Friday, December 31, 2010

Alva Walmart is starting off the new year by saving lives through blood donation with Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI).
All healthy adults, 16 and older* are encouraged to donate blood 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., Friday, January 7, at 914 E. Oklahoma Boulevard.
Blood donors at the Alva Walmart blood drive will receive a pair of OBI fleece gloves and free health screenings.
“With the start of a new year and unanticipated weather, blood donations typically decline in the winter months,” said John Armitage, Oklahoma Blood Institute president and CEO. “But the need for blood is constant, and patients in our community count on volunteer donors to fulfill that need.”
All OBI donors are also encouraged to download OBI’s free iPhone app. With the GiVE BLOOD app, donors can count down until their next donation, find the nearest OBI blood donation location and make an appointment. All donors who show they have downloaded the GiVE BLOOD app will receive a free iPhone cover.
Read More: Alva Walmart Hosts Winter Blood Drive January 7

Walmart 2011 New Years Day Sales: Walmart among many other retailers has lots of clearance items for sale at their website. There are online sales as well as in store sales geared to kickstart New Year’s Day 2011 and for 2010 year ending clearance sales. Sales around this time of year are designed to move out all the old and begin
Walmart 2011 New Years Day Sales And 2010 Year End Clearance Deals 

PARSIPPANY, N.J. (AP) - Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. said Thursday it will operate in more than 2,000 Walmart stores in the U.S. during next year's tax season, an increase of about 10 percent from this year.
In the 2010 tax season, the tax-preparation company offered its services at kiosks in about 1,800 Walmart stores.
Jackson Hewitt shares slipped 4 cents to $2.23 in aftermarket trading following its announcement after sliding a penny to $2.27 during the regular session
Read More: Jackson Hewitt Tax Service to operate in 10 percent more Walmart stores for 2011 tax season


Coupon Mom seems to be the new marketing buzzword and character for 2011, as the last sunset shines its final purple hues on a recession-ridden 2010; coupons for Walmart are one of the hottest items promoted this year, and folks are lining up to get in on last minute after Christmas sales with the retail giant. The “Mom” in question, an economy-fighting spirited activist for “economical shopping”, is herself a mother.

Coupons for Walmart are just one of the various cost-saving methods propounded by Coupon Mom, or Stephanie Nelson to many, and she’s been doing this ever since 2004, when the recession hadn’t even been thought of.
Read More: Coupons for Walmart, and other advice from Coupon Mom


TLC’s new special “Extreme Couponing”, has the world abuzz and alert. The show featured four people who demonstrated the ultimate acts of frugality, saving literally hundreds of dollars just by using coupons.
One question most viewers had was “where do they get all those coupons?” During the show, the “Coupon Mom”, Stephanie Nelson, explained several ways to obtain masses coupons for all types of products. Using a coupon clipping service was among her suggestions.
Read More: Coupon Clipping Services Go Extreme, Reality TV


New Years Eve 2011: More New Years Quotes Funny Greetings and Wishes - For us, the New Year is one of the most celebrated occasion in the whole world. Different festivity, fireworks shows and even street parties happen in every country. Apparently, the start of the New Year 2011countdown has began and the coming year is always full of hope. Everyone believes that anything is possible with the fresh starts.
As expected around the world, people will not miss to send special Inspirational New Year quotes to their families, loved ones and friends during the New Year Eve of 2011. And as part of these tradition that people will exchange New Year Quotes, Wishes and Greetings in cellphones, facebook, friendster and in other social networking sites, it will definitely bring joy and happiness to the person who will receive that New Year Messages or Quotes.
Read More; New Years Eve 2011: More New Years Quotes Funny Greetings and Wishes


Sydney promised a New Year's Eve party better than any since the 2000 Olympics.
Judging by the crowd's reaction, the city delivered in dazzling fashion.
"Stunning, beautiful," said Cinthya Romo, 32, a Sydney-based interpreter from Chile, as she looked skyward from the Opera House forecourt.
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"Sydney's best show yet," remarked taxi driver George Stamp, who sacrificed a bumper payday to enjoy the show with his children and 1.5 million others.
As the clock ticked midnight the familiar rumble-and-bang of fireworks sounded and streams of incandescent colour shot into the heavens, illuminating the city.
A pulsing X on the Sydney Harbour Bridge reflected the Make Your Mark theme, replaced by a gold hand - the feature of the extravaganza.
Read More: Sydney's skyline explodes for New Year


