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10 Most Charitable Celebrities

DoSomething.org rounds up 2013's biggest do-gooders

(Newser) - For the second year running, Taylor Swift was the No. 1 most charitable celebrity last year, according to an annual list put together by DoSomething.org . Among her good deeds: She donated $100,000 to the Nashville Symphony and headlined an event benefiting an organization that helps homeless youth. Click...

Beyonce Samples Challenger Disaster in New Song
 Beyonce Samples 
 Challenger Disaster 
 in New Song 
bad ideas dept.
Dec 30, 2013 10:02 AM CST

Beyonce Samples Challenger Disaster in New Song

Astronauts not amused

(Newser) - The Challenger space shuttle exploded after liftoff in 1986, killing all seven crew members on board ... and for some reason Beyonce thought it was appropriate to sample audio from the disaster on a song from her new album . Then-NASA public affairs officer Steve Nesbitt is heard at the beginning of...

10 Celebs Gone Vegan
 10 Celebs Gone Vegan 
Dec 21, 2013 8:12 AM CST

10 Celebs Gone Vegan

Bey, Jay are hardly trendsetters

(Newser) - Jay Z and Beyonce are currently eating vegan (although Beyonce's certainly not letting that affect the way she dresses ), but they're not exactly trendsetters. The Huffington Post rounds up 15 more celebs who eschew all animal products. Click through the gallery for a sampling, or check out...

Beyonce&#39;s New Album &#39;Is Saving the Planet&#39;
Beyonce's New Album
'Is Saving the Planet'
OPINION
Dec 17, 2013 1:29 PM CST

Beyonce's New Album 'Is Saving the Planet'

James West explains how

(Newser) - As if Beyonce weren't badass enough already, what with her surprise new album quickly becoming iTunes' fastest-selling album ever, she's also "saving the planet" while selling hundreds of thousands of copies of the record, writes James West for Mother Jones . Consider this: It takes a lot less...

How Beyonce Pulled Off Secret New Album

Yes, code names were involved

(Newser) - Beyonce blew the world's collective mind when she released a new album seemingly out of thin air Friday, and now a number of media outlets are tackling the inevitable question: How did she do it?
  • Code names were involved. The album was called "Lily," Billboard reports, and
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Beyonce Shocks World With Surprise New Album

Self-titled album released on iTunes overnight

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Times calls it "one of the best-kept secrets in recent music history." TMZ calls it "a HUMONGOUS feat." Overnight, and as a total surprise, Beyonce released her latest album on iTunes . She had been teasing something for the past year—dropping hints and...

Vegan Beyonce Isn't Exactly Dressing Vegan

She allegedly wears fur, leather, pepperoni

(Newser) - Beyonce is eating vegan for 22 days , but she's been wearing some questionable outfits while doing so. A rundown:
  • Fur: Us reports that Beyonce went to a vegan restaurant (Native Foods in California) Thursday while wearing a Christopher Kane wool-blend parka ... that features a collar made out of real
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Jay Z, Beyonce Going Vegan
 Jay Z, Beyonce 
 Going Vegan 
Dec 4, 2013 10:53 AM CST

Jay Z, Beyonce Going Vegan

For 22 days, at least

(Newser) - The latest celebrity vegans: Jay Z and Beyonce ... at least for 22 days. The couple is going "completely vegan, or as I prefer to call it, plant-based," Jay Z wrote on his blog yesterday, as part of a "spiritual and physical cleanse." They started yesterday (the...

'Rude' Beyonce Refused Tour of Pyramids

According to their former gatekeeper

(Newser) - Another entry in the Beyonce diva file : In a Friday interview with the Independent that's just now gaining notice in the US, the former gatekeeper of Egypt's pyramids reveals this juicy tidbit: He once abandoned a tour he was giving Beyonce of the pyramids because she was "...

Double Mastectomy Patient Throws Dance Party in OR

"Nothing brings me greater joy than catalyzing others to dance," says Deborah Cohan

(Newser) - An operating room might sound like an inappropriate place to bust a move to Beyonce, but that's where Deborah Cohan decided to get down, minutes before her double mastectomy Tuesday. Cohan, an OB-GYN and mother of two, enlisted her medical team at the University of California-San Francisco Medical Center...

