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Dec 5, 2008 7:00 AM CST

Grammy Noms a 'Blessing': Hudson

Debut album receives four nods

(Newser) - Amid family tragedy, Jennifer Hudson found herself “blessed” with four Grammy nominations, People reports. “It’s been a childhood dream of mine to release an album,” Hudson said in a statement. “I'm extremely honored and humbled.” The nods came on the same day Hudson's estranged...

Snarky Stars Wage Protest in Prop 8 Musical

Dec 4, 2008 11:50 AM CST

Snarky Stars Wage Protest in Prop 8 Musical

Jack Black is Jesus in 3-min. online rip on gay-marriage ban

(Newser) - Hollywood found a new way to protest California’s passage of anti-gay-marriage Proposition 8: song and dance, the AP reports. Prop 8: The Musical, posted on FunnyOrDie, features Jack Black as Jesus reminding the religious right that shrimp cocktail is also a Biblical “abomination.” The hero of the...

Liz Lemon
Dates a
Mad Man

Dec 4, 2008 11:38 AM CST

Liz Lemon Dates a Mad Man

Jon Hamm to guest on 30 Rock

(Newser) - Tina Fey will finally get a decent boyfriend this season on 30 Rock, Vanity Fair reports. Jon Hamm, who plays ad exec Don Draper on Mad Men, guest stars as a pediatrician with a fondness for pie-making documentaries and ice-cream makers. Hamm has filmed "a couple of episodes" and...

Ripa, Hubby Deny Split Rumors

Dec 4, 2008 7:00 AM CST

Ripa, Hubby Deny Split Rumors

Couple demands tabloid retraction

(Newser) - Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos firmly denied break-up rumors, saying that the National Enquirer has “reached a new low,” E! Online reports. The tabloid ran a story claiming Consuelos, who snagged a correspondent spot on Oprah this year, has decided to set up shop permanently in Chicago and...

Mom Gives Hills
Marriage '6 Months'

Dec 3, 2008 3:59 PM CST

Mom Gives Hills Marriage '6 Months'

'It's the biggest mistake Heidi's ever made,' says Mom

(Newser) - Heidi Montag’s mother gives her daughter’s marriage to fellow Hills star Spencer Pratt “six months,” saying she is devastated to lose her daughter to the “manipulative” Pratt, US Magazine reports. Darlene Egelhoff says that she suspects her daughter was drugged by Pratt during their elopement...

Paris' New Label? Paris

Dec 3, 2008 1:05 PM CST

Paris' New Label? Paris

Heiress will use independent label

(Newser) - Paris Hilton's long-awaited(!?) album has found a label at last—her own Heiress Records, reports the Daily Mirror. The celebutante says this record is “completely different” from her first, which was “very hip-hop." "I was really inspired by Kylie Minogue," says Hilton. "...

Lindsay:
We're Still
Together

Dec 3, 2008 11:26 AM CST

Lindsay: We're Still Together

Lohan denies rumors of break-up

(Newser) - Regardless of their catfight in London last week, Lindsay Lohan and girlfriend Samantha Ronson are going strong, the New York Daily News reports. LiLo, frustrated with all the rumors, tells visitors to her MySpace page, “because I have been getting a lot of emails asking me this one question...

Cher to Turn
Back Time in
'60s Cover Album

Dec 3, 2008 11:00 AM CST

Cher to Turn Back Time in '60s Cover Album

'60s hits will be focus of singer's next effort, she tells Page Six

(Newser) - Cher's next album will hark back to the era that spawned Sonny and Cher, reports the New York Post. The singer plans to cover songs of the 1960s, “a time when I used to listen to music on my AM radio in my Ford Mustang.” She mentions artists...

Winehouse Ex
Back in the Pokey

Dec 3, 2008 10:03 AM CST

Winehouse Ex Back in the Pokey

Winehouse hubby violated bail

(Newser) - It’s shockingly back to prison for Amy Winehouse’s soon-to-be ex-hubby, the Independent reports. Blake Fielder-Civil reportedly broke the terms of his early-release bail by failing a drug test. He had earlier claimed to be clean, thanks to his forced stint in rehab. After failing the test, Fielder-Civil supposedly...

Gary Coleman
Admits Fan Assault

Dec 3, 2008 9:20 AM CST

Gary Coleman Admits Fan Assault

Whatchutalkinbout, Willis?

