Sharon’s Global Celebrity Update

Ever wonder what happens to those beautiful garments models showcase on runnaways? These designer dresses get snapped up our celebrities for events like Ocars!

Christina Aguilera in this Versace gown, she wore at this year’s Golden Globe Awards.

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The “good old days” of supporting your community, taking the time for other people, and companies that went the extra mile to look after their customers, is not over yet.
Petrol retailer Gasoline Alley is giving 30 New Zealand teens the adventure of a lifetime by sending them on a Spirit of New Zealand voyage. Throughout [...]

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New Zealand’s former Prime Minister Helen Clark was awarded the highest honour in the country.

Former PM with NZ Governor General
She now works as head of the United Nations development programme in New York, but she’s back in New Zealand to receive two big awards – and will even return to Parliament.
Government House in Auckland’s leafy [...]

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Before we discuss this, here are the 3 lucky winners:
Congratulations- the winner for Valentines Day  Press Competition is Annie Doe of Clarkeville. She won two concert tickets to Tim Beveridge Live at the Quarry, a night’s accommodation at Novatel Hotel, transport to and from the concert by Crown Limousines and two bottles of Yearling Estate [...]

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Rio’s four-day Carnival kicks off Saturday with a slew of celebrities in town to watch the main event, which this year is dominated by a row over a seven-year-old girl joining the ranks of the sexy adult samba queens.
Singer Madonna, Australian actor Hugh Jackman and famous-for-being-famous Paris Hilton were all congregating in the seaside “Marvelous [...]

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$1,500 Ultimate Valentine Day Pamper Package To Be Won- Entries Close Friday 12 February.It will be drawn after 10.00am on CTV’ Good Living.
What you win:
- A Sumptuos Romantic Dinner for two at one of Christchurch’s leading restaurants, Ginkgo Restaurant
- A return transport in a celebrity status ,chauffuer driven to and from Ginkgo Restaurant and
celebrity red [...]

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Kiwi Michelin Star chef Josh Emett’s  international reputation as Gordon Ramsay’s second in command was reinforced when he presented an exceptional  five course degustation lunch at the Amisfield Wine Company’s Bistro in Queenstown today.
Emett has been in charge of Gordon Ramsay’s North American ventures, in his role as Executive Chef de Cuisine at Gordon Ramsay [...]

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Congratulations to 2010 New Zealander of the Year- Ray Avery.
If this information would not inspire you, nothing will!
From a streetkid sleeping rough, Ray Avery has charted a movie-script life which was capped last night with being honoured as New Zealander of the Year.
The 62-year-old scientist and inventor dedicates himself to fighting poverty and ill health [...]

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Christchurch’s open-air concert extravaganza, ASB Classical Sparks, will feature a cinematic theme in its welcome of Waitangi Day on Friday.
Music pieces from Schindler’s List, The Mission and NZ composer Gareth Farr’s extraordinary composition Aoraki will feature prominently at North Hagley Park.
ASB Classical Sparks is a Christchurch favourite that draws between 80,000 to 120,000 people to [...]

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The Salvation Army’s Christmas CD has gone ‘double miraculous platinum” for the second year in a row!
More than 31,000 copies of It’s a Wrap 2 were sold across the nation exclusively at Countdown, Foodtown and Woolworths stores.  The CDs sold for just $5, and the effort has raised over $139,000 (after GST).
“We are keen to [...]

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