The start of the new year is always a hopeful time – you feel that anything is possible with this fresh start. Here are some inspirational new years quotes from celebrities both current and ancient to help you begin your new year with your beloved family on a super-positive note, including some wisdom from that master motivator, Oprah Winfrey. Happy new year!
The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul. — G. K. Chesterton
The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul. — G. K. Chesterton
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. — Benjamin Franklin
Glory to God in highest heaven,//Who unto man His Son hath given;//While angels sing with tender mirth,//A glad new year to all the earth. — Martin Luther
Read More: :nspirational New Years Quotes: Draw Inspiration From Oprah, Ben Franklin, Others

UU.S online news:  So Bill Simmons showed up at the Thunder-Nets game Wednesday in Oklahoma City. For those of us, myself included, who enjoy Simmons’ columns and podcasts but also want him to fully embrace the Thunder, a reaction of maybe 10 percent of the intensity of the Double Rainbow Guy swept over us.
Why was Simmons here? What did his presence mean? Why does it matter to me and people like me that he was at the Thunder game, and what he thinks about the team and city?
Simmons is the most popular sports columnist in the U.S., and by extension the world. (I’d be surprised for various reasons if China and India, the only two countries more populous than the U.S., have sports columnists as widely read as Simmons.) I suspect that it’s not even close. That also makes him the most polarizing, thanks to the combined natures of sportswriting and popularity.
Read More: Bill Simmons in OKC: But what does it mean

The small town of Cincinnati, Arkansas was ground zero for a New Year's Eve disaster early this morning when severe weather struck.  At least one tornado moved through the northwest corner of the state killing three people.

The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management reported damage across three counties.  In Madison and Benton county damage to structures was reported and two injuries were sustained.  Highway 16 in Benton County is closed after power lines and trees fell across the roadway.
Cincinnati, in Washington County, saw the worst from the storm.  Three fatalities with extensive damage and power outages were reported.  The town's fire station was heavily damaged and collapsed on top of the fire engines.
Read More: New Year's Eve disaster - Tornado strikes Arkansas killing three


Happy New Year in English, feliz año nuevo in Spanish, heureuse nouvelle année in French and Akemashite omedetōgozaimasu in Japanese. All of us is very excited in this coming new year 2011. I have some information to you, January 1, 2011 is “1-1-11″ Four 1′s. Is it great? On other hand I’m here to bring you some New Years Eve 2011 highlights on Time Square at New York and...
Read More: New Years Eve 2011 at Times Square and New Years Eve Celebration Around the Globe


New Year Quotes 2010, new years wishes greetings
Millions of people also around the world are expected to have an exchange message of Happy New Year 2011 quotes, greetings, wishes, saying and funny messages. Start collecting your New Year’s sms messages now and start sending them to your friends and families to greet them in advance or during the countdown celebration in Time Square
New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time." ~James Agate quotes
Read more: New Year Quotes 2011, new years wishes greetings


Juliet Huddy, O’Reilly played a video report of a woman Lindenhurst, Long Island, which is named Mary Groth annually to more than 32,000 lights and ornaments that, according to journalist Andrea day, is used to “raise funds for local charities and bring a little Christmas cheer in Lindenhurst.”
But in what was described as a “holiday crackdown,” Groth received two citations: one is “because the decorations … are the property of the village. The other is for electrical work without a permit.
Read More:: Juliet Huddy

Walmart 2011 New Years Day Sales: Walmart among many other retailers has lots of clearance items for sale at their website. There are online sales as well as in store sales geared to kickstart New Year’s Day 2011 and for 2010 year ending clearance sales. Sales around this time of year are designed to move out all the old and begin

