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Naomi Campbell Breaks Down On Oprah Winfrey Show

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Black British supermodel Naomi Campbell broke down on the Oprah Winfrey Show and confessed that she regretted all her tantrums and her unfortunate victims, from her housekeeper Ana Scolavino to her limousine driver.

“I am ashamed of everything I’ve ever done,” she confessed.
Her mother Valerie Morris blamed herself for the irrational mood swings of her famous daughter.
“I was 19 when I had Naomi. I was a single mum, a father and mother. I wanted the best for my daughter, and I left Naomi to work to give her a better life,” Morris said as Naomi sobbed.

Naomi also blamed her addiction to drugs for her lack of self control. She said cocaine is a devil’s drug.
Well, Naomi’s billionaire lover Vladimir Doronin of Russia is not complaining and he can afford all the luxuries she wants and we hope sniffing cocaine will never be seen in her closets again.

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Naomi Campbell is on an extreme detox diet of maple syrup mixed with cayenne pepper, lemon juice and water for as long as 18 days to maintain her sexy physique that makes her look younger than her almost 40 years on earth. Her fitness expert is her Russian boyfriend. But Emily Hill of the Guardian calls it mad diet, because starving yourself could lead to serious complications such as Naomi Campbell’s scandalous temper tantrums. These extreme diet regimes affect the moods like drugs.
Hill listed the following celebrities on similar regimes

– Cheryl Cole eats according to her blood-type – it’s called the Eat Right 4 Your Type diet

– Kirsten Dunst’s diet consists 70% alkaline foods and 30% acid.

– Jennifer Aniston takes a glass of freshly squeezed lemon juice first thing every morning and on a new baby food diet.

– Liz Hurley lives on a bowl of cabbage soup a day.

– Megan Fox indulges in a cider vinegar cocktail.

“Campbell needs to put the syrup away and embrace the bread basket,” Hill said.

Detox regimes and hot temper tantrums aside, Naomi Campbell is already planning a fashion for relief charity show for the benefit of Haiti. She is bringing designers, models and celebrities together to raise funds for the rehabilitation of the displaced people in Haiti as she did after the 2005 Hurricane Katrina.

~ Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima

Win $10, 000 in KBB.COM Video Car Review Contest

KBB.COM ANNOUNCES $10,000 VIDEO CAR REVIEW CONTEST, BE AN EDITOR FOR A DAY

Company Looking for Two-Minute Automotive Video Reviews, General Awesomeness Required

IRVINE, Calif., May 5, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com, the leading provider of new- and used-car information, announces a new video car review contest offering a grand prize of $10,000 and the opportunity to play Kelley Blue Book Editor for a day. Anyone with a video camera and an interesting take on a car of their choice is encouraged to step up to the plate and show the Kelley Blue Book editors a video review of two minutes or less. A panel of judges will judge entries based on creativity, the ability to capture the essence of the vehicle being reviewed, cool and unusual visuals, overall presentation, professionalism, and ‘general awesomeness.’

All interested gear-heads and video novices can log on to Kelley Blue Book’s YouTube channel www.youtube.com/kbb, watch the contest video and reply with their two-minute video to enter. Entrants are also required to visit kbb.com to register their entry for the contest at www.kbb.com/contest.

The contest is now open and submissions will be accepted until 4:59:59 PM PDT on June 15, 2010. The creator of the winning video will win a cash prize of $10,000 and an all-expenses-paid trip to the company’s home office in Irvine, Calif., to be a vehicle reviews editor for a day. Coming in second or third place in this contest also offers big cash, with the runner up collecting $5,000 and a third-place prize of $1,000 for their efforts. Contest rules are available at www.kbb.com/contest.

“The life of an automotive journalist is pretty great. What could be better than driving cool cars, sharing your thoughts about them and getting paid to do so,” said Micah Muzio, video road test editor, Kelley Blue Book. “We want to see how inventive, talented and just plain awesome our viewers are on camera. Ten thousand dollars and access to the exciting world of automotive journalism await the creator of the most dazzling video.”

Participants and everyday vehicle voyeurs can follow all of the video submissions, comments and fun on the company’s YouTube channel throughout the contest. A winner will be named during the second week in July.

