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Madonna&#39;s Half-Time Show: Aging or Ageless?

 Madonna's Halftime 
 Show: Aging or Ageless?
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Feb 5, 2012 7:59 PM CST

Madonna's Halftime Show: Aging or Ageless?

Most of the comments surround Madge's youth ... or lack thereof

(Newser) - Madonna's big halftime show is over, and the peanut gallery is fairly evenly split—but the topic of the evening is clearly age. Plenty of people are giving her the thumbs up for looking so great at 53. Others think the cheerleader/pom-pom bit was a little ... young. She was...

Russell Brand and ... Zooey Deschanel?

British comic woos Katy Perry look-a-like

(Newser) - British funnyman Russell Brand is apparently bouncing from one blue-eyed cutie brunette to another. Brand has "had his eye" on New Girl star Zooey Deschanel "for a long time," an insider tells OK! "And he's been sending funny, flirty texts to see if they can...

7 Weird Celebrity Body Parts

Joaquin Phoenix has a cleft lip to thank for his unique smile

(Newser) - Celebrities may look flawless, but the Huffington Post reveals that some of them were born with certain, shall we say, quirks:
  • Taye Diggs: The actor was born with polydactyly; in his case, an extra digit on each of his hands. The fingers were removed surgically.

Daniel Radcliffe: I Was Drunk in Harry Potter Scenes

More dope on boy wizard's battle with whiskey

(Newser) - Everyone's favorite boy wizard has made a startling confession: He sometimes acted in Harry Potter scenes drunk. "I went into work still drunk," Daniel Radcliffe tells Heat magazine. "I can point to many scenes where I'm just gone. Dead behind the eyes." He never...

Snooki Wisdom: What to Do When You Pee Yourself

Take a 'Shore Shower,' advises 'Jersey Shore' star

(Newser) - In a truly disturbing clip from last night's Jersey Shore, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi had a little accident on the dance floor. "I got really excited dancing with, like, my girls, and I legit peed myself," Snooki explains. (Apparently the "oops" was caused by a urinary...

Could TV's Highest-Paid Star Be ... Beyonce?

If Simon Cowell has his way; he wants her as 'X Factor' judge

(Newser) - Who could possibly take the place of Paula Abdul on X Factor ? If Simon Cowell has his way, it will be Beyoncé—and he's offering her a cool $100 million per season (total contract: $500 million) to do it, according to Media Take Out . If she accepts...

'1M Anti-Gay Moms' Protest Ellen's Hiring by JC Penney

Group blasts chain's new spokeswoman

(Newser) - A group calling itself "One Million Moms" isn't happy about JC Penney's new spokeswoman, openly gay talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres. "Funny that JC Penney thinks hiring an open homosexual spokesperson will help their business when most of their customers are traditional families,” the group says....

Frances Bean Cobain: My Cat Died in Piles of Trash

E-book airs squalor in Courtney Love's home

(Newser) - Courtney Love has always been a fan of TMI , so is it any surprise that she spent nearly a year talking to The Fix for a new e-book called Courtney Comes Clean? The site has a preview of the book (which you can buy in full for just $2.99),...

Fried Chicken and Pickles: 14 Celebrity Food Demands

Concert riders reveal what performers like to eat

(Newser) - Mariah Carey and Jennifer Lopez certainly aren't the only divas in Hollywood: Nicki Minaj's concert rider, recently revealed in a magazine interview, show that she has some pretty involved backstage demands as well. Those include three 12-piece buckets of spicy fried chicken, no thighs, and scented candles...

Gaga's Parents' Restaurant Is Gross

Joseph and Cynthia Germanotta need help, says critic

(Newser) - New York's new restaurant, Joanne, gets a scathing review in the Post by restaurant critic Steve Cuozzo, a fact about which few would probably care ... except that the restaurant in question is owned by Lady Gaga's parents, Joseph and Cynthia Germanotta. In his amusing critique, Cuozzo starts off...

