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11 Celebs With Pro-Life Views

Martin Sheen, Jack Nicholson, Kathy Ireland among the pro-lifers

(Newser) - Hollywood, the land of liberal politics and casual sex? Maybe so, but a few celebrities have held pro-life views in recent years. Huffington Post rounds 'em up:
  • Jack Nicholson: The admitted "womanizer" (thanks, Radar ) says his mother was a teenage showgirl when she got pregnant with him.
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Stars, Westboro, and Scalia&#39;s Weird Hat
 Stars, Westboro, 
 and Scalia's Weird Hat 
INAUGURATION SCENES
Jan 21, 2013 1:51 PM CST

Stars, Westboro, and Scalia's Weird Hat

Diminished (but still huge) crowd sees Beyonce, poetry, and those jerks from Westboro

(Newser) - Roughly 600,000 people came out to watch President Obama's inauguration this year, which is a far cry from the 1.8 million who came out for his first one, but might nonetheless set a record for a second term inauguration. A look at what all those people saw:...

14 Insane Celebrity Purchases
 14 Insane Celebrity Purchases 
Oct 20, 2012 7:16 AM CDT

14 Insane Celebrity Purchases

Ben Affleck uses his $2.5K rug ... as a bath mat

(Newser) - Celebrities: Sometimes they're just like us ; other times ... well, not so much. Celebuzz rounds up 14 totally outrageous celebrity purchases that will remind you, you're not one of them:
  • A pushy sales guy in Turkey convinced Ben Affleck to purchase a $2,500 rug ... but with no place
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Miley Accused of Battery in Hollywood Scuffle

Liam Hemsworth allegedly gets tough over a bumped chair

(Newser) - Call it chair-gate? Miley Cyrus and fiancé Liam Hemsworth allegedly got into a Hollywood scuffle this weekend over a bumped chair, TMZ reports. The reported victim says a friend bumped into the Hunger Games heartthrob's seat at an event, sparking a war of words that climaxed with Miley butting...

Child Stars Who Became Child Brides

Kim Kardashian's first nuptials lasted an impressive 4 years

(Newser) - They were young and famous, then young and hitched—and, in most cases, young and divorced. Here's a list of child celebs turned child brides, courtesy of Fox News :
  • Drew Barrymore: The actress bailed on two engagements before the age of 18. She married a bar owner in 1994,
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GOP Attacks Obama and His Hollywood Groupies

New RNC ad slams Obama for using Anna Wintour

(Newser) - Jon Bon Jovi, Lady Gaga, Jack Black, Salma Hayek: It sounds like a red carpet who's who, but in fact it's a shortlist of the celebs who are lending their star power to the president during this go-round—and Republicans are once again hammering Obama for the company...

7 Celebs Who Invented Terrific Things

Neil Young, Hedy Lamarr among stars behind fine inventions

(Newser) - Who says celebrities aren't the brightest bulbs in the box? Here are a few who came up with memorable inventions, as reported by Cracked :
  • Neil Young: The legendary singer/songwriter invented a new remote control system for model trains called the Trainmaster Command Control. He first designed it so his
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10 Celebs Who Burst Into Business

Jessica Alba, Sammy Hagar branch out

(Newser) - Celebs are excellent at promoting themselves, so why not move into other products? Here are 10 stars who were bitten by the entrepreneurial bug, courtesy of the Street .

Front-Row Celebs Paid by Designers
 Front-Row Celebs 
 Paid by Designers 
in case you missed it
Mar 10, 2012 7:15 AM CST

Front-Row Celebs Paid by Designers

Rihanna, Beyonce could pocket $100K for showing up

(Newser) - Those celebrity faces oohing and ahhing in the front rows of fashion shows? Many of them are paid to be there in order to attract attention to designers vying for millions of dollars in sales, a British designer tells the Daily Mail . "It is so unprofessional. I have never...

Priciest Celeb Engagement Ring: $5M

Of the top 10, only 6 couples are still together

(Newser) - Justin Timberlake reportedly put a ring on it . Natalie Portman flashed a diamond engagement ring—now surrounded by what are reported to be wedding diamonds —at the Oscars. Will these rings go down in history as Hollywood's priciest? Only if they can beat out these 10 engagement rings,...

Ricky Gervais Promises Same Tone in This Year's Golden Globes
 Who Are 
 Ricky's 
 Targets 
 Tonight? 
golden globes
Jan 15, 2012 6:08 PM CST

Who Are Ricky's Targets Tonight?

British comedian promises same 'tone' as last year

(Newser) - Ricky Gervais, who will you skewer tonight? The third-time Golden Globes host won't say but does promise that "the tone is going to be the same" as last year, when he insulted everyone from Charlie Sheen to Angelina Jolie, the Huffington Pos t reports. "Let's get...

Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis Top List of Actors We Stalk on IMDb
 Top 10 Actors We Stalk on IMDb 
Dec 25, 2011 1:20 PM CST

Top 10 Actors We Stalk on IMDb

Natalie Portman steals top spot from Johnny Depp this year

(Newser) - When you want to ogle an actor, the Internet Movie Database is a reasonable destination. So which 10 celebs racked up the most IMDb profile page views in 2011? The top spot now belongs to Natalie Portman , who snagged the crown from Johnny Depp (now No. 3, he's been...

Shia LaBeouf Gets Pummeled in Nightclub Brawl

Plus, four more memorable celebrity bar fights

(Newser) - Shia LaBeouf had quite a night last week in Vancouver, first allegedly getting himself kicked out of a nightclub before getting into a brawl with a guy outside. TMZ —which has video, of course—reports that LaBeouf and the other man involved first got into an argument inside, then...

Lady Gaga Tops the Forbes List of Most Powerful Celebrities, Ahead of Oprah and Justin Bieber
 100 Most 
 Powerful 
 Celebrities 
new forbes list
May 18, 2011 6:21 PM CDT

100 Most Powerful Celebrities

Forbes puts Lady Gaga ahead of Oprah this year

(Newser) - Sorry, Oprah, the lady has you beat. Gaga has ousted Winfrey from the No. 1 spot in the annual Forbes list of the 100 most powerful celebrities. (Her 32 million Facebook followers and 10 million Twitter fans helped.) Justin Bieber debuts at an impressive No. 3. Other notables: Britney...

Kid Rock: Yeah, I Know My Name Is Dumb
 Kid Rock: 
 Yeah, I Know 
 My Name Is Dumb 
fun 'esquire' quotes
Apr 20, 2011 9:50 AM CDT

Kid Rock: Yeah, I Know My Name Is Dumb

Plus, why he doesn't do hookers

(Newser) - Kid Rock has learned a lot over the course of his rock career. Perhaps most importantly, if you're going to beat someone up, at least do it in a Waffle House, as he did . "Could have been worse," he points out. "What if we were in...

The Celeb With the Most Baby Mamas Is...

Take your pick: Bob Marley, Clint Eastwood, Jack Nicholson all qualify

(Newser) - Times change but one thing remains constant—successful men find success with the ladies. But success at birth control? Not so much. So the Daily Beast put together an overview of some of the most notable celebrity super-spawners. Here's a list of the father(s) of all baby mamas:
  • Jack Nicholson,
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Shouldn't We Worry About Male Teen Stars, Too?
 Shouldn't We Worry About 
 Male Teen Stars, Too? 
in case you missed it
Apr 2, 2011 7:00 PM CDT

Shouldn't We Worry About Male Teen Stars, Too?

Sorry, Angus Jones, but all the focus is on the girls: Lux Alptraum

(Newser) - A recent New York Times Magazine article about the challenges that a female teen star (Nickelodeon's Miranda Cosgrove) faces as she grows into adulthood struck Lux Alptraum more for what it didn't say: Why don't we worry about the boys as well? In that old boys-will-be-boys double-standard,...

Foxy Brown Booted From Cruise Over Manicure Mess

Rapper had to fly home from Cayman Islands

(Newser) - Foxy Brown does not have a good track record when it comes to beauty salons. The rapper was kicked off a Royal Caribbean cruise over a nail-related meltdown, TMZ reports. Brown, who had performed the day before the incident, showed up three hours late to a manicure appointment on the...

Celebrity Stoners Becoming the Norm

 Celebrity
 Stoners 
 Becoming 
 the Norm 


IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Feb 19, 2011 12:52 PM CST

Celebrity Stoners Becoming the Norm

Salon essayist: A new, welcome openness is in vogue

(Newser) - Marijuana's never been exactly taboo in pop culture, but "it seems we've reached a new level of openness about a recreational—and, in most places and circumstances, illegal—indulgence that lots of people enjoy regularly," writes Mary Elizabeth Williams in Salon . In the last week alone, Kevin Smith...

Charlie Sheen Needs Prison
 Charlie Sheen Needs Prison  
opinion roundup
Oct 27, 2010 2:25 PM CDT

Charlie Sheen Needs Prison

But don't expect CBS to take a stand and lose those profits

(Newser) - Surprise, surprise. Charlie Sheen is returning to work this week in spite of his latest little dust-up , reports People .
  • Time for jail: It's one thing if Sheen wants to quietly destroy his own life, writes psychiatrist Dale Archer at Fox News . But Sheen's repeated violent outbursts makes this different. "
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