WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama is being briefed on developments in the investigation into the bombings at the Boston Marathon.It said in a statement that the president’s assistant for homeland security and counterterrorism, Lisa Monaco, was briefing Obama overnight about the news unfolding in Boston and the nearby community of Watertown.One bombing suspect is dead and a second remains at large.Continue Reading… … Read More
From ‘Man in Black’ to Russian billionaire: Businessman Rybolovlev buys actor’s home
American actor Will Smith (RIA Novosti / Konstantin Rodikov)Russian potash billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev is supposedly the new owner of Hollywood actor Will Smith’s mansion in Hawaii.
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According to the Forbes magazine, the mansion was bought by Smith in 2009 for $13.5mn and has been purchased by Rybolovlev for $20mn. The 205-square meter house on a 2.8 hectare plot has three bedrooms and three bathrooms. It comes with tennis and volleyball courts and a swimming pool. Last year Rybolovlev purchased the most expensive New York apartment at 15 Central Park West for $88 million. He also acquired Donald Trump’s villa in Palm Beach Florida for $100 million.43-year-old Rybolovlev is the 93rd richest person in the world with a net worth around $9.5 billion from being the boss of the Uralkali business. He is said to be a resident of Monaco and owns FC Monaco. … Read More
Paz Vega Ditches Her Fresh Look And Goes Goth At Fashion Week (PHOTOS, POLL)
Fashion shows are pretty much the safest place in the world to debut an avant-garde look, so, naturally, we’ve become somewhat desensitized. But we definitely didn’t see this one coming. While perusing street style snaps from Haute-Couture Fashion Week in Paris, we noticed a celebrity looking a little… different. To be more specific, Paz Vega turned up at Jean Paul Gaultier’s show looking more like Morticia Addams than herself. Like, she went totally goth out of nowhere. You remember the Spanish actress, right? She’s the gorgeous, Penelope Cruz look-a-like from “Spanglish” and she’s set to star in the upcoming Grace Kelly biopic “Grace Of Monaco.” Or, at least, she was a Penelope Cruz look-a-like. Of course, when you have those amazing cheek bones, it’s hard to look bad per se. But what’s with the caked-on foundation, Paz? Where’s your beautiful natural glow? Read More…
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Russia’s ‘White Movie’ makes waves in Monaco
Inal Sheripov’s “White Movie” A short film by a Chechen-born director has been named the ‘Best Art House Film’ at the Monaco International Film Festival. Inal Sheripov’s “White Movie” has universal appeal, and is targeting people regardless of gender, age or ethnicity. In late August the 10-minute story was awarded a prize of the Naples International Film Festival which highlights trailblazing filmmakers from across the world.The “White Movie” tackles eternal issues of raison d’être in an attempt to reveal the philosophical peculiarities of the spiritual world. The director, originally from the Chechen capital Grozny, has long been living in Belgium. Sheripov’s previous film “For the Last Time”, focused on cultural liaisons between Christianity and Islam in Europe, and received the Federico Fellini Prize at the International Film Festival in Jakarta.Earlier this year, the Russian director’s drama “For the Last Time” won the audience appreciation prize at the New York Film Festival. … Read More
‘Dancing With The Stars’ Winner Crowned: Melissa Rycroft Is Ultimate ‘All-Star’
The “Dancing With The Stars: All-Stars” final results show pulled out all the stops before revealing the winner: Melissa Rycroft and Tony Dovolani.Kelly Monaco and her partner Val Chmerkovskiy came in third place and Shawn Johnson and her partner Derek Hough came in second, though they were the fan and judge favorites throughout the competition.The Top 3 — Shawn, Melissa and Kelly — had the challenge of doing an instant dance, drawing from a dance style and an accompanying song from a hat and then having an hour to perfect their routine.Read More…
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Grace Kelly still Monaco’s godmother, 30 years on
“Have you ever seen any place in the world more wonderful?” swoons Grace Kelly, after whizzing round a hairpin bend above Monaco in an open-top car with Cary Grant, in the 1955 classic “To Catch a Thief.” The same hillside road would cost Kelly her life on September 14,…
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US indicts two in Iran nuclear export scheme
Iranian and Chinese charged with attempting to export US materials to Iran for the purpose of uranium enrichment. … Read More