(Newser) - Former child actor Gary Coleman pleaded no contest to charges related to a tussle with a fan, and was ordered to pay a $100 fine, the AP reports. The pint-sized star’s troubles began when a fan snapped pictures of him and his wife in a Utah bowling alley in...

Madge, A-Rod Want Love Shack

Dec 2, 2008 11:37 AM CST

Madge, A-Rod Want Love Shack

Pair may move in together in New York

(Newser) - Madonna and Alex Rodriguez are looking to shack up together in a high-end Manhattan mansion, the New York Post reports. A real estate source revealed the pop star and her slugger beau are scouting the Upper East Side for “private, double-width mansions in the vicinity of $30 million to...

Dunst Slaps
Stalker With
Restraining Order

Dec 2, 2008 7:35 AM CST

Dunst Slaps Stalker With Restraining Order

Man has trespassed repeatedly

(Newser) - Kirsten Dunst won a restraining order against a stalker who has repeatedly trespassed on her property, Access Hollywood reports. Christopher Smith said he has a “spiritual connection” with the actress, and went to her house multiple times because, according to a police statement, “I’m in love with...

Metallica
Drummer
Skips to
the Loo

Dec 1, 2008 12:03 PM CST

Metallica Drummer Skips to the Loo

Lars Ulrich can't stop hanging out in bathrooms

(Newser) - He’s quit cocaine, but Lars Ulrich still likes to hang out in bathroom stalls, the Metallica drummer tells Blender magazine, “Two guys in a bathroom stall—it feels like the most important place in the whole world in that moment.” He pops in to not use the...

Songbird Paris
Goes It Alone

Dec 1, 2008 10:43 AM CST

Songbird Paris Goes It Alone

Hilton says she's finished second record ... now she just needs a taker

(Newser) - The good news for Paris Hilton fans is that she’s finished her second album. The bad news is that the omnipresent gossip magnet doesn’t actually have a contract, or even a label. “I’m figuring it out right now. I’m not sure which label I’m...

Penn Embraced
Gay Love Scene

Dec 1, 2008 10:19 AM CST

Penn Embraced Gay Love Scene

Co-star surprised by scene

(Newser) - As he got into the character of Harvey Milk, Sean Penn pushed for a more explicit sex scene in Milk, surprising his co-star, the New York Post reports. James Franco tells Elle magazine the one kissing scene he read in the original movie script turned into “a full-on love...

Hubby: I Got Amy Addicted

Dec 1, 2008 9:48 AM CST

Hubby: I Got Amy Addicted

Blake Fielder-Civil says he introduced wife to heroin, crack, and self-mutilation

(Newser) - Amy Winehouse’s husband admits he made her into a junkie, and tells News of the World he is leaving the troubled singer to save her life. “I am not abandoning her. I am doing this out of love,” Blake Fielder-Civil said, taking blame for her crack and...

Madge, A-Rod Coincidentally Hit Mexico at Same Time

Dec 1, 2008 7:00 AM CST

Madge, A-Rod Coincidentally Hit Mexico at Same Time

Singer performs, slugger hosts clinic

(Newser) - After their much-discussed Thanksgiving was over, Madonna and Alex Rodriguez both ended up in Mexico City yesterday, the AP reports. While Madonna performed in two sold-out concerts, A-Rod ran a baseball clinic for impoverished children. It was not clear if they met, but when asked about being there at the...

Lynne: Brit a 'Very Normal' Mom

Nov 28, 2008 11:23 AM CST

Lynne: Brit a 'Very Normal' Mom

Singer's mom opens up on star's recovery

(Newser) - As Britney Spears turns her chaotic life around, mom Lynne says she’s doing great and is “a wonderful mother,” People reports. The Spears matriarch recently spoke to GMTV to promote her memoir, and the pop star predictably came up in conversation. Lynne discussed Brit’s breakdown and...

Mariah: Not Pregnant,
But Not Drinking

Nov 26, 2008 1:40 PM CST

Mariah: Not Pregnant, But Not Drinking

Singer says rumors are false, but turns down bubbly on Ellen

(Newser) - Mariah Carey’s not pregnant, she just doesn’t believe in drinking before 3pm—or so she says, People reports. The singer repeatedly shot down questions about pregnancy on Ellen today, but refused to take a sip of champagne when the host offered it, calling it "fattening." “...

Whitney and Bobby Back On

Nov 26, 2008 12:02 PM CST