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  • October 2008

    • Newman: Proud Liberal, Embarrassed Sex Symbol

      New York Times  |  Oct 1, 08 9:33 AM CDT

      Newman: Proud Liberal, Embarrassed Sex Symbol

      (Newser) - Paul Newman was an unapologetic liberal, Maureen Dowd reminds us in a column on the actor who was also her teenage crush. He made Nixon's enemies list for supporting Eugene McCarthy and opposing the Vietnam War, and had "traits that have been in short supply in the Bush administration," Dowd writes: "shrewdness, humility, decency, generosity, class." He also taught the clueless-in-the-kitchen reporter how to make a good salad. More »

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      celebrity  • obituary  • celebrity interview  • Maureen Dowd  • Paul Newman  • Joanne Woodward

  • September 2008

    • R. Kelly Swears Off Illegal Girls ... But 19? Heck, Yeah!

      Associated Press  |  Sep 18, 08 11:58 AM CDT

      R. Kelly Swears Off Illegal Girls ... But 19? Heck, Yeah!

      (Newser) - In his first interview since beating child pornography charges in June, R&B star R. Kelly said, “I don't like anyone illegal.” But when asked if he liked teenage girls, the AP reports Kelly, 40, told BET: “When you say teenage … how old are we talkin' … 19? I have some 19-year-old friends.” More »

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      Chicago  • child pornography  • celebrity interview  • R. Kelly

    • Smith: I Am Not a Scientologist

      Fox News  |  Sep 17, 08 12:38 PM CDT

      Smith: I Am Not a Scientologist

      (Newser) - Despite months of speculation, Will Smith tells Fox News that “I am not” a Scientologist; he even agreed to speak with the anti-Scientologist group Anonymous. Smith and wife Jada Pinkett Smith, who are close friends with Scientologist Tom Cruise, opened a school which uses Scientology teaching tools. But, “You can take different parts of things you like and put them all together,” Smith explains. More »

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      Scientology  • Will Smith  • celebrity interview  • Anonymous

    • Entourage Propels Wahlberg

      New York Times  |  Sep 8, 08 10:47 AM CDT

      Entourage Propels Wahlberg

      (Newser) - Mark Wahlberg continues to beef up his filmography, but behind the scenes the Entourage actor-producer is evolving into a major player. Through his TV production company, Leverage, he's a producer of the hit HBO show, and parlaying acting into producing was always the plan, the onetime Calvin Klein model tells the New York Times. . More »

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      television  • HBO  • celebrity interview  • Entourage  • Mark Wahlberg

  • August 2008

    • Grandfather's Death Caps Lohan's Drama-Filled Week

      OK!  |  Aug 29, 08 12:22 PM CDT

      Grandfather's Death Caps Lohan's Drama-Filled Week

      (Newser) - After a week in which Lindsay Lohan’s tempestuous relationship with her father re-entered the headlines, OK! Magazine reports that Michael Lohan’s father died yesterday. “My father just, literally, died in my arms,” says Michael Lohan, who was called “a public embarrassment and a bully” yesterday by his 22-year-old daughter in a posting on the actress’ MySpace page, AP adds. More »

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      Lindsay Lohan  • celebrity tell-alls  • celebrity interview  • Samantha Ronson  • Michael Lohan  • Dina Lohan  • MySpace Celebrity

    • Moss: Fashion Biz Made Me Thin

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 28, 08 4:30 PM CDT

      Moss: Fashion Biz Made Me Thin

      (Newser) - Über-thin supermodel Kate Moss blames the fashion industry, not anorexia, for the "heroin chic" look she made famous in the '90s. Moss sets the record straight in Interview , saying her hectic modeling schedule contributed to her scant weight: "You go to a show, and there's no food at all, so if you're doing shows back to back, you can forget eating.  I never liked being that skinny." More »

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      weight loss  • celebrity interview  • supermodel  • Kate Moss  • fashion industry

    • Garth, Doherty Reunite for 90210

      Entertainment Weekly  |  Aug 28, 08 11:49 AM CDT

      Garth, Doherty Reunite for 90210

      (Newser) - Jennie Garth and Shannen Doherty were nervous about reuniting for the new incarnation of Beverly Hills, 90210 , reports Entertainment Weekly . The actresses talked about the drama behind the 1990s drama, which ultimately resulted in Doherty’s departure from the show. "I don't think we ever hit each other,” Garth said of their tumultuous relationship. “Scratching? I'm not going to deny that.” More »