Walmart among many other retailers has lots of clearance items for sale at their website. There are online sales as well as in store sales geared to kickstart New Year’s Day 2011 and for 2010 year ending clearance sales. Sales around this time of year are designed to move out all the old and begin the new year off with a lot of new merchandise.
Read more: Walmart 2011 New Years Day Sales And 2010 Year End Clearance Deals

Coupon Mom is the most heard and watched TV icon across the crisis hit American households. People give every eye and ear to Stephanie Nelson’s advices while they watched Oprah Winfrey too lazily. Yes, Coupon Mom is the popular marketing guru of modern recession era. Nelson tout her fellow countrymen how to save dollars even from a Black Friday list of deals.
Nelson, a graduate in finance has already attracted millions of Americans since2004. Her role as a Coupon Mom had helped them to make their shopping economical. Coupon Mom’s advice covered groceries, restaurants, online shopping, gifts, and entertainment.
Read more: Coupons for Walmart and new years eve 2011 sales


Is Walmart open on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day 2011? Holiday hours vary with some locations closing early, but most stores are open regular hours if you need last minute party supplies. The majority of Walmart stores reopen at 7am on New Year's Day. Walmart's 24 hour Supercenters are open all night long, so you can ring in the new year there if you choose.
view full post: Walmart 2011 New Years Eve store hours: What time does Walmart close?


 we’ve got all the brand-name electronics you’re looking for at Walmart.com. Our extensive electronics assortment includes DVD and Blu-ray players, GPS units, LCD HDTVs, netbooks and notebook computers. Plus, you’ll save a bundle with our electronics value bundles — get your choice of camera, iPod or computer bundled with a variety of electronics accessories. Best of all, you can purchase extended service plans — for extra peace of mind. Stock up on your favorite electronics brands, including Acer, Sony, HP and Apple — and save.
Read More: Wal Mart Sales Deal Will Extend Through The New Year


MMXI? What is Google’s Secret code in their new doodle logo? If you have tried to figure out what the mysterious google doodle is with no avail. Here is the answer for you! The image consists of ‘GMMXLE’, a code. But the image is googles way of ushering in the New Year.
Read More: Google’s New Doodle: MMXI for the New Year

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Terribly sad news out of Dallas, TX, today. Nickey Van Exel, the son of former Cincinnati Bearcats and NBA player Nick Van Exel, has been arrested for murder.
The younger Van Exel, 20, confessed to killing his neighbor on Saturday and dumping the body less than a mile away in a lake. He is being held on $1 million bond. Van Exel claims he was playing with a shotgun when the weapon went off, he then panicked and moved the body.
Read More: Van Exel’s Son Arrested For Murder


Idiot with a Tripod is the final product of tons of snow, stuck cars, and Jamie Stuart from the massive storm that hit the Northeast recently. That being said, famed film critic Roger Ebert loves it. The short film is only three minutes long, and is just about snow. Lots of it. Snow in Queens more like it. Snow in the sense that dogs can’t go outside, cars are stuck and it was all caught on film.
Jamie Stuart stated he took a few shots outside, spending no more than than a hour and a half in the snow at one time. Then the next day, edited and uploaded the Idiot with a Tripod.
Read More: Idiot with a Tripod: Roger Ebert Loves It

The Army Black Knights emerged from the SMU Mustangs’ backyard with their third-ever bowl win and first since 1985. The game was played in SMU’s stadium, but was named the Armed Forces Bowl, so it’s hard to tell who actually had home field advantage.

Army gave up yards like wild, but forced three turnovers and held two SMU drives to field goal attempts, both of which were booted astray. SMU QB Kyle Padron shot over 300 yards and two touchdowns, but also threw two picks and lost a strip-sack on the opening drive that Army returned for a touchdown. Zach Line contributed the run to SMU’s run-and-shoot, with his 103 yards somehow the game’s highest rushing total.
Read More: Armed Forces Bowl, Army Vs. SMU: Black Knights Triumphant, 16-14


Sad but true: few people today are familiar with Sarah Bernhardt’s illustrious career and personality. History and film buffs know that Bernhardt was the first artist to market her talent to modern audiences by creating an adoring following. In other words, she was the first celebrity. Unfortunately, not many of us today know why she was so famous.

