Filed under: Paris Hilton , Rick Hilton Paris Hilton ‘s father, Rick Hilton , was very chatty yesterday about his daughter’s recent run-in with the police in Las Vegas — or at least we think he was. We ran in to Papa Hilton at LAX yesterday and tossed tons of Paris questions his way –… Read more
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Knowles denies rumors that he will no longer manage Beyonce’s career. By James Dinh Beyonc
Kim Painter, a film producer, wore a gown designed by Kirstie Kelly, while the groom wore a Rag Bone suit with a Dolce Gabbana tie and shirt. Behold: the happy newlyweds and their daughter. Pretty Little Liars actor Chad Lowe and longtime girlfriend Kim Painter tied the knot Saturday in an oceanside ceremony at L.A.#39;s Terranea Resort before a small group of friends and family – and now listown.com has a first look at an official wedding photo. The couple, who began dating in 2007, welcom
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The secular-left stronghold of National Public Radio dumped on conservative Christians again last week. On the August 25 edition of the nationally distributed talk show Fresh Air with Terry Gross, the topic was Christianity vs. Islam in northern Africa. Gross’s guest was author Eliza Griswold , who Gross explained was the daughter of Frank Griswold, “the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in America in 2003, when Gene Robinson became the first openly gay person ordained as a bishop in the church.” With those PC credentials established, Gross asked about Griswold accompanying Rev. Franklin Graham to Sudan in the Bush years, when Graham asked the Muslim dictator there for the right to preach the Christian gospel, and he was refused. But NPR’s Gross was most worried that “very extreme” Graham was ruining America’s reputation in the Third World: GROSS: I guess, you know, I’m wondering, when Franklin Graham, who was perceived in the United States by a lot of people as very extreme , when he goes to a place like Sudan, establishes hospitals there, meets with the president, is he seen as representative of what Americans believe? Ms. GRISWOLD: Very, very much so. And that is one of the more dangerous realities of how conservative evangelicals abroad can shape the perception of the West. Especially, this is especially sensitive in the Muslim world. And this is not new. You know, I mean, this really goes back to post-World War II and the foundation of the Muslim Brotherhood, which largely came out of trying to be a Muslim YMCA because the only Westerners Muslims saw at that time were Christian evangelicals coming to spread their faith. So this kind of defensive posturing of Islam, Islam is under threat by the West, unfortunately, a handful of evangelicals can misrepresent what the West is about and make Muslims feel very much under threat. So blame the YMCA for radical Muslim groups. That’s a view NPR spreads with our tax dollars. In the other interview on that August 25 show, Gross spoke (again) with leftist author Jeff Sharlet , promoting his new article in the September issue of Harper’s magazine, entitled “Straight Man’s Burden: The American Roots of Uganda’s Anti-Gay Persecution.” Uganda’s debating a bill that would punish homosexual sex with the death penalty, and American leftists blame American conservatives for the “genocidal” threat. It turned out that Uganda’s legislators had found Sharlet through his appearances on Gross’s show. SHARLET: And because Ive been reporting on it, and here was, really, the author of this really potentially genocidal bill, saying come on over and I’ll tell you what it’s all about. I thought I had to take him up on that invitation. GROSS: How did he know your work? (Laughter) SHARLET: “Fresh Air,” actually. GROSS: Oh. (Laughter) SHARLET: Because we had spoken about this before and a sort of a report on that interview was on the front page, I believe, of major Ugandan newspaper. And it sort of amped things up a little bit. In a 25-minute interview, Gross and Sharlet didn’t really focus hard on which American Christians are for “genocide,” although Sharlet talked about evangelist Lou Engle . Sharlet talked about how Ugandan legislator David Bahati told him he’d be arrested for promoting homosexuality if he returned again to Uganda. Obviously, this being NPR, Gross wasn’t going to discuss how promoting opposition to homosexuality is beginning to get preachers in legal trouble in the West. NPR’s pledge drives ought to say “NPR is where you can learn more about the far corners of the globe, and how conservative Christians are ruining our image there, and may be responsible for causing oppression and death.”
