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11 Celebrities You Didn't Know Play Tennis

Kate Middleton, Scarlett Johansson among those who love playing

(Newser) - Part of the fun for US Open fans is spotting celebrities in the crowd: Notables like Michael Jordan, Anna Wintour, and Alec Baldwin have already been spied watching early matches, reports RadarOnline . But many fans don't know that these celebs love hitting the court as well. Here's a...

8 Famous Celeb BFFs
 8 Famous Celeb BFFs 
Aug 24, 2014 1:10 PM CDT

8 Famous Celeb BFFs

Who says there's no true friendship in Hollywood?

(Newser) - Hollywood may have some schemers and back-stabbers, but it also has its fair share of celebrity best friends. Biography.com rounds up seven pairs of famous BFFs:
  • Zach Braff and Donald Faison: They've been going strong since they started co-starring in Scrubs. Braff was a groomsman in Faison's
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8 Celebs Who've Visited Sex Clubs

Even the rich and famous sometimes can't resist a good den of iniquity

(Newser) - It seems almost every star in Hollywood has been photographed stumbling out of a nightclub at one point during his or her career, but, if rumors (and press interviews) can be believed, some A-listers don't have any qualms about hanging out at sex clubs either. Below are eight celebrities...

Stop Buying Mags With Pics of Celebrities' Kids

Dax Shepard explains his plea

(Newser) - When Dax Shepard (Parenthood star and husband to Kristen Bell ) discovered that a paparazzo had secretly snapped shots of his new baby daughter, it "broke my heart in a way that's not entirely reasonable," he writes at the Huffington Post . She hadn't decided to be...

15 Celebs Who Were Banished From Talk Shows

Madonna, Piers Morgan, and Hugh Grant were all banned

(Newser) - Ever shown a rude guest the door and slammed it hard enough to send a message? Well, talk show hosts have performed the same bold feat—and with some of the major egos of Hollywood. Styleblazer lists 15 stars who were told to never return:
  • Hugh Grant. Daily Show host
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Halle Berry Testifies for Bill to Rein In Paparazzi

Actress says photographers stalk her daughter

(Newser) - Halle Berry testified today for a California bill that would limit the ability of paparazzi to photograph the children of celebrities and public figures. "My daughter doesn't want to go to school because she knows `the men' are watching for her," Berry told an Assembly committee. "...

11 Celebs With Pro-Life Views

Martin Sheen, Jack Nicholson, Kathy Ireland among the pro-lifers

(Newser) - Hollywood, the land of liberal politics and casual sex? Maybe so, but a few celebrities have held pro-life views in recent years. Huffington Post rounds 'em up:
  • Jack Nicholson: The admitted "womanizer" (thanks, Radar ) says his mother was a teenage showgirl when she got pregnant with him.
...

Stars, Westboro, and Scalia&#39;s Weird Hat
 Stars, Westboro, 
 and Scalia's Weird Hat 
INAUGURATION SCENES
Jan 21, 2013 1:51 PM CST

Stars, Westboro, and Scalia's Weird Hat

Diminished (but still huge) crowd sees Beyonce, poetry, and those jerks from Westboro

(Newser) - Roughly 600,000 people came out to watch President Obama's inauguration this year, which is a far cry from the 1.8 million who came out for his first one, but might nonetheless set a record for a second term inauguration. A look at what all those people saw:...

14 Insane Celebrity Purchases
 14 Insane Celebrity Purchases 
Oct 20, 2012 7:16 AM CDT

14 Insane Celebrity Purchases

Ben Affleck uses his $2.5K rug ... as a bath mat

(Newser) - Celebrities: Sometimes they're just like us ; other times ... well, not so much. Celebuzz rounds up 14 totally outrageous celebrity purchases that will remind you, you're not one of them:
  • A pushy sales guy in Turkey convinced Ben Affleck to purchase a $2,500 rug ... but with no place
...

Miley Accused of Battery in Hollywood Scuffle

Liam Hemsworth allegedly gets tough over a bumped chair

(Newser) - Call it chair-gate? Miley Cyrus and fiancé Liam Hemsworth allegedly got into a Hollywood scuffle this weekend over a bumped chair, TMZ reports. The reported victim says a friend bumped into the Hunger Games heartthrob's seat at an event, sparking a war of words that climaxed with Miley butting...

