Zooey Deschanel

Zooey Deschanel's Message
With Beau: 'Forever Starts Now!'

Aug 15, 2023 7:26 AM CDT

Zooey Deschanel's Message With Beau: 'Forever Starts Now!'

'New Girl' actor announces her engagement to Jonathan Scott of 'Property Brothers'

(Newser) - Both of the Property Brothers stars are now officially off the market. Jonathan Scott, who co-hosts the home improvement show with his brother Drew, is engaged to New Girl actor Zooey Deschanel, as announced via a joint message on both of their Instagram accounts. "Forever starts now!!!" read...

Zooey Deschanel
May Have a
New Beau We
All Know

Sep 14, 2019 6:30 AM CDT

Zooey Deschanel May Have a New Beau We All Know

Sources say the 'New Girl' star is dating Jonathan Scott of reality-TV show 'Property Brothers'

(Newser) - With the news of Zooey Deschanel's split with husband Jacob Pechenik still fresh, the New Girl star is reportedly inspecting some new relationship real estate. A source tells People the 39-year-old actress and singer is now dating Jonathan Scott, 41, of the HGTV series Property Brothers. "It's...

Zooey Deschanel
Splits With Husband

Sep 7, 2019 6:00 AM CDT

Zooey Deschanel Splits With Husband

'New Girl' star and Jacob Pechenik are calling it quits after 4 years of marriage

(Newser) - The star of New Girl has a new marital status: E! News reports that actress and singer Zooey Deschanel has split from her husband of four years, producer Jacob Pechenik. "After much discussion and a long period of contemplation, we have decided we are better off as friends, business...

Zooey Deschanel
Converts to Judaism

Nov 9, 2015 10:03 AM CST

Zooey Deschanel Converts to Judaism

Sources say she made the move for husband Jacob Pechenik

(Newser) - Zooey Deschanel is now Jewish. Sources tell Us she converted to Judaism for her Jewish husband, Jacob Pechenik. Prior to that, she didn't feel strongly about religion: Her mother is Roman Catholic and her father is Quaker, and she once explained, "I don't attach myself to any...

Zooey Deschanel
Named Her Baby
After an Animal

Oct 20, 2015 9:44 AM CDT

Zooey Deschanel Named Her Baby After an Animal

Say hello to Elsie Otter Pechenik

(Newser) - Zooey Deschanel gave birth to a baby girl months ago , and she's finally revealed the baby's name: Elsie Otter Pechenik. "I love otters. My husband [Jacob Pechenik] really loves otters. She better love otters," Deschanel said on the Today show Tuesday. "We don't know...

20 Celebs Who
Divorced Before 35

May 11, 2013 1:45 PM CDT

20 Celebs Who Divorced Before 35

And 2 of them are from this week

(Newser) - In the news this week: Divorces for not one but two actresses under the age of 35 (Jane Levy, Suburgatory, and Anna Camp, Pitch Perfect). Of course, in Hollywood, such situations aren't all that uncommon. The Huffington Post rounds up 18 more under-35 divorcées:

Jessica Simpson was 25

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SNL Spoofs
Eastwood,
'Halftime
in America'

Feb 12, 2012 11:42 AM CST

SNL Spoofs Eastwood, 'Halftime in America'

Zooey Deschanel hosts 'Saturday Night Live'

(Newser) - Zooey Deschanel hosted Saturday Night Live last night, but the show was really more memorable for a couple of cameos, reports the Hollywood Reporter . The Artist star Jean Dujardin stopped by to give a leg up to a French dance number featuring Deschanel, and Nicolas Cage dropped in on Weekend ...

Russell Brand and ...
Zooey Deschanel?

Feb 5, 2012 2:26 PM CST

Russell Brand and ... Zooey Deschanel?

British comic woos Katy Perry look-a-like

(Newser) - British funnyman Russell Brand is apparently bouncing from one blue-eyed cutie brunette to another. Brand has "had his eye" on New Girl star Zooey Deschanel "for a long time," an insider tells OK! "And he's been sending funny, flirty texts to see if they can...

Zooey Files for Divorce

Jan 5, 2012 8:31 AM CST

Zooey Files for Divorce

And reveals her financial situation in the process

(Newser) - It's official: Two months after her split with hubby Ben Gibbard became public, New Girl star Zooey Deschanel has filed for divorce from the Death Cab for Cutie frontman. She filed in LA on Dec. 27, citing irreconcilable differences and putting the date of separation as Halloween, TMZ reports....

