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Celebs Behaving

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  • August 2008

    • Winehouse Back to Rehab

      Sun (UK)  |  Aug 20, 08 10:35 AM CDT

      Winehouse Back to Rehab

      (Newser) - Amy Winehouse has checked herself into another rehab clinic, this one just a quick drive from the English countryside prison where husband Blake Fielder-Civil is serving out the remainder of a 27-month sentence, the Sun reports. “If she can get clean and still see Blake it can only be good,” the 24-year-old singer’s dad said. More »

    • 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 »

    • Pals Pony Up for Ledger's Daughter

      Sun (UK)  |  Aug 19, 08 10:40 AM CDT

      Pals Pony Up for Ledger's Daughter

      (Newser) - Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell, who banded together to complete Heath Ledger’s final film role, in the The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus , gave their paychecks to his daughter, Matilda, the Sun reports. “They didn’t take money—it goes to Heath’s daughter,” director Terry Gilliam said. The actor wrote his will before the now-2-year-old was born, and provisions for her future aren't clear. More »

    • Spears Custody Circus Price Tag: $700K

      Associated Press  |  Aug 19, 08 10:25 AM CDT

      Spears Custody Circus Price Tag: $700K

      (Newser) - Britney Spears' recently resolved custody battle with ex Kevin Federline will cost her $716,000 in legal fees—and she didn’t even get custody of the kids. The struggling pop star must pony up $466,000 for her two legal eagles and another $250,000 for Federline’s attorneys, the AP reports. More »

    • Bill Murray Drops In on Air Show

      Chicago Sun-Times  |  Aug 16, 08 6:51 AM CDT

      Bill Murray Drops In on Air Show

      (Newser) - Wisecracking comedian Bill Murray launched himself from 13,500 feet to start off the Chicago Air and Water Show yesterday, AP reports. "Is there some frequent flier program?" quipped the 57-year-old actor before leaping from a plane and executing several spins strapped to the belly of a sergeant from the Army's Golden Knights parachute team. "It was quite a kick," gushed Murray after a picture-perfect landing. More »

    • DeGeneres to Wed Tomorrow

      Us Magazine  |  Aug 15, 08 9:54 AM CDT

      DeGeneres to Wed Tomorrow

      (Newser) - Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi’s intimate wedding will take place this weekend in California, Us Weekly reports. The daytime gabber and her 35-year-old bride announced their intentions to wed following the Supreme Court’s gay marriage ruling this spring. "Planning a wedding is very stressful. It's crazy. My gardener is now invited," DeGeneres, 50, has said. More »

    • Che Jr? Bernal to Be a Papa

      E! Online  |  Aug 15, 08 6:00 AM CDT

      Che Jr? Bernal to Be a Papa

      (Newser) - You say you want a revolution? Well, you’ll have to wait for naptime. Mexican actor Gael García Bernal, famous for his portrayal of Che Guevara in The Motorcycle Diaries , has just announced his imminent daddyhood, reports E! Online. Bernal, who also starred in Y Tu Mamá También and Babel , is expecting his first child with Argentine actress Dolores Fonzi early next year. More »

    • 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 »

    • Jolie Takes Role Meant for Cruise

      Variety  |  Aug 12, 08 12:12 PM CDT

      Jolie Takes Role Meant for Cruise

      (Newser) - What Angelina Jolie wants, she gets. The actress is nearing a deal to play the lead in a spy thriller originally intended for Tom Cruise, Variety reports. The well-regarded script, Edwin A. Salt, is the story of a CIA agent on the run from espionage charges. Should Jolie seal the deal, the character will get a sex change and the script will be edited to suit the new star’s demands. More »

    • Jolie-Pitt Clan Masters 'Studied Casual' Look

      USA Today  |  Aug 11, 08 1:18 PM CDT

      Jolie-Pitt Clan Masters 'Studied Casual' Look

      (Newser) - The photos in People of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s ever-expanding multi-cultural brood put out a vibe of a normal family relaxing and having fun, notes USA Today . Don't buy it for a second. "This was very well planned and very well executed," says publicist and author Howard Bragman. "The message is that 'Hey, we're pretty regular people.' It's what we would call 'studied casual,' which is the hardest thing to create." More »

    • Newman Quits Hospital, With 'Weeks to Live'

      Fox News  |  Aug 11, 08 11:20 AM CDT

      Newman Quits Hospital, With 'Weeks to Live'

      (Newser) - Cancer-stricken Paul Newman is finished with chemotherapy and has gone home to be with his family, Fox News reports. The 82-year-old Oscar-winner reportedly has weeks to live but “didn’t want to die in the hospital,” a family friend said. The actor is said to have been getting his affairs in order; at home he'll be with wife Joanne Woodward and his five daughters, who are “beside themselves with grief.” More »

