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Fonda Heads Back to Broadway
 Fonda Heads Back to Broadway 
Dec 5, 2008 11:12 AM CST

Fonda Heads Back to Broadway

Starring role marks return after 46 years

(Newser) - Oscar- and Emmy-winning actress Jane Fonda will have another chance to add a Tony to her collection when she returns to Broadway after a 46-year absence, Playbill reports. Fonda, who made her Broadway debut in 1960, will star in Moisés Kaufman's 33 Variations as Katherine Brandt, a musicologist working...

A-Rod: 'We're Friends—That's It'

Slugger would rather discuss charity work

(Newser) - Alex Rodriguez says he isn't dating Madonna and insists, apparently with a straight face, “We’re friends—that’s it,” People reports. The Yankee third baseman digs the pop icon's philanthropy and, when pressed, said he has attended only two of Madonna’s concerts and “I have...

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...

Britney Album Heading to No. 1
 Britney Album Heading to No. 1 
Dec 4, 2008 5:55 PM CST

Britney Album Heading to No. 1

(Newser) - It looks like Britney Spears will have her fifth No. 1 album next week. Her new Circus CD is poised to debut in the top spot when figures are released, Billboard reports. Spears is expected to sell about 455,000 copies. Among female artists, only Barbra Streisand, Madonna, Mariah Carey,...

Iconic Drum Machine Has Kanye's Number

(Newser) - Kanye West was just a toddler when Roland launched the TR-808 in 1980, but the drum machine has proven so influential that it figures in the title of the music titan's latest album, 808s and Heartbreak. "Today the 808 stands as hip-hop's answer to rock's Stratocaster—an iconic instrument...

Paris' New Label? Paris
 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. "...

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...

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...

Hubby: I Got Amy Addicted
 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...

Whitney Denies She's Back With Bobby

Reports to the contrary are false, rep says

(Newser) - Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown are not, in fact, on again, E! Online reports. A rep for Whitney called a report that the two were spotted over a romantic dinner “a complete fabrication.” The pair was married 14 years amid drug arrests and talk of abuse and cheating;...

Lynne: Brit a 'Very Normal' Mom
 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...

Whitney and Bobby Back On
 Whitney and Bobby Back On 
Nov 26, 2008 12:02 PM CST

Whitney and Bobby Back On

Witnesses spot couple rekindling romance with cozy dinner

(Newser) - Stormy couple Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown may be reuniting, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The diva and her ex-husband have been spotted sharing romantic dinners lately, and friends say they might be getting back together. Though spokespeople for Houston insist they’re just “good friends,” daughter Bobbi Kristina...

Heartbreak Has Kanye Singing
 Heartbreak Has Kanye Singing 
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Nov 25, 2008 3:04 PM CST

Heartbreak Has Kanye Singing

Bold, brooding album piques critics' interest, though it's 'occasionally unlistenable'

(Newser) - Kanye West’s latest, 808s and Heartbreak, finds the rapper changing his tune, singing instead of rapping and mourning instead of boasting—and the result is “bold, fascinating, foolhardy, occasionally unlistenable,” writes Jody Rosen in Rolling Stone. While its '80s drum tracks are a “pleasant shock,”...

Britney: 'I Feel Like an Old Person Now'

Pop star discusses her new life, dating, her kids, and her ex

(Newser) - Britney Spears is picking up the pieces in her new—and incredibly micromanaged—life, USA Today reports. In an interview that hits stands Friday, the pop star tells Rolling Stone magazine, “I feel like an old person now. I go to bed at, like, 9:30 every night. I...

Work Eases Madge's Tough Times

Music steadies Material Girl through divorce from Guy Ritchie

(Newser) - Madonna is saddened by her impending divorce, but work motivates her to soldier on, she tells the AP. Though her split with husband Guy Ritchie weighs heavily on her, touring and promoting a new movie “provides a distraction that keeps me going,” the star said. She recently made...

Punishment Fits the Crime for Colo. Noise Offenders

Teens made to listen to an hour of Manilow after late-night backyard gig

(Newser) - One Colorado judge has had it with teenagers making repeat appearances in his court for noise violations. So rather than issue a fine for mom and dad to pay, he’s devised his own punishment: Noise violators are forced to listen to an hour of gloriously un-hip music, from Barney...

Brown, Kanye Storm AMAs
 Brown, Kanye Storm AMAs 
Nov 24, 2008 6:56 AM CST

Brown, Kanye Storm AMAs

Rihanna takes 2 trophies; star lineup performs

(Newser) - Chris Brown was the big winner, but it was Kanye West's night at the American Music Awards. Instead of his typical tantrum—a trend West started four years ago when he lost the favorite new artist prize—the rapper claimed two trophies last night and called on his colleagues to...

John, You Are Forgiven—and You Could Sing

Vatican pardons Lennon for infamous Jesus comment

(Newser) - The Vatican forgave John Lennon today for saying the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, Reuters reports. Calling the 1966 remark "a boast,” the Vatican's newspaper said it was made "by a young working-class Englishman faced with unexpected success." The paper also praised the...

Will Obama Change Pop Culture?

(Newser) - Can "No-Drama" Obama cast a spell over Hollywood? After years of bleak television dramas, a Dark Knight superhero, and a James Bond who rarely smiles, some in Hollywood say Obama will inspire an era of optimism. ''The idea of change and hope has permeated the country," says Marvel...

Beyoncé Wants to Serenade Obama

Singer volunteers for inauguration performance

(Newser) - Beyoncé has her eye on her next big performance: Barack Obama’s inauguration. “Of course I’d love to,” she told People when asked about performing at the event. “Who wouldn’t?” Sasha Fierce will definitely attend the swearing-in, whether performing or not. “I want to...

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