These small parts left a big impression
Dose.ca May 5, 08 7:41 PM CDT
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Neil Patrick Harris just about stole Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle with a cameo, and he's not alone. Dose.ca runs down its top 10 movie cameos, including a stealth visit from Cate Blanchett in a hazmat suit. Bob Barker, Happy Gilmore Will Ferrell, Wedding Crashers
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On eve of movie release, Parker recalls bygone Manhattan
New York May 5, 08 2:57 PM CDT
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When Sarah Jessica Parker laments the old Manhattan that is slowly eroding—coffee shops and bodegas closing, Sex and the City bus tours parked outside Magnolia Bakery—her husband, Mathew Broderick, tells it to her straight: “That’s your fault!” New York magazine sits down with the star, who reminisces about the city of her youth.
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Family, friends gather to fete 17-year-old mom-to-be
People May 5, 08 11:30 CDT
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Britney Spears returned home to Louisiana over the weekend for a cameo at 17-year-old sister Jamie Lynn's baby shower at their mother's home in Kentwood, People reports. "We all sat in a circle and she opened gifts and thanked every person," said a guest. "It was just a good old-fashioned baby shower."
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Bizarre missives were just creative writing,
he tells court
New York Post May 3, 08 9:54 CDT
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A man accused of stalking Uma Thurman for years has told a court he never meant to scare the star, the New York Post reports. Jack Jordan says the bizarre letters he sent Thurman—including pictures of razor blades and open graves, descriptions of aborted fetuses, and reference to her children being "an illusion"—were just creative writing.
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Wealthy folks who insist on dressing like they're poor
Nerve May 2, 08 2:45 PM CDT
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Just because they have tons of money and access to the hautest of couture doesn't mean they actually have to take advantage of it. Nerve highlights richie-riches who refuse to advertise their wealth with high-class duds. (Or sometimes showers.) Amy Winehouse: Even smokes crack "just to keep it real." Courtney Love: Takes grunge a little too far.
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Star gives tearful testimony against stoic defendant
E! Online May 1, 08 12:58 PM CDT
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Uma Thurman had barely begun her testimony against alleged stalker Jack Jordan when the waterworks began, E! Online reports. Appearing pale, with nary a trace of makeup, Thurman teared up as she told the court how she’d feared for her kids’ and family’s safety. She described an incident in which Jordan had tried to break into her trailer, saying she felt “sick” and “freaked out.”
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New couple are caught sunbathing in Miami
In Touch May 1, 08 10:44 CDT
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Unlucky-in-love Jennifer Aniston was caught in the midst of a hot-n-heavy weekend with serial-dater and musician John Mayer, In Touch magazine reports. Mayer flew to Miami where America's Sweetheart was filming Marley & Me . "It's very real. They've been seeing each other for a few weeks now,” a source close to Mayer told People .
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She tops People magazine's annual list
People Apr 30, 08 6:35 PM CDT
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People Magazine has released its annual list of the 100 most beautiful people, and Kate Hudson leads the way. Here's the top 10: Kate Hudson Salma Hayek Mary J. Blige Rumer Willis (daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore)
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Endurance artist sets new record at 17 minutes, 4 seconds
Associated Press Apr 30, 08 12:11 PM CDT
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David Blaine broke the world record for holding one’s breath today when he was submerged for 17 minutes and 4 seconds during a taping of Oprah. The endurance artist looked relaxed emerging from a water-filled sphere, the AP reports. Blaine had undergone simulated altitude training and pure oxygen treatment to prepare for the feat. The previous record was 16 minutes, 32 seconds.
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Gary Dourdan nabbed snoozing in car on wrong side of street
People Apr 30, 08 11:11 CDT
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Life imitated art for "CSI" star Gary Dourdan when he was arrested Monday in Palm Springs, Calif., for possession of cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, and prescription pills, People reports. The “disoriented” crime drama star, who plays an audio-video analyst with an addiction-addled past, was picked up by patrol officers who spotted him sleeping in his car shortly after 5am, according the police statement.
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New beau plops down $2.5M on engagement ring
New York Post Apr 30, 08 9:31 CDT
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Mariah Carey might be keeping silent about the $2.5 million 17-carat engagement rock on her finger, but her new beau isn't . Actor Nick Cannon was overheard yesterday saying the pair are going to marry, reports the New York Post, during a follow-up visit to the New York jeweler where he purchased the bauble. "Maybe he's making payments on it," laughed the Post's source. Carey started sporting the ring last week.
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Britain's favorite bad girl vying to land new movie's theme song
BBC Apr 29, 08 8:02 PM CDT
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Though her head-butting skills may be as valuable to 007 as her pipes, Amy Winehouse is auditioning to be the theme-song girl, not Bond girl, of the upcoming pic Quantum of Solace. Producer Mark Ronson said there are no guarantees her track will be used, though he adds, “The demo sounds like a James Bond theme.”
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Police say Oteri's
father killed by his songwriting partner
TMZ Apr 29, 08 11:39 CDT
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A hit-making Nashville songwriter was charged yesterday in the pocketknife murder of his producing partner, who—in a headline-grabbing twist out of an old country ballad—is the father of former Saturday Night Live comedienne Cheri Oteri, TMZ reports. Nashville police said Oteri’s father had a "significant laceration” to his wrist, the AP reports.
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