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ABC’s George Stephanopoulos interviewed media darling and nominal Republican Meghan McCain on Tuesday’s Good Morning America and devoted the bulk of the segment to her love-hate relationship with Sarah Palin and her daughter Bristol. Stephanopoulos devoted so much time to the Palin issue that McCain interjected, “For the record, my book is not just about Sarah and Bristol.” The anchor gushingly endorsed the McCain daughter’s new book, “Dirty Sexy Politics,” at the beginning of the interview, which aired 42 minutes into the 7 am Eastern hour: ” It is savvy, it is saucy, and it’s just what you’d expect from the first daughter of a presidential candidate ever fired by her father’s campaign .” He then labeled his guest a “fun writer” and first asked about her “firing,” in which she actually sent away from the main stops of her father’s presidential campaign and did a bus tour in the battleground state of Ohio. After four questions on her “firing,” Stephanopoulos raised the issue of Mrs. Palin with McCain. She put all of her answers in the context of herself and her experiences, while the ABC anchor pressed her on the former governor of Alaska, with two negative follow-up questions about Palin and two neutral: STEPHANOPOULOS: Since the campaign, you had said you didn’t want to talk about Sarah Palin. But you write about her quite a bit in the book. You say there were a lot of things you like about Sarah Palin, but you also point out that she snubbed your Mom’s efforts to reach out to the Palins, that she wasn’t much of a team player. You believe- you talk about doubts you had at the end where you thought she actually hurt the campaign. ” MCCAIN: Yes, but I do clearly state at the end that we did not lose because of her, and I’m speaking out now because I do have conflicting feelings about her. I mean, she brought so much momentum and enthusiasm to the campaign. I mean, you saw the crowds double, and you saw a lot more women coming to rallies- STEPHANOPOULOS: But you also write that she brought- quote, ‘drama, stress, complications, panic, and loads of uncertainty.’ MCCAIN: (laughs) It’s true. I mean, a lot of things happen, but I think that’s how campaigns are in general, no matter who comes, and- you know, I respect her, as a feminist or Republican feminist, and going out there and working for women, especially Republican women. It’s no secret that I’m more socially liberal than she is, but I’m here to say that two different kinds of Republican women can work together for the same cause. STEPHANOPOULOS: And you talked about this moment in the campaign where you’re being interviewed, and you almost got tongue-tied when you were asked about Sarah Palin. You said you had doubts about her. What are the doubts? MCCAIN: It was a reflection on me, because she was so celebrated in the Republican Party, and it’s- again, no secret that I’m so unlike her, and I thought, how am I ever going to fit in? How am I ever going to do this? And it’s still something that I struggle with today because people so see me as sort of this rebel and this new Republican, which I take pride in, but a lot of, sort of, older Republicans seem to have a problem placing me. STEPHANOPOULOS: Well, you say there’s room in the party for both of you, but you want a Republican to win in 2012- you say that as well. Could she be your candidate? MCCAIN: Anyone could be my candidate at this point. I really don’t like these hypothetical questions, but I think that so many candidates are doing or- you know, people that could be running right now, are making very smart moves. I think Mitt Romney is doing a lot of smart things right now. I think it’s going to be a very interesting election, no matter what happens (unintelligible)- STEPHANOPOULOS: Would you vote for her? MCCAIN: It depends [on] the situation. You know, I’d have to hear more on what happens in the primaries. As you’re well aware, anything can happen in the primaries, and I would have to see. It was when Stephanopoulos brought up McCain’s spat with Bristol Palin over teen abstinence and teen pregnancy that the liberal Republican replied with her “my book is not just about Sarah and Bristol” line and added, “a lot of fun stories.” The anchor replied, “I want to ask you about one of those stories in a second. But first, you say that at that point, the campaign seemed to be glamorizing teen pregnancy, that the campaign really wanted to suggest that a pro-life message was more important than the message of how to avoid teen pregnancy to begin with? ” McCain answered, in part, “I have a sister who is almost exactly- my little sister Bridget is almost exactly Bristol’s age, and I just know that I want teens in this country to be aware of what can happen when you have sex. You can die from sex in this era, and not necessarily- I just think that the pro-abstinence complete campaign isn’t necessarily the most effective one.” Stephanopoulos concluded the interview by asking his guest about another of her “fun stories” involving a visit to the White House where she was apparently “dis-invited” from a lunch at the White House with Laura Bush and her daughter Jenna. The anchor repeated his endorsement of McCain’s book at the very end of the interview: “Meghan McCain, it is a terrific book, it’s a fun book, it’s a revealing book about life in politics as well .” ABC has promoted Ms. McCain’s liberal flavor of Republicanism in the past with her appearance as a guest host on The View, where she slammed conservative talk show host Laura Ingraham , and profiled her support of same-sex “marriage” on World News .