Zooey Deschanel
Splits With Husband

Nov 1, 2011 7:02 PM CDT

Zooey Deschanel Splits With Husband

She and Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard are divorcing

(Newser) - Actress (and singer) Zooey Deschanel is getting a divorce from hubby (and singer) Ben Gibbard and, blessedly, there's no Kardashian-like drama . "It's amicable, it's mutual," a source tells People . Deschanel, 31, married the 35-year-old Death Cab for Cutie frontman in 2009. (Deschanel has a new...

Can We Stop
Butchering the
National Anthem?

OPINION

Oct 24, 2011 1:41 PM CDT

Can We Stop Butchering the National Anthem?

Let's ditch the 'insufferable freestyle flourishes': Raymond Cummings

(Newser) - Why must every sports game begin with vocalists wailing their way through the national anthem? It’s a powerful song, but “there’s no reason” it needs to “last five endless minutes and arrive full of insufferable freestyle flourishes,” writes Raymond Cummings at SpliceToday . Trouble is, no...

Our Idiot Brother Is
Likeable Enough

movie review

Aug 26, 2011 1:38 PM CDT

Our Idiot Brother Is Likeable Enough

Paul Rudd stars in Jesse Peretz comedy

(Newser) - Our Idiot Brother is the story of a sweet-natured fool who depends on his three sisters to get his life back on track. It’s good for a smile, if not big laughs:

In the New York Times , AO Scott calls it a “thin, unconvincing movie made likable by

...

Hottest Celeb Diet: Gluten-Free

Aug 2, 2010 9:25 AM CDT

Hottest Celeb Diet: Gluten-Free

Some are allergic; others just want to lose weight

(Newser) - Everyone in Hollywood seems to be allergic to gluten—or at least off it—these days. Celebrity practitioners like Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Gwyneth Paltrow have helped propel the gluten-free lifestyle into the spotlight, with more of us mere mortals following suit in an effort to get thin. It's no wonder...

31% of Gals
Would Sleep
With Zooey

women + sex survey

Apr 22, 2010 10:58 AM CDT

31% of Gals Would Sleep With Zooey

And more fun revelations from Esquire's survey

(Newser) - If you’ve ever wondered which female celebrity most women would go gay for, or the average number of dates it takes before a woman will offer to pay for dinner, never fear: Esquire's Survey of the American Woman is here. The mag polled nearly 10,000 women—here’s...

Gilligan's Island
Sets Sail for Big Screen

but who should play castaways?

Mar 3, 2010 11:13 AM CST

Gilligan's Island Sets Sail for Big Screen

Michael Cera may be Gilligan, but what about the rest?

(Newser) - More than 40 years later, Gilligan’s Island is coming to the big screen. Warner Bros. and Atlas Entertainment have begun development on the film, Variety reports, adding that they plan to update the familiar premise. No cast has been announced, other than the possibility of Michael Cera as Gilligan,...

13 Celebrity Doppelgangers

Feb 8, 2010 10:53 AM CST

13 Celebrity Doppelgangers

Is that Zooey Deschanel or Katy Perry? It's hard to tell

(Newser) - Facebook's " celebrity doppelganger week " has turned countless profile photos into pictures of celebrities—but what if the celebrities themselves want to get in on the fun? PopEater offers up some suggestions for famous lookalikes:

Zooey Deschanel: The actress should consider posting a picture of singer Katy Perry.
Christina

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Worst Movies of All Time

Clooney's 'Batman'

Feb 7, 2010 11:34 AM CST

Worst Movies of All Time

Even George Clooney can't save 1997's Batman and Robin.

(Newser) - So he's up for a best actor Oscar and his movie Up in the Air has gotten tons of buzz. That doesn't mean George Clooney's beyond the occasional flop. His 1997 "franchise-killing" flick Batman and Robin, with Chris O'Donnell and Alicia Silverstone, was picked by Empire magazine readers as...

Notable Golden Globes Snubs

Lee Daniels misses Best Director race, The Road shut out, and more

(Newser) - The Golden Globes are “as notable for the films and performances that members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association omit as for those that they celebrate,” writes Chris Lee in the Los Angeles Times , and yesterday’s nominations “had no shortage of surprising snubs.” Lee, and...

Zooey Deschanel,
Ben Gibbard Marry

Sep 21, 2009 9:36 AM CDT

Zooey Deschanel, Ben Gibbard Marry

Indie rock darlings get hitched after December engagement

(Newser) - Indie rock ‘it’ couple Zooey Deschanel and Ben Gibbard married Saturday near Seattle, her rep tells Us. The 29-year-old actress (and She & Him singer) and Death Cab for Cutie frontman, 33, were engaged last December after dating for nearly a year.