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Sophia Loren, 89, Takes a Fall at Her Swiss Home

Movie legend is now recuperating after surgery for a leg fracture 'went very well'

(Newser) - Film legend Sophia Loren is recovering from successful surgery for a leg fracture after she fell in her Switzerland home, an agent for the 89-year-old Italian actor said Monday. Agent Andrea Giusti said in an email that Loren fell in a bathroom on Sunday and that the surgery was performed...

This Could Be Michael Caine's Last Film

90-year-old actor says he's 'sort of' retired, 'can't walk properly'

(Newser) - Michael Caine appeared in his first movie three years after Queen Elizabeth II was crowned. Nearly seven decades later, The Great Escaper might very well be his last. "I am bloody 90 now, and I can't walk properly," the British actor tells the Telegraph . "I sort...

Young Would-Be Voters Answer Taylor Swift's Plea

Pop star credited with boosting voter registrations through an Instagram post

(Newser) - After boosting the economy , Taylor Swift thought she might as well boost voter registration, too. Vote.org has credited the singer with helping to register more than 35,000 new voters Tuesday on National Voter Registration Day. "I've been so lucky to see so many of you guys...

Marilyn Monroe's Former Home Under Threat of Demolition

Los Angeles officials considering landmark status for home in which the star died in 1962

(Newser) - Los Angeles officials have intervened to prevent demolition of the only home Marilyn Monroe ever owned independently, which is also the one in which she died. City residents responded with outrage after the owners of 12305 Fifth Helena Drive applied for permits to demolish the Spanish colonial-style home in which...

Britney on Divorce: 'I'm a Little Shocked'

'I couldn't take the pain anymore,' singer writes of split from Sam Asghari

(Newser) - Britney Spears has broken her silence on her pending divorce , which apparently came as a shock. The singer acknowledged her split from Sam Asghari, her husband of 14 months, on Saturday in the caption of an Instagram video , which showed her shaking her butt to Janet Jackson's "If....

BTS' Jin Shows Off His Army Buzz Cut
Another
K-Pop Star
Is in the
Army Now
UPDATED
Aug 8, 2023 1:00 AM CDT

Another K-Pop Star Is in the Army Now

BTS' Suga begins his mandatory military service in South Korea

(Newser) - A third member of K-pop group BTS has begun his compulsory military service in South Korea. Following the enlistment of Jin, the group's eldest member, in December, a second member, J-Hope, followed suit in April. Now it's Suga's turn, the AP reports. "We would like to...

Lizzo: Lawsuit Allegations Are False and 'Outrageous'
Lizzo: 'I Am Not the Villain'
Aug 3, 2023 9:29 AM CDT

Lizzo: 'I Am Not the Villain'

Singer-rapper denies lawsuit allegations, says she's 'hurt'

(Newser) - After a "gut-wrenchingly difficult" few days, Lizzo has responded to allegations that she created a toxic workplace for her backup dancers. Three former backup dancers—Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams, and Noelle Rodriguez— sued the singer and rapper , her production company, and a dance team captain on Tuesday, claiming Lizzo...

Man With Knife Attacked Benedict Cumberbatch's Home

Actor and his family were home and 'absolutely terrified,' source says

(Newser) - Actor Benedict Cumberbatch, his wife Sophie Hunter, and their three young children were inside their north London home when a man kicked through the iron garden gate, threw a plant at the garden wall, and took a knife to the property's intercom system. "I know you've moved...

Celebs: We Shouldn't Be Liable for FTX Endorsements

The idea is 'nonsense,' Tom Brady, Larry David, others claim in court docs

(Newser) - After five months of trying, lawyers for a group of FTX investors who are suing celebrity endorsers say they've finally managed to serve the last of them: Shaquille O'Neal. "Plaintiffs in the billion $ FTX class action case just served @SHAQ outside his house," the Moskowitz...

UK Pop Group S Club 7 'Devastated' by Singer's Death

Paul Cattermole, 46, died of so-far unknown causes, right before band's reunion tour in October

(Newser) - Paul Cattermole, a member of early-2000s British pop group S Club 7, has died just weeks after the band announced a reunion tour. He was 46. The band and Cattermole's family said Friday that "it is with great sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of our beloved...

