Pink impersonator Zoe Alexander took the rejection a little too personally, resulting in what turned out to be the most shocking audition ever to take place on The X Factor. While the scenes were filmed earlier this year, Zoe Alexander’s audition was seen for the first time on last night’s premiere episode of the new series of UK’s X Factor – showing the full extent of the foul-…
Aug 19 2012 | Posted in
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that her abdication and that the Prince of Orange Willem-Alexander, her eldest son, would succeed her. The abdication and the investiture of the new King, at that time Prince Willem-Alexander will be 46 years old, will take place in Amsterdam on April 30. He will reign under the name King Willem-Alexander. In the interview, the couple spoke about their lives, about Willem-Alexander becoming king…
Apr 18 2013 | Posted in
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ngdom of the Netherlands”. There were huge cheers from the crowds outside in Dam Square, who were watching the ceremony on giant television screens, as she, her son and his wife Maxima – a 41-year-old Argentine-born investment banker – signed the deed of abdication. Shortly afterwards, the three royals emerged on a balcony above the square. The visibly emotional Princess Beatrix…
ma has shopped locally, showcasing stunning creations by a small Amsterdam-based atelier, Jan Taminiau. For the royal couple’s only televised interview prior to the abdication – watched by 4.6 million viewers, roughly a quarter of the population – Maxima’s regal blue dress matched her husband’s tie. Han Van Bree, who has met Maxima, interpreted this as a deliberate ef…
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7;s three young daughters were brought out to wave at the crowds. Willem-Alexander will later be officially sworn at the Nieuwe Kerk, before a joint session of the Dutch parliament. His wife Maxima, a 41-year-old Argentine-born investment banker, will become queen consort. In the evening, the royal family will take part in a water pageant. The ceremonies will be attended by other invited royals an…
Jennie Garth’s ex-husband Peter Facinelli and new girlfriend Jaimie Alexander arrived at the premiere of the comedy-crime movie Pain & Gain holding hands on Monday. Peter Facinelli, 39, wore a dashing light gray suit with an open-collared white dress shirt to watch the film, which is about bodybuilders who turn to crime. Jaimie Alexander, 29, radiated sophistication in a striking red d…
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Norwegian Swimming Federation announces that champion Alexander Dale Oen has died in the US, aged 26. Alexander Dale Oen was found collapsed in a shower late on Monday after training in Flagstaff, Arizona, Norwegian media say. Officials said he had suffered a cardiac arrest. Emergency services arrived at the scene within minutes but were unable to revive him. Alexander Dale Oen won gold in the 10…
Britney Spears and Jason Alexander were married for a mere 55 hours in 2004 before their union was annulled, and now he has opened up about their short-lived marriage, insisting that he was in love with the singer. In a new interview with ABC’s 20/20 show, Jason Alexander says that the decision to end the marriage had not been his. He said: “I was in love with her. … I feel like she felt th…
Alexander Lebedev, the Russian mogul unleashed a flurry of punches on oligarch Sergei Polonsky during a TV debate on the global economic crisis. Alexander Lebedev is a Russian billionaire who owns two British newspapers, The Independent and London Evening Standard, and also his empire includes a third of airline Aeroflot and Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta. In front of an astonished studio audien…
…ies were waiting for him and took him into custody. “My mind went blank. I was scared – horrified,” said Li Jun. He claims he was then tortured. “They tortured me for more than 40 hours to force me to confess. I was banned from going to the toilet or eating. They stabbed me with a pen if I disagreed,” he said. Li Jun said he was forced to admit that he was a member of…
The mystery surrounding Chinese police chief Wang Lijun from Chongqing has deepened after the US government confirmed he visited one of its consulates. Some are speculating that Wang Lijun was seeking asylum, although the US state department said it could not comment on that issue. Wang Lijun, 52, gained national recognition after spearheading a crackdown on organized crime in Chongqing. But he w…
elds across the USSR. Anatoly Mordashev tells me that now Russia knows the truth, it must never lose sight of what happened. And yet Russia has already started to forget. According to a recent survey, 48% of Russians today believe that Stalin had a positive influence on their country. Only 22% consider it was negative. Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s widow, Natalya Dmitrievna, blames the leaders of…
Nov 20 2012 | Posted in
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and Spanish National Police. SOCA revealed Andrew Moran was located by local police officers in Los Alcazares, Spain in November but he evaded captured by ramming two unmarked police vehicles with his 4×4 vehicle and drove off at speed the wrong way down a motorway. Detective Chief Inspector Janet Hudson, from TITAN, said: “It just goes to show that we will stop at nothing to capture cr…
