box office performance for latest flick a mystery

(Newser) - Though it’s called Funny People, Adam Sandler’s latest film is a bit more serious than his fans are used to—and its opening-weekend performance is a mystery, Variety reports. Forecasts range from just over $20 million to more like $35 million, Audiences loved director Judd Apatow’s prior...

Ghostface on New Album:
No 'Slinging Crack' in R&B

Jul 31, 2009 11:42 AM CDT

Ghostface on New Album: No 'Slinging Crack' in R&B

Rapper will still be in the game when he's 70, he says

(Newser) - Ghostface Killah is one of today’s most critically acclaimed rappers, and he doesn’t plan on quitting any time soon: “I’ma definitely be old in hip-hop. This is a mental thing. You can write music till you 70,” he tells New York. His new album, Wizard ...

Hollywood Focuses on
Post-Apocalyptic Future

Jul 31, 2009 11:16 AM CDT

Hollywood Focuses on Post-Apocalyptic Future

Escapism, real fears fuel new crop of movies, TV shows

(Newser) - In one, the Earth's destruction fulfills an ancient prophesy. In another, mechanical dolls take over where humans left off. From serious to humorous, reality shows to documentaries, Hollywood is obsessed with the theme of a post-apocalyptic future, the Wall Street Journal reports. Some attribute the trend to escapism: “People...

Anderson
to Bachelorette:
How Much Sex?

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

Jul 31, 2009 10:40 AM CDT

Anderson to Bachelorette: How Much Sex?

Plus, yes, more Jon and Kate news

(Newser) - Anderson Cooper got a little personal yesterday when, as Regis Philbin’s stand-in, he asked Bachelorette Jillian Harris how many of the bachelors on her reality show she slept with. But he was only asking “the question everybody wants to know,” said Erica Hill when he recapped the...

Dethroned Miss Cali to Sue

Jul 31, 2009 10:08 AM CDT

Dethroned Miss Cali to Sue

Claims 'lost earnings,' even though she got a book deal...

(Newser) - The Miss California drama isn’t over yet: dethroned Carrie Prejean is filing a lawsuit against the organization, reports Perez Hilton, who snagged a copy of the complaint. Prejean names Keith Lewis and Shanna Moakler, but not Donald Trump, as defendants in her suit for—among other things—slander, libel,...

Add Rogen,
Apatow to
List of Heigl
Haters

Jul 31, 2009 9:00 AM CDT

Add Rogen, Apatow to List of Heigl Haters

Pair slams her for 2007 'batshit crazy' comments

(Newser) - Critics hate Katherine Heigl’s new movie and Internet commenters hate her attitude—and it turns out her colleagues aren’t too happy with her either, the Los Angeles Times reports. Heigl’s Knocked Up director and co-star are still pissed she implied the film was sexist back in 2007,...

Roseanne
Poses as
Hitler: Cue
Controversy

Jul 31, 2009 7:55 AM CDT

Roseanne Poses as Hitler: Cue Controversy

Publisher defends magazine's choice

(Newser) - Roseanne Barr, always good for a controversy, recently dressed up as a “Nazi domestic goddess” for Jewish magazine Heeb, causing quite a flap. “Yes, the story of this infamous satirist/Jewish grandmother pulling a tray of burnt ‘Jew cookies’ out of an oven has been making its way...

Desperate NBC May Move Leno to 10:30: BBC Exec

Jul 30, 2009 1:56 PM CDT

Desperate NBC May Move Leno to 10:30: BBC Exec

(Newser) - After months of promoting Jay Leno's move to 10pm, NBC may shake up its prime-time schedule again, moving its late local news to 10 and Leno to 10:30, the network's onetime programming head speculates. Garth Ancier, now chief of BBC America, shared his speculation with critics at the summer...

Joe Jackson:
'I Knew Michael
Had Another Son'

Jul 30, 2009 1:01 PM CDT

Joe Jackson: 'I Knew Michael Had Another Son'

Omer Bhatti 'can dance like a Jackson'

(Newser) - The rumors are true: Michael Jackson “had another son,” his father tells NewsOne. Omer Bhatti “looks like a Jackson, he acts like a Jackson, he can dance like a Jackson. This boy’s a fantastic dancer,” Joe Jackson says. Discussing Michael, he became emotional, saying he...

Clothier: Gisele Is Preggers

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

Jul 30, 2009 10:55 AM CDT

Clothier: Gisele Is Preggers

Plus, more babies and more drama

(Newser) - The latest entity to weigh in on the Gisele Bundchen: pregnancy debate: London Fog, the Boston Globe reports. In a statement regarding recent—retouched—ads featuring Bundchen, an exec says, “Nobody is sexier or more beautiful than Gisele Bundchen in nothing but a London Fog trench coat, even with...

Abrams'
'Gossip Cop'
Worst of Both Worlds

OPINION roundup

Jul 30, 2009 10:34 AM CDT

Abrams' 'Gossip Cop' Worst of Both Worlds

Media weigh in on new site

(Newser) - It seems that Dan Abrams just launched Mediaite, but he’s already back with another venture: Gossip Cop. The initial post compared it to "TMZ meets Smoking Gun," but Laura Schreffler, in the New York Daily News, deems it “sort of like TMZ meets the Huffington Post....

Kate 2.0 Spills Romantic Beans

Jul 30, 2009 9:58 AM CDT

Kate 2.0 Spills Romantic Beans

We know you're practically salivating with excitement.

(Newser) - After much anticipation, Kate Major—aka “Kate 2.0” of Jon & Kate fame—has given former employer Star her exclusive story. On her romantic first meeting with Jon: “I introduced myself as a reporter and said, ‘I’d like to meet Jon.’” His classy...