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Jessica Simpson Debuts Baby Maxwell

'We stare at her all the time,' Jessica tells 'People'

(Newser) - Jessica Simpson has revealed baby Maxwell Drew Johnson to the world via the cover of People , and rumor is she pocketed $800,000 to do so. "We stare at her all the time. We can't get enough!" Simpson tells the magazine. "Life has completely changed. From...

Mary-Kate, 25, Dating Sarkozy Half-Bro, 42

Olsen twin apparently blissfully happy with Olivier Sarkozy

(Newser) - Mary-Kate Olsen's latest companion just so happens to be the half-brother of recently unemployed French president Nicolas Sarkozy. Olivier Sarkozy, 42, is managing director of the Carlyle Group and has been dating 25-year-old Olsen about one month, the New York Post reports. The couple is "head over heels,...

Eastwood Kid Torches $100K Bag, Gets Death Threats

Francesca chainsaws, burns Hermes Birkin bag for art

(Newser) - The Hermes Birkin bag is so sought after, people sit on a waiting list for years to purchase one—but apparently, if you're the daughter of Clint Eastwood, you can afford to take a chainsaw to the $100,000 bag and then set it on fire. Francesca Eastwood, 19,...

Kim to Rihanna: Stay Away From Kanye

Kardashian and West are still apparently publicizing each other

(Newser) - The Kim Kardashian-Kanye West publicity stunt —er, relationship—lives on: A jealous Kim has now banned all other women from hanging around her man. "Kim is incredibly protective of Kanye and doesn’t want any women near him unless she is there—even his friends," a source...

Cops Investigating Bieber Over Scuffle

Singer allegedly hit photographer outside mall

(Newser) - A sweet trip to the mall with his girlfriend took a turn for the criminal for Justin Bieber yesterday, or so says a paparazzo. The Los Angeles Times reports that police are investigating the photographer's claims that the Biebs hit him after he took a photo of the singer...

Day 1 of X Factor: Brit a Drama Queen?

Spears dogged by rumors that she stormed out of taping

(Newser) - New judges Britney Spears and Demi Lovato had their first X Factor taping yesterday, and of course there were rumors of bad behavior. TMZ reports that Spears stormed off the set upset after a contestant did a less-than-stellar version of her song "Hold It Against Me," forcing...

Charlize: My Dogs Are Helping Me With the Baby

Blue and Berkley love Jackson, Theron tells Ellen DeGeneres

(Newser) - Charlize Theron says she’s not actually a single mom to new son Jackson—because she has help from her dogs. Yesterday on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, Theron explained that her two rescue dogs immediately took to Jackson after she adopted him in March , People reports. "It was the...

Nanny: Sharon Stone Racist, Wouldn't Let Me Read Bible

Crazy lawsuit filed against actress

(Newser) - According to a new lawsuit, Sharon Stone hired a nanny … then wouldn't let her speak to Stone's children, lest they pick up her Filipino accent. This according to Erlinda T. Elemen, who worked as Stone's live-in housekeeper and nanny for five years, and who claims Stone...

The Perks of Being JLo's Boyfriend

Jennifer Lopez snags reality show for Casper Smart

(Newser) - Being Jennifer Lopez's rebound boyfriend apparently comes with some perks. Among them: getting your own reality show. Lopez has sold a series based on Casper Smart, her much-younger boytoy and also a choreographer on her tour, to Oxygen. For those of you hoping to see some steamy action between...

Will Smith: Why I Slapped That Reporter

'It was just awkward,' he tells David Letterman on the 'Late Show'

(Newser) - Will Smith was quick to clarify to David Letterman last night that he "didn't beat up" the Moscow journalist who tried to kiss him. But seeing as Smith was caught on video slapping the reporter , Letterman had to get the story. "He says, 'I'm your...

Amanda Knox Makes Maxim's Hot 100

No. 1 spot goes to Bar Refaeli

(Newser) - Bar Refaeli is No. 1 on this year's Maxim Hot 100 , but No. 92 is arguably more interesting: It's Foxy Knoxy herself, Amanda Knox. She's probably the most controversial entry, but the list also contains a cartoon character (Family Guy's Lois Griffin) and a man (Stephen...

Inside Rihanna's Not-So-Verbose Battleship Role

She has just 68 lines, and 'Vulture' compiled all of them

(Newser) - Rihanna made her acting debut in Battleship , if you can call a role that involves just 68 lines (many of them less than five words, and one of them actually just a "heavy sigh") "acting." On Vulture , Sarah Lawson lists every single word uttered by Rihanna...

Brad Pitt: Why We Haven't Set a Date

Pitt talks engagement to Angelina Jolie at Cannes

(Newser) - Brad Pitt was flying solo today at Cannes, but in addition to his gangster film, Killing Them Softly, Angelina Jolie was predictably a big topic of conversation. Pressed by reporters for some juicy gossip, he said his engagement to Jolie was "something that made sense," People reports. As...

Chris Brown Skewered for Lip-Syncing Awards Song

Now his lips are sealed

(Newser) - Chris Brown just got a little less popular. Singers including Pink and Joe Jonas are lambasting him for lip-syncing "Turn Up the Music," the song he performed at the Billboard Music Awards program. "One day if I lip-sync, I hope I do it as well as him,...

8 Stars Who Used to Be Strippers

Or, in Joey Lawrence's case, are about to become strippers

(Newser) - It's no secret that heartthrob Channing Tatum used to be a stripper , but he's not the only one in Hollywood with that particular vocation on his résumé. The Frisky unveils seven more:
  • Javier Bardem: He claims his stint as a stripper lasted just 10 minutes, and that
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Celebs Who Are Surprisingly Charitable

Taylor Swift donates $4M to Country Music Hall of Fame

(Newser) - Taylor Swift is donating a sizable $4 million to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, the largest gift ever donated to the museum by an artist. It will fund the Taylor Swift Education Center, a new classroom and exhibit space opening in 2014, the AP reports. Swift proves...

Charlize 'Had No Teeth' Until Age 11

Theron also opens up about new baby Jackson

(Newser) - Charlize Theron, apparently, actually sat down for an interview with British tabloid the Sun , where she dropped this odd tidbit: "I had no teeth until I was 11." She explains that, due to a heavy regimen of antibiotics for jaundice as a child, her teeth "rotted" and...

Donna Summer Dead at 63
 Donna Summer Dead at 63 
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May 17, 2012 11:46 AM CDT

Donna Summer Dead at 63

Disco queen dies after cancer struggle: TMZ

(Newser) - Disco queen Donna Summer died this morning at age 63, TMZ reports. Sources say the singer of such classics as “Last Dance” and “Hot Stuff” died in Florida after battling lung cancer, which she reportedly thought she contracted via toxic particles in New York City after the World...

James Franco in Catfight Over His 'Petty' Writing

Responds to 'New York Observer' writer on the Huffington Post

(Newser) - Internet Fight Alert: James Franco is in a bit of a tiff with a New York Observer writer over his series of columns on the Huffington Post. Writer Drew Grant took issue with the fact that Franco addressed New Orleans ghost tours in his column, rather than something more substantive...

Time Warner Shareholder: Freeman Must Be Reined In

Actor endangers 'Dark Knight Rises,' rep suggests

(Newser) - Could outspoken Morgan Freeman's politics endanger the success of The Dark Knight Rises? That’s what one Time Warner shareholder warned at the annual shareholders' meeting this week, noting that while Freeman was promoting Dolphin Tale last year, he took the opportunity to call the Tea Party racist during...

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