Dinora Rodriguez has gone public with her “botched” breast enhancement operation in a bid to warn other women about the dangers of using an unqualified plastic surgeons. Dinora Rodriguez, from Los Angeles, California, was left with a “uniboob” after her breasts were conjoined by skin. The 40 year-old woman also had a nip-tuck operation on her eyelids that has meant she is unable to close them. D…
es were “of a criminal nature”. They bore “no relation whatsoever to any intelligence-gathering activities”, he told Russia’s Ria-Novosti news agency. Alexander Fishenko, 46, a naturalized US citizen and owner of Houston-based company Arc Electronics Inc, was also charged with laundering money. The US keeps strict controls on the export of cutting-edge microelectronic…
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Russian media mogul Alexander Lebedev has been charged with hooliganism in Russia after he punched fellow guest Sergei Polonsky during a TV debate last year. Alexander Lebedev, who owns Britain’s Independent and Evening Standard newspapers, faces up to seven years in prison if convicted. In September 2011, he knocked former real estate businessman Sergei Polonsky off his chair during the he…
Sep 26 2012 | Posted in
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ate, which lists the number of murders, rapes, robberies and assaults per 100,000 residents. 1. Detroit, Michigan – 2,137 2. St Louis, Missouri – 1,857 3. Oakland, California – 1,653 4. Memphis, Tennessee – 1,583 5. Birmingham, Alabama – 1,483 6. Atlanta, Georgia – 1,433 7. Baltimore, Maryland – 1,417 8. Stockton, California – 1,408 9. Cleveland, Ohi…
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ame on a surge in smartphone thefts. But killings are now down 23% compared with last year, which represents a 50-year low. There have been 366 murders so far this year in New York City, compared with 472 at this time last year. Experts say such a low number of homicides is highly unusual for a US city of eight million people. Gang-plagued Chicago, Illinois, has chalked up 462 murders this year, d…
…would give United Russia the power to change the constitution. It seems campaigning began for real on Monday, after President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree setting the date for the poll as December 4. The Russian elections from next December will also set the scene for a presidential poll in March 2012. Nor prime minister Vladimir Putin or president Dmitry Medvedev have said who will run for th…
th was “a laugh”, but he also felt “shame at the thought of some 2.6 billion people around the world” who lack toilets. He won a cup with a little toilet on top as a prize. The 30 April festivities were held in the eastern village of Rhenen. Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, the heir to the Dutch throne, made a media splash by hurling a toilet for fun in a contest recently Th…
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…He is a critic of President Vladimir Putin. Moscow denies it is behind the criminal case against him. If convicted for knocking another businessman off his chair during a heated TV debate in September 2011, Alexander Lebedev faces up to seven years in prison. He is the owner of Britain’s Evening Standard and the Independent newspapers. Media mogul Alexander Lebedev expects to be jailed in Ru…
Almost 40,000 people in the Netherlands have objected to the new official King’s Song marking the investiture of Willem-Alexander on April 30. The King’s Song, composed by Dutch-British producer John Ewbank and performed by 51 Dutch artists, was released on Friday morning. By Saturday, an online petition entitled No to the King’s Song had attracted 37,000 signatures. Many objected to…
A man has been arrested and charged with filling packs of Nurofen Plus with anti-psychotic and anti-epileptic drugs, London Police have revealed. Unemployed Christopher McGuire, 30, of no fixed abode, was arrested in London on Friday and Saturday night he was charged with one count of contamination of goods, and two counts of administering a noxious substance. Christopher McGuire will appear at C…
Two 12-year-old students from Florida faced a police investigation for a sex crime after being caught kissing at an elementary school in Fort Myers. Police were called to Orange River Elementary School in Fort Myers after an assistant principal was told the pair had exchanged a playground kiss. But after officers responded to the emergency call they declined to take any action saying no offence h…
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Lady Gaga is understood to pay record price for a gown by her late friend Alexander McQueen. Lady Gaga have set a new high for a McQueen, bidding £85,250 ($136,400) in a sale which saw her facing rival bids from institutions and couture collectors from around the world. She was among bidders, from 21 countries, who paid almost half a million pounds for items from the personal collection of Daphne…
Jun 28 2012 | Posted in
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