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Ridicule of BBC Host Makes Vidal a YouTube Hit

Author 'knows too much' to be on TV

(Newser) - Gore Vidal is a YouTube sensation thanks to his election-night interview by David Dimbleby of the BBC, whom the famously contentious American author mocked mercilessly, the Telegraph reports. Vidal started by saying that he didn’t expect Barack Obama to win so easily, because the Republican Party is desperate to...

Holly: I'm 'Too Old' for Hef
 Holly: I'm 'Too Old' for Hef 
Nov 4, 2008 10:16 AM CST

Holly: I'm 'Too Old' for Hef

Hefner's ex says she wants a family, kids

(Newser) - A "depressed" Holly Madison, at the ripe old age of 28, called it quits with Hugh Hefner after 7 years because "I got too old for Hef." The blonde bombshell told Extra she wished Hef "would've seen it coming" as "all the signs were...

Joaquin Walks Away From Acting

Actor confesses career change in impromptu interview

(Newser) - Is Joaquin Phoenix bowing out of show biz? "I want to take this opportunity (to) just talk a little bit about the fact that this will be my last performance as an actor. I'm not doing films anymore," the two-time Oscar nominee told Extra unexpectedly at Monday night's...

Angelina: Pregnancies Were Brad's Idea

(Newser) - Angelina Jolie says she never planned to get pregnant, but seeing Brad Pitt with the kids she adopted on her own made her reconsider. "I knew that he would never see them as different, and that gave me a certain peace," she says in an interview in the...

'What the Hell Was I Thinking?'
 'What the Hell Was I Thinking?' 
Oct 10, 2008 11:02 AM CDT

'What the Hell Was I Thinking?'

(Newser) - In retrospect, Britney Spears finds her internationally documented downward spiral as mystifying as anyone else does. "I sit there and I look back and I'm like, 'I'm a smart person. What the hell was I thinking?'" Spears says in an interview set to air on MTV next month as...

Beyoncé on Secret Wedding: We Didn't Need a Photo Op

Opens up about wedding for first time

(Newser) - Essence magazine got the famously tight-lipped Beyonce talking about her top-secret nuptials to Jay-Z—her first public acknowledgment that the wedding even took place. “What Jay and I have is real. It's not about interviews or getting the right photo op,” the 27-year-old says in an interview excerpted...

J.Lo Battled Blues, 'Breakdown'

Jennifer Lopez may send her twins to Scientology school

(Newser) - Jennifer Lopez admits to having had a “nervous breakdown” in 2002 and a weepy “hormone thing” 10 days after the birth of her twins in a previously unpublished interview excerpted at the Daily Beast. "I couldn’t get up fast enough to feed the babies," says...

Newman: Proud Liberal, Embarrassed Sex Symbol
Newman: Proud Liberal, Embarrassed Sex Symbol
OPINION
Oct 1, 2008 9:33 AM CDT

Newman: Proud Liberal, Embarrassed Sex Symbol

Maureen Dowd pays affectionate tribute to frequent interviewee

(Newser) - Paul Newman was an unapologetic liberal, Maureen Dowd reminds us in a column on the actor who was also her teenage crush. He made Nixon's enemies list for supporting Eugene McCarthy and opposing the Vietnam War, and had "traits that have been in short supply in the Bush administration,...

R. Kelly Swears Off Illegal Girls ... But 19? Heck, Yeah!

R&B star gives first interview since child porn acquittal

(Newser) - In his first interview since beating child pornography charges in June, R&B star R. Kelly said, “I don't like anyone illegal.” But when asked if he liked teenage girls, the AP reports Kelly, 40, told BET: “When you say teenage … how old are we talkin'...

Smith: I Am Not a Scientologist
 Smith: I Am Not a Scientologist 
Sep 17, 2008 12:38 PM CDT

Smith: I Am Not a Scientologist

Clears up long-standing rumor, talks to anti-Scientology group

(Newser) - Despite months of speculation, Will Smith tells Fox News that “I am not” a Scientologist; he even agreed to speak with the anti-Scientologist group Anonymous. Smith and wife Jada Pinkett Smith, who are close friends with Scientologist Tom Cruise, opened a school which uses Scientology teaching tools. But, “...