About Kelley Blue Book (www.kbb.com)
Since 1926, Kelley Blue Book, The Trusted Resource®, has provided vehicle buyers and sellers with the new- and used- vehicle information they need to accomplish their goals with confidence. The company’s top-rated Web site, www.kbb.com, provides the most up-to-date pricing and values, including the New Car Blue Book® Value, which reveals what people actually are paying for new cars. The company also reports vehicle pricing and values via products and services, including software products and the famous Blue Book® Official Guide. According to the C.A. Walker Research Solutions, Inc. – 2009 Spring Automotive Web Site Usefulness Study, kbb.com is the most useful automotive information Web site among new and used vehicle shoppers, and half of online vehicle shoppers visit kbb.com. Kelley Blue Book’s kbb.com also is a W3 Gold Award winner, sanctioned by the International Academy of Visual Arts. Kbb.com is a leading provider of new car prices, used car Blue Book Values, car reviews, new cars for sale, used cars for sale, and car dealer locations.

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Join Bono and Iman on the Red Carpet for The Lazarus Effect Tonight

TONIGHT, 4th MAY AT 11:30PM GMT

Join us tonight as we live stream the red carpet from The Lazarus Effect film screening at MoMA in New York. We’ll be livestreaming on Facebook. We’ll be joined by Gabourey Sidibe, Bono, Hayden Christensen, Iman, film director Lance Bangs, and others who will be coming out to show their support of the film.

So many friends of (RED) have already given their voice to spread the word about The Lazarus Effect. Have a look:

We’ll be asking questions to our friends as we’re live on the red carpet tonight, so let us know what you want us to ask! Just submit your questions on Facebook.

The event will stream live on (RED)’s Facebook page at 11:30pm GMT on Tuesday 4th May.

See you there!

Angela @ (RED)

The Lazarus Effect HBO Documentary Review

Share In a selfless effort to raise awareness worldwide about the impact that antiretroviral (ARV) drugs have in curing HIV and AIDS, HBO is set to air a new documentary, titled ‘The Lazarus Effect.’ The documentary, which was directed by Lance Bangs and executive produced by Spike Jones, subtly parallels the journey that the more than 29 million people living with HIV or AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa go through every day to the Biblical story of Lazarus.

The documentary also brilliantly shows the struggles and triumphs that Africans living with HIV or AIDS face and overcome. Bangs interviewed four people who live in Lusaka, Zambia, and have been diagnosed with the disease. Their journeys back to health show that their lives do, indeed, resemble the story of the Lazarus Effect.

The first powerful shot of ‘The Lazarus Effect’ is of an African woman, who is clearly sick, explaining the story of Lazarus. She detailed how Jesus walked into Lazarus’ grave after he died and pulled him out, saying he would live again. She then says it’s a story of hope, which Bangs showed was the case with the four people he documented.

These people include Bwalya, an 11-year-old orphan; Paul Nsangu, a young man who is married and has a daughter; Concillia Muhau, who has a daughter that is virus-free; and Constance (Connie) Mudenda, an HIV Peer Education Supervisor.

After her and her husband were both diagnosed with HIV, Connie was able to courageously move forward with her life, even though they had to decide to either pay for their ARVs or for food. After hearing about a clinic that offered free drugs, she was one of the first people to enroll.

Connie now works as a Peer Education Supervisor at the same clinic. She helps fund the 40 cents a day needed for the ARVs, which most patients can’t afford. She also selflessly educates people how to stay healthy with the disease and how they can prevent transmitting it to others.

Connie also rightfully encourages patients to attend support groups. While people in Lusaka were at first afraid to go to the group because they were fearful of the stigma that surrounds it, she resiliently expanded the group from five patients to most of the community.

‘The Lazarus Effect’ was produced by HBO Documentary Films, in conjunction with the private sector (RED) and Anonymous Content. It is set to premiere on Monday, May 24 at 9pm EST, as part of a large-scale campaign (RED) has launched to show the impact that AIDS programs have throughout Africa.

HBO should be praised for taking a step back on showing just purely entertainment movies and instead also focusing on life-threatening issues. The world can come to realize that through the help of (RED) and several health organizations, including The Global Fund and The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, Africans inflicted with HIV or AIDS can survive by taking ARVs. The drugs are paid for by the organizations, who also want to help educate people living with the disease on how to stay healthy.

