LOS ANGELES (AP) - A judge sentenced Paris Hilton to 45 days in jail Friday for violating her probation, putting the brakes on the hotel heiress’ famous high life.
Hilton, who parlayed her name and relentless partying into worldwide notoriety, must go to jail on June 5 and she will not be allowed any work release, [...]
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Free of his wheelchair and tethered only to heart rate and blood pressure monitors, astrophysicist Stephen Hawking on Thursday fulfilled a dream of floating weightless on a zero-gravity jet, a step he hopes leads to further space adventures.
The modified jet carrying Hawking, a handful of his physicians and nurses, and dozens [...]
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Some demonstrators called Gere’s embrace of Shetty “vulgar”.
Actor Richard Gere has sparked protests in India after kissing Celebrity Big Brother winner Shilpa Shetty at an Aids awareness rally in New Delhi.
Demonstrators in Mumbai (Bombay) set light to effigies of the Hollywood star, while protesters in other cities shouted “death to Shilpa Shetty”.
The protesters said [...]
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The Shawshank Redemption filmmaker Frank Darabont has hit out at movie mogul George Lucas for preventing Steven Spielberg from shooting his script for the upcoming Indiana Jones sequel, claiming his efforts were “a waste of a year.” Darabont wrote a screenplay for the highly-anticipated movie, which is still known by its working title of Indiana [...]
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HONOLULU, Hawaii (AP) — Legendary crooner Don Ho, who entertained tourists for decades wearing raspberry-tinted sunglasses and singing the catchy signature tune “Tiny Bubbles,” has died. He was 76.He died Saturday morning of heart failure, publicist Donna Jung said.
Ho had suffered with heart problems for the past several years and had a pacemaker installed last [...]
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TORY councillor Kimberley Anderson is celebrating her latest business venture - opening a lap dancing club in Liverpool.
By day the 25-year-old Conservative councillor makes sure people in her ward get their fences mended and helps keep youths off the streets. But by night the Ellesmere Port and Neston politician shows a racier side - [...]
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Richard Jeni, a standup comedian who played to sold-out crowds, was a regular on the “Tonight Show” and appeared in movies, died of a gunshot wound in an apparent suicide, police said Sunday.
Police found the 45-year-old comedian alive but gravely injured in a West Hollywood home when they responded to a [...]
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NEW YORK (AP) — So you may have heard: Paris Hilton was ticketed the other day for driving with a suspended license.
Not huge news, even by celebrity-gossip standards. Here at The Associated Press, we put out an initial item of some 300 words. But it actually meant more to us than that.
It meant the [...]
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TMZ spoke with uber-fabulous designer Bobby Trendy, who was fired by Anna Nicole and Howard during the filming of her reality show.
A misty and poetic Bobby asked that we tell the world and Anna (er, ok?) that he wants to “Thank Anna for making me famous. When you think of Anna, think of red, white [...]
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The remainder of ABC’s canceled action thriller series “Day Break,”starring original Rent actor Taye Diggs, will be available for viewing online.
ABC president Steve McPherson revealed that fans of the serialized drama — which was pulled from the air after five weeks — may find some closure as the remaining episodes will be placed on the [...]
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