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The 17-year-old daughter of the U.S. ambassador to Thailand slipped off her shoes and climbed out onto a window ledge Friday at a Manhattan apartment before plummeting more than 20 stories to her death, police said. Nicole John fell at about 4:15 a.m. from the top floor of the 25-story Herald Towers, police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said. Her body landed on a third-floor ledge, a camera nearby. It's not clear whether she had been trying to take a photo when she died, and her death is believed to be accidental. The girl's father, Eric John, was appointed U.S. ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand in 2007. John, an incoming freshman at Parsons The New School for Design in New York City, was thought to have been drinking. Ilan Nassimi, 25, who rents the apartment, was arrested later Friday on charges of giving alcohol to a minor, police said. He was awaiting arraignment in Manhattan court and it wasn't clear if he had a lawyer. Police say John had been out with partying with friends at Tenjune, a club in the trendy Meatpacking District, before the group headed back to Nassimi's apartment at West 34th Street near the Empire State Building at around 2 a.m. Friday. Police believe the apartment might have been cleaned up by the time investigators arrived, but they think about a dozen people were there and had been drinking. The medical examiner was scheduled to perform an autopsy and toxicology tests Saturday. John had graduated from the International School in Bangkok and had a fake Brazilian ID that gave her age as 23 or 24. Pages from a blog believed to be hers portray a smart, artistic young girl with a wild streak, eager to begin college. “Reading. Partying. Lucid dreaming. Night terrors. Deep eyes. Good food” she wrote as a description of herself on a Tumblr site, a hodgepodge of quotes, photos and journal entries. “My childhood is over but that doesn't mean playtime is,” another entry reads. In one entry a week ago she references her Brazilian ID, saying she'd never been caught using it. “It's really good, it's never been rejected,” she wrote. In other entries, she posits on what her life will be like after college and how she's looking forward to returning to New York. “I go back August 17th. I love Bangkok, but it's so toxic for my mind,” she wrote. “I'm not happy here; not like I am in NYC. Oh well, there's downs and then there's ups. Just gotta get up outta that gutter.” Kristin Kneedler, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, said they were just getting details and had no immediate comment. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the John family during this very difficult time,” State Department spokesman Mark Toner said. “We ask that you respect their privacy as they mourn the tragic loss of their daughter Nicole.” An aunt reached in Kentucky said the family had no comments beyond what the State Department said. Parsons said in a statement that the university's management team was working to provide comfort and support to those affected by John's death. “Losing a member of the community is extremely difficult for students, faculty and staff just as we begin a new semester,” the school said in a statement. The building manager was called by someone in the apartment who noticed John wasn't there, and he found John's body and called authorities, police said. Witnesses on the street also called 911. http://www.nowpublic.com/world/nicole-john-us-diplomats-daughter-fall-death added by: onemalefla
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Continuing her shoeless trend Thursday, Alyson Hannigan#39;s adorable 16-month-old daughter Satyana goes barefoot while hanging out with mom on a Santa Monica, Calif., playground. Hannigan was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Emilie Posner, a real estate agent, and Al Hannigan, a truck driver.Hannigan is of Irish descent on her father#39;s side and Jewish on her mother#39;s.Her parents divorced a year after her birth and she was raised mostly by her mother in Atlanta. Hannigan has da
