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Anderson Cooper Slams
'Freakishly Tan' Snooki

Apr 14, 2011 9:00 AM CDT

Anderson Cooper Slams 'Freakishly Tan' Snooki

Why is everyone paying her so much just to be herself, he wonders

(Newser) - Apparently Anderson Cooper is not a Jersey Shore fan. On the Tuesday night edition of Anderson Cooper 360, the host slammed all the people paying Snooki to "show up and throw up," including the MTV execs giving her a raise and, of course, Rutgers . In his opinion, Snooki...

Rutgers Students to Bruce Springsteen: Please Save Our Reputation to Make Up for Snooki Brouhaha

Rutgers Kids to the Boss: Please Save Our Reputation

Apr 11, 2011 10:55 AM CDT

Rutgers Kids to the Boss: Please Save Our Reputation

To make up for Snooki brouhaha, they want Springsteen on campus

(Newser) - Rutgers has suffered some bad publicity lately, most recently when news surfaced that Snooki was paid more than Toni Morrison to give a talk there. But a group of students believes it has a solution: Bring Bruce Springsteen to campus. A Facebook event titled "College Ave Freeze Out: Let's...

To Give Speech, Rutgers Pays Snooki More Than ... Toni Morrison, Nobel-Winning Author

To Give Talk, Rutgers Pays
Snooki More Than It Paid...

Apr 1, 2011 10:49 AM CDT

To Give Talk, Rutgers Pays Snooki More Than It Paid...

...Toni Morrison, a Nobel-winning author

(Newser) - Apparently, Rutgers University thinks Snooki is worth more as a guest speaker than Nobel-winning novelist Toni Morrison. Beloved author Morrison will be paid $30,000 to give the commencement speech in May—the first time Rutgers has paid for a graduation speaker—but Snooki snagged $2,000 more when she...

Snooki Presents: Top 10 Reasons to Buy My Book

late show with david letterman

Jan 11, 2011 6:41 AM CST

Snooki Presents: Top 10 Reasons to Buy My Book

Don't do it for yourself—do it for the economy

(Newser) - You could be forgiven for thinking Snooki’s debut literary venture, A Shore Thing , is perhaps not for you … but maybe you just haven’t been considering all the reasons to buy it. The Jersey Shore star herself offered up 10 such reasons last night on the Late Show ...

Snooki Wakes Up in a
Trash Can 'Like Once a Month'

Jan 5, 2011 10:45 AM CST

Snooki Wakes Up in a Trash Can 'Like Once a Month'

Apparently she's still quite the party girl

(Newser) - If you were looking for an excuse to watch Ellen today, here it is: Apparently it features Jersey Shore’s Snooki telling the talk show host that she wakes up in a trash can “like once a month,” the Huffington Post reports. Snooks was talking to DeGeneres about...

McCain, Snooki Still
Creepily Tweeting

Nov 16, 2010 8:56 AM CST

McCain, Snooki Still Creepily Tweeting

She's calling him 'Johnny' now...

(Newser) - The John McCain-Snooki Twitter lovefest continues. The Arizona senator tweeted a happy birthday message to the Jersey Shore star yesterday, to which she quickly replied , "Thabk you Johnny ! :) xox." She later defended McCain from some apparently negative publicity that resulted from his tweet: "Everyone get real...

Snooki's Book Deal: Jersey Shore's Nicole Polizzi Writing Novel

Snooki Snags Book Deal

sure to be a classic

Sep 30, 2010 8:47 AM CDT

Snooki Snags Book Deal

Soon, all the Jersey Shore guidos and guidettes will be authors

(Newser) - With poetic tweets like “your going to the yacht party?! Holla! See you lataa,” who wouldn’t expect Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi to write a book? Yep, Snooks is the latest Jersey Shore cast member to get a book deal, the AP reports. Hers will be Shore Thing,...

Snooki's Guy
Proposes ... on a
Magazine Cover

Aug 30, 2010 2:24 PM CDT

Snooki's Guy Proposes ... on a Magazine Cover

It's what every little girl dreams of...

(Newser) - Good old Snooki: Her life just keeps getting classier and classier. Following last month's arrest for disorderly conduct (and being annoying ), the Jersey Shore star has some "good" news: Her boyfriend has proposed ... on a magazine cover. Yes, Jeff Miranda thought it would be a fantastic idea to...

Prosecutor Charges Snooki
With Being Annoying

Aug 18, 2010 4:36 PM CDT

Prosecutor Charges Snooki With Being Annoying

(Newser) - A prosecutor overseeing the disorderly conduct case of Jersey Shore's Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi has added an additional charge to the star's rap sheet: being annoying. Snooki already faced disorderly conduct and public nuisance charges after she was arrested while intoxicated at a beach last month. Snooki's trial date has...

McCain: Snooki 'Too Good Looking to Go to Jail'

DIRTY OLD MEN

Aug 12, 2010 10:52 AM CDT

McCain: Snooki 'Too Good Looking to Go to Jail'

The awkward mutual admiration society continues

(Newser) - OK, this John McCain-Snooki lovefest has officially gotten disturbing. The 73-year-old—the one who was this close to US nuke codes—was asked about the Jersey Shore star's recent disorderly conduct arrest , and told Phoenix's KMLE, "I kind of think she might be too good looking to go to...