Former Simon and Schuster Editor-in-Chief Robert Gottlieb pieces together the person and the persona in Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt. Although it’s a biography, Gottlieb’s book reads like a novel, with highly digestible anecdotes and propulsive narration.

Gottlieb admits researching Bernhardt's life was a difficult task. Considered the most famous person in the world, Bernhardt was a dramatist who preferred story to fact. Biographers can't look to her for accurate accounts of dates, places or even birth parents. Perhaps this is why Gottlieb’s is the first English-language biography of Bernhardt.
Read More:  Sarah Bernhardt -- The First Cause Celeb



Did you catch the lovely and talented Brie Larson on “Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” last night? You were probably thinking that she looked familiar, even if you couldn’t quite place her. Well here’s Brie Larson’s abbreviated bio: She’s been acting in Hollywood since the age of 9, most recently in the Michael Cera film “Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World.” She’s also a talented singer and appeared in one of the cheesiest movies of the early 2000s, which I can never quite manage to turn off when it comes on TV – “Sleepover.” Read on for five things you may not know about Brie Larson.
Read More: Brie Larson: Five Things About The Former Child Actress

Taylor Swift ruled the Christmas week album chart with “Speak Now” as her album sold more than 276,000 copies. Coming in second was Susan Boyle’s “The Gift” which according to Nielsen SoundScan data sold more than 240,000 copies.

For the highest debut on the chart, the honor went to Jamie Foxx, whose “Best Night Of My Life” album entered the chart at number six with an estimated 144,000 copies sold. This is the third Album from Foxx, and all three have debute in the top 10 of the US album chart. His “Intuition” debuted at number three in 2008, and his “Unpredictable,” from 2005 debuted at number two.
Read More: Jamie Foxx Debuts On Album Chart At Number Six



If you want to save money this shopping season and not only, your best bet is to use grocery coupons, and to go for the best deals of the moment. Coupon clipping services are the type of sites that list a number of printable coupons, already clipped and ready to ship to your address. Coupon clipping is a business for many Americans. If you don’t have time to do the coupon clippings yourself, there are services that can do it for you, helping you save time. Sure, these services come for a symbolic fee. The following 10 websites are the best and most popular in the business.
The Coupon Clippers – the brain child of Rachael Woodard – boast more than a million national-brand coupons, and over 2 million Grocery Coupons in stock, even restaurant coupons. Browse the directory and select the coupons you need. The company will mail them to you.
Read More: Top 10 Coupon Clipping Service Websites


Rest assured: Owen Wilson is still alive. So is Eddie Murphy. But you could be excused for thinking otherwise if Twitter serves as one of your primary sources of information.
In what's becoming a regular occurrence, a hoax spread across the social media site on December 29 claimed that both Hollywood stars had met with untimely deaths, reports Entertainment Weekly.
The Wilson death rumor started via a news report from an operation called Global Associated News. The site claimed that the Little Fockers star crashed into a tree and died while snowboarding in Zermatt, Switzerland. The story quickly went viral, but if readers clicked on the "Home" section of the article, it redirected to a site called Fake a Wish that allows users to "enter a celebrity name to create a list of fake articles about them."
view full post: Owen Wilson, Eddie Murphy Latest Celebs Embroiled in Twitter Death Hoax


The Idaho Lottery conducted its annual $1,000,000 Raffle drawing Wednesday evening, and created one instant millionaire.The winning numbers are available at Lottery Post's Idaho Lottery Results page.
In addition to the $1 million top prize, there were four winners of $25,000, 250 winners of $250, 500 winners of $100, and 1,750 winners of $50. All prizes are lump-sum cash payments.
Read More; Idaho Lottery raffle made a millionaire tonight

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Ah, the horror of clipping coupons. What was once considered a tradition, coupon clipping service has quickly been replaced by digital outlets such as Groupon.com. Long gone are the days (for most of us anyway) of clipping physical paper coupons and many people are now looking for free coupons online as well as Grocery Coupons in other places other than the local newspaper.

