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Got $40K? Own Madonna's Naughty Messages

Erotic messages go up for auction with other rock memorabilia

(Newser) - One way to make a quick buck: Sell erotic phone messages Madonna left on your answering machine. That’s what former bodyguard-turned-boyfriend Jim Albright is doing, the New York Daily News reports, and the 17 minutes of recordings are expected to fetch $40,000. Also up for grabs: A 15-minute...

Amy Gets New Guy, New Studio
 Amy Gets New Guy, New Studio 

Amy Gets New Guy, New Studio

Blake still sleazy, back in rehab

(Newser) - Amy Winehouse is focusing on what really matters: flying her recording gear from St. Lucia back home and, of course, a new guy. Not just any guy: Mischa Barton ex James Regan, who “has a penchant for famous car crashes,” a friend tells the Mirror. Meanwhile, Winehouse’s...

Jacko Hair to Be Made Into Diamonds

(Newser) - A diamond company plans to turn the King of Pop's hair into bling, the New York Daily News reports. Company officials claim they have a lock of Michael Jackson's hair—obtained from the producer of the Pepsi commercial that set the singer's hair ablaze—and it intends to extract the...

Clarkson, Beyoncé Songs Nearly Identical

Clarkson explains fiasco, didn't mean to copy Knowles

(Newser) - Kelly Clarkson is battling her record label again, this time for releasing a song that appears to copy the Beyoncé single “Halo,” the New York Post reports. When Clarkson realized that the backing track songwriter Ryan Tedder had given her for “Already Gone” was the same as...

Rimes' Marriage Hits Skids, Too
 Rimes' Marriage Hits Skids, Too 
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Rimes' Marriage Hits Skids, Too

Plus, Mr. Winehouse gets his own headline

(Newser) - Days after Eddie Cibrian’s wife announced their separation, Cibrian’s Northern Lights co-star—and rumored lover—LeAnn Rimes’ hubby is addressing reports their marriage is also over, the New York Daily News reports. Dean Sheremet recently Twittered, “Thanks to everyone for all the support through a very difficult...

Jon 'Cares' About Kate 2.0; She Cares About the Money

He cares about the money too, for that matter

(Newser) - Jon, Jon, Jon. Wasn’t it just the other day you claimed your heart belonged to Hailey Glassman? How quickly things change. Now the reality TV father of eight tells E!, “I care about Kate Major, she resigned from her job for me.” Even more touching: Major is...

Timberlake Opens 'Green' Golf Course

First to receive Audobon certification

(Newser) - Justin Timberlake took his well-known passion for golf and channeled it into creating an eco-friendly course, the first in the nation to be dubbed an Audubon Classic Sanctuary, the Commercial Appeal reports. Mirimichi, located near Memphis, was a $16 million labor of love for the singer, who says that in...

Rihanna, Brown Spend Weekend in Same Hotel

Coincidence, or covert meeting?

(Newser) - Rihanna and Chris Brown spent this weekend at separate rooms in the Trump Tower Hotel in Manhattan, the New York Post reports. The two weren’t seen together—which would be a violation of a restraining order issued against Brown—but left and returned to the hotel several times in...

Forget It: You'll Never Be Famous
 Forget It: You'll 
 Never Be Famous 
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Forget It: You'll Never Be Famous

(Newser) - Celebrities are everywhere, grinning from magazine stands and TV screens galore. But good luck trying to join the glossy ranks of fame, Jim Hanas writes in the New York Post. The odds are daunting: Only 4,763 people are famous, says a market research company, and only 2% of...

Obama Keeps Celeb Ties Under Wraps
Obama Keeps Celeb
Ties Under Wraps
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Obama Keeps Celeb Ties Under Wraps

Prez wary of alienating struggling Americans by courting celebs

(Newser) - Kalpen Modi has ditched the TV series House and moved into the White House—and that’s just the way the president wants it, Sheryl Gay Stolberg writes in the New York Times. Now an obscure bureaucrat in Obama's administration, Modi typifies the president's low-key relationship with Hollywood. Obama has...

