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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Newser Lunchbox - Southwest: Profanity, Not Gay Kiss, Got Actress Booted

Lunch at your desk again? The morning's gossip, for dessert.

Southwest: Profanity, Not Gay Kiss, Got Actress Booted

(Newser) - Southwest Airlines originally stated that L Word actress Leisha Hailey was booted from her flight Sunday due to an excessive PDA with her girlfriend, but now the airline says it was actually profanity that got the couple removed from the plane. In a statement released yesterday, SWA says that additional... More »

Tour Exec Confronted Doc About 'Incoherent' Jackson

(Newser) - From Dr. Conrad Murray’s trial for the involuntary manslaughter of Michael Jackson, more sad details about the King of Pop’s last days. Kenny Ortega, the choreographer for Jackson’s “This Is It” tour, testified yesterday that he confronted Murray just days before Jackson’s death, airing his... More »

Biggest Boob: It's Nancy Grace Vs. Fox

(Newser) - Chaz Bono’s casting on Dancing With the Stars caused an uproar , but in the first episode, Jon Stewart says it was Nancy Grace who accidentally assaulted American family values . “Why is the angry lady from CourtTV trying to breastfeed my children?!” demanded Stewart on last night’s... More »

Nancy Grace: There Was No Wardrobe Malfunction

(Newser) - That nipple slip on Dancing With the Stars Monday night didn't actually happen and people who think they saw otherwise must have been seeing, uh, things, Nancy Grace tells E! Online . "They have taken all sorts of major league industrial-type precautions for nothing to happen, and you know... More »

Polanski Picks Up Award, 2 Years Late

(Newser) - Two years to the day after the Swiss arrested him for child sex offenses committed in the US in 1977 , Roman Polanski picked up his lifetime achievement award at the Zurich film festival. "What can I say? Better late than never," said the director, who was freed from... More »

Jagger to Play Murdoch-esque Mogul in Tabloid

(Newser) - Mick Jagger is returning to the big screen to play "a global media mogul with dubious morality," according to Deadline . The Rolling Stone reportedly came up with the idea for the movie—working title Tabloid—and plans to produce it himself through his company Jagged Films. A History ... More »