We Can't Stop Watching This 'Strange, Juicy' Paltrow Trial

Somehow, there's something utterly fascinating about the legal proceedings on Goop founder's ski crash

(Newser) - Gwyneth Paltrow's ski crash trial has been in progress for more than a week, and inexplicably, America can't stop watching it. On one side of the case is 76-year-old Terry Sanderson, who's suing the 50-year-old actor and Goop founder, claiming she skied into him in February 2016...

Sharon Stone: Basic Instinct Scene Cost Me Custody of Son

Actor says divorce judge cited film's famous scene, which she claims she was tricked into

(Newser) - Sharon Stone says she initially didn't know her vagina would be on display in that famous scene from 1992's Basic Instinct. As she wrote in her 2021 memoir , she was told she needed to remove her panties due to lighting issues and only discovered a camera had been...

Pam Anderson Isn't Who You Think She Is
Pam Anderson
Isn't Who You
Think She Is
OPINION
Jan 27, 2023 11:38 AM CST

Pam Anderson Isn't Who You Think She Is

'LAT' op-ed says new memoir, documentary show a survivor who doesn't dwell on the past

(Newser) - Prince Harry's memoir has been all the rage this month, but another one is about to drop that's already stealing away some of those headlines. Love, Pamela, penned by Baywatch star Pamela Anderson, is set for release on Tuesday, as is Pamela: A Love Story , a complementary documentary...

Jay Leno Breaks Bones in New Mishap
Jay Leno
Cannot Catch
a Break
Jan 27, 2023 6:37 AM CST

Jay Leno Cannot Catch a Break

Comedian fell from motorcycle and broke bones in new mishap

(Newser) - Jay Leno has suffered numerous broken bones in a motorcycle accident just two months after he was seriously burned in a fire at his Los Angeles garage. In a phone call Thursday, the comedian and talk show host told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he was "knocked off my...

Report: Kanye West Kind of Got Married Again

TMZ says Ye wed architectural designer Bianca Censori in private ceremony, though no papers are filed

(Newser) - Two months after finalizing his divorce from Kim Kardashian, Kanye West is reportedly a married man again. The artist now known as Ye recently married Bianca Censori in a private ceremony, TMZ reports, though it adds the couple doesn't appear to have filed a marriage certificate to make the...

Bad News From the 'Lord of the Dance'

Riverdance's Michael Flatley fighting an aggressive cancer

(Newser) - The so-called "Lord of the Dance" Michael Flatley is battling cancer for a second time. The Irish-American dancer and choreographer, who underwent treatment for facial skin cancer in 2003, has been diagnosed "with an aggressive form of cancer," according to an Instagram post shared Wednesday, per the...

Jackass Star Bam Margera Reportedly on Ventilator

TMZ says he was hospitalized with pneumonia before testing positive for COVID-19

(Newser) - Bam Margera, who rose to fame on MTV's Jackass and Viva La Bam, is on a ventilator in the intensive care unit of a California hospital, battling pneumonia and COVID-19, TMZ reports. The 43-year-old only tested positive for COVID after he was admitted to a San Diego hospital this...

Applegate Jokes About MS in Rare Public Appearance

Getting her Walk of Fame star elicits first public appearance since she revealed diagnosis

(Newser) - Christina Applegate was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday, fulfilling a dream she had at just 5 years old and occasioning her first public appearance since announcing her diagnosis with multiple sclerosis more than a year ago. "This day means more to me than...

Aniston: I Tried 'Everything' to Have a Baby
Aniston: I Tried
'Everything' to
Have a Baby
INTERVIEW
Nov 9, 2022 11:00 AM CST

Aniston: I Tried 'Everything' to Have a Baby

The years of speculation were 'really hard,' but they helped her 'become who I was meant to be'

(Newser) - In 2016, Jennifer Aniston penned an op-ed describing the daily harassment she faced as journalists obsessed over whether or not she was pregnant. Mostly, she wrote about "the perpetuation of this notion that women are somehow incomplete, unsuccessful, or unhappy if they're not married with children." What...

Aaron Paul, Wife, Son to Get New Names

The couple will legally go by the surname Paul, previously only a stage name

(Newser) - Aaron Paul is no longer just the actor's stage name. The 43-year-old Breaking Bad alum has applied to legally change his last name from Sturtevant to Paul, and as TMZ reports, his wife Lauren, 35, is making the change, too. Though their seven-month-old son was given the surname Paul...

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