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7 Celebs Who Served in the Military

Drew Carey, Bill Cosby on the list

(Newser) - Not all celebrities had a typical route to fame— the Stir rounds up seven stars who once served in the military:
  • Drew Carey: Marine Corps, six years.
  • Bill Cosby: Navy, hospital corpsman, four years. He served in the Korean War.
  • Ice-T: Army, four years.
  • MC Hammer: Navy, Aviation Storekeeper 3rd
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All Bow: Oprah Again &#39;Most Powerful&#39;
 All Bow: Oprah 
 Again 'Most Powerful' 
forbes list
Jun 26, 2013 8:50 AM CDT

All Bow: Oprah Again 'Most Powerful'

Top 10 is dominated by women

(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey has been out of the top spot on Forbes ' annual list of the 100 most powerful celebrities for two years now (she lost out to Jennifer Lopez last year and Lady Gaga the year before), but she's back at No. 1 this year. She's not...

7 Stars With Awful Breakup Etiquette

Ways not to dump someone: text message, Oprah, FedEx...

(Newser) - It sounds like something out of a bad sitcom, but apparently Russell Brand really did break up with Katy Perry via text message, Perry recently revealed. "Let's just say I haven't heard from him since he texted me saying he was divorcing me December 31, 2011,"...

10 Celebs Who Lived Through Drug ODs

One even lived through 6 of 'em

(Newser) - Disturbing news came out last week about Michael Jackson's overdose: Before he died, Jackson hadn't gotten real sleep for 60 days, an expert testified during the wrongful death trial. That's because propofol, which he was on for two months, blocks REM sleep. But not all stories like...

15 Nuttiest Celeb Arrests
 15 Nuttiest Celeb Arrests 
Jun 22, 2013 8:03 AM CDT

15 Nuttiest Celeb Arrests

From bong-tossing to bongo drums

(Newser) - Reese Witherspoon will probably never live down the night that she told a cop, "You're about to find out who I am." But her disorderly conduct arrest is hardly the first crazy arrest Hollywood has seen. MSN rounds up 14 more:
  • Amanda Bynes (allegedly) came up with
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4 Animals With Crazy Abilities
 4 Animals With Crazy Abilities 
Jun 18, 2013 7:06 PM CDT

4 Animals With Crazy Abilities

Sierra Club list includes tigers, thanks to their whiskers

(Newser) - How does a tiger know when its prey is dead? It uses its ultra-sensitive whiskers to detect a pulse, or lack thereof. So says the Sierra Club in rounding up four animals with "superhero" abilities. Those whiskers have sensitive nerve endings, and after a tiger takes down its prey,...

5 Celebs With ... Chicken Coops
 5 Celebs With ... Chicken Coops 
Jun 16, 2013 8:28 AM CDT

5 Celebs With ... Chicken Coops

Jennifer Aniston is not the first

(Newser) - Only Jennifer Aniston could inspire an E! headline like this: " Celebrity Chicken Coops: Stars Who Have Digs for Their Feathered Friends ." Aniston, you see, made headlines recently with the news that she's got a fancy chicken coop on her $21 million Bel Air estate. It's right...

55 Stars Who&#39;ve Gone Broke
 55 Stars Who've Gone Broke 
Jun 15, 2013 10:55 AM CDT

55 Stars Who've Gone Broke

Celebrities who've spent, owed millions

(Newser) - "Rich" and "famous" don't always go together. Radar rounds up 55 celebrities who've been broke:
  • Pamela Anderson was said to owe $1.1 million in back taxes and debts to construction companies that were working on her Malibu house last year. She reportedly had to put
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11 Awful Celeb Interviewees
 11 Awful Celeb 
 Interviewees 
Jun 10, 2013 10:33 AM CDT

11 Awful Celeb Interviewees

Celebrity journalists spill stories

(Newser) - In the wake of Rhys Ifans walking angrily out of an interview with the Times of London , the Guardian spoke to a few journalists about their worst encounters with celebrities:
  • One reporter calls interviewing Gwyneth Paltrow "one of the low points of my life." Paltrow arrived at the
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9 Celebrity Inventors
 9 Celebrity 
 Inventors 
Jun 9, 2013 9:59 AM CDT