One popular coupon saving outlet online is Coupon Mom as well as Groupon. These websites offer printable coupons that can be browsed, printed and used in person. Other websites simply bypass this function by offering membership cards, typically for free at stores such as Safeway, Kroger, and even Walmart.
Read More: Coupon Clipping Service, Free Coupons and Grocery Coupons


Crazy shoppers rushed into retail stores on a snowy day after Christmas. Thousands of people searched for their favorite items fighting a nearly freezing cold. Most of them had planned the Sunday after Christmas for their holiday shopping.
Though the numbers rarely reached the pre-Christmas boom, retailers got a good Sunday before they end the holiday shopping even. Many stores had put special offers for the last Sunday of the year. Shoppers selected the post-Christmas Sunday to get best in the market without much door trafficking.
Read More: coupon clipping service and booming retail holiday sales


TLC’s new show Extreme Couponing features people who go to great lengths for a deals. Some of the people on Extreme Couponing got $1100 worth of stuff for only $50!
Coupon Queen Joanie rakes in a $638.64 haul for just $2.64! She has massive stocks of supplies, as does Amanda, another ‘extreme couponer’ featured who shows off her toilet paper reserves.
Entertainment Tonight dished with one of the coupon diva Amanda:
“I’ve been stockpiling for about three and a half years,” she says. “When I look at my toilet paper the feeling it brings to me is absolute joy!” She and her partner have over 3000 rolls of toilet paper, enough to last the couple around 40 years.
Read More: ‘Extreme Couponing’ on TLC Shows How to Save Big

Suge Knight Arrested – Has Suge Knight Killed Tupac? That’s the big question on millions of peoples minds right now, if they are falling for the hoax videos and silly rumors that are spreading across the net today. Whether Suge Knight did kill Tupac or not, we don’t know the answer to that, but we do know why he was arrested.

Although Suge Knight was actually arrested today. According to CNN, it was as a result of not appearing at court on a traffic violation. According to reports, The 45-year-old consented to go with the police and was booked and issued a citation to appear in court again on the traffic violation. The whole process took about an hour
Read More: Suge Knight Arrested – Has Suge Knight Killed Tupac?

Groupon, the popular online group buying website, made big headlines earlier this month when it reportedly rejected a buyout offer from Google for more than $5 billion (yes, with a “b”).  While Groupon may be the best known company in the booming social e-commerce/group buying market, a national company called BuyWithMe that was founded last year by Wellesley’s Andrew Moss has developed a major following of its own (not to mention $22 million in funding from Bain and Matrix)  in a market that everyone from AOL to Microsoft is crowding into.
view full post; Google can have Groupon, Wellesley’s got BuyWithMe


The Kennedy Center Honors was telecast last night and Hank Steuver was less than impressed:
 But even bookended with star-studded tributes to super-famous Oprah Winfrey and Paul McCartney, this year's show feels too perfunctory. There is nothing wrong with it, really, save for the sense of duty that makes the Kennedy Center Honors somehow so uninteresting to a larger world. Judging from this sluggish telecast, no one seemed to be one bit more thrilled to be there than the minimum gratitude and glee required by Kennedy Center fiat.
view full post:  Merle Haggard, Chita Rivera, Paul McCartney honored


Country music icon Merle Haggard has been given the all-clear after a two-year battle with cancer. The "Okie From Muskogee" singer/songwriter had surgery to remove part of his lung in 2008 and admits it has been a struggle to get his health back.
Haggard, 73, scrapped a series of shows in September, prompting fans to worry his cancer had returned - but he was given a big health boost just before he was feted at the Kennedy Center Honors earlier this month.
view full post: Merle Haggard Is Cancer Free on Christmas


Country legend musician,Merle Haggard, was one of the 2010 Kennedy Center honorees, poses for the formal class photo with his fellow honorees following the formal Artist's Dinner at the United States Department of State in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, December 4, 2010.

