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10 Ridiculous Celebrity Excuses
 10 Ridiculous Celebrity Excuses 
'i thought it was gum'
Sep 7, 2010 10:59 AM CDT

10 Ridiculous Celebrity Excuses

Paris Hilton isn't the first one to grasp at straws

(Newser) - Paris Hilton really, really thought that cocaine in her (er, a friend's ) purse was chewing gum . In her honor, PopEater lists nine more equally ridiculous tall tales celebs have dreamed up when they needed an excuse:
  • Britney Spears: Why did she drive with her infant son on her lap
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15 Dumbest Celebrity Quotes
 15 Dumbest Celebrity Quotes 
Sep 5, 2010 1:50 PM CDT

15 Dumbest Celebrity Quotes

You can't make this stuff up...

(Newser) - Celebrities say the darndest—and sometimes the stupidest—things. The Stir rounds up 15 that fall into the latter category:
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger: "I think gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman."
  • Brooke Shields: "Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a
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Britney Will Guest-Star on Glee

Episode will showcase pop star's songs

(Newser) - An upcoming episode of Glee devoted to the musical stylings of Britney Spears will have a very, very special guest star, Us reports : Britney Spears. "Britney, I think 100 percent, is going to be on the episode," show creator Ryan Murphy said today on Ryan Seacrest's radio show....

The 33 'Blackest White Folks'
 The 33 'Blackest White Folks' 
including glenn beck
Jul 24, 2010 1:20 PM CDT

The 33 'Blackest White Folks'

Some choices, like Glenn Beck, may be a bit tongue-in-cheek

(Newser) - Some white people “claim ‘blackness,’” and a few actually do make the cut. The Root offers a list of the 33 “blackest white folks we know”:
  • Christina Aguilera: Unlike fellow pop starlets Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson, Aguilera actually has soul. She even “channeled
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Mel Gibson: 'I Want Jew Blood on My Hands'
 Mel Gibson: 
 'I Want 
 Jew Blood 
 on My Hands' 
new rants, old tune
Jul 23, 2010 10:57 AM CDT

Mel Gibson: 'I Want Jew Blood on My Hands'

Same anti-Semitism, different day

(Newser) - Another day, another shocking claim about Mel Gibson. The latest: He allegedly told Oksana Grigorieva, “I want Jew blood on my hands,” she tells authorities. Apparently Gibson was angry at, as Radar puts it , “a high-profile Hollywood figure who is Jewish” who had “publicly humiliated” Mel....

Britney Counseling Mel—Seriously

They're having late night heart-to-hearts

(Newser) - For advice on how to get re-hinged, lunatic ranter Mel Gibson has apparently been turning to ... Britney Spears. The disgraced star, 54, has been pouring his heart out to the poptart, sharing his fears that his recorded rants to his babymama Oksana Grigorieva are destroying his career, Britney has told...

Brit Dreads 'Sex Talk' With Kids
 Brit Dreads 'Sex Talk' With Kids 
cosmo interview
Jul 7, 2010 8:02 AM CDT

Brit Dreads 'Sex Talk' With Kids

Probably not half as much as they do...

(Newser) - Britney Spears appears to have learned something from her childhood: Namely, to keep her kids out of showbiz. “If my sons told me they wanted to be in the entertainment business, I'd lock them in their rooms until they turned 30!” she tells Cosmopolitan. Despite her ongoing tabloid...

Ex-Bodyguard: Brit Beats Her Kids

Claims come from same guy who cried sexual harassment

(Newser) - Take this one with a grain of salt: Britney Spears will be investigated over claims that she abuses her children. The allegations come from none other than Fernando Flores, the same ex-bodyguard who says he quit because he just couldn’t handle Brit’s tendency to walk around the house...

10 Craziest Celeb Diets

 10 Craziest 
 Celeb Diets 
'purple food diet,' anyone?
Jun 26, 2010 2:15 PM CDT

10 Craziest Celeb Diets

Could you survive on strawberries, lettuce, and edamame?

(Newser) - Snooki of the Jersey Shore is going on a cookie diet—which sounds downright yummy compared to some of the other crazy diets she and her fellow celebrities have tried. (In high school, Snooks would “suck on ice cubes for hours” instead of eating, a friend says.) The...

Naked Britney Sexually Harassed Me: Bodyguard

You can't make this stuff up...or maybe you can

(Newser) - Britney Spears’ redemption must not be quite complete, because the singer apparently still enjoys running “round the house naked and yelling at staff,” as one source puts it. A former bodyguard claims Brit sexually harassed him, saying she came onto him multiple times…while nude…and that he,...

