Whitney Houston: a brilliant and tragic life (Reuters)

February 12th, 2012 - 

Reuters – Whitney Houston, who was found dead in a Beverly Hills hotel room on Saturday, rose from a gospel church choir in New Jersey to become one of the best-selling and most-admired female singers of all time.

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Oscar lands in Los Angeles after Chicago flight (AP)

February 9th, 2012 - 

AP – Passengers on United Airlines Flight 531 from Chicago to Los Angeles didn’t just get to travel with a world-famous celebrity, they had their picture taken with him.

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Schwarzenegger joins Stallone in ‘The Tomb’ (AP)

February 8th, 2012 - 

AP – It’s an action superstar reunion: Arnold Schwarzenegger is joining Sylvester Stallone for the thriller “The Tomb.”

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Roseanne Barr on Calif. ballot for US president (AP)

February 7th, 2012 - 

AP – Roseanne Barr’s name is on California’s primary ballot as a Green Party candidate for president.

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Blues singer Etta James remembered in Los Angeles (Reuters)

January 29th, 2012 - 

Reuters – Hundreds of mourners gathered at a Los Angeles-area church on Saturday to remember rhythm-and-blues singer Etta James, saying she overcame great personal and professional hurdles to sing “the times that she lived.”

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Etta James, a Life and Legend (ContributorNetwork)

January 21st, 2012 - 

ContributorNetwork – Etta James’s sultry voice provided an entire generation’s worth of inspiration to modern songstresses.

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Films? Stars? Who Cares. Globes’ spotlight on Gervais (Reuters)

January 12th, 2012 - 

Reuters – What will Ricky Gervais say and about whom will he say it? Those are the two most pressing questions heading into Sunday night’s Golden Globe Awards, not what will win best film or TV show.

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Films? Stars? Who Cares. Globes’ spotlight on Gervais
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Etta James on breathing machine in Calif. hospital (Reuters)

December 23rd, 2011 - 

Reuters – Grammy-winning singer Etta James, who has been deemed terminally ill with leukemia, has been hospitalized in California and placed on a breathing machine, her long-time manager and friend said on Friday.

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Alec Baldwin abandons Twitter after airline flap (Reuters)

December 7th, 2011 - 

Reuters – Alec Baldwin was unusually quiet Wednesday — at least on Twitter.

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Colo. judge allows Sheen’s ex-wife to return home (AP)

December 6th, 2011 - 

AP – A Colorado judge will let actor Charlie Sheen’s ex-wife, Brooke Mueller, to return to California following her arrest in Aspen on assault and drug charges.

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