With the help of ‘The Lazarus Effect,’ (RED) and its partners, including Apple, Gap and Hallmark, the impact and benefits ARVS have in treating AIDS in Africa really has a way to reach more people than ever before. Viewers will most likely not only empathize with those inflicted with HIV or AIDS, but they will also want to help fight the pandemic any way they can.

~ Written by: Karen Benardello

A Nightmare on Elm Street Tops Box Office, But Flops in Ratings

The Samuel Bayer’s remake of Wes Craven’s 1984 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street must not be shown to children if you don’t want them to be afraid of going to bed, because they would be scared to see the terrifying slasher Freddy Krueger in their dreams. And if you hate nightmares, avoid it at the first sight of the poster if you do not want to wake up and see that your nightmare is REAL!

The R-rated A Nightmare on Elm Street was released on April 30, 2010 to 3,332 theaters and approximately 4700 screens and made $32,205,000 in the United States. But the biggest American film overseas is Iron Man 2 earning more than $100.2 million in 53 foreign markets so far.

A Nightmare on Elm Street did not receive any critical acclaim. In fact, about 70% of the leading film critics are not impressed, because the film lacks depth.
“I did jump a few times, and I liked Haley’s dour malevolence, but overall, the new Nightmare on Elm Street is a by-the-numbers bad dream that plays a little too much like a corporately ordered rerun. One, two, Freddy’s coming for you. Three, four, we’ve been there before, ” said Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly.

~ By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima

The Story:
Freddy Krueger (Jackie Earle Haley) returns in A Nightmare on Elm Street, a contemporary re-imagining of the horror classic. A group of suburban teenagers share one common bond: they are all being stalked by Freddy Krueger, a horribly disfigured killer who hunts them in their dreams. As long as they stay awake, they can protect one another…but when they sleep, there is no escape.

Director: Samuel Bayer
Writer: Wesley Strick
Studio: New Line Cinema
Cast: Jackie Earle Haley, Rooney Mara, Kyle Gallner

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Taylor Swift Signs Her First Beauty Contract With COVERGIRL

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The phenomenal multi-platinum and multi-award winning American country music and pop singer and actress Taylor Swift has become the American sweetheart of many entertainment and life style photographers who have fallen in love with her. The popular magazines have been competing to put her on the cover, making her the most sought after cover girl in 2010. The latest is COVERGIRL and on this occasion, she signed her first ever beauty contract.

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Easy, Breezy, Beautiful Taylor Swift Becomes Newest COVERGIRL

Platinum-Selling Artist Signs First Beauty Contract

HUNT VALLEY, Md., April 30 /PRNewswire/ — Multi-platinum singer-songwriter Taylor Swift can now add COVERGIRL to her list of accomplishments. The 20-year-old, GRAMMY award-winning star has just finished shooting her first advertisements for the beauty giant, and will represent a new line of luxury products for the brand. The ads are scheduled to debut in January 2011.

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With millions of fans worldwide, Swift has achieved remarkable success since first entering the country music scene in 2006. To date she has sold more than thirteen million albums and is the top-selling digital artist in music history. Her second album, Fearless, has spent more weeks in the top spot on Billboard’s all-genre Top 20 chart than any other album this decade. The GRAMMY Awards, the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country Music, and the American Music Awards all named Fearless the 2009 Country Album of the Year and, this year, the album won the all-genre GRAMMY Award for Album of the year. Last year, Swift earned the American Music Award for Artist of the Year and was the youngest artist ever to win the prestigious CMA Award for Entertainer of the Year.

“With her fresh beauty and authentic style, Taylor is a wonderful addition to the COVERGIRL family,” said Vince Hudson, General Manager, COVERGIRL Cosmetics. “Through all her success, Taylor remains a grounded and sincere woman who connects with fans everywhere just by being true to who she is. She personifies the iconic image of the brand while representing the next generation of both inner and outer beauty.”

“I am so excited to become the next COVERGIRL,” said Swift. “I have admired many of the COVERGIRLs since I was a little girl . . . great artists and actresses who are confident and still themselves. It’s like a dream come true to be a part of the future of COVERGIRL.”

Since its introduction in 1961, the COVERGIRL brand has been a pioneer in celebrating women’s inner and outer beauty, and their drive to look and be their best selves. The long list of famous COVERGIRLs has included Christie Brinkley, Cheryl Tiegs, Rachel Hunter, Tyra Banks, Niki Taylor and Molly Sims, and its current roster of COVERGIRLs includes the dynamic Queen Latifah, Ellen DeGeneres, Rihanna, and Drew Barrymore.

