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Vera Wang divorces from Arthur Becker after 23 years of marriage

Vera Wang has separated from her husband, Arthur Becker, after nearly 23 years of marriage

Celebrity wedding dress designer Vera Wang has separated from her husband, Arthur Becker, after nearly 23 years of marriage. Mario Grauso, the president of Vera Wang’s company, said in a statement: “Vera Wang and Arthur Becker have mutually and amicably agreed to separate. They remain devoted parents to their two daughters.” Their separation comes just two weeks before their 23rd wedding an…

Josephine Harris dies hours after Barack Obama had breakfast in her restaurant in Akron

Josephine Harris dies hours Barack Obama had breakfast in her restaurant in Ohio

Josephine Harris, a restaurant owner from Ohio who served US President Barack Obama breakfast on a campaign stop, has died hours later. Josephine Harris, 70, who owned Ann’s Place in Akron, Ohio, was taken to hospital after complaining of fatigue and a tingling feeling. She went into cardiac arrest en route and was pronounced dead shortly after 11:00 EST. Barack Obama arrived the restaurant…

Bra Lady Linda Becker: Modern bra sizes are a scam intended to flatter the wearer

Linda Becker Bra Lady

…g bra, as many manufacturers have changed the sizing without warning customers. In an interview with ABC News, Linda Becker, who calls herself “The Bra Lady”, said: “I realized all the companies about 10 years ago changed all the sizes without telling us. “[They] vanity sized it, they wanted you to think your back was smaller and your breasts were bigger.” Describing the scale of the problem, she…

LoveGeist: match.com annual report reveals there is “perfect man” for every stage in a woman’s life

LoveGeist report has found that women’s tastes change as they get older and proving that there is indeed a perfect man for every stage in a woman’s life

…in and belong from our adolescence, and seek approval from our friends to validate our choices. We are building confidence at this age, and it’s important to us to know that we are choosing well.” Age 25-34 As they forge ahead in their careers, women at this age begin to take a more long-term view, but are still susceptible to a dashing man; physical attraction is more important than ever Sexual…

Dead stars will one day guide spacecrafts through the cosmos

Spacecrafts could one day navigate through the cosmos using a particular type of dead star as a kind of GPS

…increase the further away the probe moves. For the most distant spacecraft still in operation – NASA’s Voyager satellites, which are now approaching the very edge of the Solar System, some 18 billion km away – the errors associated with their positions are on the order of several hundred kilometers. Even for a probe at the reasonably short separation of Mars, the positioning unce…

Ourson Guimauve: Why the French love chocolate bears

Oursons guimauve are small chocolate-covered marshmallow teddy bears

…med The Human Marshmallow (l’Homme de Guimauve) – to be dunked in chocolate and exported along with them. The bears are predicted to make their French producers 900 million euros a year by 2015. Cecilia Hermabessiere is in her sweetshop. “I prefer oursons Lutti,” she says (Lutti is a sweet manufacturer). “They’re almost the same, but larger. The marshmallow is f…

George Enescu Festival 2011: Orchestras, Opera and Ballet

Oedipe by George Enescu at Bucharest National Opera

The 20th edition of a great classical music event, George Enescu Festival 2011, has attracted thousands of visitors and artists from all over the world.   George Enescu Festival started on September 1 and ends on September 25. During this period lots of cultural events have taken place. Great Orchestra of the World series has gathered world famous orchestras, Residentie Orkest/ The Hague Phi…

Vera Wang’s wedding dress curse. Celebrities who married wearing her designs have ended up divorced

Mariah Carey married Tommy Mottola in 1993 in a Vera Wang sweetheart gown with a 27-foot train, they divorced four years later

Reports this week claimed that Vera Wang, the wedding dress designer synonymous with romance, is separating from her husband, Arthur Becker, after nearly 23 years of marriage. Apparently, Vera Wang’s own brush with divorce also extends to some high-profile Hollywood clients who have all walked down the aisle in one of her covetable dresses. From Mariah Carey to Heidi Klum and Jessica Simpso…

George H.W. Bush hospitalized with bronchitis at Houston’s Methodist Hospital

Former President George HW Bush is being treated for bronchitis in hospital in Houston

…Former President George HW Bush is being treated for bronchitis in hospital in Houston He was Ronald Reagan’s vice-president for two terms and president for one, serving in the White House from 1989 until 1993. His chief of staff, Jean Becker, said President George H.W. Bush was admitted to Houston’s Methodist Hospital on Friday, after several visits in recent weeks, the Houston Chron…

Sky Broadband blocks access to The Pirate Bay file-sharing site

Sky Broadband has decided to block access to file-sharing site The Pirate Bay

…p protect their copyright.” A spokesman noted that it had acted ahead of a June 1st deadline. This is the second court order of its kind that Sky has complied with following its block on Newzbin 2 in December. The High Court issued different time limits to the different ISPs. Sky Broadband has decided to block access to file-sharing site The Pirate Bay O2 has until June 13 to act, by which…

Sarkozy junior hurled tomato and other objects at female officer guarding Elysee Palace

Louis Sarkozy, the youngest son of French president Nicolas Sarkozy, threw a tomato and other objects at a police woman standing outside Elysee Palace

were not childish pranks – Louis is 15-years-old.” Louis is the son of Nicolas Sarkozy’s second wife, Cecilia Attias, whom he famously divorced within a few months of becoming president in 2007. Cecilia Attias now lives full time in New York, having remarried, but Louis Sarkozy frequently travels to Paris to see his father. Nicolas Sarkozy has two older sons, Pierre and Jean, who are f…

