Sharon’s Global Celebrity Update

So you reckon you know all about your celebrity? You may have to revise that thought.
Some of them barely know their own family history.
Seven of America’s leading stars of movies, television and sports share their journeys into their pasts in NBC’s new TV series Who Do You Think You Are? starting on Friday.
The show takes [...]

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TVNZ Online Drama Gains New Zealand’s First Nomination In The International Digital Emmy Awards
Reservoir Hill was a New Zealand trail-blazer – an exclusively online drama where viewers could interact with the main character. Now, it’s also earned another national first: a nomination in the International Digital Emmy Awards.
General Manager of Content & Delivery Tom Cotter [...]

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Actress Brittany Murphy had  left her husband out of her will.
Murphy, who passed away, aged 32 on December 20 2009 – left her entire estate to her mother Sharon Murphy, and nothing to British screenwriter Simon Monjack, it has been claimed.
Her husband, Simon is happy with the way his wife’s assets have been divided, insisting [...]

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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 Osmond family singer Marie Osmond’s son, Michael, 18,   committed suicide by jumping from a building in downtown Los Angeles, her representative confirmed on Saturday.
He jumped from his apartment around on Friday after leaving a note saying he intended to kill himself due to a long battle with depression.
The Osmond Brothers were popular in [...]

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A tsunami warning has been issued for New Zealand and much of the Pacific following a massive earthquake in Chile, with waves set to hit New Zealand at around 7am Sunday.
Homes and hospitals have been knocked down and at least 122 people are dead following the 8.8 magnitude quake. After the quake a tsunami warning [...]

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Four of Hollywood’s biggest rising stars,Miley Cyrus, Zac Efron and Twilight co-stars Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner have joined the line-up at the Academy Awards.
Oscar organisers announced yesterday that Hannah Montana star Cyrus, High School Musical co-star Efron and Stewart and Lautner will be presenters at the awards show March 7. They bring some youth [...]

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The New Zealand Science and Technology Charitable Trust  celebrated the opening of The Discovery Dome today at Science  Alive Centre.
Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker officially opened the Brian Mason Discovery Dome.Invited guests included both local and central politicians, and business leaders.
The guests took turns to enter and enjoy the unique dome, being totally immersed in the [...]

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The latest collection by British knitwear designer Mark Fast, had plus-size models.

Model for Mark Fast at London Fashion Week
The designer was at the centre of a dispute during London Fashion Week last September, when a stylist was forced to deny she stormed out of his catwalk show because he was using larger than normal models.
Among [...]

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Musical theatre impresario Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber is  keen in buying London’s Abbey Road recording studios, made famous by the Beatles.
Lloyd Webber, whose stage musicals include Cats and Phantom of the Opera, belives it is vital that the studios are saved for the future of the music industry in the UK.
Debt-laden music company EMI is [...]

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