Mayor
to Snooki:
Thanks for
the Publicity!

Aug 1, 2010 2:49 PM CDT

Mayor to Snooki: Thanks for the Publicity!

'Jersey Shore' star's arrest puts town back on the map

(Newser) - "Snooki arrested!" screamed the headlines around the world, and the mayor of the town where the Jersey Shore star faces a disorderly conduct charge couldn't be happier, reports the New York Post . "We're getting wonderful publicity!" says Ken Hershey. "We couldn't pay a half-million dollars...

Drunk Snooki Arrested
While Filming
Jersey Shore

UPDATED

Jul 30, 2010 4:27 PM CDT

Drunk Snooki Arrested While Filming Jersey Shore

Maybe you've heard, Season 2 of MTV hit just started

(Newser) - Nicole Polizzi, aka Snooki, was arrested this afternoon and charged with disorderly conduct, TMZ reports . The Jersey Shore star ran afoul of the law in Seaside Heights, NJ, where the MTV show was filming. She had been seen at the beach earlier in the day drinking Coke out of a...

Hey, Times:
Lay Off Snooki

OPINION

Jul 27, 2010 10:46 AM CDT

Hey, Times: Lay Off Snooki

'Jersey Shore' star doesn't deserve 'condescension'

(Newser) - Snooki probably brushed off Cathy Horyn’s “spectacularly condescending” New York Times profile . But in case she took it to heart, Mary Elizabeth Williams begs her, “do not ever change”—no matter what “that bitch from the paper of record” says. Williams may not be a...

Jersey Gov:
Snooki Is
All NY's
Fault

'BAD FOR JERSEY'

Jul 26, 2010 7:10 AM CDT

Jersey Gov: Snooki Is All NY's Fault

Christie: Show is 'negative for state'

(Newser) - Jersey Shore is bad for New Jersey, especially because most of its cast are from out-of-state, Gov. Chris Christie told ABC’s This Week. "What it does is it takes a bunch of New Yorkers," Christie complained, "drops them at the Jersey Shore and tries to make...

Snooki Mystifies
Times Reporter

Jul 25, 2010 4:30 PM CDT

Snooki Mystifies Times Reporter

Dad can't account for 'Jersey Shore' star's popularity, either

(Newser) - With the second season of Jersey Shore mere days away, the Snooki phenomenon comes under the scrutiny of New York Times reporter Cathy Horyn, and no one emerges unscathed. To be fair, Horyn compares the 4-foot-9 Snooki, aka Nicole Polizzi, to Elizabeth Taylor. But she also likens her body to...

Jersey Shore Guidos on Strike

...and writing books

Jul 19, 2010 9:16 AM CDT

Jersey Shore Guidos on Strike

The guidettes are striking, too

(Newser) - Sad news for Jersey Shore addicts: The cast is unhappy with their contracts and striking until a better deal is reached. They’ll do appearances instead of filming scenes for the third season, TMZ reports , so perhaps you can get your fix at a mall near you. Or you can...

Meghan McCain
Interviews
Snooki

journalism history

Jul 12, 2010 2:15 PM CDT

Meghan McCain Interviews Snooki

'Jersey Shore' star talks tanning tax

(Newser) - Meghan McCain is a Jersey Shore fan, and Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi is a McCain voter. Sort of. In a truly surreal interview for the Daily Beast , Snooki reveals her big political stance: She's against the Obama administration's tax on tanning booths. "So many people go tanning even though...

10 Craziest
Celeb Diets

'purple food diet,' anyone?

Jun 26, 2010 2:15 PM CDT

10 Craziest Celeb Diets

Could you survive on strawberries, lettuce, and edamame?

(Newser) - Snooki of the Jersey Shore is going on a cookie diet—which sounds downright yummy compared to some of the other crazy diets she and her fellow celebrities have tried. (In high school, Snooks would “suck on ice cubes for hours” instead of eating, a friend says.) The...

Ice Shatters
NYC Atrium,
Snooki Spared

DRAT

Feb 28, 2010 8:06 AM CST

Ice Shatters NYC Atrium, Snooki Spared

'Roof couldn't handle snooki and vin,' Jersey Shore star tweets

(Newser) - Ice broke through a glass atrium at a party last night at New York City's Sony Building, injuring 10. But fear not, Jersey Shore fans: Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi was uninjured! "Its okay Vin and I are still alive," Polizzi tweeted. "Omg roof just collapsed at the...

Jersey Shore
Guidettes
Aren't Italian

reality shocker

Feb 17, 2010 5:54 AM CST

Jersey Shore Guidettes Aren't Italian

Jenni 'JWOWW' Farley comes clean

(Newser) - Get ready for your world to be rocked, because everything you thought you knew is wrong: Jersey Shore guidettes Jenni “JWOWW” Farley and Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi are not Italian. Farley told Fox 's The Strategy Room last night that she’s actually Spanish and Irish, while Snooki is...