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Best Beaches of 2013
 Best Beaches of 2013 
May 24, 2013 1:30 PM CDT

Best Beaches of 2013

Main Beach in East Hampton takes top honors

(Newser) - The annual "best beaches" list compiled by an expert at Florida International University in Miami is out for 2013, with one in the Hamptons taking top honors. Professor Stephen Leatherman, aka Dr. Beach, crunches several factors including water and sand quality, safety, and size of waves, notes LiveScience . Your...

18 Male Celebrity Divas
 18 Male Celebrity Divas 
May 19, 2013 12:50 PM CDT

18 Male Celebrity Divas

Jay-Z will only eat fancy PB&J, thank you very much

(Newser) - You certainly don't have to be female to be a diva, as these 18 men rounded up by Radar prove:
  • While performing, Kanye West will only use $400 Versace towels to wipe his face.
  • Tom Cruise recently demanded a Montenegro restaurant clear out so he could eat there alone.
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11 Weird Things Named After Celebs

The Hasselhoff crab, the Beyonce fly, and more

(Newser) - You know you've made it when you get a house fly named after you , as Beyonce did last year. The Huffington Post rounds up 10 more interesting things dedicated to celebrities:
  • A hairy crab: Scientists discovered a new species of Yeti crab with a hairy chest and thought of
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19 Best-Kept Secrets of the Stars

The latest: Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy

(Newser) - Angelina Jolie managed to keep her double mastectomy a secret from February 2, when procedures started, through April 27, when they were completed, and all the way until May 14, when she revealed everything. But some stars have kept their secrets even longer: Radar lists 18 of them.
  • Janet Jackson
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6 Ex-Couples Who Still Aren't Officially Divorced

No end in sight for Demi-Ashton divorce

(Newser) - It took Ashton Kutcher more than a year after their split to finally file for divorce from Demi Moore, and almost five months later, they're still officially married. Their latest hangup? An eight-figure venture capital fund co-founded by Kutcher. E! rounds up five more ex-couples who aren't, technically,...

14 Celebs You Had No Idea Were Once Roommates

Turns out Jonah Hill recycles a little too much...

(Newser) - Can you picture Ving Rhames and Stanley Tucci as roommates? No? Well, they once were. The Frisky rounds up seven surprising pairs of celebrities who once lived together:
  • Justin Long lived with Jonah Hill, but they fought about recycling, Long has said. "He would recycle everything. I would find
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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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Madonna's Met Gala Look: No Pants

Plus: Tiger and Lindsey make romantic debut

(Newser) - Last night was the Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual Costume Institute gala, and you know what that means: Madonna showed up wearing no pants, Anne Hathaway showed up with bleached blonde hair, Kristen Stewart showed up with sad raccoon eyes and a matador pantsuit, and Kim Kardashian showed up...

20 Stars With Crazy Expensive Homes

You probably can't afford any of these

(Newser) - No self-respecting Hollywood star or tech mogul is going to live in a shack—but what are the most expensive celebrity homes? Radar lists 20:
  • Petra Ecclestone's Los Angeles home, the former Spelling Mansion: $85 million
  • Tiger Woods' Florida estate: $60 million
  • Bill Gates' Washington state "Xanadu,"
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10 Totally Spoiled Celeb Tots
 10 Totally Spoiled Celeb Tots 
May 4, 2013 10:55 AM CDT

10 Totally Spoiled Celeb Tots

Apparently, fancy tree houses are a thing

(Newser) - It comes as little surprise that celebrity children are quite a spoiled bunch, but even by Hollywood standards, these 10 tots rounded up by the Stir seem to have it particularly good:
  • Katie Holmes recently bought daughter Suri Cruise a $100,000 tree house, complete with running water, electricity, and
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Salaries of White House Staffers

$172K is a common one

(Newser) - White House staffers have to take an unpaid day off starting with the May 1 pay period thanks to the sequester, and Politico uses the opportunity to round up some high-profile salaries. (It's not clear how many total days the staffers will lose.)
  • Jay Carney, press secretary: $172,
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25 Celebs You Forgot Were Once Married

Remember the good old days of Madonna and Sean Penn?