Gwyneth&#39;s Advice: Be a Wife
 Gwyneth's Advice: Be a Wife 
Feb 2, 2012 9:04 AM CST

Gwyneth's Advice: Be a Wife

Paltrow also talks routine, clothes, Botox, a detox

(Newser) - Gwyneth Paltrow is once again dishing up details of her life—and advice on how to live yours—this time in an interview with Harper's Bazaar. Some of it is old-hat ("At 39, she looks stronger than she did in her 20s!"), but a few revelations...

Madonna Cut Her Own Daughter From Film

Lourdes' 'WE' scenes ended up on cutting room floor

(Newser) - Madonna "dragged" daughter Lourdes into a small part in her new movie WE ... and then cut her from it. "It was quite unfair of me, what I did and what I asked her to do," the Material Girl tells MTV in a recent interview. "But she...

Meet Scarlett&#39;s New Man
 Meet Scarlett's New Man 
Feb 1, 2012 10:34 AM CST

Meet Scarlett's New Man

Johansson dating ad exec Nate Naylor: sources

(Newser) - Her post-divorce fling with Sean Penn didn't last long, but now Scarlett Johansson has a new man. She was spotted looking cozy with a "mystery man" in Manhattan this weekend, and the gossip mill quickly figured out who he is: Nate Naylor, a 38-year-old advertising exec who lives...

Hoboken to Jersey Shore: Scram

City denies permit to spin-off featuring Snooki, Jwoww

(Newser) - Those poor kids of the Jersey Shore: They've been hit with numerous lawsuits , slammed by scientists , dissed by a clothing chain and the governor of their state , and banned from partying on film in Florence . Now Hoboken, of all places, has publicized its disdain. A spin-off to the reality...

Nixon: I'm Actually Bisexual, and That's 'Not a Choice'

Actress backtracks on controversial comments

(Newser) - Cynthia Nixon stirred up quite a bit of controversy with her recent statement that being gay is, for her, "a choice," and now she's backtracking a bit. "While I don't often use the word, the technically precise term for my orientation is bisexual," she...

Simon Fires Practically Everyone From X Factor

Paula Abdul, Nicole Scherzinger, Steve Jones all get the boot

(Newser) - It was a "bloodbath" at X Factor yesterday, Nikki Finke writes at Deadline , with host Steve Jones and judges Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul all getting the ax. Apparently Simon Cowell himself made the decision to clean house, according to the Hollywood Reporter . Cowell and LA Reid are the...

The Awesome Ferris Bueller Ad Is Here

Matthew Broderick stars in 'Matthew's Day Off' for Honda

(Newser) - The full-length Ferris Bueller-inspired Super Bowl ad is here, and AdWeek dubs it "awesome." Matthew Broderick stars in "Matthew's Day Off," a Honda ad in which he calls in sick to a film shoot in order to do all sorts of fun stuff in his...

How Celebrities Really Spend Their Money

A Hollywood money manager gives the details to 'New York'

(Newser) - "Very few" superstars live within their means, a Hollywood money manager tells New York . Cash, in particular, can spell bad news: "We had one guy go through $600,000 one year," the manager explains. "We try to get everything on a credit card: It helps track...

8 Celebs Who Switched Religions ... for Love

Drew Barrymore, converting to Judaism, is the latest

(Newser) - Drew Barrymore is getting married , but first she's—reportedly—converting to Judaism, the religion fiance Will Kopelman practices. She follows the tradition of these seven other celebrity spouses (or not-quite-spouses) who did the same thing, notes The Frisky :
  • Isla Fisher: Converted to Judaism for Sacha Baron Cohen.
  • Jesus Luz:
...

10 Things Liam Neeson Should Punch

He's already punched so many things, but the possibilities are endless

(Newser) - Liam Neeson used to star in movies that can best be described as "fancy-pants," notes Linda Holmes on NPR . (Think Schindler's List, Rob Roy, and Ethan Frome.) But nowadays, all he seems to do is punch people. He punches people for kidnapping his daughter (Taken) and...

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