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Radiohead: 'Some things cost more than you realize'

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May 13, 9:08 AM

by Liz Barrett, Celebrity News Examiner

Radiohead isn't merely giving away music (though you can pay whatever you want for their new album on their web site). The band is trying to raise awareness — again — about child slavery. Their "All I Need" video is a split-screen of two young boys, one in suburbia and one in a sweatshop.

One boy spends his day learning in school and coloring in pictures while the other brushes glue over and over onto the soles of shoes. It's a simple portrait with a powerful message: "Some things cost more than you realize."

MTV had to make sure the video didn't cost them more than they realized.

Some of their biggest advertisers manufacture products in questionable situations abroad.

According to Celebs Gone Good, Thom Yorke told the Hollywood Reporter: "All power to MTV for taking this on because its obviously going to be difficult for them in terms of the advertisers. With the ('All I Need') video, their lawyers had to beg to make sure there wasn't a single white trainer with a logo on it because the implication would be a little too close. But the implication is still there."

We salute Radiohead and MTV for putting their money where their hearts are.

Topics: Music Notes , Money Doesn't Talk (It Swears) , Stars Who Give Back

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Photos: Just another happy junkfood day with Lindsay Lohan & Samantha Ronson

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October 7, 3:09 PM

Lindsay Lohan behaves so well these days that there's not much *reliable* gossip to report. So we're resorting to showing you some photos of her and Samantha Ronson on a drugstore candy shopping spree.We love the fact that Linds buys candy form drugstores... Read More
Topics: Sam + Linds

Esquire magazine photos: Halle Berry is the Sexiest Woman Alive

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October 7, 2:30 PM

Halle Berry is the Sexiest Woman Alive, if you ask Esquire magazine. The November issue — on newsstands later this month — hails our favorite hot mama in a sensual photo spread in which she recreates classic Esquire covers. It's gorgeous.Here... Read More
Topics: Eye Candy

Jennifer Aniston's dog gets weekly spa treatments — and he's worth it

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October 7, 11:31 AM

When we die, we want to come back as Jennifer Aniston's dog.Norman, a corgi terrier, is getting up in years, but Jen is helping soothe the aches and pains of aging.She shells out almost $300 a week for Norman's doggie massage, Reiki and acupuncture treatments,... Read More
Topics: Who Loves Ya , Pampered Pets

Credit crunch: Overspending Miley Cyrus loses her credit card for six months

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October 7, 10:55 AM

Did you think teen celebrities were given free reign to purchase everything their money could buy? Not if their name is Miley Cyrus.Contact Music reports that Miley's mom let her teen star have fun at her Sweet Sixteen party, then confiscated her credit... Read More
Topics: Fashionistas

Out of rehab & onto the streets: Californicator David Duchovny looks 'normal' at New York festival

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October 7, 10:35 AM

A rep from New York's Czech Center told People that post-rehab David Duchovny and wife Tea Leoni "looked like normal people" at the Czech Street Festival this weekend. We're not sure what they expected to see. Did they think a recovering... Read More
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It's a girl! 'American Idol' alum Paris Bennett has a new daughter, Egypt

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October 7, 10:12 AM

Former "American Idol" contestant Paris Bennett — known as "Princess P" on the fifth season of "Idol" — gave birth to 5-pound, 15-ounce baby girl Egypt on Monday at 3:36 p.m. Paris was in labor for five hours,... Read More
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October 6, 12:05 PM

Nomvuyo Mzamane, the former headmistress of Oprah Winfrey's South African Leadership Academy for Girl, is suing Oprah for defamation of character (among other things).The educator says Oprah blamed her for the molestation scandal that rocked the... Read More

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"Dancing With the Stars" competitor Brooke Burke confirmed this morning that Olympic gold medalist Misty May Treanor will be off the show for the rest of the season due to an ankle injury.Brooke told a Los Angeles radio station that it's all... Read More
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Good Samaritan: Tom Cruise rescues photographer who fell on New York sidewalk

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October 6, 11:12 AM

After all the snarky comments we've made about Tom Cruise, he had to go and act like a real mensch.When a paparazzo fell down on a sidewalk in New York, Tom stepped in to help. TMZ posted the story, along with a photo (see pic) and a quote from Tom:Being... Read More
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