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Bjork surgery rocks

Bjork said that she decided to undergo laser surgery and it has worked, though she had to stay quiet for three weeks. She wrote: “Surgery rocks! … It#39;s been very satisfying to sing all them clear notes again.” Icelandic singer Bjork says she has had successful surgery to remove a vocal cord polyp. The eccentric 47-year-old singer says on her official website that she had been trying to tackle the problem with exercises and diets since doctors first discovered the polyp, a benign growth o

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Cruise Suri Together In London

Suri is currently based in New York City with her mom, Tom#39;s ex, Katie Holmes. And as for Katie, Us Weekly reported she spent the holiday in Toledo, Ohio – her hometown. T om Cruise and Suri Cruise spent their Thanksgiving holiday together in London, according to multiple reports. A family member picked up the 6-year-old school girl in her home base of New York City, for her dad, according to Us Weekly. Tom has been busy in London shooting the sci-fi action film “All You Need Is Kill,” wit

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Former UFC fighter loses house

News the former UFC fighter lost his house to the fire followed what may be a run of bad luck for Hallman, who in October was cut from the UFC after failing for a second time to make weight ahead of a scheduled fight with Thiago Tavares. At the time, Hallman commented: “They are cutting me … Dana [White] gave me my show and win pay to help me deal with the mountain in front of me. Now I have to go make weight a couple times on the regional circuit. I’ll be back to the UFC though, I always am.”

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SARS-like virus in Qatari man

A Qatari man was confirmed as having the SARS-like coronavirus, which health officials worry will spread globally. The new virus, which was by Britain’s Health Protection Agency in September, has killed two people in Saudi Arabia, with the total number of confirmed cases now rising to six. Despite the small number of cases, health experts say that the virus is new in humans and there is a risk of an outbreak, reported CBS News. The announcement of the Qatari man was made by Germany#39;s Rober

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Bryce Courtenay dies at 79

Bryce Courtenay dies at 11.30pm on Thursday at his Canberra home. He was 79. The writer of The Potato Factory, Jessica, and Tommo Hawk did not let his fight with stomach cancer slow him down. His final book, Jack of Diamonds, was released only 11 days ago by Penguin. With sales of more than 20 million books worldwide, Courtenay was Australia#39;s biggest-selling author of the past 20 years. Internationally, his work was translated into 17 languages, including Japanese and Chinese. He publish

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Deborah Raffin dies at 59

Deborah Raffin, the daughter of 20th Century Fox contract player Trudy Marshall, had roles in movies such as “Forty Carats” and “Once Is Not Enough.” She also starred in television miniseries, most notably playing actress Brooke Hayward in “Haywire” and a businesswoman in “Noble House,” based on the James Clavell saga set in Hong Kong. Deborah Raffin, an actress who ran a successful audiobook company with the help of her celebrity friends, has died. She was 59. Raffin died Wednesday of leukemi

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Helicopter found 8 years later

Police on Thursday confirmed that a helicopter found in Fiordland was the Hughes 500 that went missing in 2004 carrying 27-year-old pilot Campbell Montgomerie and 28-year-old tourist Hannah Timings. An extensive two-week search at the time didn’t turn up any sign of the missing craft. A helicopter that went missing in New Zealand eight years ago carrying a local pilot and a British tourist has been found in a remote part of the country. Police say the wreckage was spotted in rugged terrain at

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9/11 United suit rejected

As The Associated Press had noted, the 9/11 United suit was one of several brought by the corporate entity that owns 7 World Trade Center. The judge who decided that the 9/11 United suit should be rejected noted that there was no way the airline could have predicted the series of events that caused the building to collapse. Hellerson wrote: “It was not within United’s range of apprehension that terrorists would slip through the (Portland) security screening checkpoint, fly to Logan, proceed t

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Chevy Chase leaving Community

The NBC series ‘‘Community’’ will finish the season without Chevy Chase. Sony Pictures Television said Wednesday that the actor is leaving the sitcom by mutual agreement with producers. His immediate departure means he won’t be included in the last episode or two of the show’s 13-episode season, which is still in production. Chase had a rocky tenure playing a bored and wealthy man who enrolls in community college. The actor publicly expressed unhappiness at working on a sitcom and feuded last

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Djimon Hounsou and Kimora Lee Simmons Break up

The Amistad star Djimon Hounsou, 48, first met Kimora Lee Simmons , 37, now the president and creative director for JustFab, in 2007, following her split from husband Russell Simmons. She later said they were “kind of” engaged. “Djimon Hounsou and Kimora Lee Simmons have officially separated after 5½ years,” the actor#39;s rep tells us exclusively. “Though never married, they have one child together, Kenzo Lee Hounsou, who is 3½ years old.” In 2009, they announced the arrival of their son, the

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