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SIGNS OF THE apocalypse

 Spencer Vs. Al, Round 2 

Plus, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag want their own show—of course

Nov 17, 09 8:06 AM CST
(Newser) - The inexhaustible Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag are at it again, re-fueling their feud with Al Roker and campaigning for their own show. Pratt insulted Roker via Twitter (“WEATHERMAN I thought you were out of town today getting your stomache [sic] stapled again?” among other gems) when the couple’... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • Al Roker • celebrity • feud • Spencer Pratt • The Hills • Heidi Montag • Speidi • reality shows • Spencer Pratt Al Roker

feud? what feud?

 White House 
 Warns Dems 
 to Avoid Fox 

Strategist reports intimidating phone call after appearance

Nov 6, 09 4:50 PM CST
(Newser) - The Obama administration has toned down its war of words against Fox News, but behind the scenes, it's warning Democratic strategists not to appear on the network. One consultant who made a recent appearance says he received a call afterward from a White House official who told him, "We... More »

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White House • feud • Fox News • David Plouffe • television news • Anita Dunn • political consultant

Chuck Todd Chickens Out
on Goatee Bet 

Dodger-loving reporter donates to charity rather than shaving

Oct 23, 09 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chuck Todd isn’t shaving off his goatee, despite having lost a baseball bet to Jake Tapper. The NBC talking head has taken the coward’s way out and will donate to charity instead. Todd was supposed to shed his trademark goatee if the Dodgers lost the NLCS; had they... More »

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gambling • betting • feud • NBC News • sports betting • NLCS • baseball • ABC News • Robert Gibbs • beard • facial hair • Chuck Todd • Jake Tapper

analysis

 In Fight With Fox, 
 White House Can't Win 

Administration has 'brought a knife to a gunfight': David Carr

Oct 18, 09 4:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - By tackling Fox News head-on, the Obama administration has almost certainly bitten off more than it can chew, apparently prioritizing payback ahead of rising above the fray. "While there is undoubtedly a visceral thrill in finally setting out after your antagonists," media columnist David Carr writes for the... More »

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television • media • White House • feud • Fox News • television news • Obama administration • White House blog • Anita Dunn

PRINCESS PIGLETTE

Paris to PETA: Pig Better Off With Me Than as Bacon

Hilton escalates feud, says she treats 'pets like children'

Oct 15, 09 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Paris Hilton is still squealing with excitement over her new miniature piglet—“It’s a girl!” she tells Us—but she’s not pleased with PETA, which called her a “wretched example” for treating her pets “as disposable.” Not true, the heiress says: “... More »

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entertainment • Paris Hilton • celebrity • PETA • feud • pig

Celebs Bitch Away on Twitter—at Their Peril

More and more, stars are using social networking to rant about other stars

Oct 12, 09 11:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thanks to Twitter, celebrities are getting candid and crass in public: The social networking site offers “a kind of faceless anonymity,” one editor tells the Los Angeles Times, leading stars—who might otherwise hide behind a publicist—to tweet their dirty laundry for all the world to... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • feud • Perez Hilton • Demi Moore • Ryan Seacrest • Spencer Pratt • Twitter

Jessica Seinfeld Wins Cookbook Copycat Case

Deceptively Delicious wasn't plagiarized,
federal judge rules

Sep 11, 09 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - A federal judge in New York has tossed out a suit claiming that a cookbook by Jerry  Seinfeld's wife plagiarized a rival's book. Jessica Seinfeld's Deceptively Delicious, like Missy Chase Lapine's The Sneaky Chef, shows parents how to sneak vegetables into their kids' food—an idea nobody can copyright, the... More »

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entertainment • plagiarism • New York • federal courts • Jerry Seinfeld • publishing • feud • book • Jessica Seinfeld • cookbooks • Missy Chase Lapine • books

Krugman Spat With Professor Explodes Online

Sniping turns to race when Ferguson calls Obama Felix the Cat 

Aug 24, 09 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Niall Ferguson picked the wrong Nobel-winning economist to mess with. The Scottish historian, who teaches at Harvard, has been caught up in a high-profile academic feud with New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, who has called him a "poseur" and a "whiner" in recent blog posts. Ferguson hit... More »

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racism • feud • economist • historian • Paul Krugman • academics • Niall Ferguson

 Rosie Calls 
 Elisabeth 
 a Really 
 Naughty 
 Word 

Still bitter, but doesn't want to restart feud

Aug 14, 09 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The View catfight is back on! Even though she’s no longer on the show, Rosie O’Donnell is still dissing former co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck—most recently calling her a name that Fox News coyly says “starts with a ‘t’ and rhymes with ‘swat.... More »

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entertainment • The View • Rosie O'Donnell • celebrity • feud • Elisabeth Hasselbeck

 What Truce? O'Reilly, 
 Olbermann Back in the Ring 

Olbermann calls O'Reilly 'worst'; O'Reilly attacks GE

Aug 6, 09 11:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - The feud between Bill O’Reilly and Keith Olbermann continues, despite word of a peace deal: On Monday Olbermann said there was no truce and awarded O’Reilly the silver medal for “World’s Worst Person.” Then he gave the gold to Fox News honcho Rupert Murdoch. O’... More »

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media • Rupert Murdoch • Bill O'Reilly • MSNBC • General Electric • SEC • feud • Fox News • Keith Olbermann • television news • President Obama

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Becks to Shaq: 
 Pick On Someone 
 Your Own Size 

Plus, Jessica Biel sings!