Entourage Propels Wahlberg
 Entourage Propels Wahlberg 
Sep 8, 2008 10:47 AM CDT

Entourage Propels Wahlberg

Actor-producer embraces the hyphen

(Newser) - Mark Wahlberg continues to beef up his filmography, but behind the scenes the Entourage actor-producer is evolving into a major player. Through his TV production company, Leverage, he's a producer of the hit HBO show, and parlaying acting into producing was always the plan, the onetime Calvin Klein model tells...

Grandfather's Death Caps Lohan's Drama-Filled Week

Lindsay blasts back at dad over gal pal Ronson; Michael set for TV tell-all

(Newser) - After a week in which Lindsay Lohan’s tempestuous relationship with her father re-entered the headlines, OK! Magazine reports that Michael Lohan’s father died yesterday. “My father just, literally, died in my arms,” says Michael Lohan, who was called “a public embarrassment and a bully” yesterday...

Moss: Fashion Biz Made Me Thin

Models blame industry practices for weight

(Newser) - Über-thin supermodel Kate Moss blames the fashion industry, not anorexia, for the "heroin chic" look she made famous in the '90s. Moss sets the record straight in Interview, saying her hectic modeling schedule contributed to her scant weight: "You go to a show, and there's no food...

Garth, Doherty Reunite for 90210
 Garth, Doherty Reunite for 90210
Aug 28, 2008 11:49 AM CDT

Garth, Doherty Reunite for 90210

But both admit reunion was nerve-racking

(Newser) - Jennie Garth and Shannen Doherty were nervous about reuniting for the new incarnation of Beverly Hills, 90210, reports Entertainment Weekly. The actresses talked about the drama behind the 1990s drama, which ultimately resulted in Doherty’s departure from the show. "I don't think we ever hit each other,”...

Bushnell Reflects on Middle Age
 Bushnell Reflects on Middle Age
Aug 27, 2008 12:32 PM CDT

Bushnell Reflects on Middle Age

Sex and the City writer has new book coming out

(Newser) - Nearing her 50th birthday, Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell is facing the fact that even with Botox, men no longer flock to her at parties, the Times of London reports. “Somewhere in your forties…everyone starts to look the same! Middle-aged. Now when I look in the...

Applegate: '100%' Cancer-Free
 Applegate: '100%' Cancer-Free 
Aug 19, 2008 11:07 AM CDT

Applegate: '100%' Cancer-Free

Actress discusses double mastectomy

(Newser) - After being diagnosed with breast cancer and undergoing a double mastectomy 3 weeks ago, Christina Applegate says she's "absolutely 100% clear and clean," ABC News reports. The 36-year-old Samantha Who? star, whose mom also survived breast cancer, says opting for the surgery “seemed the most logical and...

Mayer on the Breakup: Bad Chemistry

Says she's "the smartest" but wants to be alone

(Newser) - John Mayer says he and Jennifer Aniston ended their romance mutually so not to “waste” each other’s time, People reports. "People have different chemistry. I ended a relationship to be alone, because I don't want to waste somebody's time if something's not right," said an emotional...

Brit Dishes on Her Dark Days
 Brit Dishes
 on Her
 Dark Days
Aug 13, 2008 12:02 PM CDT

Brit Dishes on Her Dark Days

Pop star gives first interview since breakdown

(Newser) -  In her first interview since her well-publicized breakdown, Britney Spears talks about her dark days over the last 2 years, and tells OK! magazine that she hopes her sons shun celebrity, and “have a more normal childhood.” She also says she's "writing every day," and...

Breakfast With Billie Jean King
 Breakfast With
 Billie Jean King
Aug 10, 2008 9:58 AM CDT

Breakfast With Billie Jean King

Tennis legend dishes on life, love

(Newser) - As her book Pressure Is a Privilege hits shelves, tennis legend Billie Jean King discusses life as a feminist icon and her "Battle of the Sexes" victory over Bobby Riggs with Vanity Fair. "It caused social change, that tennis match. It was about Title IX," King says...

Johansson Regrets Obama Email Flap

Actress was just admiring his commitment, denounces media 'nonstory'

(Newser) - Scarlett Johansson might laugh about it now, but she was embarrassed by the media coverage of her so-called "email relationship" with Barack Obama. "I was merely trying to express my delight at Obama's commitment to his campaign…and how wonderful and refreshing that is. And it was manipulated...

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