The person who led the tribute to Haggard was Vince Gill. Willie Nelson narrated a video tribute said that Haggard's penchant for trouble. In fact Haggard was imprisoned in San Quentin when Johnny Cash came to sing for the inmates. After he saw Cash, he knew that he could find his way in music, which was pretty interesting to learn about Haggard.
Read more: Country Music Legend Merle Haggard Honored

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Tonight the Poet of the Common Man, Merle Haggard will be honored with a Kennedy Center Honors award for his contributions to American music. Well, actually he received the award on December 5th, but the ceremony itself from Washington DC will air tonight on CBS (as they say, check local listings for times).

He will be honored by musical performances from Kris Kristofferson, Vince Gill, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Jamey Johnson, Sheryl Crow, Kid Rock, wait Kid Rock? (which one of these things is not like the others?) and his long-time friend and fellow Kennedy Center Honoree, Willie Nelson.
Read More: Merle Haggard On Kennedy Center Honors / Willie’s Arrest


The actual ceremonies for the Kennedy Center Honours took place earlier in the month but were broadcast in a two-hour special on Tuesday December 28, 2010. Being honoured this year are country legend Merle HaggardMerle Haggard, talk show queen Oprah, rock legend Sir Paul McCartneyPaul McCartney, composer Jerry HermanJerry Herman, and dance choreographer Bill T. JonesBill T. Jones.
Julia RobertsJulia Roberts introduces the first honouree…Oprah Gail Winfrey; which is followed by a video presentation about Oprah’s life from childhood. Oprah is the first woman to own her own television and film studio. In that package Oprah says that she believes the world is a school and our lives the classroom. Nineteen ninety five Kennedy Center Honouree Sidney Portier comes out and begins by saying, “my friend Oprah,”
Read More: 2010 Kennedy Center Honours Ceremony


I feel like the NFL might have fallen into something by pushing back the Vikings-Eagles game to tonight. It brings up the question of why the league does not play more Tuesday night games.
I know it gives the teams a short week coming up. The thing is the league already schedules Thursday games. A team playing on Thursday has three days of rest if it played on the previous Sunday. A team playing on Tuesday has four days of rest to the next Sunday.
I also think there is demand. People like football. That is why you can see small conference college football games regularly on ESPN during weeknights of the college football season. I don't think NFL fans would complain about another primetime game.
Read More: Will Tuesday Night Football Become an NFL Fixture


While Webb's cool, calm, clutch performance in his first start made a lot of people say "Tavarez who," (referring to the Vikings other QB Tavarez Jackson) and cemented him as their new signal caller, it was a very bad offensive game plan that prevented Vick and the Eagles from playing up to expectations.

Michael Vick can't win. When his athleticism overcomes a bad game plan, everyone cheers him. When his athleticism can't overcome the bad game plan, everyone boos him. But the bad game plan, and the coaches who created it, goes without criticism.
Read more: Tuesday Night Football: Eagles vs Vikings - Mike Vick Hurt By Game Plan

A representative for Adam Sandler has slammed internet gossip suggesting the star died on Tuesday.The funnyman passed away after suffering fatal injuries during a Christmas skiing trip in Switzerland, according to the crazy online story, but Sandler’s spokesperson has moved swiftly to dismiss the shock speculation.
The rep tells GossipCop.com, “It’s completely not true and such irresponsible journalism.”
view full post: Sandler's rep blasts death rumours


The pair began dating in January after Witherspoon broke up with Jake  Gyllenhaal. Toth, 40, is an agent at Creative Arts Agency, where Witherspoon is a client, though not his.
Witherspoon was married to actor Ryan Phillippe for seven years -- they divorced in 2008 -- and the pair have two children: daughter Ava, 11, and son Deacon, 7.
view full post: Reese Witherspoon, Jim Toth ENGAGED


"Reese Witherspoon is engaged and the couple is extremely happy," her publicist confirmed.
No date has been fixed for the wedding, which will be the second for Reese, who earlier married Ryan Phillippe on June 5, 1999.
Reese and Ryan separated in October 2006 and were officially divorced on October 5, 2007. They have two children: a daughter named Ava Elizabeth, born September 9, 1999, and a son Deacon Reese, born October 23, 2003.
A romantic relationship between Reese and her Rendition co-star Jake Gyllenhaal is rumored to have been responsible for the breakdown of her first marriage, a fact that Reese denies.
view full post: Reese Witherspoon, Jim Toth Engaged


