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Pirate Bay Founders Get
Jail, Fines for File Sharing

Apr 17, 2009 6:53 AM CDT

Pirate Bay Founders Get Jail, Fines for File Sharing

File-sharing site team gets year in jail, must pay $3.6M to firms

(Newser) - In a big win for the movie and music business, four men behind the file-sharing service The Pirate Bay, including its two founders, have been found guilty of making copyrighted files available for downloading, CNET reports. A Swedish court sentenced each to a year in jail; the men must also...

Boyle 'Decent,' But
Attention Is 'Condescending'

OPINION

Apr 16, 2009 12:07 PM CDT

Boyle 'Decent,' But Attention Is 'Condescending'

(Newser) - Susan Boyle just isn’t that extraordinary, Adam Markovitz writes in Entertainment Weekly. The middle-aged singer who wowed Simon Cowell on Britain’s Got Talent and sparked a viral YouTube hit is getting by on her lack of looks. Her voice is adequate, Markovitz writes, but “her talent is...

11M YouTube Hits?
'Awesome': UK Sensation

Apr 16, 2009 10:17 AM CDT

11M YouTube Hits? 'Awesome': UK Sensation

Boyle breaks into early-morning song in interview

(Newser) - Since leaving Simon Cowell speechless, sweet-voiced Susan Boyle has earned the ultimate Internet honor: Her Britain’s Got Talent audition has gone viral with 11 million hits. “It’s awesome,” Boyle told CBS’ Early Show today. The youngest of nine children, Boyle has been living alone since her...

Foxx Apologizes for
Miley 'Sex Tape' Rant

Apr 15, 2009 9:57 AM CDT

Foxx Apologizes for Miley 'Sex Tape' Rant

(Newser) - Jamie Foxx has apologized for telling 16-year-old Miley Cyrus to “make a sex tape and grow up” and “get like Britney Spears and do some heroin” on his weekend satellite radio show, OK! reports. “You guys know that whatever I say, I don't mean any of it,...

Unlikely Brit
Singer Wows
Even Cowell

Apr 14, 2009 7:34 PM CDT

Unlikely Brit Singer Wows Even Cowell

(Newser) - Britain's newest celebrity singer doesn't fit the stereotype, and even Simon Cowell is mightily impressed. Susan Boyle, 48, amazed the nation with her turn on the show Britain's Got Talent, ABC News reports. Boyle is more likely to be described as frumpy than glamorous, and when she appeared on stage,...

Last Octuplet
Goes Home

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

Apr 14, 2009 12:38 PM CDT

Last Octuplet Goes Home

Plus, Angelina voted most beautiful woman, more

(Newser) - The last Suleman octuplet went home yesterday, E! reports. Tiny Jonah went from 1 lb, 8 oz to 4 lbs, 10 oz. Elsewhere:

Vanity Fair readers overwhelmingly voted Angelina Jolie the most beautiful woman in the world, MSNBC reports. She claimed 58% of votes, with second place Gisele Bundchen only

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Miley Spies on
Boyfriends

Apr 10, 2009 10:05 AM CDT

Miley Spies on Boyfriends

Singer cops to snooping through cell phones

(Newser) - Miley Cyrus is an admitted boyfriend stalker, she tells Tyra Banks. “I go through their text messages,” says the tween phenom, who admitted she would stalk her boyfriend for a day if given the chance, People reports. She also looks for clues in the way boys treat their...

Octuplet Mom Will Be Lookin'
for Love on Reality Show

Apr 8, 2009 8:05 AM CDT

Octuplet Mom Will Be Lookin' for Love on Reality Show

Unclear which network has rights to show

(Newser) - Just in case you ever wanted to live vicariously as a single mom of 14, an as-yet-unnamed network is giving octuplet mom Nadya Suleman her own reality show, Hollyscoop reports. As if chronicling that can of worms weren't enough, the show will toss in the requisite twist: It will also...

Banks 'Concerned'
by Top Model Melee

Mar 16, 2009 9:29 AM CDT

Banks 'Concerned' by Top Model Melee

Working with NYPD to determine what happened

(Newser) - America’s Next Top Model host Tyra Banks responded—somewhat vaguely—to the weekend’s audition stampede but said she does not know what triggered the incident, CNN reports. “We are concerned by the events that occurred Saturday afternoon in the vicinity of the New York City casting call,...

Rihanna Feels Unworthy: Oprah

Mar 13, 2009 6:53 AM CDT

Rihanna Feels Unworthy: Oprah

It's a sign of low self-esteem, she says

(Newser) - Rihanna took back her abusive boyfriend because she feels bad about herself, Oprah said on her show yesterday. "If you go back with a man who hits you, it is because you don't feel you're worthy of being with a man who won't," she said. Guest Tyra Banks...

