Kardashian becomes the «wife,» cropped out of ultra-Orthodox paper

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Tel Aviv (dpa) – It was as if one of the most photographed people in the world wasn’t even there. Kim Kardashian visited Jerusalem with her husband, rapper Kanye West, but an ultra-Orthodox newspaper cropped her out of pictures and did not print her name in an article about their visit. The couple dined out during…

The couple dined out during their trip Monday and Tuesday with Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, who posted a photograph of the three on Twitter. The newspaper Kikar Shabat then published an article criticizing the mayor for taking a “celebrity couple” to a non-kosher restaurant.

The article referred to the couple as “singer Kanye West and his wife” and was illustrated with Barkat’s photograph of the three dining. In one reproduction of the photo, Kardashian was blurred out. In another, a dinner bill is plastered over Kardashian.

The Keeping Up With The Kardashians reality television star and West arrived with their toddler daughter, North, from Armenia, where Kardashian, whose father was of Armenian descent, traced her roots and visited a memorial of the mass deportations and killings of Armenians during World War I.

In Jerusalem, the couple had their daughter baptized in the 12th century Armenian church of Saint James in the walled Old City, which has an Armenian Quarter, Israeli media reported.

America’s favorite fictional doctor and loving dad is now plagued by rape allegations that seem to keep piling up. A slew of sexual abuse allegations have emerged in recent weeks against Bill Cosby and have tainted the legendary comedian’s reputation. The 77-year-old television star has donated millions to countless universities and foundations, some of which have… Cosby-Affiliated Organizations Now Tainted

America’s favorite fictional doctor and loving dad is now plagued by rape allegations that seem to keep piling up. A slew of sexual abuse allegations have emerged in recent weeks against Bill Cosby and have tainted the legendary comedian’s reputation. The 77-year-old television star has donated millions to countless universities and foundations, some of which have…

Katt Williams, Suge Knight Arrested On Robbery Charges

Comedian Katt Williams and record producer Suge Knight were arrested Wednesday for allegedly stealing a camera from a female celebrity photographer in Beverly Hills last month, media reports said, citing officials. The two were reportedly charged with one count of robbery each. The 49-year-old Death Row Records co-founder could face 30 years to life in prison,…

Kim Kardashian worships her BlackBerry: ‘It’s my heart and soul. I’ll never get rid of it’

Kim Kardashian West has a mansion in L.A., a closet full of designer clothes and a fleet of luxury cars, but there’s still one thing she’s coveting. Speaking at the Code/Mobile conference this week, Ms. Kardashian West said if she could, she would buy BlackBerry Ltd., the Waterloo-based tech firm. The reality television star said she…

Male Lead In ‘Sex And The City’ Calls Carrie Bradshaw A Whore

 

by Carimah Townes “Male Lead In ‘Sex And The City’ Calls Carrie Bradshaw A Whore“Christopher Noth of The Good Wife and Sex and the City fame just called Sarah Jessica Parker’s iconic character, Carrie Bradshaw, a whore. Even if Noth made a joke, which his rep says was the case, it wasn’t necessarily a good one.

Noth, who played Carrie’s on-and-off again boyfriend-turned-husband, Mr. Big, was beloved and hated by Sex and the City fans. His standoffish character was often cold and callous, and contributed to a very damaging relationship. But speaking to News.com.au in Australia, Noth blamed the unhealthy relationship on his counterpart.

“[Big] was what he was. One of the things I tell people is that he never tried to pretend he was anything other than what he was. It was (Carrie) who tried to pretend he was something he wasn’t. He was always honest about himself; he never cheated on her. The relationship just didn’t work, and he went on to get married while she went on to … how many boyfriends did she have? She was such a whore! There’s a misconception that Carrie was a victim of him, and that’s not the case. She was a strong, smart woman.”

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‘Blurred Lines’ Trial Likely for Thicke, Pharrell

