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15 Strange Celebrity Friendships
 15 Weird Celebrity Friendships 
Aug 12, 2012 11:48 AM CDT

15 Weird Celebrity Friendships

You wouldn't guess these pairs hang out as often as they do

(Newser) - Paris Hilton is good friends with ... Kathy Griffin? Yep. You might expect the comedian would spend her time mocking the socialite, but they've actually been spotted shopping and sunbathing together. Fox News rounds up 14 more "unlikely celebrity BFFs":
  • Tyra Banks and Clay Aiken: The supermodel once wrote
...

Goodbye Snoop Dogg, Hello Snoop Lion

Snoop adopts new monicker for reggae album

(Newser) - Snoop Dogg is branching out into new musical styles and more intimidating animal pseudonyms. His Snoopness is about to release a reggae album, under the new monicker Snoop Lion, Rolling Stone reports. His first single, "La La La," is available now, and according to his website, "Snoop...

Another Rapper's Kid Snags UCLA Football Scholarship

This time Snoop Dogg's son, Cordell Broadus, is on the receiving end

(Newser) - Apparently UCLA really did not give a fig about all the controversy it stirred up by handing a $54,000 football scholarship to Diddy's kid , because now it's gone and doled out yet another football scholarship to yet another rapper's son. This time around Snoop Dogg's...

Tupac Performs at Coachella

 Tupac Performs 
 at Coachella 
Apr 16, 2012 10:50 AM CDT

Tupac Performs at Coachella

Shakur appears with Snoop Dogg ... in hologram form

(Newser) - All of Snoop Dogg's guests during his set last night at Coachella were impressive—Dr. Dre, Eminem, 50 Cent—but none could quite match an appearance by the late Tupac Shakur. Death didn't stop the legendary rapper, who appeared as a hologram, from dueting with Snoop on songs...

Border Patrol Drug Dog Busts Snoop

Rapper's a medical marijuana user in Calif.

(Newser) - Snoop Dogg is facing a drug charge in Texas after being busted on the same stretch of highway south of El Paso where Willie Nelson was arrested in 2010 . Border patrol agents who stopped the rapper's tour bus for a routine check smelled marijuana and a drug-sniffing dog led...

14 Celebs Misbehaving on Planes

Fights, stinky burritos, and yes, more urine

(Newser) - What is it about celebrities and airplanes? In honor of Gerard Depardieu's recent peeing mishap , the Frisky rounds up 13 more celebs who have behaved quite badly while flying the friendly skies.
  • Josh Duhamel: Fergie's hubby got escorted off a plane when he refused to turn off his
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Pabst, Snoop Slammed Over 'Binge in a Can'

17 states attorneys general complain about fruity new booze drink

(Newser) - Pabst Brewing and pitchman Snoop Dogg are catching flak for a drink critics call "a binge in a can." Blast, a fruit-flavored malt liquor that comes in a 23-ounce can, was launched earlier this month and 17 state attorneys general have written to Pabst urging it to reduce...

Nate Dogg Dead: Long Beach Rapper Passes Away at 41

 Rapper 
 Nate Dogg 
 Dead at 41 
OBITUARY
Mar 16, 2011 4:51 AM CDT

Rapper Nate Dogg Dead at 41

Gangsta rap legend started out with Snoop Dogg, Warren G

(Newser) - West Coast gangsta rap star Nate Dogg has died at the age of 41, reports his hometown newspaper, the Long Beach Press-Telegram . The cause of death is not yet known, but the rapper—real name Nathaniel D. Hale—had battled health problems in recent years and suffered strokes in 2007...

Cranky Alan Simpson Disses Snoopy Snoopy Poop Dogg

And the enema man, because kids these days...

(Newser) - Alan Simpson, known far and wide for his hysterical and/or inappropriate penchant for speaking bluntly, is still very cranky about the federal deficit, and appeared on Fox News yesterday to do what cranky old people do: Yell at the kids. And the old people, reports Politico . “This is a...

17 Truly Terrible Celeb Ads From Abroad

The money must be really good

(Newser) - There was a time when celebrities could do super-embarrassing commercials overseas, rake in the dough, and never worry very much that the ads would find an American audience. Thanks to YouTube, that time no longer exists. The Telegraph rounds up 17 pretty spectacular foreign commercials starring everyone from Chuck Norris...

