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Britney Won&#39;t Actually Sing at Vegas Gigs
 Britney Won't Actually 
 Sing at Vegas Gigs 
source says
Sep 23, 2013 9:31 AM CDT

Britney Won't Actually Sing at Vegas Gigs

Source says Spears will be lip-syncing

(Newser) - Planning to see Britney Spears during her two-year Las Vegas residency ? Well, hopefully you weren't planning on actually hearing her sing. "Britney does not sing. She is being paid a lot of money to lip-sync," a source tells the New York Daily News . "She hasn'...

Emmys Were a Total &#39;Bummer&#39;
 Emmys Were a Total 'Bummer' 
OPINION
Sep 23, 2013 7:33 AM CDT

Emmys Were a Total 'Bummer'

No one had fun watching this show: critics

(Newser) - The reviews are in for last night's Emmy Awards, and they are not good. (Catch up on what happened here .) One big problem: The In Memoriam segments that seemed to arrive every 20 minutes or so. A sampling of the reactions:
  • The "steady stream of in-memoriam segments
...

First Emmys Acceptance Speech Is Pretty Awesome
 Lots of Surprises 
 at the Emmy Awards 
emmy awards
Sep 22, 2013 10:09 PM CDT

Lots of Surprises at the Emmy Awards

We watched the Emmy Awards so you didn't have to

(Newser) - After giving tonight's Emmy Awards host Neil Patrick Harris some really excellent award show advice , Tina Fey and Amy Poehler took the stage to present the first award: Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series went to Nurse Jackie's Merritt Wever, who gave perhaps the best acceptance speech...

Is This the Best Acceptance Speech Ever?
 Is This the Best 
 Acceptance 
 Speech Ever? 
emmy awards
Sep 22, 2013 8:34 PM CDT

Is This the Best Acceptance Speech Ever?

Merrit Wever wins Emmy Award, says almost nothing

(Newser) - The first award at tonight's Emmy Awards went to Nurse Jackie's Merritt Wever for best supporting actress in a comedy—and while accepting it, an emotional Wever simply said "Thank you so much" a few times and then, "I gotta go." And then she walked...

No Big Musical Number as Neil Patrick Harris Opens Emmys

Instead we got a boring skit and some bad jokes

(Newser) - If you were expecting Neil Patrick Harris to open tonight's Emmy Awards with one of his typical big song-and-dance numbers, you were probably disappointed: Instead, he started with a sketch involving him attempting to watch an entire season of television that was not very well-received on Twitter (sample tweet...

5 Celebs Who Wrote Memoirs by Age 18

Who says you have to be an adult to write a memoir?

(Newser) - Apparently celebrities gain life experience at a much faster rate than the rest of us, because the Huffington Post rounds up 10 stars who already had memoirs under their belts at very young ages (or, in one case, has a memoir planned). Click through the gallery for five celebs who...

Jackman&#39;s Prisoners Takes No. 1



 Jackman's 
 Prisoners 
 Takes No. 1 
BOX OFFICE
Sep 22, 2013 1:04 PM CDT

Jackman's Prisoners Takes No. 1

But Chris Brown's 'Battle of the Year' wasn't

(Newser) - Despite complaints about the ending , Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal had a winning weekend with their thriller, Prisoners, taking in $21.4 million to lead the box office, reports the LA Times . Last week's winner, Insidious: Chapter 2, slipped into the No. 2 spot with $14.5 million, adds...

7 Stars Who Never Got Married

One couple has been together 3 decades

(Newser) - You may not have realized it, but you've never read about an extravagant wedding thrown by any of these dozen celebs rounded up by YourTango —because none of them have ever married. Click through the gallery for a sampling or check out the full list here . (Or click...

After Miley Copycats, School Removes &#39;Wrecking Ball&#39; Art
After Miley Copycats, School Yanks 'Wrecking Ball' Art
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Sep 22, 2013 7:20 AM CDT

After Miley Copycats, School Yanks 'Wrecking Ball' Art

GVSU students were riding it nude, à la Miley Cyrus

(Newser) - A Michigan university has lost a landmark, and it could be all Miley Cyrus' fault. Grand Valley State University removed a giant pendulum sculpture Tuesday, the Detroit Free Press reports. The pendulum, a big metal ball hanging from a steel cable, looks like, you guessed it, the wrecking ball Cyrus...

