$50K to Host This Guy's Party?

Hip-hop artist does an awful lot of entertaining TV cameos

(NEWSER) - In anticipation of Snoop Dogg’s cameo on tonight’s episode of Brothers, the Huffington Post runs down the hip-hop artist’s best—that is to say, Snoop Doggiest—TV guest moments to date:

• The Martha Stewart Show: “Oh, you want me to take the skizin off it.”
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: “I stay ready so I ain't gotta get ready.”

Tina Fey, but she has to share the honor

(NEWSER) - Tina Fey is the highest-paid woman on television, but she’ll have to share the top spot with a Desperate Housewife. Forbes ’ annual ranking covers the period between May 2010 and May 2011, during which the top 10 ladies made a total of $94 million, and includes salaries, syndication deals, and endorsement deals. The top five: More»

His firing from Two and a Half Men costing producers a bundle

(NEWSER) - Who's crazy now? Charlie Sheen is hammering out a settlement with Warner Bros. for his firing from Two and a Half Men amounting to $25 million, TMZ and the Los Angeles Times are reporting. The whacked-out actor filed a $100 million lawsuit for wrongful termination against Warner Bros. when he was axed from the program after his public battles with substance abuse and tirades against the studio and the program's producer. More»

Yes, viewers at home, he does take off his shirt

(NEWSER) - Anderson Cooper, who has braved angry mobs in Egypt, faced potential radiation poisoning in Japan, and rescued a bloodied child in Haiti, shows a decidedly less hard-hitting side on his new daytime show . Case in point: On the second episode of Anderson yesterday, Coop went for a spray tan with—who else?—Jersey Shore star Snooki. (Lest you forget, AC has mocked Snooks more than once on his primetime show.) Both New York and Gawker seemed to take away one major thing from the segment: Cooper took off his shirt! More»

Mariah Carey's hubby looking to make some quick cash

(NEWSER) - Oh, to be a celebrity and have companies pay up to $25,000 to sponsor … your birthday party. Nick Cannon, aka Mr. Mariah Carey, is turning the big 3-0 next month, and his bicoastal celebration will be graced by such boldface names as Jay-Z, Ashton Kutcher, and Kobe Bryant, the New York Post reports. Who wouldn’t want to be a part of that? More»