Basinger: Don't Look at Me!

'They're scum of earth,' says actor after hospital stop

(NEWSER) - Alec Baldwin's ugly came out yesterday after his brief stint in a hospital when he grabbed a New York Post photographer. "This guy! This guy!" the actor yelled as he rushed from his apartment building lobby to grab lensman Tim Wiencis' collar before police pulled him off, reports the New York Daily News . Seconds earlier a witness reportedly overheard Baldwin muttering to himself: "They are the scum of the earth." More»

Courtney Love's rant against Frances Bean Cobain is far from the first

(NEWSER) - Courtney Love called her 17-year-old daughter “deceptive” and “deluded” on Facebook—and that certainly wasn't the first time a celebrity has lashed out at a child. The Frisky lists a few other trainwrecky parent-child relationships:

• Michael Lohan: He’s made a name for himself by discussing estranged daughter Lindsay’s problems with anyone who will listen, not to mention leaking taped conversations with—and about—her.

Baldwin apologizes, but no one predicts an end to hostilities

(NEWSER) - Not since the Easter Rising has there been this much fighting over Ireland—that is, the 11-year old daughter of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger. With Baldwin appearing on "The View" this morning to apologize to Ireland for the furious voicemail leaked last week, the LA Times revisits the gory custody battle. More»

Action flick less than the sum of its all-star parts

(NEWSER) - Sylvester Stallone directed and co-stars, alongside a Magnificent Seven-style roster of action-film legends—Bruce Willis, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Steve Austin, Mickey Rourke, and Jason Statham—but critics have some issues with The Expendables.

• James Verniere (and a friend), Boston Herald : "Hulk like Expendables. It SMASH. Guns go BANG-BANG. Things go BOOM. Fire EVERYWHERE. Cars crash and make even MORE FIRE. HA-HA-HA. Hulk no like Rourke, though. Rourke NUTS."

Pop star wants to follow in Michael Jackson's footsteps

(NEWSER) - Not content with entrancing Bill O'Reilly , Lady Gaga is planning her next pop-culture triumph: a blockbuster movie. "Gaga wants to emulate what Michael Jackson did during the 80s. You can already see that with her music videos," a source tells the UK tabloid News of the World . "Every one of them is a mini event. So it's only logical she moves that on to the big screen." More»