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Zaslow Funeral
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FILE - In this undated file picture provided by Penguin shows author Jeffrey Zaslow. A funeral is planned Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, at a Detroit-area synagogue for best-selling author Zaslow, killed when he lost control of his car on a snowy northern Michigan road. The 53-year-old West Bloomfield resident was returning from a book promotion event Friday when his car slid into a truck's path in Antrim County's Warner Township. It's about 40 miles east-northeast of Traverse City.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

Airline pilot Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger remembered his friend, best-selling author Jeffrey Zaslow, during a funeral at a Detroit-area synagogue.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

Authorities say Hugh Hefner's 21-year-old son has been arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor domestic violence in Pasadena.

Warwick Postpones Whitney Houston
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FILE - In a Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 file photo, singer Dionne Warwick holds her trophy for "Musical Lifetime Achievement" during the 47th Golden Camera award ceremony in Berlin. Warwick has postponed a Valentine's Day concert at at The Palace Theater in Greensburg, western Pennsylvania after the death of her cousin Whitney Houston. Warwick's concert at The Palace Theater will instead be held March 2. Tickets for Tuesday night's concert will be honored for the new show.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

Whitney Houston was underwater and apparently unconscious when she was pulled from a Beverly Hills hotel bathtub, and she had prescription drugs in her room, authorities said Monday.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

Donna Karan makes every outfit she designs for a strong, confident woman, and for fall, that woman is comfortable enough in her own skin to wear heavily tailored menswear looks.

Fashion Donna Karan Fall 2012
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The Donna Karan Fall 2012 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

Luxury fashion still caters to movie stars, high-powered businesswomen and ladies who lunch, but designers are starting to show interest in that generation's daughters.

Film Review The Vow
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In this image released by Columbia Pictures, Rachel McAdams, left, and Channing Tatum are shown in a scene from "The Vow."

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

Love conquered the weekend before Valentine's Day as Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum's romantic drama "The Vow" led the box office with a $41.2 million debut.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

The White House is opening its doors in an invitation to the blues.

APTOPIX 2012 Grammy Awards Show
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Chris Brown performs during the 54th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in Los Angeles.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

The Grammy Awards' warm embrace of Chris Brown three years after his assault of Rihanna has drawn the ire of viewers who claim the controversial R&B star shouldn't have been rewarded with such attention.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

The White House says President Barack Obama's thoughts and prayers are with Whitney Houston's family, especially her daughter.

Obama
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Country music singer Mel Tillis holds up his 2011 National Medal of the Arts after it was presented to him by President Barack Obama, Monday, Feb., 13, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

President Barack Obama on Monday honored several artists, writers and organizations for their contributions to the nation, and pledged to make the arts and humanities a priority for as long as he is in the White House.

Whitney Houston
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Evelyn Rios cries after reading a poem she wrote and posted on a makeshift memorial for the late singer Whitney Houston outside of New Hope Baptist Church, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, in Newark, N.J. As a young girl, Houston sang in the choir at New Hope Baptist Church. Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died Feb. 11. She was 48.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

Whitney Houston's body was set to be flown home to New Jersey late Monday for a funeral to be held at week's end, said two people who have spoken with her family.

2012 Grammy Awards Press Room
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Adele poses backstage with her six awards at the 54th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in Los Angeles. Adele won awards for best pop solo performance for "Someone Like You," song of the year, record of the year, and best short form music video for "Rolling in the Deep," and album of the year and best pop vocal album for "21."

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

Sunday's Grammy Awards telecast made sweet music in the ratings, delivering for CBS its largest audience since 1984 and beating last year's viewership by 50 percent.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

The best clothes enhance the wearer - her smile, her eyes, her outlook. Carolina Herrera's fall collection offered Monday at New York Fashion Week highlighted what's likely to be a trend for next season, and a welcome one at that: Modern styles that put the focus on a woman's face thanks to high, interesting necklines.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

Residents are blasting a plan to erect a statue with a face resembling that of France's Italian-born first lady in an effort to honor this small town's immigrants from Italy.

Germany Berlinale Jayne Mansfield's Car Photo Call
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Director Billy Bob Thornton poses for the photo call of the film Jayne Mansfield's Car at the 62 edition of the Berlinale, International Film Festival in Berlin Monday, Feb. 13, 2012.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

Billy Bob Thornton says his frustration at the state of films in America prompted him to direct his first feature in more than a decade, the 1960s family drama "Jayne Mansfield's Car."

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

Mark Salzman's latest book is based on a live performance.

