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Oprah No. 1 Woman in Film, TV

Angelina, Tyra, and Miley round out list of female dynamos

(Newser) - Even with Sarah Palin snubbing her, Oprah Winfrey is the most powerful woman in film and television, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The trade mag places the Harpo chairwoman atop its Power 100 list for “her dizzying array of Oprah-branded media and her immense cultural influence.” She was...

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...

At 59, Streep Is a Bankable Hollywood Star

(Newser) - Meryl Streep is starring in summer blockbuster hits and banking big money at age 59—and isn't a bit surprised. ''I've worked hard, so this is what I expect,'' she tells Entertainment Weekly. Hollywood wisdom says female stars fall off the map at 40, to compete for the few...

Hopeless Is Hot in Hollywood
 Hopeless Is Hot in Hollywood 
OPINION
Nov 30, 2008 7:57 AM CST

Hopeless Is Hot in Hollywood

Movies and viewers love to get miserable

(Newser) - Bleak is the new chic in Tinseltown, writes Dan Zak in the Washington Post. Cloverfield's crowd-trampling monster, the psycho serial killer of No Country for Old Men, and the twisted oil entrepreneur of There Will Be Blood (need we mention the Dark Knight?) highlight the "raw misery of the...

Hollywood Remaking Sci-Fi Classics

New takes on Ghostbusters , Terminator among flicks already in production

(Newser) - Hollywood is looking backward with an eye on the future, reports the Los Angeles Times. Plans to launch remakes of 12 sci-fi flicks from the last millennium are already under way:
  • When Worlds Collide, an update of the apocalyptic 1951 film, will hit theaters next year with Steven Spielberg signed
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Twilight 's Bella Gets High
 Twilight's Bella 
 Gets High 
Nov 27, 2008 11:28 AM CST

Twilight's Bella Gets High

Tape shows Kristen Stewart smoking something out of a pipe on her front steps

(Newser) - Twilight is a huge hit, but star Kristen Stewart hasn’t gotten the message about dodging the paparazzi: TMZ caught her toking up on her front porch this week. Stewart, who plays the chaste Bella, was seen smoking something from a pipe outside her Los Angeles home—perhaps a remedy...

Hollywood Acts That Could Use a Bailout

MTV, Paris Hilton, the Oscars among franchises needing a makeover

(Newser) - Like Wall Street and Detroit, Hollywood is sinking under stagnant numbers and outdated business plans. The Los Angeles Times runs down some Tinseltown properties in need of a bailout.
  • MTV: The once counter-culture juggernaut should take a hint and develop edgy new dramas a la Gossip Girl.
  • Law and Order:
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Cruise Cool With Paparazzi Snapping Suri

Actor dishes on cute daughter

(Newser) - Tom Cruise doesn’t mind the paparazzi snapping away at hot-tot daughter Suri—in fact, he thinks some of the shots are “incredible.” “It’s certainly different these days with the media, but people have been very good to us and do give us space, so I...

Hollywood Scientology Guard Kills Samurai Man

Shooting of former church member was self-defense, police conclude

(Newser) - A man brandishing two Samurai swords was shot dead by a guard inside a Hollywood Scientology church yesterday. A security tape revealed that the guard used his automatic weapon to protect himself and two colleagues, police concluded. The sword man had a history with the church, but was not a...

Ledger's Ex Says Grief Like 'Moving River'

(Newser) - Michelle Williams, who stars in a new film about the loss of a best friend, says time hasn’t made mourning ex-boyfriend Heath Ledger any easier. “I’m at heart an optimistic person, but in some ways it just gets worse," the Dawson’s Creek alum says...

Reese Not Ready to Marry Jake
 Reese Not Ready to Marry Jake 
Nov 21, 2008 11:03 AM CST

Reese Not Ready to Marry Jake

Actress still has "a lot of hope for love"

(Newser) - Reese Witherspoon quashed rumors of an impending engagement to Jake Gyllenhaal in a recent interview with Parade magazine. “I don’t know how I feel about marriage,” she said. “Obviously, I’m not far enough out of being married to think about doing it again.” The...