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      television  • Los Angeles  • celebrity interview  • 90210  • Shannen Doherty  • Jennie Garth

    • Bushnell Reflects on Middle Age

      Times (UK)  |  Aug 27, 08 12:32 PM CDT

      Bushnell Reflects on Middle Age

      (Newser) - Nearing her 50th birthday, Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell is facing the fact that even with Botox, men no longer flock to her at parties, the Times of London reports. “Somewhere in your forties…everyone starts to look the same! Middle-aged. Now when I look in the mirror I see the old lady underneath,” she said. More »

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      New York City  • book  • aging  • Sex and the City  • celebrity interview  • middle age  • Candace Bushnell

    • Applegate: '100%' Cancer-Free

      ABC News  |  Aug 19, 08 11:07 AM CDT

      Applegate: '100%' Cancer-Free

      (Newser) - After being diagnosed with breast cancer and undergoing a double mastectomy 3 weeks ago, Christina Applegate says she's "absolutely 100% clear and clean," ABC News reports. The 36-year-old Samantha Who? star, whose mom also survived breast cancer, says opting for the surgery “seemed the most logical and the one that was going to work for me." More »

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      breast cancer  • celebrity interview  • Christina Applegate  • prophylactic mastectomy

    • Mayer on the Breakup: Bad Chemistry

      People  |  Aug 18, 08 9:57 AM CDT

      Mayer on the Breakup: Bad Chemistry

      (Newser) - John Mayer says he and Jennifer Aniston ended their romance mutually so not to “waste” each other’s time, People reports. "People have different chemistry. I ended a relationship to be alone, because I don't want to waste somebody's time if something's not right," said an emotional Mayer. "There's no lying, there's no cheating, there's no nothing." More »

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      break-up  • celebrity interview  • Jennifer Aniston  • John Mayer

    • Brit Dishes on Her Dark Days

      OK!  |  Aug 13, 08 12:02 PM CDT

      Brit Dishes on Her Dark Days

      (Newser) -  In her first interview since her well-publicized breakdown, Britney Spears talks about her dark days over the last 2 years, and tells OK! magazine that she hopes her sons shun celebrity, and “have a more normal childhood.” She also says she's "writing every day," and calls her next album “my best work ever.”  More »

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      Britney Spears  • Jamie Lynn Spears  • Jamie Spears  • celebrity interview  • Jayden James Federline  • OK! magazine  • Sean Preston

    • Breakfast With Billie Jean King

      Vanity Fair  |  Aug 10, 08 9:58 AM CDT

      Breakfast With Billie Jean King

      (Newser) - As her book Pressure Is a Privilege hits shelves, tennis legend Billie Jean King discusses life as a feminist icon and her "Battle of the Sexes" victory over Bobby Riggs with Vanity Fair. "It caused social change, that tennis match. It was about Title IX," King says of the 1973 event. "Before 1972 a woman could not get an athletic scholarship." More »

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      tennis  • feminism  • gay  • Vanity Fair  • celebrity interview

    • Johansson Regrets Obama Email Flap

      Associated Press  |  Aug 6, 08 10:44 AM CDT

      Johansson Regrets Obama Email Flap

      (Newser) - Scarlett Johansson might laugh about it now, but she was embarrassed by the media coverage of her so-called "email relationship" with Barack Obama. "I was merely trying to express my delight at Obama's commitment to his campaign…and how wonderful and refreshing that is. And it was manipulated into such an unfortunate media frenzy of kind of a nonstory." More »

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      Barack Obama  • Barack Obama supporters  • sexism  • Scarlett Johansson  • celebrity interview

    • $15M Twins Debut Monday

      New York Post  |  Aug 1, 08 10:44 AM CDT

      $15M Twins Debut Monday

      (Newser) - The world will see the first images of Knox and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt on Monday. People and  Hello! magazines teamed up to win the bidding war for exclusive rights to the photos by offering $11 million to $15 million, the New York Post reports. Though initial reports speculated the price could go as high as $20 million, that's a still a record. More »

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      Angelina Jolie  • Brad Pitt  • celebrity parents  • twins  • photographs  • celebrity interview  • People Magazine  • Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt  • Knox Leon Jolie-Pitt

  • July 2008