Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music’s queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48. Houston’s publicist, Kristen Foster, said Saturday that the singer had died, but the cause and the location of her death [...]
Musical guest Lana Del Rey may have managed to upstage Harry Potter himself during Daniel Radcliffe’s eagerly anticipated “Saturday Night Live” hosting gig. And it might not be a good thing. The 25-year-old singer-songwriter drew scorn from celebrities via Twitter for her lack-luster performance on the legendary comedy sketch show. “Wow watching this ‘singer’ on [...]
January 16, 2012 | Posted in
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Thoroughly modern Miss America! Saturday’s Miss America Pageant 2012, broadcast live on NBC from Las Vegas, was definitely a 21st-century production — with surprising frankness from the bikini-clad contestants, bizarre twists and even a Kardashian (judge Kris Jenner) in the midst. (Dancing with the Stars’ Mark Ballas, reality show heavyweight Mike Fleiss, actress Teri Polo [...]
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On Friday the 13th, a handful of best dressed guests like Emmy Rossum, Ali Larter, Tilda Swinton, Charlize Theron, Emma Stone, and Rachel Zoe flocked to Chateau Marmont to join others like Jessica Biel, Thor’s Chris Hemsworth, and more. W Magazine and Dom Perignon celebrated the upcoming Golden Globe Awards with their Best Performances issue [...]
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The grandmother of a missing Maine toddler says no family members in the home the night the girl vanished had anything to do with her disappearance. “I feel violated. Somebody came into my home and took my granddaughter who was sleeping,” Phoebe DiPietro said during her first television interview about Ayla Reynolds, the now 21-month-old [...]
About 400 Venezuelan women sued companies that sold faulty French-made breast implants on Friday demanding the companies cover their medical expenses. The group is seeking a court order to cover expenses including surgeries to replace the defective implants and other treatment, said Emilia De Leon, one of the lawyers. Venezuelan Health Minister Eugenia Sader announced [...]
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Not a conventional biopic, the film is instead more of a memory poem about Margaret Thatcher’s life. What helps save it is the insight Meryl Streep brings to former prime minister’s aging. There is far more softness than steel in “The Iron Lady,” starring Meryl Streep as the iconic British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The [...]
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Women in Saudi Arabia will not need a male guardian’s approval to run or vote in municipal elections in 2015, when women will also run for office for the first time, a Saudi official has said. The change signifies a step forward in easing the kingdom’s restrictions against women, but itfalls far short of what [...]
Thinking about trying to score some cash from that stage-collapse incident at the Sugarland concert? Think again. Two women tried that plan, hoping to pocket some funds by allegedly faking injuries from the tragic incident in Indiana last August, and are now facing fraud charges and the prospect of years in prison, according to the [...]
December 29, 2011 | Posted in
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Workers are dropping out of the labor force in droves, and they are mostly women. In fact, many are young women. But they are not dropping out forever; instead, these young women seem to be postponing their working lives to get more education. There are now — for the first time in three decades — [...]
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