Articles Archive for August 2009
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A&E Television Networks said Thursday it is acquiring Lifetime Entertainment Services, bringing the home of “Project Runway” into a stable of profitable channels that includes A&E and the History channel.
Terms of the deal, which is expected to be completed by the end of t... read more
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A lawyer for Michael Jackson’s former dermatologist says he now has no plans to petition a court for a role in the lives of the singer’s three children.
Mark Vincent Kaplan says Dr. Arnold Klein is satisfied now that an attorney has been appointed to oversee the the children’... read more
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Crystal Renn was miserable as a super-thin model who had heart palpitations when she’d worry that there might be calories in Diet Coke.
Her moment of epiphany came when “I couldn’t walk another step without being exhausted, or having hair clumps falling out.” She knew ... read more
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You’re tired, hungry, have a cranky baby on your lap and all you want to do is get off the plane, but you can’t because it’s been on the tarmac for hours waiting to take off.
While such delays are rare, they can be more common during the hot summer due to thunderstorms and, ... read more
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It’s not green cheese, but it might as well be.
The Dutch national museum said Thursday that one of its prized possessions, a rock supposedly brought back from the moon by U.S. astronauts, is just a piece of petrified wood.
Rijksmuseum spokeswoman Xandra van Gelder, who oversaw t... read more
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Police say a convicted sex offender and his wife have been arrested in the kidnapping of an 11-year-old in 1991 who recently walked into a Northern California police station.
Police say 58-year-old Phillip Garrido and his 54-year-old wife Nancy Garrido were arrested in the kidnapping case Wed... read more
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At first, fans politely applauded the Roma performers sharing a stage with Madonna. Then the pop star condemned widespread discrimination against Roma, or Gypsies and the cheers gave way to jeers.
The sharp mood change that swept the crowd of 60,000, who had packed a park for Wednesday night&... read more
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Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O’Neal’s troubled son, Redmond, will turn his struggles with addiction into a new reality show.
“Redmond has signed the deal that was brokered for him by his dad,” says a friend. “Ryan will be on the show, too.” Filming will start in four months, when Redmo... read more