Suri Is Hollywood's Hottest Tot
 Suri Is Hollywood's Hottest Tot 
Nov 20, 2008 8:45 AM CST

Suri Is Hollywood's Hottest Tot

TomKat's kid knocks Shiloh Jolie-Pitt to No. 2

(Newser) - In these troubled economic times, one thing is sure to make the public feel better: Babies. Forbes has compiled its annual list of Hollywood power tots, with Suri Cruise at the top, Reuters reports. The magazine claims we can expect to see more of the top cuties, including three of...

Jolie to Become Stay-at-Home Mom?

Actress plans to take fewer projects

(Newser) - Angelina Jolie tells the BBC she is ready to “fade away” from the celebrity scene and gradually give up acting to focus on her six kids. The actress hasn't worked in a year, and apart from a short stint in February, she plans to wait at least another year...

Pitt 'Thrown' by Jen's Dig, Calls to Gripe

Pitt and Jolie reportedly shocked by Aniston rehashing 'old wound'

(Newser) - Jennifer Aniston's candid Vogue interview and first public digs at Angelina Jolie are causing quite a stir—and Brad doesn't like it, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. Pitt called Aniston to complain about the piece, though his ex-wife went out of her way to compliment him. Pitt and Jolie were “...

'I'm Right Where I'm Supposed to Be'
 'I'm Right Where 
 I'm Supposed to Be' 
GLOSSIES
Nov 12, 2008 6:51 PM CST

'I'm Right Where I'm Supposed to Be'

Jen discusses more than just Angelina

(Newser) -  A far cry from the needy, clingy portrait the tabloids have painted, Jennifer Aniston appears at peace with her romantic past ("I've been unbelievably lucky in love"), but irritated when asked about wanting kids, in a Vogue profile by Jonathan Van Meter. The actress waxed philosophic about...

Chief of Staff's Bro Is Hollywood Super Agent

Rahm Emanuel's high-flying sib just got better connected

(Newser) - The president-elect's new chief of staff has a pair of high-flying brothers, the Los Angeles Times reports. Rahm Emanuel's younger brother, Ari, is a founding partner of top Hollywood talent agency Endeavor while older brother, Ezekiel, is a leading bioethicist. Ari, who shares Ramm's reputation for take-no-prisoners power plays, inspired...

Melrose Actress on Latest Facial Injections: 'Uh-Oh'

Lisa Rinna admits to overdoing it with Juvederm

(Newser) - Plastic surgery junkie and TV Guide Network host Lisa Rinna acknowledges that she overdosed on the facial filler Juvederm. “I saw a picture of myself and thought, ‘Uh-oh,’” the C-list celeb tells In Touch Weekly. “You have to be careful. I’m a perfect example...

A-List Agent Mocked, Stole From Clients, Suit Charges

Ex-aide suing for sex harassment dishes dirt

(Newser) - One of Hollywood's premier talent agents paraded around his office in the buff, exposed staff to porn, and talked about his A-list clientele in less than reverential terms, reports the New York Post, citing a former aide's revelations in a sex harassment suit. Todd Shemarya—who represents Brad Pitt, Angelina...

Dude, Like, Keanu Is a Genius
 Dude, Like, Keanu Is a Genius 
GLOSSIES
Nov 4, 2008 4:12 PM CST

Dude, Like, Keanu Is a Genius

Pithy player prefers Proust, poetry, and, possibly, Parker Posey

(Newser) - Seeing his oeuvre on screen, you might believe action hero Keanu Reeves has trouble finishing a sentence. But after spending a day with the actor, Jeff Gordinier reports for Details that the star of films from Bill and Ted to The Matrix has in fact finished Proust's quotidian memoir and...

9 Hotels Haunted by Celebs
 9 Hotels Haunted by Celebs 
TRAVEL
Oct 31, 2008 4:22 PM CDT

9 Hotels Haunted by Celebs

(Newser) - In the mood for upscale Halloween chills? If a plain old haunted house isn't swanky enough for your tastes, consider checking into a room from Travel and Leisure's list of hotels that come complete with a resident celeb spook:
  1. Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Los Angeles: Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift
  2. Las
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