Aug 3, 09 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Beckham is afraid of Shaquille O’Neal—at least according to Shaquille O’Neal. Becks refused to compete against Shaq on the soccer field for the NBA star's upcoming TV show, Shaq Vs., the New York Post reports. That prompted the challenger to declare on Twitter,... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • Kobe Bryant • celebrity • David Beckham • feud • Shaquille O'Neal • Sacha Baron Cohen • Naomi Campbell • Jessica Biel • Kevin Costner • Guys and Dolls

Google CEO Leaves Apple Board

Once-friendly companies on the
brink of war

Aug 3, 09 10:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google CEO Eric Schmidt has left Apple’s board of directors because the once-friendly companies are on a collision course, Apple announced today. “As Google enters more of Apple’s core business, with Android and now Chrome OS, Eric’s effectiveness as an Apple Board member will be significantly... More »

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Google • Microsoft • Apple • rivalry • feud • Eric Schmidt • Google Android • Google Chrome OS

(Newser) - Eminem reboots his beef with Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon in a new song, claiming to have slept with Carey and boasting that he has “pictures” of the singer, Access Hollywood reports. “You probably think since it’s been so long, if I had something on you I... More »

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entertainment • music • Eminem • feud • rap music • Mariah Carey • Nick Cannon

OPINION

Baldwin to CNN Anchor: I'll Run If I Want To

Would-be pol threatens to discuss hit-and-run bust...whoops

Jul 9, 09 3:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - CNN’s Jack Cafferty sneered at Alec Baldwin’s possible entry into politics yesterday, noting that while newly sworn-in Sen. Al Franken is “Harvard educated,” Baldwin’s “credentials are questionable”—and the NYU grad is having none of it. “Perhaps New York University should print... More »

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crime • Senate • Alec Baldwin • feud • CNN • New York University • NYU • Al Franken • hit-and-run • Jack Cafferty • Harvard University • public office

 Speidi to Roker: We Forgive You 

...but who are you, again?

Jun 16, 09 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Heidi and Spencer Pratt still aren’t sure exactly who Al Roker is, but they forgive him for taking them to task yesterday on Today. “I forgive you,” Heidi told Roker through Us. “It’s OK. The devil gets into all of us sometimes. You’re forgiven.... More »

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entertainment • NBC • Al Roker • celebrity • feud • Today show • Spencer Pratt • I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! • Heidi Pratt

 Scribe Blames 
 Obama for 
 Dave's 
 Palin 
 Jokes 

Letterman 'dirty talking' on Obama's behalf: Cupp

Jun 12, 09 6:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - A conservative columnist yesterday blamed Barack Obama for David Letterman's cracks about Sarah Palin's "slutty" look and her daughter, reports the Huffington Post. "This is the enduring legacy of the Obama campaign," SE Cupp, who writes for the Washington Post and Politico, told Sean Hannity. "I... More »

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feud • David Letterman • Sean Hannity • Sarah Palin • Bristol Palin • SE Cupp • slut

 Tori-Mom Feud Turns Nastier 

Candy Spelling implies Tori killed Aaron, then denies it

May 29, 09 9:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - This week on The Spelling Family: matriarch Candy implies daughter Tori is to blame for the death of producer Aaron—then gets mad when the media picks up on it. During a radio interview yesterday, Candy said Tori’s refusal to speak to Aaron was “what killed my husband,... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • feud • Tori Spelling • Aaron Spelling • Candy Spelling

Bristol Palin Ends Feud
With Babydaddy Levi

Teenage mom says their families will play nice for Tripp's sake

May 22, 09 2:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bristol Palin is no longer at war with her baby daddy’s family. In fact, “I don’t think we were ever at war at all,” the 18-year-old mom tells People, adding that she and former fiancé Levi Johnston are trying to work together for the sake of... More »

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Alaska • feud • gossip • Sarah Palin • Bristol Palin • Todd Palin • Levi Johnston • Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston


 Gwyneth 
 Goops 
 All Over 
 'Frenemy' 


Unnamed meanie was 'hell-bent on taking me down'

Apr 17, 09 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Don’t cross Gwyneth Paltrow or she’ll slam you in her online newsletter, Us reports. In her latest installment of Goop, Paltrow discusses an unnamed “frenemy” who was “hell-bent on taking me down.” When the mysterious frenemy had an “unfortunate and humiliating” experience, Gwyneth reacted... More »

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celebrity • feud • Gwyneth Paltrow • Winona Ryder

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Hudson 
 Returns to 
 Idol, Barker to 
 Price Is Right 

Plus, celeb feuds heat up and simmer down

Mar 25, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Celebrities are returning to their roots today. Jennifer Hudson is taping a performance after tonight’s American Idol that will air on an upcoming episode, the AP reports, and Bob Barker is taping an appearance on The Price is Right to air April 16, according to Variety. Elsewhere:
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television • Barack Obama • American Idol • Simon Cowell • robbery • Bob Barker • The Price Is Right • feud • Jay Leno • Jennifer Hudson • Akon • Rachael Ray • Suge Knight • Anthony Bourdain

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