Winehouse Cleared of Assault
 Winehouse 
 Cleared 
 of Assault 
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Winehouse Cleared of Assault

Plus, Erin Andrews gets her own doll, and more

(Newser) - Amy Winehouse was cleared of assault today, with a judge determining evidence did not show dancer Sherene Flash suffered “the sort of injury that often occurs when there is a forceful punch to the eye,” the BBC reports. Winehouse told reporters, “I’m relieved. I’m going...

Jackson Death 'Almost Certainly' Homicide
 Jackson 
 Death 'Almost 
 Certainly' 
 Homicide 
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Jackson Death 'Almost Certainly' Homicide

Plus, more on his rumored love child, and Paris

(Newser) - When the coroner releases Michael Jackson’s autopsy results—scheduled for next week—the cause of death will “almost certainly” be listed as homicide, law enforcement sources tell TMZ. Elsewhere:
  • Omer Bhatti “had a father-and-son type of connection” with Michael, a pal tells People, “but I never
...

Jagger's Kid Goes Topless
 Jagger's Kid Goes Topless 

Jagger's Kid Goes Topless

Georgia, 17, launches modeling career

(Newser) - Another Jagger kid is stripping down in public, despite dad's displeasure. First Mick’s daughter Elizabeth bared her breasts at London’s 2004 Fashion Week, and now her 17-year-old sister is following suit. Georgia goes topless in an ad for Hudson Jeans, her first major modeling gig, that will appear...

Jon's Galpal Resigns From Tab
 Jon's Galpal Resigns From Tab 

Jon's Galpal Resigns From Tab

Sources say she's just using him to get her name in the papers

(Newser) - Stop the presses. Jon Gosselin's new Kate—not the one in Jon and Kate Plus 8—resigned from her post as a reporter at Star yesterday, citing a conflict of interest with her new relationship. But giving up her job doesn't quiet skeptics on Jon's latest flame, Kate Major. She’...

Leno Website Previews 'Terrible Jokes'

Staffers are dour, jokes are just plain bad

(Newser) - The days of thejaylenoshow.com being a funny site—back when it was owned by a stubborn realtor refusing “to budge in the face of increasingly desperate corporate pressure” from NBC—are over. Sadly, the URL now belongs to The Jay Leno Show, writes Seth Abramovitch for Movieline. Though...

Winehouse Assault Trial Begins
 Winehouse Assault Trial Begins 
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Winehouse Assault Trial Begins

Plus, no one cares about Mischa Barton, and more

(Newser) - Hair and booze, two of Amy Winehouse’s better-documented crutches, came into play at the start of her assault trial today, People reports. When demonstrating the height difference in court between herself and the dancer who accuses Winehouse of slapping her, Winehouse pointed out, “my hair does make a...

Family Friends Believe Mystery Kid Is Jacko's

Liz Taylor might know the whole story

(Newser) - Michael Jackson’s rumored “secret son” has a long history with the family, sources tell MSNBC. Omer Bhatti, who called himself Michael J, told Jackson’s nephew that Michael was his father “out of the blue” in 1992, says a family friend. Bhatti was a constant presence at...

Die-Hard Fans: 'Britney Spears Saved My Life'

Troubled teens tell documentary of singer's impact

(Newser) - Britney Spears may not be the most obvious role model for the troubled, but hardcore fans credit her with changing their lives in a new BBC documentary, Newsweek reports. In Britney Spears Saved My Life, the superfans testify that Britney and her music guided them through the darkest times of...

Jacko's Mysterious Nanny Returns

Fired in 2008, she's back with the children

(Newser) - Amid speculation over custody of Michael Jackson’s children, the one constant presence in their lives has re-emerged: Nanny Grace Rwaramba has resumed child-care duties at the Jackson compound, a source tells Time, and she may become a permanent fixture. “Grace was like the mother, and Michael was the...

Jacko May Have Had Love Child
 Jacko May Have 
 Had Love Child 
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Jacko May Have Had Love Child

25-year-old front and center at memorial

(Newser) - A Norwegian Michael Jackson impersonator might be the King of Pop’s love child, the Mirror reports. Omer Bhatti, 25, was seated with Jackson's family in the front row at his Los Angeles memorial service, and resembles his youngest potential sibling, Blanket. Bhatti reportedly lived at Neverland Ranch as a...

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