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23 Celebs Looking to Make It Big in Tech

Evann Gastaldo — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 08:48:25 CDT

Celebrities are increasingly getting their fingers in tech companies, including such well-known ones as Facebook and Foursquare. Huffington Post rounds up 23 Hollywood VIPs who dabble in tech on the side: Leonardo DiCaprio : He invested $4 million in Mobli, a real-time visual media platform, last October. Selena Gomez : The singer/actress...

'Gay' Hoover Movie Enrages FBI's Old Guard

Rob Quinn — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:00:00 CST

Hundreds of former FBI agents are hopping mad about Clint Eastwood's biopic of J. Edgar Hoover, which strongly hints that the first FBI director was a repressed homosexual in love with aide Claude Tolson. In J. Edgar —which stars Leonardo DiCaprio—Hoover is portrayed as an individual "who had homosexual...

8 Celebs Betting Big on Startups

Mark Russell — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:04:18 CST

More than just Oscars and Grammys, becoming a big star today requires mastering the world of online and social media. So it's no surprise that many of today's brightest glitterati are also eager to become leading digerati, investing in a wide range of startup tech companies. Mashable presents eight stars...

Bradley Cooper, J.Lo Spotted Again

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:20:48 CDT

Apparently that dinner with Bradley Cooper last month was no fluke: Jennifer Lopez was spotted with the Hollywood heartthrob again in LA Saturday, and People has pictures. “She likes him,” says one source. Another adds, “It makes her feel good that he seems so into her. She has a fun...

Clint Eastwood Grilled FBI on Hoover's Sexuality

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:41:00 CDT

Was purported straight-shooter J. Edgar Hoover really a cross-dressing sexual blackmailer? Director Clint Eastwood needed to know about Hoover's sexual proclivities for his new film on the G-man—so he asked the FBI. He and star Leonardo DiCaprio were told by officials: "Vague rumors and fabrications have cropped up from...

Crazy Things Celebs Blow Money On

Sarah Whitmire — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 10:40:10 CDT

We were about to tell you not to judge these celebrities for their absurd extravagances ... but we won't. The Frisky reminds us how the other half lives with a list of nine of the craziest ways stars have spent their cash: Victoria Beckham’s Birkin bag collection : A Hermes handbag is...

Nude Pics Aren't Me: Blake Lively

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 02:40:00 CDT

Gossip Girl star Blake Lively says a series of circulating nude pictures are not her, and she's threatening to sue outlets publishing the photos. The photos were first released (then yanked) on Perez Hilton's gossip website . They show a blonde strongly resembling Lively taking cellphone shots of herself nude in...

Leo, Bar Refaeli Call It Quits

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 12 May 2011 10:59:00 CDT

More than a year later, at least one group of Israeli nationalists has gotten its wish: Bar Refaeli and Leonardo DiCaprio have split. The Israeli model rekindled her romance with DiCaprio last year after a four-year relationship that ended in 2009, but now they have grown apart, a source tells...

Woman Who Slashed DiCaprio's Face Gets 2 Years

Rob Quinn — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 04:23:44 CST

A woman who slashed Leonardo DiCaprio's face with a broken wine glass at a Hollywood party 5 years ago has been sentenced to 2 years in prison. Aretha Wilson, 40, fled to Canada after the incident and pleaded no contest after being extradited to the US earlier this year, the...