LOS ANGELES (CN) – A federal judge said Monday that he is not “inclined” to rule in favor of Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke in their court battle with Marvin Gaye’s estate and Funkadelic’s music publisher over “Blurred Lines.”
Last year, pop singer Robin Thicke “reluctantly” sued Marvin Gaye’s estate in federal court, insisting his feel-good hit of the summer was not a rip off of Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up” or Funkadelics’s “Sexy Ways.” The suit also named publisher Bridgeport Music, Frankie Christian Gaye, Marvin Gaye III and Nona Marvisa Gaye as defendants.
Marvin Gaye’s estate and Bridgeport Music filed counterclaims after Thicke asked a judge to declare that the 2013 hit did not violate copyright law.
Thicke and his collaborators on “Blurred Lines,” singer-producer Pharrell Williams and rapper T.I., asked the court on Monday to grant them summary judgment. To support their motion, the plaintiffs submitted the declarations of three experts.
But U.S. District Court Judge John Kronstadt issued a tentative order after the hearing, denying the request. The case was taken under submission, and the order did not specify when Kronstadt will issue a ruling.
In their 2013 complaint, Thicke and Williams said they filed suit after threats of legal action.
“There are no similarities between plaintiffs’ composition and those the claimants allege they own, other than commonplace musical elements,” the pop stars state in their complaint. “Plaintiffs created a hit and did it without copying anyone else’s composition.”
Instead, “Blurred Lines” only evoked an “era,” and is “starkly different” from the Gaye’s and Funkadelic’s songs, the pop stars said.
In a May interview with GQ magazine, Thicke said the number 1 hit was written and recorded in two hours.
“Pharrell and I were in the studio and I told him that one of my favorite songs of all time was Marvin Gaye’s ‘Got to Give It Up,'” Thicke said in the interview. “I was like, ‘Damn, we should make something like that, something with that groove.'”
But in a deposition, Thicke said that he had overplayed his part in the creation of the song and was drunk and on Vicodin when it was recorded.
“To be honest, that’s the only part where – I was high on Vicodin and alcohol when I showed up at the studio. So my recollection is when we made the song, I thought I wanted – I – I wanted to be more involved than I actually was by the time, nine months later, it became a huge hit and I wanted credit,” Thicke said, according to the deposition obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. “So I started kind of convincing myself that I was a little more part of it than I was and I – because I didn’t want him – I wanted some credit for this big hit. But the reality is, is that Pharrell had the beat and he wrote almost every single part of the song.”
Thicke is represented by Howard King with King, Holmes, Paterno & Berliner. The attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Blake Griffin faces battery complaint from Vegas club incident

LAS VEGAS – Police in Las Vegas are investigating a man’s complaint that Blake Griffin attacked him during an argument over a photo taken while Los Angeles Clippers players partied at a Las Vegas Strip nightclub, authorities said Wednesday. No arrest was immediately made after a man filed a battery complaint Sunday stemming from an altercation…

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Kim Kardashian’s minimum rate to endorse a product is $750,000 to $1 million, RadarOnline reports. The entertainment and gossip website uncovered secret business emails between Kardashian’s reps and a firm that wanted Kardashian to promote its brand. The “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” reality TV star’s demands didn’t stop there. In addition to the fee, Kardashian… Kim Kardashian Demands Between $750,000 And $1M Per Endorsement

Kim Kardashian’s minimum rate to endorse a product is $750,000 to $1 million, RadarOnline reports. The entertainment and gossip website uncovered secret business emails between Kardashian’s reps and a firm that wanted Kardashian to promote its brand. The “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” reality TV star’s demands didn’t stop there. In addition to the fee, Kardashian…

Actress Elizabeth Peña Dead At 55

By Maria Vultaggio

Hollywood actress Elizabeth Peña has died, People magazine reported Wednesday. She was 55. The actress passed away Tuesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of natural causes after a brief illness, her manager Gina Rugolo told the news site. Further details about her passing were not provided. Peña had a career in entertainment that spanned…

Hollywood actress Elizabeth Peña has died, People magazine reported Wednesday. She was 55.

The actress passed away Tuesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of natural causes after a brief illness, her manager Gina Rugolo told the news site. Further details about her passing were not provided.

Peña had a career in entertainment that spanned four decades. She won four American Latino Media Arts Awards (ALMAs), according to the Internet Movie Database.

She was known for her roles in films such as “La Bamba,” “Transamerica,” “Lone Star,” “Rush Hour,” “Jacob’s Ladder” and “Free Willy 2.” She also appeared on the small screen with stints on shows like “Matador,” “L.A. Law,” “Dream On,” “Resurrection Blvd.” and “Modern Family,” where she played the mother of Sofia Vergara’s character, Gloria.

She lent her voice to characters in the films “The Incredibles” and “American Dad” and the cartoon series “Justice League.”

Peña directed a few television show episodes and also founded the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors, the Los Angeles Times wrote.

“In the United States, all Spanish-speaking people are lumped into one category,” Peña said in a 1996 interview with the Dallas Morning News, according to the Los Angeles  Times. “But we’re all so different. Argentinians are completely different from Mexicans.  Mexicans are completely different from Cubans. Cubans are completely different from people from Paraguay and Uruguay.”

Peña was born Sept. 23, 1959, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and lived in Cuba for part of her childhood.

Being an entertainer ran in Peña’s blood. Her mother, Estella Margarita, was a producer and an arts administrator and her father, Mario, was an actor, writer and director.

She is survived by her husband, Hans Rolla; her daughter, Fiona; her son, Kaelan; as well as her mother and a sister.

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