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(Newser) - If you're ignoring your kid or getting divorced because of Facebook—it's happened—you might have a problem. CNN outlines five telltale signs of Facebook addiction.
  • Losing sleep: If you're tired every morning because of late-night-friending, take a break, a UCLA psychologist advises: "You shouldn't be neglecting
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entertainment • social networking • Internet • Facebook • psychology • therapy • Internet addiction

10-Year-Old Boyle Demo Tape Goes Viral

Recording surfaces as audition vid hits 93.5M views, setting record

Apr 23, 09 10:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Susan Boyle's I Dreamed a Dream rendition setting a YouTube record, a decade-old demo of her singing Roberta Flack's Killing Me Softly has become a new viral hit. The former—from the Britain's Got Talent audition that blasted Boyle to fame—has been viewed 93.5 million times on... More »

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entertainment • YouTube • singer • viral video • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent

Write Your Own 'I'll Be Back' Joke

Schwarzenegger OKs computer-aided cameo in Terminator sequel

Apr 22, 09 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Governator might just be a Terminator once more, the Los Angeles Times reports. Arnold Schwarzenegger has given director McG permission to insert old footage of him into next month’s Terminator Salvation, he told bloggers in a webcast interview today. “I think it’s cool to continue... More »

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entertainment • California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • acting • Terminator Salvation

Perez, I Pray
For You, Miss
Cali Retorts

Pageant judge Hilton
admits answer may
have cost her crown

Apr 22, 09 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Miss California's gay-marriage stance has stirred a media frenzy among pundits and beauties alike, but none more heated than the crossfire between her and Miss USA judge Perez Hilton. "Perez, I feel sorry for you," Prejean told Fox News after he called her a "dumb bitch.... More »

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entertainment • gay marriage • Miss USA • gossip • Perez Hilton • Carrie Prejean

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Susan Boyle Makeover Begins 


Apr 22, 09 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Susan Boyle, Britain’s Got Talent contestant and Internet sensation, has been the subject of one hot debate: Makeover or no makeover? The makeover process has already begun, Deadline reports—Boyle appeared recently in a trendy dress and leather jacket. “It wasn’t until I saw myself on TV... More »

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entertainment • American Idol • Simon Cowell • Mike Tyson • domestic violence • celebrity • Paula Abdul • Randy Jackson • Chris Brown • Susan Boyle • makeover

OPINION

 To Complete 
 Fairy Tale, 
 Boyle Needs 
 a Makeover 

Ugly duckling has to become a swan, fashion writer argues

Apr 21, 09 11:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s politically correct to say frumpy singing sensation Susan Boyle doesn’t need a makeover. But honestly? Of course she does, writes Washington Post fashion guru Robin Givhan. If Boyle stays the same, it’ll “unravel the centuries-long tradition of fairy tales.” Sure, Boyle won us... More »

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entertainment • fashion • music industry • singer • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent • makeover

 Cowell: Quitting 
 Idol 'Feels Right' 

Says his plan is no negotiating trick

Apr 21, 09 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Simon Cowell has three hit shows worldwide, including America’s most popular; he pulls in $36 million a year from Fox; and the success of Susan Boyle is raising the talent guru’s profile even higher. But, he tells the New York Times, he’s not backing off statements to... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • American Idol • Simon Cowell • Fox • quitting • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent • X Factor

OPINION

Catholics 'Will
Enjoy' Da Vinci
Prequel: Howard

Director defends Angels & Demons from 'smear campaign'

Apr 21, 09 5:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ron Howard wants to make something clear: He is not anti-Catholic, and neither is his upcoming film, Angels & Demons. The beleaguered prequel to the similarly controversial Da Vinci Code is under fire from the Catholic League, and Howard responds to the latest “silly and mean-spirited work of propaganda”... More »

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entertainment • film • Catholic Church • Vatican • Catholicism • Catholic • Da Vinci Code • Dan Brown • Ron Howard • Angels & Demons

(Newser) - As far as usefulness and entertainment value, Michael Rosenberg writes for Fox Sports, the NFL draft, which begins Saturday “is dead.” Inflated rookie contracts mean the worst teams have the privilege of paying exorbitant fees for unproven players. Take the Lions, 0-16 last season. Their “reward for... More »

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entertainment • football • NFL draft • Detroit Lions • salary cap • football player • rookie • Matthew Stafford

 Choir Rejected 
 Web Fave Boyle 

Local group turned her away days after reality show audition

Apr 20, 09 2:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Susan Boyle, the Britain’s Got Talent singing sensation, could probably join any choir she liked. But that wasn’t the case two months ago, when she was rejected by a local group. “We had no vacancies,” a rep tells the Mirror. “It was a shock when... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • Scotland • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent

 Odd Duck Boyle Is 
 Talk of Her Tiny Town 

Small world rocked by YouTube popularity

Apr 20, 09 7:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Everyone knows Susan Boyle in her Scottish village—she’s the odd loner who does killer karaoke at the local pub. Now, she’s the topic on everyone’s lips in the community of 5,000 where she’s lived in the same house all her life. And though the... More »

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entertainment • television • YouTube • Scotland • village • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Tweener Love 
 Boosts 17 Again 


Apr 19, 09 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Zac Effron out-manned Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck at the box office this weekend as 17 Again banked $24.1 million, Entertainment Weekly reports. State of Play scored a so-so $14.1 million, followed by Monsters vs. Aliens ($12.9 million), Hannah Montana: The Movie ($12.7 million), and Fast ... More »

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entertainment • film • box office • Hannah Montana • State of Play • Fast & Furious

 Dad Wants to Sell 
 Slumdog Child Star 

Rubina Ali's dad asks for $300k to adopt 9-year-old

Apr 19, 09 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - The family of Slumdog Millionaire child star Rubina Ali really is stuck in the slums of Mumbai, and her father may be trying to trade her in for his ticket out, the News of the World reports. The tab contacted Rafiq Qureshi, posing as a rich Dubai couple interested in... More »

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entertainment • adoption • India • Mumbai • Slumdog Millionaire • slums • Rubina Ali

 Boyle Gets Duet Invite 
 From Her Idol 

Instant star becomes viral sensation

Apr 19, 09 4:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Overnight sensation Susan Boyle may see yet another dream come true. The aspiring singer, whose voice stunned viewers of Britain's Got Talent last week, has been invited to perform with her idol, British theater icon Elaine Paige, reports the Guardian. "It seems her performance has captured the hearts of... More »

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entertainment • viral video • Demi Moore • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent • Elaine Paige

(Newser) - Oops. Susan Boyle's neighbor says the lovelorn singer has been kissed—by him, in fact, and more than once. But not that way, he admits to the Telegraph—more like a "peck on the cheek." "She comes to me when she needs help or a shoulder to... More »

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entertainment • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent • Piers Morgan

 Boyle Makeover Hotly Debated 


Apr 18, 09 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Should she or shouldn't she? Susan Boyle's new fans can't help debating whether the 47-year-old singer who wowed the world in her performance on Britain's Got Talent last weekend should shed the frumpy style that made her sensational voice so surprising. She "needs to stay exactly as she is... More »

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entertainment • singer • Jerry Springer • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent • Amanda Holden

Susan Boyle Sings for King, '99 CD Surfaces

Judge apologizes
for sniggering, invites her for dinner

Apr 18, 09 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Susan Boyle and Britain's Got Talent judge Piers Morgan were reunited (remotely) on Larry King's show last night, where Morgan predicted a worldwide chart-topping CD within the year for the woman he called a Rocky Balboa. Morgan also apologized to the 48-year-old Scottish singer—"We thought you were going... More »

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entertainment • Larry King • singer • voice talent • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent • Piers Morgan

 Obama Girls 
 Are Tween 
 Sensation 

Move over Jonas Brothers, here come the Obama Daughters

Apr 18, 09 5:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama daughters are starting to rival even Miley Cyrus as an obsession of tween girls, the Washington Post reports. Young girls—especially in the DC area—are poring over every shred of information available about Malia and Sasha Obama, plastering their bedroom walls with photos of the first family... More »

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entertainment • White House • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • Obama family • tween

TV REVIEW

 Grey Gardens a Grim  
 Retelling of Odd Duo's Life 

Latest incarnation has its 'flaws'

Apr 17, 09 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - The riches-to-rags story of an eccentric mother and daughter—relatives of Jackie O, no less—who gained fame for their destitute existence in a 1975 documentary gets another retelling in HBO's Grey Gardens. Critics aren't overly excited:
  • The movie "fills in bittersweet blanks” left by the original documentary,
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entertainment • television • HBO • movie review • reviews • Drew Barrymore • Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis • Jessica Lange • Maysles brothers • Grey Gardens • Edie Beale

 Slumdog Makers Give 
 $740K to Educate Poor 

Fun intended to hush critics who call film 'poverty porn'

Apr 17, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - To combat accusations that Oscar sensation Slumdog Millionaire is a form of “poverty porn,” the filmmakers have donated about $740,000 toward a health education initiative in Mumbai’s slums, the Times of London reports. The funds are in addition to trusts set up for the movie’s... More »

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philanthropy • entertainment • charity • donation • poverty • Mumbai • Slumdog Millionaire • slums • Rubina Ali • Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail

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