(Newser) - Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson married in July 2006—on a party yacht, no less—but, shockingly, divorced that November. So you'd be forgiven for having forgotten they were ever married. PopSugar rounds up 24 more such couples:
  • Madonna and Sean Penn: Married 1985, divorced 1989.
  • Jennifer Lopez and
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25 Major Divas and Their Crazy Demands

You can't just buy any old candles for Nicki Minaj

(Newser) - Who says you have to be female to be a diva? Radar rounds up 25 of the biggest divas in Hollywood, and more than a third of them are male. Take Prince: He once asked London's O2 Arena to build a five-bedroom house for him on its grounds. And,...

20 Iconic Songs That Are Actually Covers

Cyndi Lauper didn't come up with the idea that girls just want to have fun

(Newser) - Next time you find yourself belting along to Cyndi Lauper singing "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" or Joan Jett singing "I Love Rock 'n' Roll," know this: Cyndi and Joan didn't originate those songs, they just made them famous. Huffington Post rounds up 20 hit...

Top 5 Picks in NFL Draft
 Top 5 Picks in NFL Draft 
Apr 25, 2013 8:10 PM CDT

Top 5 Picks in NFL Draft

All five are linemen in draft considered weak on QBs

(Newser) - The NFL draft is under way and off to an unusual start. For the first time since the 1970 pro football merger, offensive tackles were taken with the first two picks. ( Bleacher Report has live coverage). Here are the top five overall:
  1. Kansas City Chiefs: Eric Fisher, Central Michigan,
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Least-Stressed State? Same as Always...

 Least-Stressed State? 
 Same as Always... 
gallup poll
Apr 24, 2013 8:43 AM CDT

Least-Stressed State? Same as Always...

Hawaii takes top honors, shocking no one

(Newser) - You probably won't be surprised to hear that Hawaii is, yet again, the least-stressed state in the nation, according to a new Gallup poll . (The poll has been taken each year since 2008, and Hawaii has won every time.) Just 32.1% of those polled in the state...

9 Celebs Dating Much Younger Men

In some cases, decades separate them

(Newser) - It's not just famous men who can have much younger lovers: The Frisky rounds up nine celebrity ladies in relationships with younger men:
  • When Sharon Stone was starring in Basic Instinct, her 30-years-younger guy Martin Mica was just ... six.
  • Madonna certainly seems to enjoy dating younger men. Her latest,
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27 Celebs&#39; Real Names
 27 Celebs' 
 Real Names 
Apr 20, 2013 8:28 PM CDT

27 Celebs' Real Names

Does Vincent Damon Furnier sound like a rocker's name?

(Newser) - Alice Cooper wasn't actually born with his female-sounding name; his parents dubbed him Vincent Damon Furnier. Radar lists the real names of 26 more stars:
  • Chuck Norris: Carlos Ray
  • Sting: Gordon Sumner
  • Kirk Douglas: Issur Danielovitch
  • Jodie Foster: Alicia Christian Foster
  • Hulk Hogan: Terry Jean Bollette
  • George Michael: Georgios
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10 Bizarre Things Thrown at Celebs

From frozen hams to flying feces

(Newser) - Believe it or not, the pubic-hair-filled razor thrown at Hugh Jackman last weekend is not the weirdest object ever hurled at a celebrity. The Frisky looks at Jackman's recent brush with crazy and nine other bizarre attacks on the famous, including:
  • Idol rocker Adam Lambert was struck on stage
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21 Celebs Who Failed at Music
 21 Celebs Who Failed at Music 
Apr 14, 2013 9:50 AM CDT

21 Celebs Who Failed at Music

These actors, athletes did not make it in the music world

(Newser) - Just because you're good at acting or playing a sport doesn't mean you'll be equally talented at singing. Remember, if you will, how the Internet reveled in mocking Paris Hilton when her amazingly awful "Drunk Text" dropped. Now Perez Hilton lists 21 actors and athletes whose...

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