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 Jon Made Up Abuse Allegations 

Gosselin, desperate for money, told Hailey Glassman to badmouth him

Nov 3, 09 8:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Jon Gosselin’s quest for fame hit a new low with Hailey Glassman’s Insider interview—the octodad apparently invented Glassman’s claims of emotional abuse. “Jon and Hailey get paid for their appearances on these shows and they need the money,” a source tells Fox News , adding... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • tabloids • celebrity divorces • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin • reality shows • Hailey Glassman

THEY AREN'T GOING AWAY

 Why Jon and Kate 
 Are Everywhere 

You might not want to read about the Gosselins—but tabloid lovers do. Why?

Oct 19, 09 8:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kate Gosselin went from a dowdy, sweatpants-wearing nurse to a Nobu-dining celebrity on a first-name basis with Kelly Ripa; soon-to-be-ex-hubby Jon was a much-pitied, constantly-berated dad, and now a keg-standing, nanny-seducing frat boy no one can stand. How did this couple become the biggest tabloid story of the year, appearing... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • tabloids • celebrity divorces • TLC • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin

well, duh

 Some UK Tabloid Stories 
 Are Fake: Documentary 

Starsuckers exposes tabloids' habit of publishing fabricated gossip

Oct 15, 09 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The upcoming British documentary Starsuckers proves what we’ve always suspected: Tabloids—at least, UK tabloids—will print just about anything, including “complete and utter babble,” the director tells the Guardian. Among the fake stories he got published—and, often, reprinted around the world: Avril Lavigne passed... More »

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entertainment • media • newspaper • tabloids • celebrity • gossip • documentary • Amy Winehouse • Avril Lavigne • Guy Ritchie • British tabloids • Starsuckers

OPINION

 Ivy League Crimes 
 Are More Equal 
 Than Others 

To grab headlines, commit or fall victim to murder at Harvard or Yale

Sep 18, 09 2:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - The killing of Yale grad student Annie Le dominated headlines around the world, "but every murder is uniquely dramatic," Jack Shafer writes for Slate. Why this one? It involves a magic word. "Three murders at a Midwestern college equal one murder at Harvard or Yale," Shafer... More »

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media • newspaper • New York Times • Yale University • Ivy League • crime • murder • homicide • tabloids • media coverage • Oklahoma State University • Harvard University • Annie Le • Raymond Clark • Nancy Grace

 Spitzer Hooker 
 Now Pimping 
 Self to Tab 

In a bid to boost her musical career, Ashley Dupre sells sex to the New York Post

Sep 14, 09 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former Spitzer call girl Ashley Dupre is “deep and throaty” on her second single, writes Dan Aquilante for the ever-so-subtle New York Post. Dupre “has turned feminist riot grrl” in a tune that might be inspired by “a dumped high-school sweetheart,” or maybe “her... More »

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entertainment • music • New York Post • tabloids • Eliot Spitzer • Ashley Dupre • call girl

(Newser) - A new DNA test proves John Edwards is the father of ex-mistress Rielle Hunter's daughter, the National Enquirer reports. (Yep, it's the Enquirer, but remember they broke news of the affair before any of the mainstream media and forced Edwards into a televised confession.) And it gets worse: Hunter... More »

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John Edwards • sex scandal • DNA • tabloids • National Enquirer • paternity test • political scandal • Rielle Hunter

 Sex Tape 
 Is Fake: 
 Gossip Girl 
 Meester 

Gossip Girl actress says it's not her in racy video

Aug 5, 09 3:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Leighton Meester says an alleged sex tape making the rounds is a phony. “It’s not real, so it makes me sort of sad,” the Gossip Girl actress tells Harper's Bazaar. “It's unfortunate that it got carried as far as it did. I definitely understand the nature... More »

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tabloids • sex tape • Gossip Girl • actress • Leighton Meester

(Newser) - A pair of Ohio police chiefs have been arrested for allegedly breaking into the home of Sarah Jessica Parker's surrogate mother to hunt for tabloid fodder they could sell for profit, AP reports. The woman gave birth to Parker and Matthew Broderick's twin girls last month. Local officials confirmed that... More »

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police • tabloids • Sarah Jessica Parker • police chiefs • Matthew Broderick • surrogate mother

OPINION roundup

 Abrams' 
 'Gossip Cop' 
 Worst of Both Worlds 

Media weigh in on new site

Jul 30, 09 10:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - It seems that Dan Abrams just launched Mediaite, but he’s already back with another venture: Gossip Cop. The initial post compared it to "TMZ meets Smoking Gun," but Laura Schreffler, in the New York Daily News, deems it “sort of like TMZ meets the Huffington Post.... More »

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entertainment • tabloids • celebrity • gossip • website • Dan Abrams • Mediaite

 Kate 2.0 Spills Romantic Beans 

We know you're practically salivating with excitement.

