celebrity interview

Stories 181 - 200 | << Prev   Next >>

Dad's Death Made Diaz 'Stronger'
 Dad's Death 
 Made Diaz 
 'Stronger' 
GLOSSIES
May 16, 2009 3:27 PM CDT

Dad's Death Made Diaz 'Stronger'

(Newser) - Her father's recent death "definitely took its toll,” Cameron Diaz admits on a drive from Los Angeles to Palm Springs. “Things are given to us, and things are taken away." But Diaz's big, bright laugh is never far away. She talks happily about her new film—...

No Doubt Tour Has Stefani Feeling 'Modern Again'

(Newser) - No Doubt is back on tour after 5 years, but don’t call it a reunion. Breaking up “was never discussed,” guitarist Tom Dumont tells the Los Angeles Times. “It was specifically discussed as 'Let's not be one of these bands that breaks up and gets back...

Cowell Warns He Might Ditch Idol

American Idol may go as he tries to free up his schedule

(Newser) - Simon Cowell says the pressure of three TV shows and constant flights to Britain may force him to leave American Idol, Access Hollywood reports. “Most people do one show a year and I do three and they involve a lot of traveling. One may have to go,” Cowell...

Affleck Mixes Politics, Film in State of Play

(Newser) - Ben Affleck returns to the ranks of leading men next week in State of Play, starring as a congressman entangled in a murder investigation. The high-profile liberal activist is out promoting the thriller—and so eager for ink that he talked politics with the Wall Street Journal. Some highlights:
  • On
...

Booed Billy Bob Cancels Canada Tour

Band cancels Canada tour after his hostile radio interview

(Newser) - Musician Billy Bob Thornton—not actor, lest you ignite his rage—is done touring Canada after his band was met with boos and catcalls on a Toronto stage, the AP reports. The band cites the flu, but the tour's cancellation came two days after Thornton likened the nation's fans to...

Dylan: Obama Will Be Best Prez He Can Be

(Newser) - Barack Obama will be “the best president he can be,” Bob Dylan tells the Times of London, though he has “no idea” if Obama will actually be good at the job. “Most of those guys come into office with the best of intentions and leave as...

Lilo: Back Off, 'Believe in Me'

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan wants people to get off her back, E! Online reports. “I move forward and I change,” the actress said. “If people would just leave my personal life alone—because it's really not that interesting—then I could land a great role. But all the sicko...

LiLo on Britney: She's No Artist

Starlet admires Spears' honesty

(Newser) - From one tabloid obsession to another:  Lindsay Lohan tells Nylon magazine that she respects Britney Spears—for her honesty, not for her talent, which she cheerfully disparages. “She’s marketed as an entertainer, which is what she is. Not necessarily as, like, an artist," LiLo opines. "...

Beyoncé: A Star En Route to Legend

Multi-talented star is the anti-Britney Spears

(Newser) - She’s a music icon and a movie star in the making, but Beyoncé has a new job: role model for the First Daughters. After Beyoncé’s inauguration performance, Michelle Obama “told me she was very happy that her girls have someone like me to look up to,...

Phoenix: Music Is My Legacy
 Phoenix: Music Is My Legacy 
Feb 17, 2009 4:03 PM CST

Phoenix: Music Is My Legacy

Not my acting

(Newser) - Joaquin Phoenix thinks he’ll be remembered for his music, rather than his Oscar-nominated acting, he tells the Mirror. Phoenix is a lot wordier than he was in his monosyllabic appearance on Letterman, telling the paper he’s serious about becoming a rapper. “I feel like everything in my...

Dave Shreds Spacy Joaquin
 Dave Shreds Spacy Joaquin 
Feb 12, 2009 9:34 AM CST

Dave Shreds Spacy Joaquin

Ex-actor awkward, embarrassing on show

(Newser) - A nearly comatose Joaquin Phoenix appeared on The Late Show last night, and his vacant stares and one-word answers forced David Letterman to resort to openly mocking him, Gawker reports. Phoenix—who may or may not be engaging in an elaborate publicity stunt—at one point stuck his gum underneath...

