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7 Stars Who Love Guns

Jan 25, 2014 8:47 AM CST

7 Stars Who Love Guns

Including some who may surprise you

(Newser) - Some celebrities like packing heat—and not just in the movies. Fox News rounds up 14 of them. A sampling:

Tom Selleck: He's a member of the NRA.
Dax Shepard: After the Sandy Hook shootings, he tweeted, "I love guns. I have several, but I would gladly get

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SNL Names
Seth Meyers'
Replacement
on 'Update'

Jan 23, 2014 2:29 PM CST

SNL Names Seth Meyers' Replacement on 'Update'

Colin Jost is currently head writer at 'SNL'

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live has found the guy who will take Seth Meyers' place at the "Weekend Update" desk: Colin Jost, a relative unknown who has been a writer at the show since 2005 and head writer since 2012, will join Cecily Strong as co-anchor when Meyers moves over to...

Here It Is:
Justin Bieber's
Mug Shot

Jan 23, 2014 10:50 AM CST

Here It Is: Justin Bieber's Mug Shot

And some fun quotes from his arrest report

(Newser) - Finally, a mug shot that Beliebers can print out and tape to their walls. Yes, Justin Bieber's mug shot has been released by Miami Beach police. CNN also has some choice quotes from the pop star's crazy arrest this morning . Per the arrest report, Bieber said, among other...

Finally, Justin Bieber Actually Arrested

Bieber Admits
Boozing, Pot, Pills
Before Arrest: Cops

UPDATED

Jan 23, 2014 9:09 AM CST

Bieber Admits Boozing, Pot, Pills Before Arrest: Cops

Singer arrested on suspicion of DUI, drag racing in Miami Beach

(Newser) - Some of you have been waiting a long time for this news: Justin Bieber was arrested this morning. Bieber—who was driving a rented Lamborghini at the time, NBC Miami reports—was busted on suspicion of drag racing, driving under the influence, and resisting arrest in Miami Beach, according to...

Arnold Poses as Gym Employee

Jan 22, 2014 1:24 PM CST

Arnold Poses as Gym Employee

Schwarzenegger raising money for after-school programs

(Newser) - Arnold Schwarzenegger posed as a personal-trainer-turned-gym-manager named Howard, in an effort to promote health and fitness and raise money for after-school programs. Our favorite lines from the video showing how Gold's Gym members reacted:

"What is a key card mean?" (Arnold to a guy who forgot his.)

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Angry Tarantino
Drops Film After
Script Leaks

Jan 22, 2014 10:45 AM CST

Angry Tarantino Drops Film After Script Leaks

Feels betrayed, won't make 'Hateful Eight' next

(Newser) - Quentin Tarantino is mad—really mad. The director called Mike Fleming Jr. of Deadline after his script for The Hateful Eight leaked, and explained that he feels so "depressed" and betrayed that he's scrapping the ensemble Western, at least for now. "I finished a script, a first...

Why Jonah Hill Made
Wolf for Peanuts

Jan 22, 2014 10:11 AM CST

Why Jonah Hill Made Wolf for Peanuts

He took the SAG minimum paycheck, $60K

(Newser) - Jonah Hill took the absolute minimum paycheck for his role in The Wolf of Wall Street because he felt so passionate about working with Martin Scorsese, he explained to Howard Stern yesterday. "They gave me the lowest amount of money possible, that was their offer," Hill recalled, adding...

China Un-Bans Lady Gaga

Jan 21, 2014 10:10 AM CST

China Un-Bans Lady Gaga

Slightly modified version of 'ARTPOP' can be legally sold

(Newser) - Finally, you can legally purchase a copy of a Lady Gaga album in China—although it might be a little different than a copy you'd get in the States. Chinese officials blacklisted Gaga's work in 2011, because it "damag[ed] the nation's cultural security," but they'...

One Reason Celebs Love
the Chateau Marmont

Jan 21, 2014 8:50 AM CST

One Reason Celebs Love the Chateau Marmont

Thick walls, hidden walkways make it perfect for privacy

(Newser) - Why do celebrities flock to the Chateau Marmont ? The Hollywood hotel was built in 1926 (and was first an apartment building), and seeing as it's located on a hill in California, it was constructed entirely of steel and concrete. That allows it to withstand earthquakes—but the thick...

Actors Starving
Themselves
for Roles?
'Obscene'

OPINION

Jan 20, 2014 1:20 PM CST

Actors Starving Themselves for Roles? 'Obscene'

Time for this disturbing trend to die: Lisa Schwarzbaum

(Newser) - Matthew McConaughey is the latest in a long line of actors to lose a frightening amount of weight for a role, in his case to portray a man dying of AIDS in Dallas Buyers Club. But this trend is "neither impressive, nor proof of a serious commitment to art,...

