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Jon &amp; Kate File for Divorce
 Jon & Kate File for Divorce 
Jun 22, 2009 5:04 PM CDT

Jon & Kate File for Divorce

(Newser) - Reality-TV parents Jon and Kate Gosselin filed divorce papers today in their native Pennsylvania, People reports. The 10-year marriage, which has produced eight children and given rise to their TLC series Jon & Kate Plus Eight, has hit the high-profile skids in recent months, with rumors of infidelity on both...

Brown Cops to Assault, Avoids Jail

(Newser) - R&B star Chris Brown pleaded guilty to felony assault today and will get 5 years’ probation but no jail time, TMZ reports. Also included: Six months of labor, mandatory court visits every three months, and a restraining order keeping him 50 yards from his victim, singer Rihanna, at all...

How the Little Black Dress Got to Be Black, and Little

Coco Chanel didn't create, just popularized

(Newser) - The ubiquitous little black dress can be the foundation of a recession-friendly wardrobe. But Coco Chanel—widely credited with inventing the LBD—actually just brought it from strict and severe to chic and sophisticated. Double X explores the history of this staple in women’s closets:
  • Centuries ago, black was
...

NBC, CBS At Odds on How to Survive
 NBC, CBS 
 At Odds on 
 How to Survive 
ANALYSIS
Jun 22, 2009 2:45 PM CDT

NBC, CBS At Odds on How to Survive

Zucker trumpets new model; Moonves aims for hit shows

(Newser) - America’s oldest TV broadcasters see very different roads ahead as they navigate today’s world of splintering audiences, Advertising Age reports. NBC is carving a new path, dropping five hours of potential scripted shows a week for a nightly Jay Leno show, and banking on its cable channels. CBS,...

Blake's Alleged Babymama Evicted

House was being used to deal drugs, say locals

(Newser) - Blake Fielder-Civil, estranged hubby of troubled Amy Winehouse, can add one more thing to his growing list of problems: Gilleen Morris, who says she’s carrying his baby, has been evicted, the Sun reports. Neighbors complained her house was being used as a drug den, and police made arrests during...

Fawcett, O'Neal to Wed
 Fawcett, O'Neal to Wed 
Jun 22, 2009 1:48 PM CDT

Fawcett, O'Neal to Wed

O'Neal asked one more time, he tells Barbara Walters

(Newser) - There’s one bright spot in Farrah Fawcett’s struggle with cancer: She and Ryan O’Neal are finally tying the knot. The 68-year-old O’Neal, who has dated Fawcett, 62, since 1980 and “used to ask her to marry me all the time,” popped the question again...

McConaughey Preggers Again
 McConaughey Preggers Again 
GOSSIP ROUNDUP
Jun 22, 2009 1:26 PM CDT

McConaughey Preggers Again

Plus, Matthew McConaughey is expecting again, and more

(Newser) - Baby No. 2 is on the way for Matthew McConaughey and girlfriend Camila Alves, Us reports. “Yeah, we pulled off the greatest miracle in the world one more time, Camila and I are expecting our second child, bringing more life into the world, making more to live for,”...

Will.i.am Assaulted Me: Perez Hilton

Singer denies attack; Twitter activity flurries

(Newser) - The Twitterati are aflutter with reports that Perez Hilton was allegedly assaulted early this morning by Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, the Huffington Post reports. But the Peas’ general manager is the one who turned himself in to police, according to TMZ. Celebrity gossip blogger Hilton tweeted...

Rihanna, Chris to Meet at Hearing

Rihanna expected to take the stand; media swarm

(Newser) - Los Angeles courthouses are no strangers to paparazzi, but today’s preliminary hearing for Chris Brown promises to be one for the record books. Brown’s case is proving more popular than those of fellow tabloid magnets Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, and Lindsay Lohan, with 52 media outlets requesting attendance....

Cowell: I Goofed With Boyle
 Cowell: I Goofed 
 With Boyle 
Jun 22, 2009 4:26 AM CDT

Cowell: I Goofed With Boyle

(Newser) - Simon Cowell admitted that he overestimated the strength of startling songbird Susan Boyle during her trials in Britain's Got Talent. The fragile overnight-superstar has been emotionally overwhelmed, canceling another concert last week. "She seemed fine with all the attention. I thought perhaps naively that she was in control,"...

