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Julien’s Auctions to auction memorabila items from the estate of Whitney Houston. A pair of earrings she wore in “The Bodyguard” and a black velvet dress are just some of the items that will be auctioned off next month.

Celebrity auctioneer Darren Julien said Sunday that the pieces and other Houston items became available after the singer’s unexpected death on Feb. 11. They will be included in a long-planned sale of Hollywood memorabilia such as Charlie Chaplin’s cane and Clark Gable’s jacket from “Gone With the Wind.”

The auction will be held March 31 in Beverly Hills, CA. by Julien’s Auctions.

Elizabeth Smart Gets Married

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:46:57 +0000

Elizabeth Smart Gets Married Elizabeth Smart has married her Scottish fiance at a Mormon temple in Hawaii. She married Matthew Gilmour several months ahead of schedule due to the widespread media attention it drew last month. She met Gilmour, of … Continue reading →

Cher Not Dead

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:22:48 +0000

Cher is fine, The singer became the latest victim of a Twitter hoax, when RIP Cher began trending on Twitter late on Thursday (26 January 2012).

The trending topic put Twitter into a frenzy

Reality star Kim Kardashian tweeting, “Did I just hear Cher has passed away? Is this real? OMG”.

Later: “I hope this is a twitter joke and not true. I don’t see it on the news anywhere. I’m praying its not true”

Apparently the RIP Cher trend began when one user going by the name of Lorraine_Star re-tweeted a fake CNN news story that read, “American recording artist Cher dies at 65 years old. Found dead in Malibu home”.

Close friend, jewellery designer Loree Rodkin, tweeted, “It’s a hoax. She’s fine”.

This is a fake Twitter death hoax that last year both Hugh Hefner and Charlie Sheen fell victim to.

Cher, who has sold over 100 million albums worldwide, returned to the stage in 2008 to begin a residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in a show named ‘Cher at the Coliseum’. Her last performance was in February 2011.

Oppose SOPA and PIPA – End Piracy, Not Liberty

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:16:51 +0000

Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, would censor the Web and impose harmful regulations on American business. Millions of Internet users and entrepreneurs already oppose SOPA and PIPA.

The Senate will begin voting on January 24th. Please let them know how you feel. Sign this petition urging Congress to vote NO on PIPA and SOPA before it is too late.

https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction

Let’s hear it for New York

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 01:34:53 +0000

Let’s hear it for New York

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnlPX2_b4GA&feature=player_embedded

“Never forgotten. Forever grateful.” To help honor the victims and heroes of Sept. 11, director Spike Lee filmed a unique and moving tribute to the New York Fire Department.

A Day With HIV In America

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 08:54:48 +0000

A Day With HIV in America – 720 from TPAN on Vimeo.

A Day With HIV In America is a photo campaign that encourages people affected by the disease to submit a snapshot for Positively Aware‘s November/December issue, which featuries a cross-section of Americans living in the epidemic’s 30th year. (The deadline for submissions is September 21.)

65,000 Phone Calls From A Dutch Stalker

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:29:04 +0000

A whopping 65,000 phone calls in the past year were allegedly made by a Dutch woman to a 62-year-old man from Holland who was left with no option but to report the incident to the police, international news reported on September 8, 2011.

According to reports, the 42-year-old woman who was not named has been charged by Dutch prosecutors with stalking due to the non-stop phone calls she made day and night. The woman was said to have had a relationship with the man and that she believed the calls she placed to him was not excessive. On the other hand, the victim denied the allegation that they had a relationship.

The suspected stalker was reportedly arrested by the police on Monday, September 5, 2011 confiscating several mobile phones and computers from her home in Rotterdam.

Meanwhile, the court ordered the woman not to contact her alleged ex-boyfriend again, reports said.

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Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:19:11 +0000

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