Shirley MacLaine grows old and mean – for "Bernie"

April 24th, 2012 - 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actress Shirley MacLaine has portrayed many characters in the movies, and she won an Oscar in “Terms of Endearment” as a mother whose relationship with her daughter encounters many ups-and-downs over a long period.

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Whitney Houston left her fortune to daughter

March 8th, 2012 - 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Whitney Houston, who died suddenly last month in a Beverly Hills hotel room, has left her fortune to her 19-year-old daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown, according to the singer’s will. Under terms of the will filed late on Wednesday in Atlanta, funds from the singer’s estate will be put in a trust to benefit her daughter.

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Brown says daughter doing better, asks for privacy (AP)

February 15th, 2012 - 

AP – Bobby Brown says daughter Bobbi Kristina is doing “much better” after being hospitalized following the death of her mother, Whitney Houston.

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Investigators seek answers to Houston’s death (AP)

February 12th, 2012 - 

AP – Investigators worked Sunday to piece together what killed Whitney Houston as the music industry’s biggest names prepared for a Grammy Awards show that will undoubtedly feel as much like a memorial as a celebration.

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"Night of the Living Dead" actor Bill Hinzman dies (Reuters)

February 7th, 2012 - 

Reuters – Bill Hinzman, who was cast on-the-spot as a zombie in 1968 cult film “Night of the Living Dead” in a role that earned him the longlasting admiration of horror fans, has died at age 75, his daughter said.

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AP: Lisa Marie Presley talks about new exhibit (AP)

February 1st, 2012 - 

AP – There’s a glass case in a room on Graceland’s first floor that holds a small white fur coat, a photo album of Elvis Presley’s family, and a blue record player used by his daughter, Lisa Marie.

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Brittany Murphy’s father wants her death re-investigated (Reuters)

January 12th, 2012 - 

Reuters – Unconvinced that his daughter’s death was adequately investigated, the father of deceased actress Brittany Murphy has filed a complaint calling for Murphy’s autopsy specimens to be released for independent investigation.

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UK artist, St Trinian’s creator Searle dies aged 91 (Reuters)

January 3rd, 2012 - 

Reuters – British cartoonist Ronald Searle, best known for his spiky drawings of the tearaway pupils of the fictional girls school St Trinian’s, has died in southern France aged 91, his daughter said on Tuesday.

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Queen to host royals’ Christmas, Kate’s first (AP)

December 23rd, 2011 - 

AP – It will be a traditional Christmas weekend for Queen Elizabeth II’s extended family, which now includes the former Kate Middleton, with the quiet holiday break to be followed by a year’s worth of festivities to mark the queen’s 60th year on the throne.

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Willow Smith wants to empower her fans (AP)

December 8th, 2011 - 

AP – Willow Smith is all about kid empowerment.

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