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‘I wanted to sleep … and I said to myself, ‘If I don’t wake up, that might be good,’ ‘ singer says of suicide attempt. By Jocelyn Vena Fantasia Barrino Photo: Michael Loccisano/ Getty Images While fans eagerly anticipate the premiere of Fantasia’s “Behind the Music” episode on Tuesday night (August 24), where the singer will open up about her suicide attempt earlier this summer, she was a guest on the Gayle King radio show . Fantasia not only discussed her new album with King, she described the incidents that led up to her overdose. “Well, [there] was so much going on that day, and I think you know that since I’ve been in the industry, there’s always something going on in my life. And I take a licking and I keep on ticking,” she told King. “I’ve never really had the chance to release. … I wasn’t prepared. I wasn’t prepared for Hollywood … I have feelings, I do. I’m human. But I cover them up well and I keep them moving like nothing is bothering me.” “It was so heavy that day. … I told Brian [my manager], ‘I feel like I’m about to have a nervous breakdown,’ ” she recalled about the hours leading up to the overdose. “And again, because Brian knows I’m really strong, he says, ‘You got it. We can get through this.’ I just became overloaded that day.” And with rumors of a relationship with a reportedly married man, Antwaun Cook , plaguing her, she retreated, saying that she couldn’t even muster up the strength to go on for her daughter, Zion. “I couldn’t do it for Zion and it just hurt me so bad and I was out of it, Gayle, and I never go to that point. And so I stayed in my room for three days,” she said. “In the beginning [when I took the pills], I wanted to sleep … and I said to myself, ‘If I don’t wake up, that might be good.’ ” She admits that while the Cook rumors were one of the many factors that led to her breakdown, the relationship wasn’t the only factor. “When I met him, he was separated and in another home. And I don’t think I would have even been attracted to him if he was with his wife,” she said. “I definitely don’t want something that belongs to someone else. I’ve been in a lot of bad relationships. What hit me was everything was so big. It was everywhere and I was afraid that my daughter would hear it. I felt like everybody was taking what they were hearing and running with it, and I just felt like, man, everyone’s against me.” Related Videos Reactions To Fantasia’s Overdose Related Photos Fantasia’s Career In Photos Related Artists Fantasia
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Time magazine’s Mark Halperin engaged in the ultimate condescension Monday morning, arguing that families of 9/11 victims need to be guided by others into the Ground Zero mosque debate. “For the families of the victims of 9/11, whatever emotions they want to have, I respect and I honor. But somebody needs to lead them through a discussion,” Time’s senior political analyst lectured on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” He mentioned a meeting that reportedly took place between the mosque’s planners and the 9/11 families, which he insisted “needs to happen.” Halperin said the meeting “did not go well,” but added it was and is necessary. “As I said before, whether it moves or stays, that discussion must happen. This must be done with reconciliation. And it’s got to be led by leaders, not by people like Rick Lazio…and facts,” Halperin noted. The show picked up fresh from where it left off last week, bashing the supposedly inflammatory rhetoric from the right opposing the mosque and sympathizing – while disagreeing – with the families of 9/11 victims over the planned mosque two blocks away from Ground Zero. Host Joe Scarborough added that reconciliation doesn’t necessarily entail moving the mosque. “The leaders of this Islamic cultural center, Mark, have to show reconciliation towards the victims of 9/11,” Scarborough responded to Halperin. “That doesn’t necessarily mean moving the Islamic center.” “But what it may mean is asking them, say, ‘It’s not going to move. What can we do, though? What can we put inside of this center that, as a memorial to the memory of your father, or your son, or your daughter? What can we do to help you?'” Scarborough cried that the situation has already become an international problem, and Halperin warned it could escalate to greater proportions. “If the resolution is not handled well,” he remarked, “the signal it could send abroad could put us at war with a billion people forever.” Scarborough argued that moving the mosque now would constitute “giving into the hate speech of Newt Gingrich and people like him.” “To fear the building of this center down there at Ground Zero is to admit America is weak,” he asserted. “This is a chapter in our history that we’re going to – we as a country, the people associated with this – are going to be ashamed of,” he said of the heated debate over the mosque. A transcript of selected quotes from the show, which ran on August 23 from 6 a.m.