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Roberts appears on the cover of People after she gives birth to her twins Hazel and Finn. Roberts enjoys trips to grandma’s house and walks in the park. On releasing pictures of the twins:
We are releasing these photographs not only to share our happiness, but to ensure the privacy, safety and respect our babies deserve.
Rape claim
Green, a California lawyer, appears on the Today show and alleges that Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her in the 1970s. Green tells Lauer that Cosby, who had given her pills to combat a fever, drove her to her apartment and began:
groping me and kissing me and touching me and handling me and … taking off my clothes.
According to Green, Cosby left two $100 bills on her coffee table afterwards. Cosby’s lawyer:
Miss Green’s allegations are absolutely false. Mr. Cosby does not know the name Tamara Green or Tamara Lucier [her maiden name], and the incident she describes did not happen. The fact that she may have repeated this story to others is not corroboration.
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Pitt and Aniston appear on the cover of People after the couple announce their separation after seven years of marriage.
We would like to announce that after seven years together we have decided to formally separate. For those who follow these sorts of things, we would like to explain that our separation is not the result of any of the speculation reported by the tabloid media. This decision is the result of much thoughtful consideration. We happily remain committed and caring friends with great love and admiration for one another. We ask in advance for your kindness and sensitivity in the coming months.
Alyssa Milano interview
Milano talks with Pat O`Brien on The Insider about her passion and efforts to help people of the Tsunami tragedy.
There’s no reason to be a celebrity if I can’t make positive changes in the world.
$127,500 sexual harrassment payout
Tammy Brevik receives a $127,500 settlement after she sues Palmer, claiming he sexually harassed her when she worked for for him in his Minneapolis dental practice from 1999 to 2005.
I believe my sex was a factor… in that many of Dr Palmer’s comments concerned my breasts, buttocks and genitalia. I also believe that my termination was in retaliation for reporting the conduct because I was terminated the day my lawyer contacted Dr Palmer regarding the harassment.
Palmer denies any wrongdoing but agrees to the payment. He is ordered to take a jurisprudence exam and complete an ethics course.
Elle UK cover
Knowles appears on the cover of the January 2005 issue of Elle UK magazine.
O Magazine interview
Penn speaks about his new film The Assassination of Richard Nixon in an interview for O Magazine.
It’s just good luck that the movie speaks to what’s current. In some respects, you could call it bad luck. I was working on this for several years before 9/11. At the time, I thought, “The guy who wrote this wants me to do it and he should have what he wants because he’s up to something important.” I came to regret it because it was the most miserable shoot ever. (Laughs) You saw the movie. There’s not a lot of time spent with dancing girls.
Plans to challenge Google
In an interview with The Guardian, Highfield says that the BBC has the potential to challenge Google.
We have got the best content in the world and a more flexible rights framework than anyone. We have the best brand, I would argue, online in the world in terms of trust and impartiality. We’ve also got access to some of the best technology in the world. If you glue all of that together we should be in a prime position to create the best next-generation search navigation tool in the world. We haven’t yet found out across all genres what new media can do. Where we have, like in education, the digital curriculum has become a great example of a product that owes very little to radio or television and is very much of the medium.
In response to the BBC governors’ response to Philip Graf’s review of BBC Online he has been required to cut funding by 10%, axing sites deemed not to pass the corporation’s new “public value” guidelines.
In order to free up the required funding we must start to behave more like television and radio, decommissioning sites or cutting back on funding, or even archiving them as circumstances change.
Esquire interview
Noujaim discusses making the film Control Room:
So with the Iraq war coming, part of my interest in making Control Room specifically came from the fact that I grew up in the Middle East, though my mother’s American and I went to college in the U. S. I was watching very different perceptions of what was happening, what would be good for this world, and whether the Iraq war was actually going to increase anti-American sentiment and terrorism among the moderates in the Middle East. I wanted to be in the center of it. But what was the center?
Patti La Belle Interview
Danza talks to La Belle on The Tony Danza Show about La Belle living with diabetes.
You can live with diabetes.
Pro Wrestling Radio interview
Edge gives his thoughts on playing a heel character in WWE:
Right now, I’m having so much fun. It is so much more fun to piss people off. [It’s so hard] to get people to like you. If you try too hard to get them to like you, they just go ‘too hard,’ and if you don’t try hard enough, they go, ‘what’s his deal?’ As a heel, you can just let it all out. You can be whiny, you can be bitter, disgruntled, whatever you want, and blame it on everybody else. (Laughs) It’s a lot of fun. In a way, I’m taking the year of frustrations and channeling it into the character.
O Magazine interview
Obama discusses writing his memoir, Dreams from My Father, in an interview for O Magazine.
I had the opportunity. When I was elected president of the Harvard Law Review, people were willing to give me money to write. That’s a huge luxury. I thought I had something interesting to say about how our cultures collide as the world shrinks. My family’s story captures some of the tensions and evolution and crosscurrents of race, both in this country and around the globe.
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Etheridge appears on the cover of People after finding out she has breast cancer.
The biggest question in her mind was whether there would be an advantage to doing a mastectomy or not. That comes up for most women. You feel like if you do something more drastic, it will work better.
Elle cover
Knowles appears on the cover of the October 2004 issue of Elle magazine. She talks about being in love.
O Magazine interview
Walters talks about leaving the ABC news show 20/20 in an interview for O Magazine.
I’ve worked all my life, and I’ve never had time to go to a city or country where I haven’t been in the studio. I watched your special (Diane Sawyer devoted an hour of Primetime to Oprah’s work in South Africa) not just with tears but with yearning. I’ve been to China four times—but I’ve never really seen China.
The Howard Stern Radio Show interview
Danza talks to Stern about his relationship with his Who’s the Boss? co-star—Judith Light—off-screen. Stern asks Danza if he ever had sex with Light.
No … I’d be honest, I’d tell you. I didn’t … I saw her nude.
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Lohan appears on the cover of People after she receives a promise from her boyfriend. Valderrama on dating Lohan:
She is my girl. I love her very much. She is a fantastic person and I’m extremely proud of her.
Harper’s Bazaar Japan cover
Knowles appears on the cover of the September 2004 issue of Harper’s Bazaar Japan magazine.
O Magazine interview
Keys speaks about why she left Columbia Records in an interview for O Magazine.
Once I saw that these people were completely disrespecting my musical creativity. I was devastated and crushed, like a blooming flower that’s trampled on. Nothing hurts more. I’m fortunate that my manager was confident. Some of our incredible legends will die with nothing. They were jerked.
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The Hilton sisters appears on the cover of People after Nicky gets married in Las Vegas after a night of partying. Source:
They were planning on getting married this fall, but while in Las Vegas they felt there’d be less attention if they did it there. They also felt it would be more intimate. And it was. This was not a spontaneous decision. Todd had actually proposed several weeks earlier.