Downey: Googling Myself 'A Hoot'

Hathaway, too, cops to habit; Pitt not so much

(Newser) - Celebrities really are just like us: They Google themselves, too, reports Perez Hilton. At an Oscars celebrity panel this week, Robert Downey Jr. admitted it: “I love all that shit, personally. Because it’s a hoot.” Anne Hathaway then reversed course: “I lied before when you asked...

Didn't Like Valkyrie? No Face Time With Cruise

Star has strict requirements for reporters on movie promotion circuit

(Newser) - Want to interview Tom Cruise? Then you’d better have seen—and liked—his latest movie, Valkyrie, Gawker reports in summarizing a Q&A session with Italian publication LeiWeb (with an assist from Google translation). If you didn't like the movie, “there is no reason to meet Tom,”...

Courtney Love Knocks Jews ... in Jewish Magazine

Singer utters a few colorful words on girl bands, actors and parenting, too

(Newser) - Courtney Love says she’s sober, but her recent anti-Semitic remarks in a Jewish magazine might give some observers pause, the New York Post reports. “Every time you buy a Nirvana record, part of that money is not going to Kurt’s child, or to me, it’s going...

Scarlett: 'I'm Not Pregnant'


 Scarlett: 'I'm
 Not Pregnant' 
GLOSSIES
Jan 8, 2009 11:59 AM CST

Scarlett: 'I'm Not Pregnant'

Actress not pregnant, not dishing on wedding

(Newser) - Scarlett Johansson wants to run a brothel—in the movies, that is. “It's only so long that people are going to want to see me in a corset. So I might as well do it now,” she tells Harper’s Bazaar. The famously tight-lipped actress also addresses rumors—...

Aniston Gives That GQ Tie to Letterman

Late-night host quick to replace his own with one worn by nude Jen

(Newser) - Jennifer Aniston gifted David Letterman her lone wardrobe item from her famously revealing GQ cover shoot—a red, white, and blue necktie—last night. An eager Letterman ripped off his own cravat to make room for Aniston’s “early Christmas gift,” Extra reports. As she helped him put...

Paul: I Was the Political Beatle

Paul claims he introduced band to anti-war ideas

(Newser) - In a revelation that will likely befuddle longtime Beatles fans, Paul McCartney claims he was the one who turned the band onto politics, the Times reports. Though McCartney was writing pop songs while activist John Lennon penned blatantly political tunes, as McCartney tells it in a Prospect magazine interview, it...

TomKat: You've Got Us All Wrong

Celebrities tell it like it really is in dueling Times interviews

(Newser) - Tom Cruise stalked Marlin Brando. Katie Holmes vogued like Madonna. The celebrity couple shares a few anecdotes—and thoughts about acting, parenthood, and the paparazzi—in separate interviews with the New York Times T Magazine. Cruise also reflects on his fame, his “perfect” image, and the fear of losing...

A Romantic, Jackman Is People's Sexiest

His 12-year marriage has easily kept its spark, actor says

(Newser) - Hugh Jackman, the 40-year-old actor starring in Australia with Nicole Kidman, has been declared 2008’s Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine—and by his wife of 12 years, who, when told of the honor, said, “‘I could've told them that years ago!" But she followed quickly,...

Lively Not Really That Gossipy
 Lively Not Really That Gossipy 
GLOSSIES
Nov 13, 2008 2:45 PM CST

Lively Not Really That Gossipy

Gossip Girl star waxes poetic on her career, clothes, co-stars

(Newser) - Blake Lively might be the "hottest senior ever to roam the halls" of hit show Gossip Girl, but the 21-year-old is a far cry from the "boozy party girl she plays on TV," writes Dana Wood in W. "I don't really like to go out,"...

Stories 181 - 200 | << Prev   Next >>
Most Read on Newser