Britney Is Twitter's New Queen

 Britney Is Twitter's New Queen 
sorry, ashton
May 24, 2010 5:48 AM CDT

Britney Is Twitter's New Queen

So what if Spears herself isn't doing much of the tweeting

(Newser) - Just nine days after Mashable's prediction , it came to pass: Ashton Kutcher has been dethroned as Twitter’s reigning superstar. Britney Spears , despite a distinct lack of tweets actually posted by the singer herself, officially has the most followers on the microblogging site, though the numbers constantly fluctuate. Both are...

10 Careers for Eliot Spitzer
10 Careers for Eliot Spitzer
unpaid prostitute?
May 21, 2010 11:22 AM CDT

10 Careers for Eliot Spitzer

You know, just in case CNN gig falls through

(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer is rumored to be a possible replacement for Campbell Brown on CNN , and in case he doesn’t get that job, Olivia Allin of The Frisky suggests 10 alternatives:
  • Britney Spears’ assistant: “The logic here would be that since he’s apparently attracted to sexual young women,
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Britney Spears Will Soon Rule Twitter

She's on track to overtake Ashton Kutcher

(Newser) - This might matter in only a parallel universe, but Ashton Kutcher is on the brink of losing his title as Twitter king. He's got nearly 5 million followers, but he's a mere 10,000 or so ahead of Britney Spears. What's more, she's on track to overtake him within a...

10 Unretouched Celebrities
 10 Unretouched Celebrities 

IN CASE YOU MISSED
Apr 17, 2010 3:40 PM CDT

10 Unretouched Celebrities

Of course, most of them still look great...

(Newser) - Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson both got attention recently by releasing unretouched photos, but they’re far from the first celebs to do so. The Daily Beast found eight more—check them out in the gallery:
  • Kim Kardashian: The reality star wasn’t upset when Complex posted the wrong—
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Britney Releases Unretouched Pics

Spears wants to bring awareness to pressure on women

(Newser) - Britney Spears is the latest celebrity to take a stand against photo retouching, releasing before and after pictures from a recent Candie’s campaign shoot. A source tells the Mirror —yes, a British tabloid, so take the story with a grain of salt—that the pop star “is...

7 Signs LiLo Is the New Britney
 7 Signs LiLo Is the New Britney 
and not in a good way
Apr 5, 2010 9:30 AM CDT

7 Signs LiLo Is the New Britney

Lohan's apparent breakdown is eerily similar to Spears'

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan’s current troubles and Britney Spears’ infamous breakdown are so eerily similar, it’s a wonder Lilo hasn’t shaved her head. Fox News lists seven reasons La Lohan is the new Brit:
  1. The ick factor: Britney started sporting ratty hair during her time of trouble; Lindsay's once-gorgeous
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10 Stars Who Rocked Star Search

 10 Stars 
 Who Rocked 
 Star Search 
that's justin timberlake
Mar 21, 2010 6:37 AM CDT

10 Stars Who Rocked Star Search

Justin Timberlake was into country music?

(Newser) - Paula Abdul may be bringing Star Search back—but will the talent competition bring us any new celebrities? The Frisky takes a look back at 10 stars who actually made it after going on the show in its heyday:
  1. Britney Spears: Her voice sounded, arguably, better when she was 10
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Top Earners U2 Brought in $109M in 2009
 Top Earners U2 
 Brought in $109M in 2009 
top music moneymakers
Feb 28, 2010 4:20 PM CST

Top Earners U2 Brought in $109M in 2009

Bruce Springsteen finishes 2nd to Irish superstars, and it's not even close

(Newser) - The news that U2 was the top moneymaker in music in 2009 is no surprise, but what may come as a bit of a shock is the gap between No. 1 and No. 2. The Irish rockers brought in $108.6 million lat year, nearly twice as much as runner-up...

10 Celebrities Who Definitely Need 'Prehab'

We're looking at you, Miley Cyrus

(Newser) - Now that Brooke Mueller and Charlie Sheen are hitting “ prehab ”—rehab for people (supposedly) without any actual addiction issues—it’s time for other celebrities to follow suit. Ami Angelowicz lists her top 10 candidates, on The Frisky :
  • Britney Spears: Sure, she seems OK now. But you
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Jamie Lynn Dumps Baby Daddy for Bizman

Britney's kid sis moves back in with mom

(Newser) - Jamie Lynn Spears has dumped her baby daddy and is dating a 28-year-old Louisiana businessman. Britney's baby sister, who had a baby of her own at 16, has left the Mississippi home she shared with Casey Aldridge last month, reports People . Spears, 18, had planned to marry her construction worker...

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