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20 Movies That Debuted After a Star's Death

Paul Walker died less than two weeks before 'Hours' release

(Newser) - Paul Walker died less than two weeks before the Dec. 13 release of Hours, a movie about Hurricane Katrina he starred in. The San Francisco Chronicle rounds up many more examples of movies released after one of their stars died. Click through the gallery for a sampling, or check out...

Paris Hilton's Brother: LiLo Had Me Attacked

Barron Hilton says Lindsay Lohan engineered a beatdown

(Newser) - A little taste of what it's like to be famous: TMZ reports that Paris Hilton's younger brother was attacked yesterday, and Barron Hilton claims Lindsay Lohan was behind the whole thing. It seems he and LiLo were at the same Miami party Thursday night, which was held at...

Gwyneth Wins: Vanity Fair Softens 'Takedown'

Article is coming out, but won't be as juicy

(Newser) - Well, score one for Gwyneth Paltrow, minus one for Vanity Fair, and minus a thousand for all the people who were dying to read this: The " epic takedown " of the actress the magazine was planning to run has been defanged, sources tell Radar . "Whatever they wind up...

Amanda Bynes' Post-Rehab Plan: Fashion School

Yep, she wants to be a fashion designer

(Newser) - Amanda Bynes is back home with her parents after more than four months of rehab, and her mom's lawyer tells CNN Bynes is "excited to be home with her family" and plans to go back to school—specifically, TMZ reports, fashion school. Yes, sources say Bynes has enrolled...

Sound of Music Live Not One of Critics' Favorite Things

Carrie Underwood no Julie Andrews, reviewers agree

(Newser) - Before last night's live production of The Sound of Music on NBC, Emma Brockes summed up everything that was certainly going to be wrong with it in the Guardian : The original, beloved though it may be, "is basically terrible: too long, too pious, too labored in its point-making....

Bieber's Latest Misdeed: Swearing at Drug Agents

Justin Bieber detained in Australia, drugs found on member of entourage

(Newser) - The good news, assuming you like reading about unpleasant things that happen to Justin Bieber: He was detained at an Australia airport on Nov. 24. The bad news: Customs agents ultimately let him go. The agents were searching for drugs, and allegedly found marijuana on a member of Bieber's...

Paul Walker's Last Talk With Dad: 'No Daredevil Stuff'

And TMZ thinks video may show escape attempt in fatal crash

(Newser) - The last time Paul Walker's dad talked to his son, the elder Walker addressed his son's love of taking risks. "I looked at him and I said, ... 'If anything was to happen to anybody in this family, it would be a rough deal.' I said,...

ABC to Walters: No, Snowden Can't Be Most Fascinating

Network rejects her plan for annual special

(Newser) - Well, whomever Barbara Walters names as the Most Fascinating Person of 2013, it won't be the person she really wanted in the top spot. Walters intended to put Edward Snowden at No. 1 on her annual list, but ABC nixed that idea, the New York Daily News reports. Network...

Kim and Kanye's Plan: Versailles Wedding?

Kardashian rep denies the report

(Newser) - If the latest rumors are to be believed, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are planning to get hitched at what must be the fanciest venue they could think of: France's Palace of Versailles. "Kanye has never been married and wants a big [wedding]," one source explains to...

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...

Wheel of Fortune: Sorry About Fast and Furious Puzzle

That aired 2 days after Paul Walker's death

(Newser) - Wheel of Fortune accidentally stepped in it Monday night, when one of the answers to a puzzle on the show was "The Fast and the Furious" ... just two days after the death of The Fast and the Furious star Paul Walker . The show is now scrambling to explain, Fox...

Keri Russell's Home Invaded as She Sleeps

Father-son suspects in custody

(Newser) - Actress Keri Russell was asleep in her Brooklyn Heights brownstone early today when two men broke in, Page Six reports. Russell was on the basement level, and the suspects entered through an open first-floor window. Their voices woke her, and she called 911; they had taken a MacBook Air, jewelry,...

Paul Walker Died in 'Most Dangerous Car on the Road'

Even professional drivers are wary of Porsche Carrera GT

(Newser) - Paul Walker died in a Porsche Carrera GT, a car that a former manager at the car company has called "crazy" and "the most dangerous car on the road," Jalopnik reports. And that's not the only eerie quote the site rounded up: A well-known Porsche test...

Kardashians' 'Dystopian' Christmas Card Cost $250K

Oh, and it took 3 days. Merry Kri ... oh, never mind

(Newser) - Every year, the Kardashian-Jenner clan comes together to take a ridiculous picture and slap it on a Christmas card that they then do not send to normals like you. And this year, that Christmas card cost $250,000 to make, thanks to the fancy photographer they used ... and it took...

Paul Walker Crash Theories: Street Race, Fluid Leak

Auto shop sources think mechanical failure is to blame

(Newser) - There's no official word yet on what caused the horrific crash that killed Paul Walker and Roger Rodas, but sources close to Rodas' auto shop tell TMZ they believe a steering fluid leak is to blame. Their evidence: There were no skid marks until right before the point of...

Miranda Kerr's New Boyfriend: Casino Billionaire

She's said to be dating James Packer after Orlando Bloom split

(Newser) - Miranda Kerr may not have her sights set on Justin Bieber after all. Woman's Day in Australia is reporting that the supermodel, recently separated from hubby Orlando Bloom, is now in a relationship with Australian casino mogul and billionaire James Packer. Packer was married to another model, Erica Baxter,...

Maria Bello Comes Out in NYT
 Maria Bello Comes Out in NYT 
Dec 2, 2013 8:54 AM CST

Maria Bello Comes Out in NYT

Actress is in a relationship with another woman

(Newser) - This week's "Modern Love" column in the New York Times is a little different than the norm: It's by Maria Bello, and in it, the actress describes what it was like to come out to her 12-year-old son, Jackson. Bello is currently in a relationship with a...

Ferrell Co-Anchors Real Newscast ... as Ron Burgundy

Actor shows up on North Dakota's KXMB.

(Newser) - Television viewers in Bismarck, ND, were treated to some real class this weekend when none other than the great Ron Burgundy read them the news. Actor and comedian Will Ferrell reprised his Anchorman role for KXMB 's news broadcast last night, part of his promotion for Anchorman 2: The ...

Paul Walker Crash: Driver's Son Tried to Save Them

Boy, 8, was at the scene

(Newser) - An awful detail from the death of Paul Walker and a friend yesterday: The 8-year-old son of Roger Rodas, who was driving the Porsche when it crashed , tried to save his dad and the actor. The accident happened close enough to Rodas' Always Evolving Performance Motors high-end auto shop that...

Moments Before Death, Paul Walker Posed With Porsche

Speed reportedly a factor in fatal crash

(Newser) - Just 30 minutes before the fatal crash that took his life , Paul Walker posed next to the red 2005 Porsche Carrera GT that he was riding in when he died. TMZ has the eerie photos. The car belonged to a friend, and Perez Hilton reports that friend was a former...

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