Post-Breakup LiLo Ready for Comeback

Group blasts chain's new spokeswoman

(NEWSER) - A group calling itself "One Million Moms" isn't happy about JC Penney's new spokeswoman, openly gay talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres. "Funny that JC Penney thinks hiring an open homosexual spokesperson will help their business when most of their customers are traditional families,” the group says. "More sales will be lost than gained unless they replace their spokesperson quickly. Unless JC Penney decides to be neutral in the culture war, then their brand transformation will be unsuccessful." More»

Michael's daughter remembers dad on 'Ellen' interview

(NEWSER) - In a poignant interview airing today on Ellen, Paris Jackson says that dad Michael once told her, “If I die tomorrow, always remember what I told you.” And, she says, “I took his advice and I remembered everything he told me.” She also related how he influenced her to pursue an acting career, E! reports. “My dad was in the movie Moonwalker and I knew he could sing really well, but I didn't know he could act. I saw that and I said, ‘Wow, I want to be just like him,’” she says. More»

Lindsay Lohan's rotting teeth, and 44 other items

(NEWSER) - As the year draws to a close, it's hard not to reflect on the events that have made 2011 the glorious year it was. Well, almost. Writing for Buzzfeed , Dave Stopera, argues that there are about 45 things from the past year we should forget, while toasting to "a much less trashy 2012!" in the process.

1. The ton of people ready to vote for Donald Trump for president

Says her $5K bag was stolen ... with passport, probation paperwork inside

(NEWSER) - Ah, LiLo, is there no mess you can't get into? Lohan was vacationing in Hawaii over the weekend when her $5,000 Chanel bag went missing—along with the sizable amount of cash, passport, and probation paperwork it contained, reports the New York Daily News . Apparently the starlet was partying (sober, say sources) when she left her bag in a car; when she returned two hours later, the bag was gone. More»

And, not surprisingly, inspired by Marilyn

(NEWSER) - When you hear the word “classy,” surely you think of Lindsay Lohan, in her birthday suit, in Playboy—right? Well, Hugh Hefner apparently assumes you do, because he assures The Insider that Lohan’s spread is “classy. Very classy.” (And is she, as rumored , completely naked? “Oh yes.”) Her rep also said yesterday—with no apparent trace of irony—that the pictorial in the January/February issue is “very tasteful,” and that the accompanying interview “will let readers see another side of Lindsay,” People reports. Hef, who Page Six notes extended the shoot when the initial photos failed to impress him, also added that the photos were inspired by Marilyn Monroe— is anyone surprised ? More»