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NEWS ABOUT: Cher

Cher stories: 9 news summaries

Chaz Bono
Very Happy After Sex Change

Sonny and Cher's firstborn finishes months of surgeries

Oct 30, 09 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chaz—formerly Chastity—Bono is enjoying the payoff of years of effort: He’s finally a man. Born the daughter of Cher and Sonny Bono, Chaz says his female-to-male sex change was the “end of a long process going back almost a decade. I got clean and sober in... More »

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entertainment • drug addiction • Cher • transgender • Chastity Bono • Sonny Bono • Chaz Bono

Chastity Bono Will Change
Sex to Male

Sonny and Cher's child began process just
after 40th birthday

Jun 11, 09 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chastity Bono—the 40-year-old activist-artist child of Sonny and Cher—is in the early stages of changing his gender from female to male. “It is Chaz’s hope that his choice to transition will open the hearts and minds of the public regarding this issue, just as his ‘... More »

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entertainment • gender • Cher • sex change • gay • Chastity Bono • Sonny Bono

OMG, You Guys, Celebs Wear Outfits Twice!

As recession chic grows, old clothes become the new black

May 13, 09 12:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just as fashionistas have come to terms with our first lady buying clothes off the rack and (gasp!) online, a new bombshell: celebrities are wearing outfits more than once. In public! And it's not just Mrs. O—Liz Hurley rocked the same dress twice, Cher apparently recycled a... More »

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fashion • Michelle Obama • Lindsay Lohan • Cher • clothes • clothing • Ali Lohan • Obama administration • Elizabeth Hurley • Jay-ZTV

 From TV News to R&B Hit  

YouTube mashup shows the musical side of Couric, Hannity

Apr 30, 09 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you've ever thought the TV news needed a little something extra, meet Michael Gregory. The 24-year-old Brooklyn musician has taken YouTube by storm by mashing up the news into a faux-R&B track with the use of Auto-Tune, Time reports. The software designed to correct pitch—which can also... More »

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YouTube • Katie Couric • Cher • Sean Hannity • pundits • cable news • Michael Gregory • Auto-Tune

 Top 10 Preggo Performances 

Celebs don't let pregnancy keep them out of spotlight

Feb 10, 09 6:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Some women are born to perform, and they’re not gonna let a baby bump get in the way. Time lists the top 10 pregnant performers:
  1. MIA gave an impressive Grammy performance on her due date.
  2. Amy Poehler rapped alongside Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live with a
... More »

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Cher • Lucille Ball • Jennifer Garner • Bjork • celebrity pregnancy • M.I.A. • Amy Poehler • Sally Field • pregnant women • performance • Judy Garland

OPINION

 Andrea Mitchell, 
 Gay Icon 

Community seems fascinated with correspondent, if somewhat secretly

Jan 28, 09 1:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Cher, Barbra Streisand, Madonna … and NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell? Yes, John Koblin and Zachary Woolfe write in the New York Observer, Mrs. Alan Greenspan is an icon to gay men, if not as celebrated. “She’s the Golden Girls rolled into one,” one fan says: “The... More »

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Alan Greenspan • Cher • NBC News • Madonna • Barbra Streisand • Maria Callas • gays • Aristotle Onassis • Andrea Mitchell • Golden Girls • Bill Maher Grid

 Cher to Turn 
 Back Time in 
 '60s Cover Album 

'60s hits will be focus of singer's next effort, she tells Page Six

Dec 3, 08 11:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Cher's next album will hark back to the era that spawned Sonny and Cher, reports the New York Post. The singer plans to cover songs of the 1960s, “a time when I used to listen to music on my AM radio in my Ford Mustang.” She mentions artists... More »

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music • Cher • celebrity • rock and roll • Sixties • 1960s

 Biden Attracts West Wing Love

Richard Schiff, who played White House insider, is candidate's Hollywood connection

Aug 26, 08 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - He probably wouldn’t merit a Washington appointment, but Joe Biden’s biggest Tinseltown fan has small-screen political experience, the Los Angeles Times reports. Richard Schiff, who won an Emmy for his role as White House communications director on West Wing, is stumping for his “real deal” candidate this... More »

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Joe Biden • Denver • Democratic National Convention • Cher • Jeffrey Katzenberg • celebrity • Michael Eisner • Barry Diller • political endorsement • Election 2008 • Richard Schiff • Barry Manilow

Appeals Court Rejects FCC Decency Rules

Broadcasters can't be punished for airing "fleeting expletives" 

Jun 5, 07 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Networks that accidentally air profanity got a major break from a US appeals court yesterday when the court  shot down an FCC regulation that punishes them for airing even "fleeting expletives." The court said some of the FCC's indecency rules were "divorced from reality" and sent them... More »

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television • FCC • censorship • Super Bowl • indecency • US Appeals court • appeal • Nicole Ritchie • Cher • Billboard Music awards • Janet Jackson • nipple slip • Fox

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