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Anne Hathaway Tops Forbes’s Most Profitable Actresses’ List

Anne Hathaway in Alice in Wonderland

Anne Hathaway has proved to be not only one of the most multitalented actress in Hollywood but also one of the most profitable movies stars to hire. Forbes has compiled a list of five actresses who brings their studios the best return on investment for every dollar the actress has been paid. Forbes used its [...]

October 30th, 2010 | Posted in Culture & Showbiz,Featured News | Read More »

Jackson Tops Forbes Top-Earning Dead Celebs List

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Even though the King of Pop Michael Jackson is no longer with us, he still grossed millions of dollars since his untimely death back in 2009, landing number one place on the list of  Top-Earning Dead Celebrities published yesterday by the Forbes magazine. According to Forbes estimate, Jackson’s estate has generated more than $275 million [...]

October 26th, 2010 | Posted in Culture & Showbiz,Featured News | Read More »

Jane Austen’s Writing Style Questioned

Jane Austen, 1873.  commons.wikimedia

The polished and elegant writing style of the greatest English novelist Jane Austen may not belong to her, according to Professor Kathryn Sutherland from the University of Oxford. The researcher says she has looked into more than 1,100  original handwritten manuscripts and came to a conclusion that Austen`s works have been seriously edited to eliminate [...]

October 26th, 2010 | Posted in Culture & Showbiz,Featured News | Read More »

Celine Dion’s Husband Overwhelmed by Twins’ Birth

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Celine Dion`s delightful husband Rene Angelil says his famous spouse and their newly born twin boys are happy and healthy. According to the husband the family still feels overwhelmed and excited albeit very tired by the whole event. In an interview with the media right after the babies were born, Angelil said both of them [...]

October 24th, 2010 | Posted in Culture & Showbiz,Featured News | Read More »

Katy Perry, Brand Russell Tie the Knot in India

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U.S. pop diva Katy Perry and British comedian Russell Brand have tied the knot Saturday in India’s north-western Rajasthan region at a popular hotel resort. The couple has opted for a very private yet spiritual ceremony performed by a Christian minister and one of Katy Perry’s long time friends, with the majestic and inspiring India’s [...]

October 23rd, 2010 | Posted in Culture & Showbiz,Featured News | Read More »

British “Sherlock” Hit Series Airs on PBS

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Viewers in the United States will have an opportunity to discover the rising British star Benedict Cumberbatch in the new “Sherlock” TV series that airs this coming Sunday on PBS. Earlier this summer, the British audience went really crazy over the 3-part series in which Cumberbatch portraits a modern-day Sherlock Holmes who is chasing the [...]

October 22nd, 2010 | Posted in Culture & Showbiz,Featured News | Read More »

Anna Chapman Strips down for Russian Men’s Magazine

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Secret agent Anna Chapman is in the headlines again since her arrest in the U.S. in July. The alleged spy has been repeatedly appearing in the news, and this time she has taken part in the erotic photo shoot for a Moscow based men’s magazine. Anna Chapman is going to hit the pages of the [...]

October 19th, 2010 | Posted in Culture & Showbiz,Featured News | Read More »

Pregnant Celine Dion Hospitalized in Florida as Precaution

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Famous Canadian pop star Celine Dion has been reportedly hospitalized in Florida in an attempt to prevent the premature delivery of twin boys, according to a statement issued by a West Palm Beach hospital. The pregnant singer, who is now aged 42, has checked herself into St Mary’s Medical Center located in Florida’s West Palm [...]

October 18th, 2010 | Posted in Culture & Showbiz,Featured News | Read More »

Bosnian Women Speak up Against Angelina Jolie’s Movie

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The famous Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has been accused by the Bosnian Women Victims of War Association of shooting a movie in Bosnia that begins with a rape and torture. According to the Association, Jolie’s movie was about a love affair between a Bosnian woman and a Serb who raped her after the war has [...]

October 17th, 2010 | Posted in Culture & Showbiz,Featured News | Read More »

Scandalous Ballet Dancer Will Perform Naked

Karina Sarkissova

The recent scandal within the walls of the Vienna State Opera caused by Karina Sarkissova’s erotic photo shoots for the Wiener, an Austrian men’s magazine, has finally come to an end. The theatre’s management has asked the dancer to return to the ballet company. Her first stage appearance after the dismissal will be in a [...]

October 16th, 2010 | Posted in Culture & Showbiz,Featured News | Read More »