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1) Bunga bunga parties
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Bunga bunga parties, She is the Moroccan woman at the centre of a sex scandal involving former Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi.
In court, Karima el-Mahroug testified for the first time describing Berlusconi?s so-called ?Bunga Bunga? parties. She said a young woman danced while dressed as a Catholic nun and then stripped for the then Prime Minister.
But today?s trial is separate from one in which the 76-year-old is charged with paying for sex with an underage prostitute and covering it up, which he denies.
Away from the media mogul, the trial focused on three of his former aides charged with soliciting Ruby and other women for prostitution.
Nicole Minetti, former show girl turned politician, Italian talent agent Lele Mora and former news programme director, Emilio Fede, the third defendant. All three deny the charges.
Both Berlusconi and Ms el-Mahroug known as ?Ruby the [...]
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2) Kim k. swollen feet
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Kim k. swollen feet, Kim Kardashian has reportedly sent out baby shower invitations, furthering rumors that this July she and rapper-boyfriend Kanye West are expecting a baby girl.
The reality TV starlet, 31, is said to have sent out invites for the June 2 bash in music boxes that play West's song "Hey Mama" when opened. There's also a wind-up ballerina twirling to the song the rapper wrote for his late mother, according to E! News.
If this story is to be believed, it's safe to say that the couple is likely expecting a girl, which had previously only been rumored.
And this kid is likely to be musically inclined from the get-go: TMZ reports that Kardashian has plans to bring their child along when West kicks off his concert tour in October.
"The touring company has already been given orders to arrange for cribs and soundproof hotel rooms at every stop," TMZ said. Us Weekly reported [...]
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3) Scarlett Johansson director
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Scarlett Johansson director, The path from actor to director is a well documented one (with varying degrees of success) and Scarlett Johanson is about to undertake it with an adaptation of Truman Capote's posthumously discovered debut novel, Summer Crossing.
The film will tell the story of a 17-year-old Protestant debutante who begins an affair with a Jewish parking-lot attendant while her family vacations in Paris during the summer of 1945. Obviously, a controversial story and one that will be difficult to adapt, but Johansson is confident in the success of the project, which is currently being pitched to potential investors at Cannes.
"Several years ago I began working alongside the Capote estate and writer Tristine Skyler to adapt Summer Crossing, an inspired early work of Truman's which has long captured my heart," said Johansson in a statement. "Being able to bring this story to [...]
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4) George takei responds
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George takei responds, George Takei posted and responds to a picture of a gay couple who was being attacked by a pack of Knicks fans near Madison Square Garden. The incident has attracted high-profile support.
Nick Porto and Kevin Atkins, along with their story Wednesday on his hugely popular Facebook page, which counts more than 4 million fans. He followed up the next day with a post including video of the alleged attackers put out by police.
?This violence happened just blocks from where I?m in rehearsal in Midtown NYC for Allegiance,? wrote the actor and gay-rights activist.
?Shame on the perpetrators, and on the bystanders who did nothing but take photos.?
Authorities said the pair was attacked by men who shouted antigay slurs while the two walked arm in arm down Eighth Avenue, near Madison Square Garden, while the Knicks were playing the Indiana Pacers early Sunday [...]
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5) Hefner Wife $5 Million Home
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Hefner Wife $5 Million Home, When it eventually comes time for Hugh Hefner to leave us for that big Playboy Mansion in the sky, his new bride won?t have to worry about where she?ll end up.
The 87-year-old mogul has bought his wife, 27-year-old former Playboy Playmate Crystal Harris a stunning 6,000-square-foot pad off Hollywood?s Sunset Strip for nearly $5 million, according to real estate website Redfin. The two married in December.
The property was purchased for exactly $4.995 million by a joint trust under the name ?HMCH,CRYSTAL 2013 TRUST.? That means that, despite the fact that Harris reportedly hasn?t been put in Hef?s will, she?ll be able to live in the home after he dies, since she?s an owner.