8 'Push Presents' Given to New Celeb Moms

Yes, 'push presents' are now a thing

(Newser) - The latest obnoxiously-named Hollywood trend: "push presents." These are the (typically very expensive) gifts given by proud men to their mates, who have just given birth. People lists eight of the extravagant gifts; click through the gallery for a sampling or check out People for the complete list.

Why We&#39;re All Obsessed With Beyonce&#39;s Pixie Cut
Why We're All Obsessed
With Beyonce's Pixie Cut
OPINION
Aug 12, 2013 1:50 PM CDT

Why We're All Obsessed With Beyonce's Pixie Cut

Blame all this chatter on Chris Rock, writes Allison Samuels

(Newser) - The signature "lion's mane" is gone: Beyonce debuted a new pixie cut on Instagram last week, and people cannot stop talking about it. At the Daily Beast , Allison Samuels says Chris Rock is to blame. After he released Good Hair , his documentary about black women and their tresses,...

You Can Work for Beyonce ... but It'll Cost You $25K

Singer auctions off a day as one of her employees

(Newser) - Want to work for Beyonce? Well, unless you can somehow get a job through the normal channels, you'll have to pay for the privilege. Queen Bey is currently auctioning off the opportunity to be a member of her style team at an LA show next month, and the estimated...

Concertgoer Smacks Beyonce's Butt

'I will have you escorted out right now, alright?' she says

(Newser) - Note to Beyonce concertgoers: probably not a great idea to smack Queen Bey's booty during a show, regardless of how amped up you are. Last night in Copenhagen a man did just that as Beyonce interacted with the audience, and the whole thing was caught on video. "I...

8 Celebs Who&#39;ve Been Booed
 8 Celebs Who've Been Booed 
May 25, 2013 2:22 PM CDT

8 Celebs Who've Been Booed

Justin Bieber's not the only one

(Newser) - Justin Bieber didn't take it so well when he got booed at the Billboard Music Awards last weekend—but he's not the only celebrity who's had to deal with derision. E! rounds up seven more:
  • Anne Hathaway: Not only did she show up late to the 2013
...

11 Weird Things Named After Celebs

The Hasselhoff crab, the Beyonce fly, and more

(Newser) - You know you've made it when you get a house fly named after you , as Beyonce did last year. The Huffington Post rounds up 10 more interesting things dedicated to celebrities:
  • A hairy crab: Scientists discovered a new species of Yeti crab with a hairy chest and thought of
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More Evidence Beyonce Is Pregnant

'Dehydration and exhaustion' lead to canceled concert

(Newser) - For weeks, speculation has been swirling that Beyonce is pregnant again, and now TMZ thinks it has near-definitive proof in the form of "breaking news." Bey just canceled a Belgium concert due to "dehydration and exhaustion," or, as TMZ puts it, "What you tell the...

Beyonce Demands Red Toilet Paper: Source

 Beyonce Demands 
 Red Toilet Paper: 
 Source 
and more tour details
May 2, 2013 10:51 AM CDT

Beyonce Demands Red Toilet Paper: Source

We don't want to know why

(Newser) - If the Daily Star 's source is to be believed, Beyonce might have some of the weirdest diva demands of all. Her tour rider includes some pretty standard stuff (no junk food, only green foods at the salad bar, snacks like almonds), but from there it gets interesting:
  • She
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How Beyonce Accidentally Mortified Princess Eugenie

Attempt to get her to sing in front of 80K people did not go well

(Newser) - When Beyonce chose a random audience member to belt out a line from her song "Irreplaceable" last night at London's O2 Arena, little did she know the audience member was sixth in line to the British throne. Yes, Beyonce stuck her microphone under Princess Eugenie's royal nose,...

Rubio Joins Brouhaha Over Beyonce, Jay-Z Cuba Trip

US Treasury authorized 'people-to-people' visit: report

(Newser) - Now Marco Rubio is questioning Beyonce and Jay-Z's recent anniversary trip to Havana , a trip which an insider tells Reuters was licensed by the US Treasury department. Traveling to Cuba is normally forbidden for US citizens, with a potential punishment of 10 years in prison and $250,000 in...

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