Child Stars Who Became Child Brides

Kim Kardashian's first nuptials lasted an impressive 4 years

(Newser) - They were young and famous, then young and hitched—and, in most cases, young and divorced. Here's a list of child celebs turned child brides, courtesy of Fox News :
  • Drew Barrymore: The actress bailed on two engagements before the age of 18. She married a bar owner in 1994,
...

GOP Attacks Obama and His Hollywood Groupies

New RNC ad slams Obama for using Anna Wintour

(Newser) - Jon Bon Jovi, Lady Gaga, Jack Black, Salma Hayek: It sounds like a red carpet who's who, but in fact it's a shortlist of the celebs who are lending their star power to the president during this go-round—and Republicans are once again hammering Obama for the company...

7 Celebs Who Invented Terrific Things

Neil Young, Hedy Lamarr among stars behind fine inventions

(Newser) - Who says celebrities aren't the brightest bulbs in the box? Here are a few who came up with memorable inventions, as reported by Cracked :
  • Neil Young: The legendary singer/songwriter invented a new remote control system for model trains called the Trainmaster Command Control. He first designed it so his
...

10 Celebs Who Burst Into Business

Jessica Alba, Sammy Hagar branch out

(Newser) - Celebs are excellent at promoting themselves, so why not move into other products? Here are 10 stars who were bitten by the entrepreneurial bug, courtesy of the Street .

Front-Row Celebs Paid by Designers
 Front-Row Celebs 
 Paid by Designers 
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Mar 10, 2012 7:15 AM CST

Front-Row Celebs Paid by Designers

Rihanna, Beyonce could pocket $100K for showing up

(Newser) - Those celebrity faces oohing and ahhing in the front rows of fashion shows? Many of them are paid to be there in order to attract attention to designers vying for millions of dollars in sales, a British designer tells the Daily Mail . "It is so unprofessional. I have never...

Priciest Celeb Engagement Ring: $5M

Of the top 10, only 6 couples are still together

(Newser) - Justin Timberlake reportedly put a ring on it . Natalie Portman flashed a diamond engagement ring—now surrounded by what are reported to be wedding diamonds —at the Oscars. Will these rings go down in history as Hollywood's priciest? Only if they can beat out these 10 engagement rings,...

Ricky Gervais Promises Same Tone in This Year's Golden Globes
 Who Are 
 Ricky's 
 Targets 
 Tonight? 
golden globes
Jan 15, 2012 6:08 PM CST

Who Are Ricky's Targets Tonight?

British comedian promises same 'tone' as last year

(Newser) - Ricky Gervais, who will you skewer tonight? The third-time Golden Globes host won't say but does promise that "the tone is going to be the same" as last year, when he insulted everyone from Charlie Sheen to Angelina Jolie, the Huffington Pos t reports. "Let's get...

Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis Top List of Actors We Stalk on IMDb
 Top 10 Actors We Stalk on IMDb 
Dec 25, 2011 1:20 PM CST

Top 10 Actors We Stalk on IMDb

Natalie Portman steals top spot from Johnny Depp this year

(Newser) - When you want to ogle an actor, the Internet Movie Database is a reasonable destination. So which 10 celebs racked up the most IMDb profile page views in 2011? The top spot now belongs to Natalie Portman , who snagged the crown from Johnny Depp (now No. 3, he's been...

Shia LaBeouf Gets Pummeled in Nightclub Brawl

Plus, four more memorable celebrity bar fights

(Newser) - Shia LaBeouf had quite a night last week in Vancouver, first allegedly getting himself kicked out of a nightclub before getting into a brawl with a guy outside. TMZ —which has video, of course—reports that LaBeouf and the other man involved first got into an argument inside, then...

Lady Gaga Tops the Forbes List of Most Powerful Celebrities, Ahead of Oprah and Justin Bieber
 100 Most 
 Powerful 
 Celebrities 
new forbes list
May 18, 2011 6:21 PM CDT

100 Most Powerful Celebrities

Forbes puts Lady Gaga ahead of Oprah this year

(Newser) - Sorry, Oprah, the lady has you beat. Gaga has ousted Winfrey from the No. 1 spot in the annual Forbes list of the 100 most powerful celebrities. (Her 32 million Facebook followers and 10 million Twitter fans helped.) Justin Bieber debuts at an impressive No. 3. Other notables: Britney...

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