    • Doris Day Now a Hermit Called Clara

      Daily Mail (UK)  |  Aug 11, 08 8:00 AM CDT

      Doris Day Now a Hermit Called Clara

      (Newser) - This is one legend who isn’t shopping a comeback. At 84, Hollywood icon Doris Day has changed her name to Clara Kappelhoff—her birth surname—and lives in obscurity in rural California where she spends her days rounding up stray animals to take back to her 11-acre fortress-like ranch, the Daily Mail reports. More »

    • How to Take the Speed Bumps Out of a Road Trip

      Chicago Tribune  |  Aug 8, 08 5:10 PM CDT

      How to Take the Speed Bumps Out of a Road Trip

      (Newser) - Just months into their relationship, former Beatle Paul McCartney and girlfriend Nancy Shevell are road-tripping across legendary Route 66, but an extended journey spent in a car can be deadly to romance, Mary Schmich writes in the Chicago Tribune . "A road trip is a compatibility test on wheels, one that many couples have flunked," she writes. More »

    • Clay Aiken a New Father

      People  |  Aug 8, 08 3:10 PM CDT

      Clay Aiken a New Father

      (Newser) - Crooner Clay Aiken is now a dad. The former American Idol runner-up welcomed a baby  boy this morning with music producer Jaymes Foster. "He's here!" Aiken wrote on his website. "My dear friend, Jaymes, and I are so excited to announce the birth of Parker Foster Aiken." Aiken and Jaymes are not in a romantic relationship, though they plan to raise their son together. She became pregnant via in vitro fertilization.  More »

    • Jewel Elopes With Her Cowboy

      People  |  Aug 8, 08 11:40 AM CDT

      Jewel Elopes With Her Cowboy

      (Newser) - Jewel eloped to the Bahamas last night with her longtime boyfriend, the rodeo champion Ty Murray, People reports. The pair, who never announced their engagement, exchanged vows at a private ceremony in which the singer wore a traditional gown and Murray donned his favorite jeans and cowboy hat. The groom currently stars in his wife’s video for her country single “I Do.” They've been together 10 years. More »

    • L'Oreal Denies Lightening Beyonce's Skin in Ad

      Associated Press  |  Aug 8, 08 9:30 AM CDT

      L'Oreal Denies Lightening Beyonce's Skin in Ad

      (Newser) - L’Oreal says it didn't lighten Beyonce’s skin tone for an ad for its Feria hair color brand, the AP reports. Media outlets have been abuzz since TMZ juxtaposed the ad—running in Elle ,  Allure , and Essence magazines—with a photo of the star in which she seems to have darker skin. One advertising insider says the discrepancy could be due to routine touchups in the studio. More »

    • Steven Tyler Snags $2M for Memoir

      Crain's New York Business  |  Aug 7, 08 11:36 AM CDT

      Steven Tyler Snags $2M for Memoir

      (Newser) - HarperCollins will pay $2 million to publish Steven Tyler's memoirs, Crain's New York Business reports. The 60-year-old's tell-all will delve into his childhood, his kids, “and all of the sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll imaginable,” the publisher said in a statement to the New York Times . More »

    • Lisa Marie Is Expecting Twins

      Entertainment Tonight  |  Aug 6, 08 12:36 PM CDT

      Lisa Marie Is Expecting Twins

      (Newser) - Lisa Marie Presley and husband Michael Lockwood are expecting twins in the fall, Entertainment Tonight reports. "She wanted it really to be kept a secret for a long time, you know, and I think women should, because they should be able to announce what they're having, and when it's time to make the announcement," her mother, Priscilla, said. More »

    • Posh Related to Marx Comrade

      Reuters  |  Aug 6, 08 11:49 AM CDT

      Posh Related to Marx Comrade

      (Newser) - Victoria Beckham’s girl-power roots go a lot further back than her Spice Girls days: The pop icon is the great-great-great-granddaughter of a 19th-century communist who worked with Karl Marx, Reuters reports. A German historian discovered the link between Posh and revolutionary Carl Heinrich Pfaender who was chummy with Marx and fled to England after the failed revolution of 1848. More »

    • 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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Queen guitarist Brian May, left, hands in his completed doctral thesis on "Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud" to Professor Paul Nandra, head of Astrophysics at Imperial College in central...   (Associated Press)
This photo, supplied by CNN, shows Angelina Jolie appearing on CNN's " Larry King Live" in New York on Thursday, June 14, 2007, to discuss her new film "A Mighty Heart." (AP Photo/CNN, E. M. Pio Roda)   (Associated Press)
state. The interview will air on Good Morning America, 20/20 and on the ABC network. (AP Photo/ABC, Ida Mae Astute)   (Associated Press)
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