 Happy New Year images for 2011 are in demand as we count down the final days of 2010 and look forward to a great new year.
We’ll help you out with where to find Happy New Year pictures and images for 2011, whether you’re looking to email an image / picture, include it on your website, or put it on your computer desktop.
Where to find Happy New Year images and pictures 2011:
view full post: Where to Find Happy New Year Pictures, Images,


U.s online news Lose two stone and the wobbly bit around my middle. Get fit and maybe even run a marathon (how you would laugh at that one if you knew me better). Learn to speak Spanish. Save more or make more (preferably both). Spring-clean my cupboards, house, finances and… life in general. Be a better wife, mother, daughter, relative and friend. Re-write my will and review my pension. Put my photos in albums (not done since I was 19). Take up ironing, read better books, play more golf and visit art galleries. Be more organised (especially with my filing) and become a much more patient, kind, lovely and charitable person.
All of the above have appeared on my New Year’s resolution lists at some time or other. Some, I admit, appear year after year. Most are broken by day three and discarded by day seven.
Read More: A new year and a fresh start

Monday, December 27, 2010


The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, has died. That’s the news that’s topping Google Trends at this moment. Nothing is confirmed as yet.
Aretha underwent surgery for a mystery illness about a month ago. And rumor has it that she had pancreatic cancer. The National Enquirer reported recently that Aretha has incurable pancreatic cancer. The rag lists pancreatic survival rates at 5-10%, and even lower for someone of Franklin’s age and weight.
Read More: Rumors Run Rampant That Aretha Franklin Died

Singer Alanis Morissette, 36, and her husband Mario Souleye Treadway, 30, welcomes the arrival of their baby boy on Christmas day.A spokeswoman for Morissette said on Monday that “All are healthy and happy
view full post: Mario Souleye Treadway and Alanis Morissette Welcomes Son


OS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer Alanis Morissette and her husband, rapper Mario "Souleye" Treadway, welcomed a baby boy on Christmas day, a spokeswoman for Morissette said on Monday.

"All are healthy and happy," the singer's representative told Reuters in an e-mail.

Morissette, 36, and Treadway, 30, married in May.
Morissette, a Grammy Award winning artist, scored a monster hit with her third album, 1995's "Jagged Little Pill."
view full post: Natalie Portman 'Indescribably Happy' About Engagement, Pregnancy


Natalie Portman is pregnant! Natalie Portman is also engaged to her unborn baby's father, Benjamin Millepied! What a day of announcements for her!
The happy couple met during the production of Black Swan, for which Nat earned nominations for a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award.Benjamin Millepied served as choreographer for Black Swan, but a few months into filming, he found himself on the other side of the camera as well.
Of being cast as the dance partner of Portman and co-star Mila Kunis, he said, "I really, really got into it... I was blown away, especially by Natalie."
Apparently! This will be the first marriage for both and their first child as well. It's unclear how along Natalie is, but in any case, congratulations!
Read More: Natalie Portman: Pregnant! Engaged to Benjamin Millepied!


When news broke today that "Black Swan" star Natalie Portman was not only engaged to Benjamin Millepied, but expecting a baby, as well, fans were no doubt left muttering, "Wow!" quickly followed by "Benjamin, who!?!" It's true the ballet dancer isn't as high profile as some of Natalie's former beaus, like actor Gael Garcia Bernal, but he's a talent in his own right in the world of ballet. Get acquainted with the hunky dancer with our list of five things you should know about him:
Read More: Natalie Portman Engaged: 5 Things To Know About Fiance Benjamin Millepied

On Monday, the Madison County prosecutor's office in Anderson, Ind., filed criminal charges against the reality star following an on-camera physical altercation with her former fiancé – and the father of her daughter Leah, 2 – Gary Shirley.
Portwood, 20, has been charged with three class D felonies, including two counts of domestic battery and one count of neglect of a dependent. She was also charged with one misdemeanor charge of domestic battery. Portwood faces up to three years in jail if convicted.
view full post: Teen Mom Star Charged in Domestic Abuse Case

 

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