Jul 30, 09 9:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - After much anticipation, Kate Major—aka “Kate 2.0” of Jon & Kate fame—has given former employer Star her exclusive story. On her romantic first meeting with Jon: “I introduced myself as a reporter and said, ‘I’d like to meet Jon.’” His... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • tabloids • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin • Hailey Glassman • Kate Major • Star (tabloid)

OPINION

Parasitic, Tabloid HuffPo Just Pretends to Do Journalism

The 'supposedly revolutionary über-blog' wears no clothes: Dumenco

Jun 22, 09 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Syracuse University’s SI Newhouse journalism school recently awarded Arianna Huffington one of their lifetime achievement awards, an honor that strikes Simon Dumenco as absurd, he writes for Advertising Age. It sounds like a brutally ironic joke: a school for training journalists honors someone who’s built a popular website... More »

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media • tabloids • gossip • blog • Huffington Post • aggregator • photos • Simon Dumenco


 LiLo, Paris 
 Jealous of 
 Jon and Kate 

In latest drama, Lindsay denies Tweeting about cheating Timberlake

Jun 18, 09 8:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Jon and Kate Gosselin dominating the tabloids, party girls like Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton are doing anything they can to get back in the spotlight. “Lindsay and Paris hate not being on the covers of weeklies,” a source tells the New York Post. “That's why... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • Paris Hilton • Lindsay Lohan • tabloids • celebrity • Justin Timberlake • Twitter • Jessica Biel • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin

 I Don't Have 
 Sex With My 
 Mom: Shia 

Tabloid rumors stem from ill-advised Playboy comments

Jun 11, 09 10:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - The tabloids come up with some crazy rumors about celebrities. For Shia LaBeouf, the craziest one is “that I have sex with my mother on a regular basis,” he tells the Hot Hits. “It's so freaking outrageous.” In case you’re wondering where such a tale... More »

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entertainment • Shia LaBeouf • sex • tabloids • celebrity • incest

 Brooke Settles 
 With Tabloid for 
 'Momnapping' 

National Enquirer will publicly apologize

Jun 7, 09 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Brooke Shields has settled with the National Enquirer after two tabloid journalists reportedly signed her mother out of her New Jersey nursing home last month, reports People. The tabloid has agreed not to publish the story, will publicly apologize, and will donate money to research on dementia, a condition from... More »

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dementia • tabloids • National Enquirer • Brooke Shields

OPINION

 Six Reasons 
 Jon & Kate 
 Are Faking It 

Don't be surprised if they actually separate to boost ratings

May 27, 09 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s not surprising that Monday’s drama-ridden premiere of Jon and Kate Plus 8 drew 9.8 million viewers—TLC’s best ratings ever. “What is surprising is that everybody believes Jon and Kate are having serious marriage problems,” writes Mark Pasetsky. On the Huffington Post and... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • tabloids • gossip • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin

 In Premiere, Jon & Kate 
 Cast Doubt on Future 

May or may not be together much longer, couple admits

May 26, 09 8:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jon & Kate Plus 8 premiered last night to massive hype, and—as promised by TLC promos—Jon and Kate “faced each other for the first time,” albeit not until the episode was nearly over, Us reports. In solo clips during the show, both spouses gave the tabloids... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • tabloids • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin

Journos Sign Shields' Mom Out of Nursing Home

Enquirer accused of looking for scoop

May 16, 09 3:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - An outraged Brooke Shields says a pair of tabloid reporters hungry for a story checked her mother, a dementia sufferer, out of a nursing home earlier this week, People reports. Shields says police informed her that two National Enquirer reporters posing as her mother's friends signed her out of the... More »

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dementia • nursing homes • tabloids • National Enquirer • Alzheimer's Disease • Brooke Shields

Lohan Vows to Producer: I'll Be a Good Girl

Tabloid queen promises to change her ways for next film

May 15, 09 4:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan promises to get her act together for her next film, People reports. “She said, ‘I really want to get serious. I'm committed,’” recalled Kent Parker, producer of indie comedy The Other Side, which begins filming this fall. “I’m not worried whatsoever,”... More »

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Hollywood • rehab • Lindsay Lohan • tabloids • movies

 Condi Last Hope for 
 'Suicidal' Bush: Tabloid 

'Midnight calls' to Rice sustain ex-president, 'estranged' from Laura

Apr 1, 09 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - On the brink of suicide and estranged from his wife, George Bush is leaning on his former secretary of state to ease his pain, the Globe tabloid reports. The "broken and desperate" Dubya has been dialing Condoleezza Rice, who, of course, "many believe was his secret lover,"... More »

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suicide • Condoleezza Rice • Laura Bush • tabloids • George W. Bush

 LiLo on Britney: 
 She's No Artist 

Starlet admires Spears' honesty

Mar 20, 09 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - From one tabloid obsession to another:  Lindsay Lohan tells Nylon magazine that she respects Britney Spears—for her honesty, not for her talent, which she cheerfully disparages. “She’s marketed as an entertainer, which is what she is. Not necessarily as, like, an artist," LiLo opines. "... More »

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Britney Spears • Lindsay Lohan • tabloids • celebrity • Sean Penn • Seth Rogen • celebrity interview

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