Why Are We Gaga Over Jen?

And it has its own vineyard, because why not?

(NEWSER) - The latest relationship milestone for Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux: The couple is buying a house together. A source tells the Wall Street Journal the $22 million, 8,500-square-foot home is in the Bel-Air section of Los Angeles and includes four bedrooms, seven bathrooms, and floor-to-ceiling glass windows. The 3-acre property also features a guest house, pool, vineyard, and of course, ocean views. TMZ has pictures. More»

Today's weird story comes to you courtesy of Maureen Dowd

(NEWSER) - New York’s Vulture blog pulls this priceless tidbit from yesterday’s New York Times Magazine tribute to Hollywood super-agent Sue Mengers: In her piece remembering Mengers, who died this year, Maureen Dowd recalls the time that Mengers gave some advice to Jennifer Aniston after Brad Pitt left her for Angelina Jolie. Writes Dowd, “Mengers told me that she advised her beloved Jen to ask Brad for some of his sperm.” Writes Vulture’s Kyle Buchanan, “Maureen Dowd, the editors from Star and the National Enquirer are surely giving you the slow clap this week.” (Click to see the holiday card Aniston and her boyfriend sent this year.) More»

But guess who is having a baby?

(NEWSER) - There are many upsides to being famous, but one notable downside is that, at least in Jennifer Aniston’s case, you’re forced to give periodic interviews informing the world that, no, you’re neither engaged nor pregnant ... you’ve just gained a little weight. “Rumor No. 1: I am not planning to get married anytime soon. This ring that I'm wearing is not an engagement ring,” she tells Hello! “And rumor No. 2, no, we're not pregnant. It's just I quit smoking, so I’ve gained a couple of pounds." More»

'Hi, I'm Madonna, may I take your donut order?'

(NEWSER) - It hasn’t always been glossy magazine covers and red carpet appearances for Tinseltown’s VIPs. Perez Hilton offers up 30 celebs and the decidedly less glamorous jobs they took before becoming famous:

• Alexander Skarsgard: The True Blood vamp once served in the Swedish military.
• James Franco: Among the renaissance man’s many jobs? A stint at McDonald’s.
• Madonna: The Material Girl hawked donut holes at Dunkin' Donuts.
• Tina Fey: The funnywoman worked at the front desk of a YMCA.
• Steven Spielberg: Who says unpaid internships aren’t good for you? Spielberg had one at Universal Studios before he became a household name.

She's a 'dear friend,' and he was misinterpreted, he insists

(NEWSER) - Brad Pitt is trying to promote Moneyball, his film coming out tomorrow, but everyone keeps insisting on asking him about his Jennifer Aniston non-slam from last week. The whole thing was made into something it wasn’t by the tabloid press, Pitt tells Matt Lauer in a Today interview this morning (watch at left). “My point was, the best thing I'd done as a father is be sure that my kids have a good mother,” he says. “That's all I was, or am, trying to say. It has no reference to the past. And I think it's a shame that I can't say something nice about Angie without Jen being drug in. You know, she doesn't deserve it.” More»