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Rochelle Humes delivers girl
The Saturdays singer Rochelle Humes has become a first-time mother after giving birth to a baby daughter. The 24-year-old welcomed a baby daughter, her first child with fellow British pop star Marvin Humes of boyband JLS, reports contactmusiccom. Proud dad Marvin took to Twitter to share the happy news. "This morning we welcomed our baby girl Alaia-Mai Humes. Mum is doing great and baby is ...
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Teen Dies of Cancer After Touching Millions With Song
Zach Sobiech, an 18-year-old whose battle with cancer became a global story, has died. The Minnesota native became famous when his song "Clouds,rdquo; which is about facing death, became a viral sensation on YouTube, topping 3 million views. The song was originally released in December of last year. The video was so popular that a group of celebrities were inspired to create a ...
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Spears under fire for giving toy gun to son
Singer Britney Spears is facing criticism for allowing her 6-year-old son Jayden to play with a large toy gun. A not-for-profit gun-control group is outraged after Jayden was photographed aggressively pointing the toy weapon at people during the family's stay at the Four Seasons hotel in Westlake Village, California May 4, reports contactmusic.com. "As parents, it is our responsibility to set ...
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Leona Lewis keen on adoption
Singer Leona Lewis says she would prefer to adopt a child in future rather than having any of her own. "I will definitely adopt children. I'm not sure if I want my own," The Times newspaper quoted Lewis as saying. The 28-year-old, who rose to fame after winning the third season of "The X Factor" in 2006, credits her mother Maria for giving her a sense of independence, reports ...
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Miley Cyrus and Paris Hilton trapped in swatting incident again
Miley Cyrus and Paris Hilton have for the second time fallen victim to swatting pranks after police rushed to their Hollywood homes on false reports about gun crimes. Cyrus was not present at her home on Friday night when the police searched her house to investigate allegations that shots had been fired from inside the premises, Contactmusic reported. The authorities soon discovered that the ...
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Confidence
So, Im dead, is the opening line of voice-over narration in the neo-noir crime twister Confidence. It is spoken by a slick con artist named Jake Vig (Edward Burns) who is lying in a pool of his own blood. Its a catchy opening, but dead narrators are nothing new, and that essentially sums up everything about the film itself: catchy, but not quite catchy enough to cover over the fact that we ... ...
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Bradley Cooper takes cooking lessons from Ramsay
Hollywood actor Bradley Cooper is reportedly taking cooking lessons from well-known Scottish chef Gordon Ramsay to prepare for his role in director John Wells's "Chef". Cooper is playing a cook named Adam Jones, who destroys his career with drugs before getting clean and trying to open a restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars. Ramsay, who also hosts TV cookery shows, was the first ...
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MJs maid saw singer showering with child abuse victim Wade Robson
Choreographer Wade Robson, who has accused Michael Jackson of molesting him when he was a child, now has his story backed up by the singers' maid. Blanca Francia, 57, has claimed that she walked in on Jackson when he was taking a shower with Robson - and is willing to say so in the court battle launched by Wade, the Mirror reported. Francia, whose son Jason insists that he too was molested by ...
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Dog sings along to fav Adele song
A black Labrador retriever has taken a liking to Adele's cover of Bob Dylan's 'Make You Feel Me Love' and howls along whenever the song is played. A video uploaded to YouTube last Wednesday has already been viewed more than 2.2 million times. His owner Wes Reiff, of Windsor, Colorado, wrote that he has sang this song to the dog since he was a pup, asserting that his response to the track is ...
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Jennifer Lawrence brother being stalked
Hollywood actress Jennifer Lawrence and her brother Blaine Lawrence are reportedly being stalked by a Canadian named Han Cong Zhao. Han, 23, was said to be remanded on bail after Judge Annette Karem at Kentucky court here heard he sent Blaine 200 messages and a threatening voicemail. "You got me really upset, when I am upset, wait and see what happens," thesun.co.uk quoted Han as ...
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Yahoo Board approves billion-dollar deal to buy Tumblr
Yahoo Board has reportedly approved a telephonic deal with New York-based social blogging site Tumblr to acquire the blogging site for 1.1 billion dollars in cash, although Tumblr will function independently despite the Internet icon investing in the company. While Yahoo has approved the deal, Tumblr's board has not made it clear whether the company has approved the deal, Fox News ...
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Nothing will ever completely replace playing the game I love, however I feel like I'm starting a new adventure and I'm genuinely excited about what lies ahead. I'm fortunate to have been given many opportunities throughout my career and now I feel it's my time to give back.
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