Britain Freud Royal Visit
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The Duchess of Cambridge during a visit to the Lucian Freud Portraits exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London Wednesday Feb. 8, 2012. The royal, who has a degree in the history of art, became patron last month of the National Portrait Gallery, in London, which is staging the event. Freud, who died last summer, was famed for his naked full-length portraits that used layers of oils to depict the sitter's flesh in minute detail - creating unforgiving and often unflattering images.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

Queen Elizabeth II has a new sidekick for royal events: The Duchess of Cambridge.

Warwick Postpones Whitney Houston
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FILE - In a Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 file photo, singer Dionne Warwick holds her trophy for "Musical Lifetime Achievement" during the 47th Golden Camera award ceremony in Berlin. Warwick has postponed a Valentine's Day concert at at The Palace Theater in Greensburg, western Pennsylvania after the death of her cousin Whitney Houston. Warwick's concert at The Palace Theater will instead be held March 2. Tickets for Tuesday night's concert will be honored for the new show.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

Dionne Warwick has postponed a Valentine's Day concert at a western Pennsylvania theater after the death of her cousin Whitney Houston.

CORRECTION Fashion Tommy Hilfiger Fall 2012
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CORRECTS SPELLING OF DESIGNERS LAST NAME- The Tommy Hilfiger Fall 2012 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

You can convey a refined-yet-sporty elegance with double-breasted coats, suede field jackets and scarf-print silk dresses. Or you could create an elaborate set for a fashion show with a brick-path runway, park benches and ivy-covered walls. Tommy Hilfiger did both.

Croatia Museum of Broken Hearts
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In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, a damaged garden gnome is displayed at the Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb, Croatia. The exhibits, collected from all over the world, are random and varied, ranging from fake breasts to a cast from a broken leg. Each item is accompanied by a summary of dates and locations of the relationships, and notes written by their anonymous donors.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

What becomes of a garden gnome hurled in fury at a car during a stormy breakup?

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

Angelina Jolie said Monday she hopes her directorial debut "In the Land of Blood and Honey" will provoke a wider discussion about rape - something that the International Criminal Court's prosecutor said could be extremely valuable in helping bring perpetrators to justice.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

The U.S. government says plenty of evidence supports a federal jury's conviction of Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton on cocaine conspiracy and trafficking charges.

Germany Berlinale International Criminal Court
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U.S. actress Angelina Jolie, left, and the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno Ocampo attend a press workshop of the ICC in Berlin Monday, Feb. 13, 2012.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

Angelina Jolie says she's not yet sure whether she will follow her directorial debut on the Bosnian war with another film on such serious material - but she has already written a script focusing on the conflict in Afghanistan.

Music Waylon Jennings
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FILE-- In a June 1995 file photo Country music legend Waylon Jennings performs in Nashville. The family of Waylon Jennings will soon release later in 2012 for the first time songs that the country music icon recorded shortly before his death 10 years ago.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

The family of Waylon Jennings will soon release songs the country music icon recorded shortly before his death 10 years ago.

2012 Grammy Awards Press Room
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Ryan Tedder poses backstage with the award for album of the year for "21" at the 54th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in Los Angeles.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

Grammy celebrants stepped out of the Staples Center and into tropical South America at the official awards-show after party.

JFK Intern
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In this Feb. 10, 2012 photo, Mimi Alford, author of "Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and its Aftermath," poses for a photograph, in New York. In her book, she writes of her first encounter as a naive teenager, and her “varied and fun” sex life with Kennedy, who she always called Mr. President.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Mimi Alford was terrified in 1998 when the Monica Lewinsky scandal turned the word "intern" into a dirty joke, exposing an affair with a president. Her decades-old secret about her trysts with John F. Kennedy was still safe then.

People Adele
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In this magazine cover image photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott and released by Vogue, singer Adele is shown on the cover of the March issue of "Vogue." The singer vows to "never" write a breakup record again and adds she's "done being a bitter witch."

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Adele's songs about breakups and heartache have made her a multi-Grammy award winner but she insists she's done with all that.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Winners in selected major categories at Sunday's 54th Annual Grammy Awards:

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Winners in selected major categories at Sunday's 54th Annual Grammy Awards:

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

One of the Grammy show's most poignant moments was one that TV viewers didn't see.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Diane von Furstenberg let the crowd attending New York Fashion Week in on a little secret Sunday: Fashion is a puzzle.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Winners in selected major categories at Sunday's 54th Annual Grammy Awards:

Fashion Edun Fall 2012 Backstage
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Models stand in line back stage before the Edun Fall 2012 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Fashionistas shivered visibly on Sunday in a makeshift event space along the blustery Hudson River, where the Edun fashion label, founded by U2's Bono and wife Ali Hewson, was displaying its Fall 2012 collection. But the models wore bright, African prints that made one feel, at least momentarily, in a much warmer clime.

