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The Hollywood Phone Hacker Agrees To Interview While Imprisoned

The Hollywood Phone Hacker Agrees To Interview While Imprisoned

Anthony Pellicano, Detective to the Stars, agreed to his first sit-down interview since imprisoned in Texas in 2008. Name-dropping and exposing his previous celebrity clients, Pellicano hands over the dirt he dug to Newsweek. more ›

Audio Pioneer and Newsweek Owner Sidney Harman Dies at 92

Audio Pioneer and Newsweek Owner Sidney Harman Dies at 92

Arts entrepreneur and philanthropist Sidney Harman died Tuesday night in Washington, D.C. of complications from leukemia. Harman was an instrumental figure in the development and advancement of high fidelity audio technologies as founder (in 1953) of harman/kardon, inc. and in 2010 rescued Newsweek from financial ruin, purchasing it from the Washington Post last August and overseeing its merger with The Daily Beast. more ›

2009: The Adult Industry in Photos

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With the ongoing recession and continued threat of piracy, 2009 may have been tough for the multi-billion dollar adult industry, but it was also Sasha Grey's most prominent thus far. With the leading role in Steven Soderbergh's labeled her "The Dirtiest Girl in the World" and Fleshbot included her in their Top Ten Crush Objects of 2009 (NSFW). So it's no surprise that she will be honored with The Jenna Jameson Crossover Star of the Year at the AVN Awards this Saturday at the Pearl Theater inside the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. more ›

Dumbledore: Both a Wizard AND a Fairy!!!

Dumbledore: Both a Wizard AND a Fairy!!!

Ian McKellan has got to be bitching his agent out this very second -- in an appearance at Carnegie Hall last week, J.K. Rowling revealed that Professor Albus Dumbledore, the late great headmaster of Hogwarts was actually -- gasp! -- a gay! Newsweek magazine broke the story: One fan asked whether Albus Dumbledore, the head of the famed Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft, had ever loved anyone. Rowling smiled. "Dumbledore is gay, actually,"... more ›

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