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Why Do Twits Grace Women's Mags?
 Why Do Twits 
 Grace Women's Mags? 
OPINION
Sep 29, 2009 1:00 PM CDT

Why Do Twits Grace Women's Mags?

Women's mag covers have gone from models to celebs to Kate Gosselin

(Newser) - Aymar Jean Christian is fed up with the faces that appear on the covers of women’s magazines. Once upon a time, the women there were simply pretty. “Then sometime in the late 1980s and early 1990s, celebrity became more important than beauty.” And that was great, because...

Claire Danes Weds Hugh Dancy

My So-Called Life star, British actor were married in France

(Newser) - Actors Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy were married earlier this month in France, Life & Style reports. Danes, best known for her starring role in the cult TV series My So-Called Life, met Dancy on the set of the 2007 film Evening. The up-and-coming Dancy appeared most recently as...

LA Police Bust Suspect in Lohan Burglary

18-year-old man also involved in break-in at home of Hills star Audrina Patridge: cops

(Newser) - Los Angeles police today arrested a man suspected of breaking into the homes of Lindsay Lohan and Audrina Patridge. Nicholas Prugo, 18, is being held on $20,000 bail on suspicion of felony burglary; authorities gave no details on whether items had been recovered.

Barton: Tooth Surgery Led to Breakdown

Mischa talks The Beautiful Life and rumors of drug abuse—sort of

(Newser) - Mischa Barton is speaking out for the first time about last month’s “involuntary psychiatric hold,” and the troubled actress pins much of the blame on wisdom tooth surgery. “It was a nightmare," she tells Time Out New York. "I’ve never had surgery before—...

Faking Orgasms a 'Nightmare': Heigl

(Newser) - Katherine Heigl spilled the ugly truth about faking orgasms—it's apparently "really exhausting"—to Showbiz Spy. The 30-year-old actress had to don a pair of vibrating panties for a scene in the Ugly Truth, and filming the climax that ensued was "a nightmare," she says. "...

Sharon Stone Goes Topless on Mag Cover

(Newser) - A bare-chested Sharon Stone has hit French newsstands, Fox News reports. The 51-year-old actress poses topless and in bondage gear on the cover of Paris Match. Stone, who memorably revealed another part of her anatomy in Basic Instinct, says posing nude is easy; it just depends on motivation. “I’...

Sex Tape Is Fake: Gossip Girl Meester

Gossip Girl actress says it's not her in racy video

(Newser) - Leighton Meester says an alleged sex tape making the rounds is a phony. “It’s not real, so it makes me sort of sad,” the Gossip Girl actress tells Harper's Bazaar. “It's unfortunate that it got carried as far as it did. I definitely understand the nature...

Tinseltown's New Trend: See-Through Clothes

Just remember to wear something underneath

(Newser) - The latest fashion trend for Hollywood’s leading ladies is leaving less to the imagination. Stars from Megan Fox to Emma Watson have been stepping out in sheer outfits, USA Today reports. “Sheer is beautiful,” says one stylist. “You just don’t want to be obscene. The...

Why Katherine Heigl Is Annoying
 Why Katherine 
 Heigl Is Annoying 
OPINION
Jul 25, 2009 3:10 PM CDT

Why Katherine Heigl Is Annoying

(Newser) - Katherine Heigl was “supposed to be America’s new sweetheart,” but somewhere we fell out of love. Sarah Ball, writing in Newsweek, lays some of the blame for her image as a “diva-like shrew” on "pure sexism. Every decade has a Most Annoying Actress,” Ball...

Mischa Barton in Psychiatric Lockdown

OC star hospitalized in Los Angeles after breakdown: sources

(Newser) - OC star Mischa Barton was removed from her Hollywood home by police and placed under an involuntary psychiatric hold last night, reports Access Hollywood. A spokesman for the British-born actress confirmed that she will miss the premiere of her new movie Homecoming in New York tonight because of medical treatment....

Hollywood's Last Golden Girl Reminisces

De Havilland on her career, legendary chemistry with Flynn

(Newser) - Seventy years after Gone with the Wind, Olivia de Havilland talks to the Independent about her similarities to Melanie Hamilton, what it was really like to work during the golden age of Hollywood, and her relationship with Errol Flynn. Though nothing ever happened between the frequent costars, “What I...

Watson Waves Goodbye to Harry Potter

Seeking 'normal' life, Hermione gets ready for Ivy League

(Newser) - After 10 years at Hogwarts, Emma Watson is ready to move on to the Ivy League, the New York Daily News reports. The Harry Potter actress, who’s been playing the boy wizard’s pal Hermione Granger since she was 9, is taking a break from acting—and movie shoots,...

Farrah Fawcett Dead at 62
 Farrah 
 Fawcett 
 Dead at 62 
obituary
Jun 25, 2009 12:31 PM CDT

Farrah Fawcett Dead at 62

'Charlie's Angels' star diagnosed with cancer in 2006

(Newser) - Farrah Fawcett died this morning in Los Angeles after the battle with cancer that followed her 2006 diagnosis, Entertainment Tonight reports. The Charlie’s Angels star, 62, was a 1970s fashion idol who began her career in commercials and shot to fame after posing in an iconic portrait wearing a...

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...

Falco Brings Soul to Mean Nurse Jackie

Actress adopted quietly; is more like Nurse Jackie than Carmela

(Newser) - Former Sopranos matriarch Edie Falco is back, and this time her cable series character is closer to the actress herself—a blue-collar woman who shirks appearances and works hard, Newsweek reports. But Falco isn't quite the brassy protagonist in Showtime's Nurse Jackie, either. The Long Island native is a warm,...

Angelina Back at Work After Bumping Noggin on Set

(Newser) - Angelina Jolie is back at work on the Long Island set of Salt after bumping her head and being rushed to the hospital this morning, People reports. "As a precautionary measure, Ms. Jolie will be taken to the hospital and examined," Columbia Pictures said in a statement. Jolie,...

Bitter Parker: 'I Was Goaded Into Nude Weeds Scene'

Producer insists it showed 'vulnerability'

(Newser) - Annoyed Weeds star Mary Louise Parker was "goaded" into a nude bathtub scene in the Showtime series about a pot-selling mom, she tells More. "I don't think I needed to be naked," she said. "I fought with the director about it, and now I am bitter....

Farrah: 'It's Time for a Miracle'

(Newser) - Cancer-wracked actress Farrah Fawcett is praying for "a miracle" now that she has exhausted conventional medical treatments, reports the New York Post. "I want to stay alive, so I say to God, it is seriously time for a miracle," said Fawcett. "I know that everyone will...

Sykes, Wife Have Twins
 Sykes, Wife Have Twins 
May 13, 2009 9:45 PM CDT

Sykes, Wife Have Twins

(Newser) - Wanda Sykes is the talk of Washington after her gig at the White House correspondents dinner, but it turns out she's also a mom of newborn twins. Sykes' wife, Alex, gave birth to daughter Olivia Lou and son Lucas Claude on April 27. "All are happy and healthy and...

Fawcett: False Tab Reports Add Pain to Cancer

Actress describes sting designed to catch leakers to Enquirer

(Newser) - Farrah Fawcett’s battle with the prying media runs a close second to her battle with cancer. In an August interview with the Los Angeles Times published today, the actress slammed the National Enquirer’s often-inaccurate reporting of her condition and describes a sting she and her doctors designed to...

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