Rikers Officials Fawned Over Foxy Brown

Rapper wore designer duds, did photo shoot

(Newser) - Rapper Foxy Brown received star treatment on Rikers Island, wearing designer clothes and enjoying visits from prison officials during her 9-month stay on a parole violation, the New York Post reports. Angry Department of Corrections insiders say Brown was allowed private meals and cosmetics, unlimited TV and phone use, and...

8 Infamous Hotel Rooms
 8 Infamous Hotel Rooms 
TRAVEL
Jun 20, 2009 5:05 AM CDT

8 Infamous Hotel Rooms

(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer put Washington’s Renaissance Mayflower Hotel on the map with his Ashley Dupre tryst—and before Spitzer, televangelist Jim Bakker did a similar service for Florida’s Sheraton Sand Key Resort with Jessica Hahn. Travel + Leisure takes a look at a few other famous—or infamous—hotels:...

Bruno's Blitz Turns MySpace Into 'MeinSpace'

(Newser) - Sacha Baron Cohen has partnered up with MySpace to promote his new film, Bruno, in a move that could help revive the struggling social networking site, Advertising Age reports. MySpace is hosting a movie site for the gay Austrian fashionista—MeinSpace—and the parent site has started running an unrestricted...

Stevie Finds Wonder Amid the 'Craziness'

Songsmith hits road for third time in 2 years

(Newser) - Stevie Wonder’s back on tour for the third time in less than 2 years, a treat for fans after a long drought. And while it’s been a big year for him—an inauguration performance, a Gershwin Prize—events like the Holocaust Museum shooting have him worried and writing....

Woody's New Muse: Carla
 Woody's New Muse: Carla 
Jun 19, 2009 12:25 PM CDT

Woody's New Muse: Carla

Director wants French first lady for film

(Newser) - Woody Allen’s newest leading lady could be France’s first lady. The director thinks Carla Bruni-Sarkozy “would be wonderful” in a film, Reuters reports. The former model has “charisma, she's already acted so she's not unknown to an audience. There are a lot of ways I could...

Penn's New Role? Mr. Mom
 Penn's New Role? Mr. Mom
GOSSIP ROUNDUP
Jun 19, 2009 12:10 PM CDT

Penn's New Role? Mr. Mom

Plus, Carrie Prejean and Speidi and Katherine Heigl are all back

(Newser) - Sean Penn may be taking a career time-out, but his wife certainly isn’t. Robin Wright Penn says that now that her kids are older, “I'm ready to go wild, man!” while promoting her latest film, the Mirror reports. Of her once-estranged hubby’s hiatus, she said, “...

Jon, Minus Kate, Apartment Hunts in NYC

Reality show star seems to be considering move to New York

(Newser) - New York City, are you ready for ladykiller Jon Gosselin to move in? That seems to be his plan, a tipster tells Gawker. The reality star was recently looking at an 8th-floor apartment with a Realtor in Trump Towers. “It was clearly him,” the tipster adds. “He...

Boyle Sits Out Another Show
 Boyle Sits Out Another Show 
Jun 19, 2009 11:11 AM CDT

Boyle Sits Out Another Show

Troubled singer is still planning Las Vegas run

(Newser) - Susan Boyle’s tour troubles continued last night when she was dropped from a third Britain’s Got Talent show. Spokespeople said she was “just tired,” but witnesses saw her crying for her cat on her hotel room balcony, the Daily Mail reports. “She kept shouting, ‘...

OJ Galpal's Tell-All Recalls Abuse, Threats

Author dated Simpson for 13 years

(Newser) - OJ Simpson’s last girlfriend remembers him as controlling and abusive in a tell-all she’s shopping, writes Cindy Adams in the New York Post. In her proposal for Spellbound: My Life With OJ Simpson, galpal of 13 years Christine Prody recalls choice Simpson anecdotes such as the two abortions...

New Kids Scrap Aussie Tour, Blaming Recession

(Newser) - The New Kids on the Block have canceled a planned tour of Australia because of weak ticket sales amid the recession, Reuters reports. “We are, in fact, in the middle of a worldwide recession and we just cannot make it work,” said Donnie Wahlberg. He said the group...

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