Hef Is Healthy;
Jon + Kate's
Marriage Isn't

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

Mar 6, 2009 11:33 AM CST

Hef Is Healthy; Jon + Kate's Marriage Isn't

Plus, Eminem is back—and more

(Newser) - Yesterday it was Ed McMahon protesting rumors of his demise; today it’s Hugh Hefner. The 83-year-old Playboy magnate is “in very good shape and feeling very good,” he tells E!, adding that the breakup with his exes certainly isn’t taking a toll: “The recovery, thanks...

Jon & Kate Exploit
8 Meal Tickets: Critics

NEW RELEASE

Feb 28, 2009 6:53 PM CST

Jon & Kate Exploit 8 Meal Tickets: Critics

Growing chorus says couple exploiting their children

(Newser) - Jon and Kate Gosselin and their eight children have become the darlings of cable TV, giving hope to frazzled parents everywhere with their hit show Jon & Kate Plus 8. But the love affair with the bustling brood is ending, Jessica Remo writes in Philadelphia Magazine. “They are totally...

Rosie's Menopause Guru? Madonna

Feb 25, 2009 10:37 AM CST

Rosie's Menopause Guru? Madonna

'Big sis' tells O'Donnell to 'get the cream' for 'hormone things'

(Newser) - The Material Girl can add another talent to her resume: menopause counselor. At least according to Rosie O'Donnell, who happily overshared in an interview on The Tyra Banks Show. Between investigating the source of all the sweat in her bed and cutting out booze, O'Donnell still has time to check...

Christian Films Tempt $$$-Hungry Hollywood

Feb 21, 2009 5:34 PM CST

Christian Films Tempt $$$-Hungry Hollywood

(Newser) - Lurking behind the mainstream film industry is a low-budget, high-return business poised to break through: the world of Christian filmmaking, NPR reports. Fireproof, a tale of marital woes and redemption, was the highest-grossing independent feature of 2008—a fact trumpeted at a Christian film festival in San Antonio last...

Alba's
Post-Baby
Beauty Tip:
Wear a Girdle

Feb 4, 2009 6:30 PM CST

Alba's Post-Baby Beauty Tip: Wear a Girdle

With her figure restored, the new mom opens up

(Newser) - Back to her trim hourglass self, Jessica Alba now admits she cried during rigorous post-baby workouts. "I did it for the Campari (calendar) job," the 28-year-old actress tells Elle. "It was horrible." An easier beauty secret: She wore a girdle for weeks after giving birth. Busily...

Dog Tale
Unleashes
Backlash

OPINION

Jan 7, 2009 3:49 PM CST

Dog Tale Unleashes Backlash

Marley & Me is 'toxic hazard,' critics charge

(Newser) - The most popular movie in the country has an enemy at the Los Angeles Times. TV critic Scott Collins says Marley & Me "represents a toxic hazard to dog owners as well as anyone who ever comes near a dog—basically everyone, in other words." Collins reminds...

3D in the Comfort of Home

Jan 5, 2009 1:37 PM CST

3D in the Comfort of Home

Pushes failed in the 50s, 70s, but experts think we're ready to enter a new dimension

(Newser) - Twice before, the entertainment industry has tried to get people excited about watching 3D movies and sporting events in their own living rooms. The idea fizzled both times, but this time it has a chance, reports the Los Angeles Times. At this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, manufacturers...

Fey Is AP's
Entertainer
of the Year

Dec 23, 2008 12:42 PM CST

Fey Is AP's Entertainer of the Year

30 Rock star and Palin impersonator beats out Downey, Ledger

(Newser) - Tina Fey is the entertainer of the year? You betcha. Fey was voted the AP's Entertainer of the Year, an annual honor chosen by newspaper editors and broadcast producers across the country. Fey was selected by AP members as the performer who had the greatest impact on culture and entertainment...

Gladiators Will Fight Again
in Coliseum

Dec 19, 2008 5:55 PM CST

Gladiators Will Fight Again in Coliseum

Events to commemorate emperor set for next year

(Newser) - Gladiators will return to Rome’s Coliseum next year, the Times of London reports, marking the 2,000th anniversary of the birth of the emperor who ordered the landmark constructed. A series of shows will recreate “the sights, sounds and smells” of Ancient Rome, one archaeologist said, promising authenticity....

Kennedy Center
Salutes Freeman, Streisand

Dec 8, 2008 6:37 AM CST

Kennedy Center Salutes Freeman, Streisand

DC meets LA in annual cultural celebration

(Newser) - Entertainment’s elite descended on Washington last night for the 31st annual Kennedy Center Honors, this year saluting Morgan Freeman, Twyla Tharp, George Jones, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, and Barbra Streisand, the Washington Post reports. They were honored by performances and speeches by a no-less star-studded roster. “It's like...