Category Archive for "Arts & Entertainment::Celebrities"
She hung it over her fireplace near an iconic lithograph portrait of herself by Andy Warhol that sold at Christie’s in December for $662,500
(CBS/AP) Elizabeth Taylor’s collectibles continue to rake in a lot of cash. A 17th-century portrait that once hung in the living room of Taylor’s Bel Air home sold at auction Wednesday for $2 million — a lot more than its…
Houston, who was 48, died in Beverly Hills, the day before the Grammy awards
(CBS/AP) On the eve of her funeral, singer Whitney Houston was honored in Los Angeles with a tribute during the NAACP Image Awards. Yolanda Adams sang the spiritual song “I Love the Lord, He Heard My Cry,” which Houston performed…
Pete Frates, the man who inspired the viral Ice Bucket Challenge, has returned home to his family after his latest hospitalization
Pete Frates, the man who inspired the viral Ice Bucket Challenge, has returned home to his family after his latest hospitalization. On Wednesday, his wife Julie tweeted a photo of Frates and his young daughter with the caption, “Finally, everything…
“Gossip Girl” chooses Vera Wang for its royal wedding
(CBS) Kate Middleton, Charlene Wittstock and now, Blair Waldorf. Coming off a year of royal weddings, “Gossip Girl” is having one of its own during the show’s 100th episode, airing Monday night. Blair (Leighton Meester) will don a Vera Wang…
“I think what the wedding is going to look like is going to set the bar for what the 100th episode is.” The princess-to-be’s maid of honor, best friend Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively), will also wear a gown by Vera Wang for the nuptials, while the bridesmaids’ dresses are from the designer’s line for David’s Bridal, White by Vera Wang
(CBS) Kate Middleton, Charlene Wittstock and now, Blair Waldorf. Coming off a year of royal weddings, “Gossip Girl” is having one of its own during the show’s 100th episode, airing Monday night. Blair (Leighton Meester) will don a Vera Wang…
Cabello said Maduro would be sworn in and call the elections
CARACAS, Venezuela Vice President Nicolas Maduro will be sworn in as acting president of Venezuela on Friday after a state funeral is held for Hugo Chavez, the speaker of the National Assembly said Thursday. Legislature chief Diosdado Cabello made the…
The economy is now bouncing back, aided by Iceland’s status as one of the world’s best connected countries, with one of the highest levels of Internet use on the planet
REYKJAVIK, Iceland In the age of instant information, globe-spanning viral videos and the World Wide Web, can a thoroughly wired country become a porn-free zone? Authorities in Iceland want to find out. The government of the tiny North Atlantic nation…