9 Celebrity Inventors

Apparently they could quit their day jobs

(Newser) - It may surprise you, but sometimes Hollywood's elite invent stuff, too—and in these nine cases, rounded up by Time , those inventions are actually pretty cool:
  • Your back really itches, you can't reach it, and the person scratching it for you can't quite seem to find the
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8 Awful Celebrity Neighbors
 8 Awful Celebrity Neighbors 
Jun 9, 2013 8:20 AM CDT

8 Awful Celebrity Neighbors

Trust us, it would not be fun to live next to Katy Perry

(Newser) - Sure, Justin Bieber is a terrible neighbor —to the point where his gated community is withholding the $1,000-per-month homeowner's association fee until something is done about him. But he's far from the only celebrity you wouldn't want next-door. The Stir rounds up seven more:
  • Not
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9 Stars Who Still Live With Mom

Even though most of them could probably afford their own place

(Newser) - He was once named the Sexiest Man Alive , but Bradley Cooper is not above bunking with his mom. As he revealed earlier this year , his mom moved in with him in 2011 after his dad died. And he's far from the only star with such a living situation. Perez...

9 Craziest Celeb Dining Demands

Don't even think about putting purple on that plate

(Newser) - The Hollywood Reporter got the inside scoop on ridiculous celebrity dining demands from a few maitre d's. The only bad news? They didn't reveal just who made these crazy requests:
  • One supposedly vegan star didn't want it getting out that he was a meat-eater ... so he asked
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15 Celebs Who Crashed Normal People's Weddings

Latest incident wasn't John Travolta's first time

(Newser) - John Travolta awesomely crashed a wedding last week, showing up (clad in a T-shirt, jeans, and a baseball cap) in the couple's wedding photos after meeting them at a bar the night before. He's not the first celebrity to do so ... in fact, it's not even the...

9 Celebs Still With Their High School Sweethearts

See, some Hollywood marriages do last

(Newser) - Not all VIP marriages are doomed to fail. The Huffington Post rounds up nine celebrities who are still with their high school sweethearts:
  • Snoop Dogg and Shante Taylor married in 1997, and though Snoop filed for divorce in 2004, they got back together and even renewed their vows in 2008.
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11 Child Stars Who Sought Emancipation

Some just wanted to skirt child labor laws

(Newser) - Turns out Jaden Smith doesn't really want to be emancipated from his parents —but these 10 child stars, rounded up by the Huffington Post , did:
  • Drew Barrymore petitioned for emancipation in 1991, when she was 15, in order to skirt child labor laws that were restricting the hours
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14 Stars Who Regret Their Plastic Surgery

And they're not all female

(Newser) - We all know Heidi Montag regrets her cosmetic surgery, but you don't have to get G-cup implants to wish you hadn't gone under the knife. Radar rounds up 13 more celebrities who regret the decision:
  • Carmen Electra got a boob job, becoming a DD, and later said she
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31 Celebrity Atheists
 31 Celebrity 
 Atheists 
Jun 1, 2013 10:15 AM CDT

31 Celebrity Atheists

Daniel Radcliffe, Keira Knightley, and other stars who don't believe in God

(Newser) - Not all celebrities are thanking God when they practice their Oscar acceptance speeches. CNN rounds up 31 famous atheists:
  • Daniel Radcliffe: "I'm an atheist, but I'm very relaxed about it. I don't preach my atheism, but I have a huge amount of respect for people like
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For a Better Life, Head to...
 For a Better Life, Head to... 
May 28, 2013 12:41 PM CDT

For a Better Life, Head to...

...Australia, once again

(Newser) - If you're in search of a "better life," consider moving to Australia, which is ranked atop the Better Life Index for the third year running . The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development compiles the annual list by looking at areas including the economy, income levels, health, safety,...

10 Hollywood Couples Cast as Relatives

It can get a little creepy

(Newser) - Admit it: You were a little squicked out when you learned that then-19-year-old Hayden Panettiere was dating then-31-year-old Milo Ventimiglia, who played her uncle on Heroes. But they're not the only real-life couple to play relatives onscreen. Perez Hilton rounds up nine more:
  • Will Arnett and Amy Poehler, who
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