Mar 26
CHICAGO — The Chicago studio where Oprah Winfrey tapes her soon-to-end talk show soon will be home to Rosie O’Donnell’s latest daytime television effort, which is set to debut on the Oprah Winfrey Network this fall, Harpo Studios announced Tuesday.
The announcement ends speculation about what will become of Winfrey’s Harpo Studios on Chicago’s West Side when “The Oprah Winfrey Show” ends taping this spring. Winfrey opened the studios in 1990.
“I’m delighted to welcome Rosie to the studio I’ve called home for so many years,” Winfrey said in a statement.
The network announced last summer that O’Donnell would return to television with a one-hour talk show to air on OWN. T
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Mar 19
Women are perusing creams for crow’s feet, pore shrinkers, and lash lengtheners, potions that promise complexion perfection. They wear shopping bags stacked on their arms like bangles. Brows furrowed, they frown into lighted mirrors as they apply unguents. This quest for beauty is stressing them out. Perhaps a visit to the restaurant at the end of the aisle is in order.
Daikanyama is located inside Bloomingdale’s, next to the cosmetics department. (If you have fragrance allergies, or shopping allergies, there’s a separate entrance from the parking lot.) The Japanese restaurant, named for a fashionable neighborhood in Tokyo, is as good as any spa. Green tea delivers antioxidants. Fat c
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Mar 02
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Courtney Love’s 140 character Twitter rants against a fashion designer are costing her more than $430,000.
The singer has settled a lawsuit filed by Dawn Simorangkir, who sued the Hole frontwoman in March 2009 accusing her of making false statements about the designer and her past in a series of postings on the microblogging site Twitter and Love’s Myspace blog.
Love’s attorneys had denied wrongdoing, saying it couldn’t be proven that some of the statements were false, and that others were protected speech.
Simorangkir’s attorney, Bryan Freedman, says Love had hoped to keep the terms of the settlement private and that a public statement will be issued next week.
Love’s attorney, Michael Niborski, did not immediately return an after-hours phone message.
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Feb 25
In this undated publicity image released by CBS, from left, Charlie Sheen, Angus T. Jones and Conchata Ferrell are shown during the taping of “Two and a Half Men,” in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/CBS, Greg Gayne)
NEW YORK (AP) — Charlie Sheen says he wants a raise to come back to the CBS show “Two and a Half Men.”
The troubled star appeared on dueling morning show interviews Monday to continue an attack on CBS and producers of his hit sitcom for shutting down the show because of his off-set behavior. Bo
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Feb 21
FILE – In this Aug. 25, 1993 file photo, American pop star Michael Jackson performs during his “Dangerous” tour in Bangkok. Read more…