-9 a.m. EDT, is as follows: JOE SCARBOROUGH: To fear the building of this center down there at Ground Zero is to admit America is weak, is to admit that we can’t handle the building of a community center which is – somebody said it yesterday, and this is what I thought was all along – it is basically a Muslim version of a 92nd Street ___. That’s what this place is going to be. MIKA BRZEZINSKI: It’s not just fear, Joe. They’re demonizing the Imam. They’re demonizing the people who want to do it. They are creating lies to promulgate hatred in this country. This is where we are, all over again. (…) SCARBOROUGH: This is a chapter in our history that we’re going to – we as a country, the people associated with this – are going to be ashamed of. (…) SCARBOROUGH: This is an international situation. … This is sending a horrific message across the Muslim world. (…) MARK HALPERIN: As bad as this is for relations in the United States, the signal that it sends abroad – the debate now is sending a bad signal. If the resolution is not handled well, whether it moves or not, if it’s not handled well, the signal it could send abroad could put us at war with a billion people forever. (…) SCARBOROUGH: This would not be happening if George W. Bush were President, for two reasons. First of all, a lot of these people on the right wouldn’t be trying to sully his name, that’s what this is about for a lot of these freaks on the far right. They want to embarrass Barack Obama, because oh gosh, his middle name is Hussein. (…) HALPERIN: You gotta confront the people who find it bothersome. Why is it bothersome? Why is it bothersome? If it’s not a center that meant to celebrate the violence of 9/11, if it’s not a recruitment center, why is it bothersome to anybody? (…) HALPERIN: For the families of the victims of 9/11, whatever emotions they want to have, I respect and I honor. But somebody needs to lead them through a discussion. … Discussion needs to happen, as I’ve said before. (…) SCARBOROUGH: The leaders of this Islamic cultural center, Mark, have to show reconciliation towards the victims of 9/11. HALPERIN: And confidence. SCARBOROUGH: That doesn’t necessarily mean moving the Islamic center. But what it may mean is asking them; say “It’s not going to move. What can we do, though? What can we put inside of this center that, as a memorial to the memory of your father, or your son, or your daughter? What can we do to help you? There has to be some reconciliation. They can’t stiff-arm the 9/11 families. (…) BRZEZINSKI: But there’s no basis in order to worry that this would be insensitive. There are other things near Ground Zero and at the Pentagon that are similar. … They have a mosque 12 blocks away from Ground Zero, isn’t there one at the Pentagon? Am I wrong? (…) SCARBOROUGH: But at this point, if you want to move it up to the Upper West side? … At this point, I don’t know that we can do that. I don’t know that we can do that as a country, because it’s giving in to the hate speech of Newt Gingrich, and people like him, Rick Lazio who’s stoking fear, people down yesterday, trying to beat somebody up because they thought they were a Muslim. We can’t give in to that as a country.
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Maggie Gyllenhaal, 32, will play the daughter of a doctor, who, with his young colleague (Hugh Dancy) treats cases of female hysteria … with a new electrical device, according to Variety. Talk about a movie with buzz. Maggie Gyllenhaal has signed on for the indie film Hysteria – a romantic comedy set in Victorian London about the invention of the vibrator, Variety reports.
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