Speaking of owners, the previous one, according to Redfin, is video game producer and Internet entrepreneur Jason Rubin, who bought the plot of land for $710,000 back in 2004 and had [...]
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6) Calvin Klein Rooney Mara
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Calvin Klein Rooney Mara, The 28-year-old star of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and the recent "Side Effects" has been snapped up by Calvin Klein as the face of the new Downtown fragrance.
Rooney Mara has exploded on the international style scene ever since her radical restyle for a role as Lisbeth Salander in David Fincher's hit 2011 film adaptation of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."
Fincher has teamed up with Mara again for the black and white TV advertising campaign for Calvin Klein's new perfume, Downtown. Set to debut in July 2013, and shot in New York City, the short film tells the story of a confident young woman (played by Mara) breaking out and living her own life, soundtracked by the New York City art-pop band Yeah Yeah Yeahs's "Runaway".
"DOWNTOWN Calvin Klein is a fragrance for women that live by their own rules," explained Catherine Walsh, Senior Vice President, [...]
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7) Hofstra student killed
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Hofstra student killed, A Hofstra University student was shot dead Friday when an armed intruder burst into her home and held several students hostage until he was killed in a hail of police bullets.
Andrea Rebello, 21, was shot to death around 2:30 a.m. in the Long Island house where she lived with her identical twin Jessica ? who emerged unscathed from the carnage, cops said.
The body of the suspect involved in a fatal shooting and break-in that occurred early Friday morning at an off-campus house near Hofstra University is removed from the house in Uniondale, N.Y.
Jessica Rebello, Andrea?s best friend and constant companion, was held hostage with her sister by an armed bandit until Nassau County police arrived and the gunfire started.
The twins? father, after reuniting Friday with his surviving daughter, wept over his loss.High school yearbook photo of Andrea Rebello, a student [...]
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8) Astros New President
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Astros New President, Reid Ryan choked back tears as he was introduced as president of his beloved Astros, the team he grew up watching in the days when his Hall of Fame father, Nolan Ryan, starred as a pitcher for Houston.
"My ties with the Astros go all the way back to 1980 when my dad came over," Reid Ryan said. "Today really is a dream come true because you grow up an Astros fan if you're in Houston. Everybody's got their hometown team, and the Astros were mine. This is just a very special day."
Astros owner Jim Crane certainly appreciates having the Ryan name associated with his team again, but was quick to point out that Reid Ryan is much more than simply the son of a famous ball player.
"It's great to have your kid in the business, but now he can prove himself as Reid Ryan," Crane said. "His dad's is a famed player, a very, very famous guy, but Reid's the kind of guy that [...]
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9) Jason collins jimmy kimmel
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Jason collins jimmy kimmel, The openly gay NBA player appeared on Wednesday's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" with his brother.Jason Collins didn't beat around the bush when he decided to tell his twin brother, Jarron Collins, that he's gay.The duo made their late-night TV debut Wednesday on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live, where they recalled how Jason broke the news to his sibling.
Jason, who became the first openly gay professional athlete on a major American sports team when he came out in a Sports Illustrated piece last month, said he went over to Jarron's place to share the news.
"We don't have a serious tone to our conversations, and I was like, Jarron, I need to talk to you about something serious," said Jason, who played with the NBA's Washington Wizards last season.
Added Jarron, a retired professional basketball player: "He was very direct about it. He said, 'Jarron, I'm gay.' And I heard it, [...]
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10) Carole King Honored
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Carole King Honored, President Barack Obama is putting on a show at the White House next week for singer-songwriter Carole King.
She is the first woman to receive the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the Library of Congress.
The White House says Obama will present the award to King during a concert Wednesday. The program will include performances by King, Gloria Estefan, Billy Joel, Jesse McCartney, Emeli Sande, James Taylor and Trisha Yearwood.
King's hits during five decades of songwriting include "You've Got a Friend," "So Far Away" and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman."
Wednesday's concert will be the latest in the "In Performance at the White House" series. It will be streamed live at www.whitehouse.gov and broadcast nationally by PBS stations on May 28.