Snoop Writes Song for Wills
 Snoop Writes Song for Wills  
stag party anthem
Dec 1, 2010 10:48 AM CST

Snoop Writes Song for Wills

Rapper calls "Wet" the perfect bachelor party song

(Newser) - Prince William must be a pretty big Snoop Dogg fan. Last month, Prince Harry reportedly asked the rapper to perform at his brother's engagement party. Now, Snoop has given Wills a little gift: A song for his bachelor party, which the rapper calls "the perfect anthem for Prince William...

Stars Making Half a Million a Year via Twitter

Celebs making up to $50K per month pitching products to fans

(Newser) - American celebrities are raking in up to $50,000 a month for tweeting on behalf of brands. A single shout-out from 50 Cent or Snoop Dogg, for instance, can earn them $5,000, finds the Sun . The pay-per-tweet model is now heading across the pond, and UK celebs won't be...

Katy Perry: I'm Not Being Sued by the Beach Boys

Singer calls rumors over 'California Gurls' bogus

(Newser) - Katy Perry is dismissing rumors that she is getting sued for using part of the Beach Boys' "California Girls" in her song "California Gurls". "No one is suing anyone," Perry tweeted , calling the reports "once again" an example of the media's tendency to "fabricate...

Blacks Oppose Legalizing Pot? Maybe Not
Blacks Oppose Legalizing Pot? Maybe Not
Nate Silver
Jul 27, 2010 11:15 AM CDT

Blacks Oppose Legalizing Pot? Maybe Not

Polls show new variation on Bradley effect

(Newser) - If you look at the six available polls on the prospects for California's Proposition 19, which would legalize and tax pot, a funny thing emerges. Funny to Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight , anyway. The three automated polls show legalization passing by double-digit margins, and the three that used human operators show...

Snoop Dogg Tries to Rent an Entire Country

It's a small country, but still

(Newser) - Weird celebrity request of the day: Snoop Dogg attempted to rent an entire country for an upcoming video shoot. Liechtenstein, the European country in question, is about 61.7 square miles…small for a country, large for a video set. What’s even weirder is the country’s response: “...

Cameron Diaz 'I'm Always Traveling' to Get Laid

 Cameron Diaz: 
 'I'm Always 
 Traveling' 
 to Get Laid 
Playboy interview
Jun 16, 2010 10:58 AM CDT

Cameron Diaz: 'I'm Always Traveling' to Get Laid

Diaz talks A-Rod, JT, and lesbian kisses

(Newser) - Cameron Diaz discusses whether she’s having an affair with Alex Rodriguez (she’s not), if there was drama working with her ex, Justin Timberlake (there wasn’t), and more in Playboy . Highlights:
  • On Hollywood relationships: “Oh gosh, I can't even count how many times I've gotten on a
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Stars Remake 'We Are the World'

(Newser) - One hundred stars of stage and screen converged on Henson Studios in Los Angeles yesterday to record a new version of iconic 1985 hit "We Are the World." The all-new recording is designed to raise money for earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Once again produced by Quincy Jones, the song features...

20 Songs That Make No Sense
 20 Songs That Make No Sense 
you want it what way?
Jan 28, 2010 11:33 AM CST

20 Songs That Make No Sense

I want it that way. Wait, you want what what way?

(Newser) - Some lyrics are just so ambiguous you have no idea what you’re singing about when you sing along. Willa Paskin lists 20 “songs that make you go, huh?” on BlackBook :
  • “I Want It That Way,” Backstreet Boys: “Make up your minds dudes, is ‘that
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Radio's Top Songs By Genre
 Radio's Top Songs By Genre 
BEST OF THE DECADE
Dec 23, 2009 8:16 PM CST

Radio's Top Songs By Genre

Tim McGraw's Something Like That played 487K times

(Newser) - Feel like you heard Tim McGraw’s Something Like That about half a million times in the past decade? Well, the ratings folks at Nielsen will back you up on that, with their list of commercial radio’s most-played songs of the decade:
  • Country: Something Like That, Tim McGraw, 487,
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Best Soap Opera Cameos
 Best Soap Opera Cameos 
Nov 24, 2009 10:19 AM CST

Best Soap Opera Cameos

James Franco follows in the footsteps of Rosanne, Snoop Dog

(Newser) - James Franco’s much-hyped General Hospital guest stint began Friday, but can he live up to the true classics of the celebrity cameo genre? Many other luminaries have guested on daytime TV, and “they almost always shake things up like a schizophrenic with a fake pregnancy interrupting a wedding...

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