Obit Whitney Houston
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FILE - In this March 3, 1988, file photo, Whitney Houston poses with her Grammy at the annual Grammy Awards presentation in New York. Publicist Kristen Foster said, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, that singer Whitney Houston has died at age 48.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

With an opening prayer and a moving tribute from Jennifer Hudson, the Grammy Awards played the part of impromptu memorial for Whitney Houston just a day after the six-time Grammy winner was found dead in the bathtub of her Beverly Hills hotel room.

Obit Whitney Houston
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FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2009 file photo, singer Whitney Houston, right, sings with her daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown during a performance on 'Good Morning America' in Central Park in New York. Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, has died, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. She was 48.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Whitney Houston was underwater and apparently unconscious when she was pulled from a Beverly Hills hotel bathtub, and she had prescription drugs in her room, officials said Monday as the regal pop star's family made arrangements to fly her body home to New Jersey for a funeral at the end of the week.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Winners of the 2012 British Academy Film Awards, presented Sunday:

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

The Roots saved some of their love for Whitney Houston.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

It's time for the well-heeled women who shop from New York Fashion Week runways to pull themselves up by their bootstraps - preferably Christian Louboutins - and carry off clothes rooted in strength, confidence and even toughness.

Fashion Tracy Reese Fall 2012
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Fashion from the Fall 2012 collection of Tracy Reese is modeled on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in New York.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Tracy Reese is feeling optimistic, if not downright festive, for fall.

Backstage Jill Stuart Fall 2012
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A model has her makeup done backstage before the Jill Stuart Fall 2012 collection is shown during Fashion Week in New York, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Once the clothing collections are nearly complete and the models who'll wear them have been chosen, it's time for designers to plan and test one other important part of the looks they present at New York Fashion Week: hair and makeup.

Clive Davis Pre-GRAMMY Gala
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Diana Ross arrives at the Pre-GRAMMY Gala & Salute to Industry Icons with Clive Davis honoring Richard Branson, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Diana Ross thinks she should receive a lifetime achievement Grammy for being a mother - not a music legend.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Voters in the German city of Duisburg ousted their mayor in a ballot Sunday prompted by persistent anger at his refusal to quit following the deadly mass panic at the Love Parade techno music festival in 2010.

APTOPIX Fashion L.A.M.B. Fall 2012
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The L.A.M.B. Fall 2012 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Singer and designer Gwen Stefani, one of the few celebrities who has stuck with her fashion brand for the long haul, offered a "That Girl" vibe at the New York Fashion Week show for her LAMB line.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Israel's Black Hebrew community is mourning the loss of Whitney Houston, who famously visited them in 2003.

Film Review The Vow
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In this image released by Columbia Pictures, Rachel McAdams, left, and Channing Tatum are shown in a scene from "The Vow."

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Love triumphed over action at the weekend box office with a No. 1 debut for the romantic drama "The Vow."

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

The splintered music world truly coalesces only one night of 365 for the Grammy Awards, and this year was united in the triumph of recovered British soul singer Adele's trophy haul and the tragedy of Whitney Houston's death.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

She may be chic and petite, but don't mess with Victoria Beckham. She offered a no-nonsense, tough-girl fall collection at New York Fashion Week on Sunday that she said she hoped would forge an "emotional attachment between the garment and the wearer."

Germany Berlinale Marley Photo Call
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Protagonist Rohan Marley is flanked by director Kevin Macdonald, right, and artist Neville Garrick during the photo call of the film Marley at the 62 edition of the Berlinale, International Film Festival in Berlin Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Billy Bob Thornton says his frustration at the state of films in America prompted him to direct his first feature in more than a decade, the 1960s family drama "Jayne Mansfield's Car."

Obit Whitney Houston
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A coroner's van leaves the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died Saturday. She was 48.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Whitney Houston's last days were spent surrounded by family, catching up with old friends and doing a bit of what she was best known for: singing.

Film Douglas Trumbull
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This undated photo released by Richard Harbaugh/A.M.P.A.S. shows Douglas Trumbull. Hollywood filmmaker and visual-effects master Douglas Trumbull is receiving an honorary Academy Award. Trumbull is being honored with a special career achievement Academy Award at the Sci-Tech Awards dinner this weekend, and was given another lifetime honor by the Visual Effects Society earlier this week.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

The first Oscars of the year have been presented at the Scientific and Technical Awards, the motion picture academy's annual celebration of the geeks and gizmos that make movie magic.




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