Hundreds of onlookers crowded around a booth inside the cavernous Las Vegas Convention Center, hoisting cameras overhead and straining for a glimpse of the woman with the tiny frame and the big fake eyelashes:
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When most people think of Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, businesswoman is not the first word that springs to mind.
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Sunday a bill that prohibits most teenagers from getting bronzed in tanning beds, making the Golden State the first to do so.
The name of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie surfaced once again in the national news this week, floated by some as a possible new entrant in the ever-widening, fickle field of Republican presidential contenders.
Hey Snooki, you're not welcome on the Jersey Shore.
In this week's Tech Check podcast, Doug Gross, John Sutter and Stephanie Goldberg discussCEO Carol Bartz's frank, and foul-mouthed, response to her firing from Yahoo.
When Matt Richardson works from his home in Brooklyn, New York, he likes to keeps the TV on to stay informed, but some celebrity or another is always taking up airtime and bugging him.
MTV has long since moved away from being a "music channel."
The reality star shares what she does what no one's watching - and where she'll be at 50
Tell us if you're ready for Snooki, The Situation and their roommates to take their antics abroad
Back in the States, the Jersey Shore star hit the gym with her housemates
With her tan, pouf and penchant for pickles, Snooki has made her mark on America.
The Jersey Shore star dons the brace after an accident with a police car
The Jersey Shore star was not injured in the fender bender, according to police
The Jersey Shore star focuses on fitness before heading to Italy for season 4
The Jersey Shore stars begin production later this year and are set to air in 2012
Bravo TV has given the reality show "The Real Housewives of D.C" the ax, but another wildly popular reality show -- "Jersey Shore" -- is getting two new incarnations.
The 'Jersey Shore's' trip to Italy is delayed and Bristol Palin earns more than $250,000 for talking about abstinence.
There were plenty of options, from The Kennedys to Wrestlemania to the Academy of Country Music Awards
The Jersey Shore star rakes in $32,000 to speak with students at the New Jersey school
It's not quite beach season yet, but students at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, got a lesson in tanning from MTV's "Snooki" -- who spoke at the school this week for a $32,000 price tag.
Snooki, The Situation and the gang leave Seaside Heights, N.J., and head to Italy
Politics is serious business -- but not all the time.
Snooki, Tim Gunn and other stars show off the items that they carry around for good luck
The pint-sized Jersey Shore star guest-hosts Monday Night Raw
The Jersey Shore star thinks that unlike in past lonely years, 2011 will be spent with her "dream boy"
The Jersey Shore star had a romantic dinner at Benjamin Steakhouse, known for its sweet and savory treat
The "Jersey Shore" star can outparty most juiceheads on the beach, but can she write a book? Snooki hits the RidicuList.
"I kind of wish me and Vinny didn't try and have sex," the Jersey Shore star says of her roommate
The cast will trade the boardwalk for piazzas and gorillas for Italian stallions in season 4, says MTV
"Our dynamic is different now that we're back in Seaside Heights," she says
JWoww sets her roommate up on a date with a friend. The only problem is "he's Irish"
Hardly anybody says they want to be Snooki when they grow up, according to a recent survey by staffing firm Adecco.
"Everywhere Ronnie walks, she walks," Snooki gossips to pals Deena and JWoww about their roommate
The Jersey Shore star compares herself to the pint-sized primate
New girl Deena drops bikini bottoms and starts a brawl on the season premiere
The Jersey Shore star tells Ellen she tries to avoid blacking out and doesn't want to be a role model
The Jersey Shore star danced into the New Year with boyfriend Jionni LaValle
From NYC to L.A., Vegas to Miami, the parties will rock and the celebs will be hosting, performing and more!
Without permission to do the stunt in Times Square, the Jersey Shore star will ring in 2011 in Seaside Heights, N.J.
A promo of Jersey Shore's third season hits the Web - and shows what happened before the star's arrest
The Jersey Shore star and her famous roommates will help MTV ring in 2011 in Times Square
Jionni LaValle told her "I don't want to be in that world," because he's trying to be a teacher
Snooki will channel her favorite snack, while Pauly D catches a case of Bieber fever
But will anyone be brave enough to attempt the infamous meat dress?
The costars hint at romance on the season 2 reunion show
The TV host gets in touch with her inner Jersey gal in a full-body hair suit
Snooki and JWOWW get hot and bothered by hunky men in uniforms
From an ill-fated attempt to save a lobster to daytime drinking, what was Snooki's most hilarious scene?
The Jersey Shore star has announced her debut novel, A Shore Thing, due in January
If you want to pay a reality-TV star $5 to tell you where the closest laundromat is (and let's be honest -- who doesn't?), now's your chance.
The Jersey Shore star rejects the judge's comparison to the troubled actress
The Jersey Shore star is fined $500 and ordered to community service for disturbing beachgoers
A judge sentenced "Jersey Shore's" Snooki to two days of community service and fined her $500.
A New Jersey judge Wednesday sentenced Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, the MTV "Jersey Shore" star, to two days of community service with animal control and a $500 fine after she agreed to plead guilty to "interfering with the enjoyment of the quiet use of the beach or public boardwalk."
Reality TV star Snooki must prove in court next month that she was not annoying to people when she was on a beach in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, last month.
The Jersey Shore star pleads not guilty to charges carrying a $2,000 fine
Apparently, reality star Snooki is not just too pretty for jail, she is too pretty for court.
Sen. John McCain defends Snooki's comments that she's too pretty for jail. Showbiz Tonight's panel reacts.
From Mel's "rants" to Lindsay's time behind bars to Bristol's breakup (again), these headline-makers had it rough
The Jersey Shore star calls her arrest "a drunken mistake," and says she'll "stop drinking during the daytime"
The reality star was booked after police arrested her for disorderly conduct in New Jersey
"Jersey Shore's" Snooki is released from jail after being arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.
Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, of MTV's reality show "Jersey Shore," will soon learn her fate after the young reality star was arrested Friday on disorderly conduct charges, court officials said Monday.
The star of Jersey Shore is expected to be charged with disorderly conduct
Though he said he didn't know who the Jersey Shore star is, turns out, the president used her in a joke in May
President Obama wasted no time in an interview on ABC's "The View" to pounce on the media for providing a culture that "loves conflict."
President Obama becomes the first sitting president to visit a daytime TV show, and some critics think it was a bad move.
On The View, the Prez is also asked about Mel Gibson and Snooki
Put away those plastic mini-goggles and grab your favorite tube of self-tanner. The first new tax to fund health care reform goes into effect Thursday -- a 10 percent excise tax on indoor tanning services.
Plus, Paula Deen gets a lesson in "GTL" from the cast of Jersey Shore at the show in Nashville
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