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11) George hill concussion
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George hill concussion, Iman Shumpert insisted he had ?no complaints? about how his swollen surgically repaired left knee responded Tuesday night.
But how else to explain perhaps the Knicks? most effective and dynamic two-way player throughout the playoffs having zero points and zero impact in the Knicks? 93-82 Game 4 loss to the Pacers?
?The knee?s fine. It felt fine. I had no complaints,? said Shumpert, who played just 16 minutes after averaging 35 over his previous six playoff appearances. ?If Coach (Mike Woodson) was precautionary, that?s up to him. I just go out there and play when he calls my name.?
Shumpert, who wore a sizable ice wrap on his knee whenever he was out of the game, surprisingly was in the starting lineup. After sitting out practice Monday because he experienced swelling in the knee after Game 3, Shumpert remained at the team hotel Tuesday morning instead of [...]
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12) Milwaukee Bra Ban
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Milwaukee Bra Ban, A historic Milwaukee bowling alley and bar almost went without the appropriate support after a city inspector decided dozens of bras hanging from its ceiling were a fire hazard.
Holler House owner Marcy Skowronski said she and some of her friends started the tradition 45 years ago, when they had a few drinks and threw their bras onto skis hanging from the bar's ceiling.
They've amassed dozens of all sizes and colors over the years, even replacing old bras with new ones at the bar's 100th anniversary five years ago. Many times people sign and date the bras or leave notes on them.
But an inspector that visited in April apparently wasn't as accepting of the tradition. She said the bras were a fire hazard and Skowronski needed to take them down.
"They've been hanging there for 45 years," Skowronski said Friday. "I had inspectors here for 45 years. Every year they [...]
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13) Rihanna sues $5 million
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Rihanna sues $5 million, We hope this doesn?t get ugly! A new report claims that the superstar is suing the British label for using her image on shirts without her approval.
Although the songstress has sported Topshop looks in the past I think it?s safe to say the days of her wearing the retailer are definitely over. Page Six is reporting that Rihanna is suing the mass brand for $5 million worth of damages for continuing to sell a graphic t-shirt that depicts an image of the superstar that wasn?t approved by her team. Additionally, the star isn?t making any royalties of the product even though it features her face.
Rihanna Sues Topshop:
The report claims that RiRi?s team has been trying to negotiate with the British brand for almost a year ? but apparently they don?t seem too concerned with Rihanna?s argument. Not only have they dismissed the complaints from her team, but they [...]
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14) Ex-NBA player stabbed
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Ex-NBA player stabbed, Serbian police say Predrag Danilovic, who played for the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks, is seriously injured after being stabbed in a fight.
Police say Danilovic was hurt during a brawl early Saturday in a cafe in a residential part of the capital, Belgrade. Doctors say Danilovic underwent an operation to treat injuries to his abdomen, head and arms.
The reason for the brawl was not immediately known. Danilovic is currently the general manager of Serbian basketball club Partizan Belgrade.
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15) Sherri shepherd diabetes
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Sherri shepherd diabetes, Kale and cauliflower don't exactly inspire big laughs ? unless you're talking to Sherri Shepherd.
"If you had told me a few years ago that I'd be liking kale, I'd have laughed you out of the room," she said during a recent phone interview, her voice rising with vigor. "Freaking kale? Let's face it, when you break up with someone, you do not want a bowl of asparagus. I've never heard anybody say, 'I'm so depressed, can you give me a plate of asparagus and broccoli?'"
But as she describes in her new book, "Plan D: How to Lose Weight and Beat Diabetes (Even if You Don't Have It)," getting acquainted with those veggies became necessary. Shepherd, a comedian and co-host of ABC's "The View," was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2007. The formal diagnosis came after years of ignoring doctors' warnings that she was prediabetic ? a wakeup call that led to her current [...]
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16) McDonalds streamlining menu
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McDonalds streamlining menu, Engaged in a race to boost more traffic and same-store-sales than competitors, fast food chains have understandably gone the route of adding more menu items. Over the years those menus have become bloated. Bloomberg reporter Leslie Patton looks into whether that complexity in menus is now coming back to bite.
