Kate Hudson 'Most Beautiful'

Treasury's Tim makes top 50 at People ... where brother is exec

(NEWSER) - Did you do a double take when you saw Tim Geithner on People’s 50-most-beautiful-people list? Joe Weisenthal of the Business Insider did. Geithner has all the sex appeal of a lifelong bureaucrat—which, um, he is. Weisenthal finds that People executive David Geithner is the Treasury chief’s brother. Now the only question is: Did he put his bro on the list, or did editorial do it to prank him? More»

First lady joins Hollywood stars in People 's annual list

(NEWSER) - Cancer survivor Christina Applegate has clinched the coveted cover spot on People's annual World's 100 Most Beautiful issue. Standbys like Angelina Jolie, Hugh Jackman, and George Clooney also made the list, but there are plenty of newcomers:

• Slumdog Millionare stars Dev Patel and Freida Pinto
• Michelle Obama make the list; Timothy Geithner and Rahm Emanuel made it as far as a section called "Barack's Beauties"

Beyonce Knowles, magazine announces

(NEWSER) - She's half of one of Hollywood's power couples, a force to be reckoned with in the music industry, she has a new daughter … and now Beyonce has one more thing to celebrate: She's been crowned People 's 2012 World's Most Beautiful Woman. But apparently all she wanted to talk about during the interview was new baby Blue Ivy. "I feel more beautiful than I've ever felt because I've given birth," she says. "I have never felt so connected, never felt like I had such a purpose on this Earth." And does Blue look more like Bey or Jay? "She looks like Blue," the new mom says. "She's just the cutest thing." More»

No way is Bradley Cooper sexier than Ryan, chant protesters at mag's office

(NEWSER) - Wall Street, squall street. One devoted band of New York activists had very different priorities yesterday: Letting People magazine know that Ryan Gosling is the real Sexiest Man Alive, not Bradley Cooper . "Bradley Cooper is just fine, but Ryan Gosling is divine," chanted demonstrators outside People's Manhattan office in a protest apparently orchestrated by a Buzzfeed editor, notes Gawker . The real question? Is Ryan Gosling cuter than a puppy? You be the judge; check out these pics. More»

Famous people have spooky encounters, too

(NEWSER) - Betty Confidential was at New York Comic Con recently, where it caught one particularly spooky panel: “Celebrity Ghost Stories.” Read on, if you dare:

• Kate Hudson: Apparently one of the most haunted celebs around, Hudson says she’s seen ghosts more times than she can number, including a beyond-the-grave version of her grandmother.
• Nicolas Cage: The ghost he saw at Francis Ford Coppola’s place had big hair and looked like his aunt.