How to delete your browsing history before Google changes its privacy policy on March 1

Starting with March 1 Google controversially changes its privacy policy to allow it to gather, store and use personal information about its users

secrets. Learn how: 1. Go to the Google homepage and sign into your account. Use the dropdown menu under your name in the upper right-hand corner to access your settings. Click on “account settings”. 2. Next, find the section called “Services” and you’ll see a link to “View, enable, or disable web history”, shown in the red box below. Click on it. 3. Finally, you can remove all of your sear…

Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance 2012: 1928 Mercedes Benz wins Best of Show

1928 Mercedes-Benz 680S Saoutchik Torpedo, entered by Paul and Judy Andrews of White Settlement, Texas, won Best Of Show at Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 2012..

540K was sold for $11.77 million, while a 1968 Ford GT40, sold for $11 million, set a new record as the most expensive American car ever sold at auction. On the third Sunday of each August (August 19, 2012) the most refined cars in the world are displayed on the Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California. Around 200 of the most prized collector cars and motorcycles are presented on the be…

Blue diamond unearthed at Cullinan mine in South Africa

The 25.5-carat blue diamond was recovered by Petra Diamonds at its Cullinan mine in South Africa

A rare blue diamond has been unearthed at Cullinan mine in South Africa. The 25.5-carat stone was recovered by Petra Diamonds at its Cullinan mine and is expected to bring large profits. Experts say the blue diamond could be worth more than $10 million, and the find gave a boost to Petra’s share price. Similar finds in recent years from the Cullinan mine have commanded high prices and Petra…

12.76-carat pink diamond found in Australia

The rare pink diamond was found at Rio Tinto's Argyle diamond mine in Western Australia's East Kimberly region

ved as a wedding gift and which was subsequently set into a brooch for her coronation. A Rio Tinto spokesperson said that a diamond of this calibre was ”unprecedented”. ”It has taken 26 years of Argyle production to unearth this stone and we may never see one like this again,” said Argyle Pink Diamonds Manager Josephine Johnson. In 2010, a rare 24.78-carat “fancy inte…

What if Kate Middleton is expecting twins? Which of the children will end up on the throne?

Some experts are predicting that Kate Middleton and Prince William will end up with twins

deliver first and thus which would eventually rise to the throne. Happily, she didn’t have to go through with a caesarean section birth, and gave birth to Prince Vincent, the nation’s future monarch, 25 minutes ahead of his sister, Princess Josephine. Were those circumstances to arise here and a caesarean be required, the task of picking who would be the future king or queen would fall, in theory…

Mark Lester claims he is biological father of Michael Jackson’s kids and DNA test will prove it

Mark Lester, godfather to all Michael Jackson’s kids, has vowed to have DNA tests to prove he is the ­father of Jacko’s three children

…year before the singer’s first child, Prince Michael, was born. Now Mark Lester, who has not been ­allowed to see Prince Michael, 16, Paris, 15, and Blanket, 11, since Michael Jackson’s death in June 2009, has sent them a message: “I’m here, come and visit England, we’ll look after you.” Speaking exclusively to the Sunday People, Mark Lester said: “After Michael asked me to donate sperm for him I…

George Enescu Festival 2011: prestigious european classical music event

Romanian Athenaeum is the main venue of George Enescu Festival 2011

George Enescu Festival 2011 online   George Enescu Festival 2011: Magic Exists and starts tomorrow   George Enescu International Competition 2011   Celebrating George Enescu’s 130th birthday anniversary, an important classical music festival in Europe, George Enescu Festival 2011, will take place in Bucharest, Romania, from September 1, until September 25. Its 20th edition will also include…

Hector Camacho funeral: carriage drawn by white horses carried boxer’s body around the streets of Spanish Harlem

A carriage drawn by white horses carried Hector Camacho's body around the streets of Spanish Harlem, taking the casket cover with a Puerto Rican flag to St. Cecilia's Catholic Church

…around the streets of Spanish Harlem, taking the casket cover with a Puerto Rican flag to St. Cecilia’s Catholic Church Hector Camacho, a native of Puerto Rico, was shot in the face on November 20th while sitting in a parked car with a friend outside a bar in Bayamon, his hometown in the U.S. territory. The friend, Adrian Mojica Moreno, died at the scene and the boxer was declared dead thre…

Carla Bruni gave birth to baby girl at Muette Clinic in Paris.

Carla Bruni, France First Lady has given birth to a baby girl this evening at Muette Clinic in Paris

…Muette Clinic early in the morning. One member of the private clinic staff confirmed later: “She’s had the baby, it’s a little girl.” By Wednesday evening, leading French TV stations, including France 24, which is funded by Nicolas Sarkozy’s government, were reporting that “numerous sources” inside the clinic had confirmed the birth. “Speculation is rife that France’s First Lady may have given bir…

Carla Bruni: “I can’t wait to have a smoke”. Why she is desperate to give birth.

Carla Bruni smoking during her activity as model

…with.” Carla Bruni is due to give birth in 6 weeks, but she is desperate to smoke   The baby, who is due in six weeks, will be Carla Bruni’s second child. Shealready has a son, Aurelien, born in 2001, with ex-boyfriend Raphael Enthoven. “The baby will be viable at any time from October 1,” Carla Bruni told French newspaper Le Parisien. “Aurelien arrived on time, which means this could be a l…

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