She reports that there are signs bellwether fast food giant McDonald's may trim down its menu of 145 choices. The Angus burgers, fruit & walnut salad, chicken selects and more may soon be heading to the chopping block.
"It's gotten to the point where the operation has kind of broken down and that's all a symptom of the complication of the menu," said Richard Adams, a San Diego-based restaurant franchisee consultant and former McDonald's store owner. "They can't make the food fast enough."
?A comprehensive menu isn't all that important to fast-food [...]
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17) Bruce irvin suspended
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Bruce irvin suspended, There was plenty going on in the NFL on Friday, and if you missed the pertinent Robert Griffin III, Rob Gronkowski and Bruce Irvin news, then read on for the roundup.
The Chicago Bears became the third team to sign all of their draft picks, inking first-round pick Kyle Long to a four-year deal with an option for a fifth. Long was the No. 20 pick, and getting him signed is just one fewer thing for him to have to worry about.
He'll miss the rest of Chicago's offseason minicamp programs due to Oregon's finals schedule and won't return until June 14, so this was probably something the two sides were motivated to get done.
During the 2013 NFL Draft, it was big news when Griffin III was walking around and even jumping during the Washington Redskins' draft-day festivities. His recovery from injury will be the biggest news through training camp, preseason and possibly [...]
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18) $446 waitress tip
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$446 waitress tip, If service with a smile results in a good tip, then Steak n? Shake waitress CeCe Bruce is smiling from ear to ear.
Bruce, a waitress for the past two years at a Steak n? Shake in Indianapolis, is $446 richer after a longtime customer left her a tip in that amount on a $5.97 order.
?My first reaction was, ?Miss Jo, I?m not taking your money,?? Bruce, 31, told ABCNews.com. ?It was crazy.?
The customer, identified only as Miss Jo, eats at her local Steak n? Shake at least once a week and was evidently feeling very generous when she came in for breakfast Wednesday morning.
?She asked me if she could leave me a ridiculously large tip, but I did not know that it was that large,? said Bruce, who described Miss Jo as a middle-aged woman ? ?my angel.?
?She didn?t even give me time to tell her, ?Thank you,? or anything,? Bruce said. ?When I went back to get my manager, [...]
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19) Dexter final season trailer
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Dexter final season trailer, Debra Morgan's life as we knew it is over.In a new jam-packed trailer for the eighth and final season of Showtime's Dexter, Jennifer Carpenter's Deb is virtually unrecognizable.
After ending LaGuerta's life, Deb is in a downward spiral, with the top cop drinking, using prescription drugs and hooking up with a trashy new love interest as she searches for a way to forget the fact that she murdered one of her mentors.
"Deb, look at yourself, you're lost," Dexter (Michael C. Hall) tells her. But the worst part for Dexter's foster-sister? After Deb is busted for a DUI, she wants to make a statement! About what? We'll just have to wait and see.
Elsewhere, things as always aren't looking too hot for Dexter.
Miami Metro has added a new foe in Charlotte Rampling's Dr. Evelyn "The Psychopath Whisperer" Vogel, who could potentially see him for who -- and what -- he [...]
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20) Justin bieber monkey
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Justin bieber monkey, The Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber will have to pay thousands of euros to an animal shelter caring for the pet monkey seized two months ago by German customs officials.
The customs office in Munich said Bieber has until midnight on Friday to contact them, otherwise Mally, the singer's capuchin monkey, would become "property of the state" and would be transferred to a permanent home at a zoo or animal park elsewhere in Germany.
Mally was seized by German customs on 28 March when Bieber, 19, failed to produce required vaccination and import papers after landing in Munich while on tour. It was quarantined and cared for at the city's animal shelter, where the manager, Karl Heinz Joachim, said Mally, now 20 weeks old, had fared well and gained weight.
The shelter has criticised Bieber for keeping such a young monkey as a pet, saying the animal should not have been [...]