Katherine Heigl
Demoted to TV?

Jan 20, 2014 10:52 AM CST

Katherine Heigl Demoted to TV?

She'll play 'maverick' CIA agent in new NBC pilot

(Newser) - For a while there, Katherine Heigl looked like she was headed for America's Sweetheart status . Then she made a bunch of bad movies and got a reputation as being difficult to work with ... and now, well, she appears to be headed back to the small screen she left in...

Move Over,
Sound of Music:
Peter Pan
Next to Go Live

Jan 20, 2014 9:08 AM CST

Move Over, Sound of Music: Peter Pan Next to Go Live

NBC's next live musical to air in December

(Newser) - NBC's live version of The Sound of Music may not have garnered very good reviews , but you can't argue with nearly 19 million viewers. As expected , the network will do another live musical in December, and it announced yesterday that musical will be Peter Pan. "Get ready...

7 Stars Who Ditched Twitter

Jan 19, 2014 2:10 PM CST

7 Stars Who Ditched Twitter

Some of them only briefly, of course...

(Newser) - Celebrities have a very love-hate relationship with Twitter, evidenced by these stars rounded up by Perez Hilton . All of them have quit the social networking site—at least for a while. A sampling:

Miley Cyrus quit Twitter in 2009, at the urging of her then-boyfriend Liam Hemsworth. She's back

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Ride Along Cruises to $41.2M

BOX OFFICE

Jan 19, 2014 1:04 PM CST

Ride Along Cruises to $41.2M

'Lone Survivor' not even a close second

(Newser) - Ride Along arrived in first place at the weekend box office. The buddy cop comedy featuring Kevin Hart and Ice Cube debuted with $41.2 million, according to studio estimates today. The strong opening for Ride Along marks the biggest opening for a film released during Martin Luther King Jr....

4 Weird Ways
Actors Landed
Big Roles

Jan 19, 2014 12:17 PM CST

4 Weird Ways Actors Landed Big Roles

From washing a car to sending pictures of ... what?

(Newser) - It's not always head shots and auditions that land stars big roles. Page Six rounds up seven out-of-the-ordinary ways actors got the part. A sampling:

Mila Kunis: Told producers of That '70s Show she was almost 18, when in fact she was only 14.
Madonna: Was convinced she

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SNL's Zamata
Makes Debut

Jan 19, 2014 10:51 AM CST

SNL's Zamata Makes Debut

And Drake puts on a really good show as guest host

(Newser) - Sasheer Zamata, the much anticipated first black female to join Saturday Night Live's ranks since Maya Rudolph's 2007 departure, made her debut on last night's show, and the AP describes it as "low-key but notable." Zamata played a teenage Rihanna in a Blossom knockoff and...

'Based on a True Story'?
10 Hugely Embellished Films

Jan 19, 2014 8:30 AM CST

'Based on a True Story'? 10 Hugely Embellished Films

Some pretty big changes were made in these movies

(Newser) - So how close to "true" are movies that claim to be "based on a true story"? Radar reveals the pretty major embellishments made to 20 such films. A sampling:

American Hustle: While the film tracks pretty closely to the Abscam scandal, Amy Adams' character never got involved

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'Overwhelmed'
Rodman Hits Rehab

Jan 19, 2014 6:31 AM CST

'Overwhelmed' Rodman Hits Rehab

Basketball player seeks help after drunken meltdown on CNN

(Newser) - America's diplomat in chief to North Korea is out of commission for a while: Dennis Rodman, most recently known for cozying up to murderous baby-faced dictators and drunkenly melting down on CNN , has checked into rehab for alcoholism. He'll spend 30 days at a facility in New Jersey....

McConaughey,
Hustle Win at SAGs

SAG AWARDS

Jan 19, 2014 6:06 AM CST

McConaughey, Hustle Win at SAGs

Awards season is beginning to look sort of set

(Newser) - Matthew McConaughey and American Hustle are beginning to make the Oscars look sort of inevitable, adding Screen Actors Guild Awards wins last night to their Golden Globes . McConaughey again took home the lead actor award for Dallas Buyers Club, which also earned Jared Leto a best supporting actor award, while...

7 Lip Syncing
Scandals

Jan 18, 2014 10:07 AM CST

7 Lip Syncing Scandals

Some stars didn't even try to hide the fact they were mouthing along

(Newser) - Ever since Milli Vanilli made lip syncing infamous back in 1990—they were stripped of their Grammy when it was revealed that other singers actually recorded their hit song—many a singer has been accused of mouthing along to his or her own song, at least while performing. Radar rounds...