10 of Hollywood's Shortest Celebs

The tallest among them: Tom Cruise

(Newser) - No one ever said you have to be tall to be famous—as these 20 stars rounded up by Radar definitely prove. The best part: Famously short Tom Cruise is actually the tallest person on the list. Click through the gallery for a sampling, or check out the complete list...

7 Stars Who Don&#39;t Want Kids
 7 Stars Who Don't Want Kids 
Sep 21, 2013 8:56 AM CDT

7 Stars Who Don't Want Kids

No celebrity babies for these actors

(Newser) - If you hate hearing about celebrity babies and the dreaded "baby bump," you might want to focus your attention just on these 14 celebrities rounded up by the Huffington Post . All of them have expressed zero interest in having children. Click through the gallery for a sampling, and...

Lost Part of Film History Found in Barn

Important Mary Pickford movie found, restored

(Newser) - Just before tearing down an old barn in New Hampshire, a contractor did one last check and discovered a treasure: seven reels of film that he donated to the Keene State College Film Archives, reports the college . It has since determined that at least four of those films were ones...

Louis CK Explains Evils of Smartphones

Nobody can sit quietly alone anymore, he tells Conan

(Newser) - Apple says demand has been "incredible" for today's rollout of the new iPhones , reports AllThingsD . One person you won't find in line? Louis CK. On Conan last night, the comedian explained all that's wrong with smartphones, especially when it comes to kids, reports Salon . Sample line:...

Prisoners Is Good, the End Is Not
 Prisoners Is Good, 
 the End Is Not 
movie review
Sep 20, 2013 11:55 AM CDT

Prisoners Is Good, the End Is Not

Critics left frustrated by ending one calls 'jarring and fake'

(Newser) - If you love a good thriller, then you're in for a treat—you may just want to leave the theater before Prisoners is over. The movie, starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal, about a father who takes justice into his own hands to find his missing daughter, is getting...

9 Celebrity Homebodies
 9 Celebrity Homebodies 
Sep 20, 2013 10:07 AM CDT

9 Celebrity Homebodies

They'd rather be on the couch than at a club

(Newser) - Nightclubs, red carpets, galas, after-parties? Pshaw. The Huffington Post rounds up 19 stars who say they'd rather be in their sweats, on the couch, with a glass of wine—or some variation of that. Click through the gallery for our nine favorite celebrity homebodies and what they have to...

$1M Mispronunciation? Not Really, but Still Stings

'Wheel of Fortune' contestant has big 'oops' at clutch moment

(Newser) - First step to winning the big $1 million prize on Wheel of Fortune: Land on the million-dollar wedge of the wheel. Second step: Correctly solve the puzzle. Third step: Correctly pronounce the puzzle you've just solved. Sadly, Paul Atkinson completed steps 1 and 2 Tuesday night, but things fell...

Jon Gosselin Talks New Gig ... as Waiter

That's right, we said 'waiter'

(Newser) - Jon Gosselin had to pay the bills somehow after his marriage, and thus his reality show career, imploded ... so he's currently waiting tables at a Pennsylvania restaurant. "At first I was nervous because I was like, 'How are people going to react?'" Gosselin tells ETOnline . "...

Liam Hemsworth Has Definitely Moved On

He's spotted kissing Eiza Gonzalez day after Miley Cyrus split

(Newser) - Well, that was fast: Liam Hemsworth was spotted kissing Eiza González yesterday, just one day after he and Miley Cyrus confirmed their breakup . González is the 23-year-old Mexican singer-actress Hemsworth had been spotted with at a Las Vegas nightclub Sunday; yesterday, he stopped by her place in Beverly...

Miley's VMA Twerking 'Last Straw' for Liam

Well, either that, or Hemsworth's infidelity was to blame

(Newser) - If you were cringing during Miley Cyrus' VMA performance , well, so was her then-fiance. "Miley and Liam were already pretty much broken up at that point, but when he saw her performance and the backlash it created, it was the nail in the coffin," a source tells Radar...

New High School Grad: Mark Wahlberg, 42

Took him almost a year, but he got his diploma

(Newser) - At 42, Mark Wahlberg is a new high school graduate, the actor revealed yesterday. He originally dropped out in the ninth grade, Wahlberg writes in the Huffington Post . "My circumstances were not unlike millions of other teens today, who live in tough working class neighborhoods surrounded by drugs, violence,...

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