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21) American idol ratings
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American idol ratings, The numbers are in on the American Idol season 12 finale, and it?s not a pretty picture. The Fox show saw a dip of more than 40 percent from the 2012 season closer, losing some 7 million viewers to come in at a 3.6 rating among adults 18-49. Total viewers equaled 14.3 million -- the first time a finale has not reached the 20-million mark since the show first aired in 2002.
What went wrong? You could place the blame on any number of factors: from viewer fatigue and a stale formula as the show closes its 12th year, the bad chemistry at the judges? table, which brought in two feuding pop divas that barely glanced at each other, competition from NBC?s The Voice, which has also seen ratings decline in its fourth season, and a less than enthralling contestant pool clearly positioned to hoist two girls to the finish line.
Also impacting the show?s numbers: the fact [...]
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22) Ceo sues over firing
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Ceo sues over firing, The former CEO of Tuesday Morning has filed a discrimination lawsuit against the discount retailer, saying she was fired just months after revealing she had breast cancer.
The lawsuit by Kathleen Mason follows a discrimination filing with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission this summer. Mason's lawyer, Rogge Dunn, says she was fired during a phone call last June, even though she had overseen the company's growth during her tenure.
Dunn has said that Mason informed the board of her cancer so they wouldn't be alarmed if she began losing her hair or growing gaunt as a result of treatment. But he has said the board's attitude toward her began to change soon after, with members contacting her subordinates directly. At one point when Mason was wearing a wig, Dunn said one board member made a sarcastic comment about how nice her hair looked.
Tuesday Morning [...]
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23) Mariah carey lip sync american idol
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Mariah carey lip sync american idol, Mariah Carey is known as one of the greatest singers of all time. She was hired this year, for a whopping $18 million, to judge other singers on "American Idol." So when she gave a performance on Thursday night's "Idol" finale that seemed more appropriate for another talent show, "RuPaul's Drag Race" ? that is, she appeared to be lip-synching for her life ? well, it was not a tour de force, dahling.
Mariah's performance, which was actually pre-taped the night before the finale, featured the diva "singing" a medley of her greatest hits, including "Hero," "Vision of Love," "We Belong Together," "Make it Happen," and "My All."
But did she really make it happen? Was she really giving her all? It seemed like Mariah's onstage wind-machine was more operational than her microphone this Thursday. You be the judge:A representative for Mariah exclusively told [...]
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24) Cannes jewel heist
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It could have been the plot of a Hollywood blockbuster: a thief creeps into a Cannes hotel room after dark and effortlessly makes off with over $1m worth of jewels destined to be worn by stars on the red carpet of the film festival.
The massive jewellery theft in the early hours of Friday was quickly likened to a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's 1950s Riviera robbery thriller, To Catch a Thief, with Cary Grant and Grace Kelly, where a mysterious cat burglar snatches the jewels of the rich and famous on the Côté d'Azur.
But stranger still was the fact that the robbery took place just as all flashbulbs and press packs were focusing on Thursday night's premiere of Sofia Coppola's new film the Bling Ring, based on the true story of a group of suburban Los Angeles teenagers who stole luxury goods, jewels and watches from the houses of the rich and famous out of a desire to possess their [...]
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25) $6 bill, $446 tip
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$6 bill, $446 tip, CeCe Bruce said she's known for years that it pays to be nice. But she never realized just how much it could pay off until this week, when one of her regular customers rewarded her with a huge tip.
A part-time student at Martin University in Indianapolis, Ind., Bruce has worked as a waitress at a local Steak 'n Shake restaurant for two years, according to NBC affiliate WTHR. Though she had received a few generous tips during that time, nothing had prepared her for the generosity of Miss Jo, a frequent patron of the restaurant.
When Bruce first picked up Miss Jo's credit card receipt Wednesday morning, she said she thought the tip was $46, which she told WTHR would have been surprising enough, given that the bill was just $5.97. But the tip was actually a jaw-dropping $446.
"When I looked again, I said 'Oh my gosh, Miss Jo, I'm not taking that!' And she said, 'Yes, [...]
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