Visit www.covergirl.com for more information on COVERGIRL’s family of spokeswomen and its extensive lineup of products for women of all ages.

About P&G Beauty & Grooming (NYSE:PG)

P&G Beauty & Grooming products help make beauty dreams real for women worldwide and help men look, feel and be their best everyday. With more than 100 brands available in nearly 130 countries, P&G’s beauty and grooming products delivered sales of nearly $28 billion in fiscal year 2007/08 , making it one of the world’s largest beauty and grooming companies. P&G Beauty & Grooming offers trusted brands with leading technology to meet the full complement of beauty and grooming needs, including Pantene®, Olay®, Head & Shoulders®, Max Factor®, Cover Girl®, DDF®, Frederic Fekkai®, Wellaflex®, Rejoice®, Sebastian Professional®, Herbal Essences®, Koleston®, Clairol Professional®, Nice ‘n Easy®, Venus®, Gillette®, SK-II®, Wella Professionals®, Braun® and a leading Prestige Fragrance division that spans from point of market entry consumers to high end luxury with global brands such as Hugo Boss®, Lacoste®, and Christina Aguilera®. Please visit http://www.pg.com for the latest news and in-depth information about P&G (NYSE:PG) and its brands.
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Source: Procter & Gamble

CONTACT: Danae Danta, Marina Maher Communications, +1-212-485-6886

Web Site: http://www.covergirl.com/

Date Night is a Thrilling Screwball Comedy

Have you seen Shawn Levy’s screwball comedy Date Night? It would have been better to call it Mr. & Mrs. Foster with Steve Carell and Tina Fey doing their best to thrill the viewers. The movie is more entertaining than Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler in The Bounty Hunter. Steve Carell has more juice than Gerard Butler and of course Tina Fey has more passion and soul than Jennifer Aniston.

Tina Fey’s parody of Sarah Palin on the Saturday Night Live was off the hook and unforgettable. Go and see her in Date Night and you will not regret it.

The Story:
Phil and Claire Foster are a sensible, loving couple with two kids and a house in suburban New Jersey. The Fosters have their weekly “date night” — an attempt at re-experiencing the spice of the dates of yesteryear, involving the same weekly night out at the local Teaneck Tavern. Their conversations quickly drift from barely-date talk to the same chore-chat they have at the dinner table at home. Exhausted from their jobs and kids, their dates rarely end in fore- or any other kind of play, let alone romance. After seeing two of their best friends — another married couple with kids in suburban New Jersey — split apart from living the same life they themselves lead, Phil and Claire begin to fear what may lie ahead: a state of bland indifference and eventual separation. In an attempt to take date night off auto-pilot, and hopefully inject a little spice into their lives, Phil decides a change of plans is in order: take Claire into Manhattan to the city’s hottest new restaurant. The Fosters, however, don’t have reservations. Hoping to be seated sometime before the clock strikes twelve, they steal a no-show couple’s reservations. What could it hurt? Phil and Claire are now the Tripplehorns. The real Tripplehorns, however, it turns out, are a thieving couple who are being hunted down by a pair of corrupt cops for having stolen property from some very dangerous people. Forced on the run before they’ve even finished their risotto, Phil and Claire soon realize that their play-date-for-parents has gone awry, as they embark on a wild and dangerous series of crazy adventures to save their lives — and their marriage.

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Production Status: Released

Genres: Comedy and Romance

Running Time: 1 hr. 28 min.

Release Date: April 9th, 2010 (wide)

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual and crude content throughout, language, some violence and a drug reference.

Distributors: 20th Century Fox

Production Co.: 21 Laps Entertainment

Studios: 20th Century Fox

Box Office: $95,659,488

Filming Locations: New York, New York, USA

Produced in: United States

Zoë Saldaña Graces the Cover of April Essence Magazine

Hollywood screen beauty Zoë Saldaña is glowing on the April cover of Essence magazine. She talks about power, sex and guilty pleasures.

She is ecstatic about sex as she enthused excitedly:
“Love it, love it, love it – can’t live without it! I love sex. I love skin. I don’t believe the body is something to hide.”

Well, she must be having regular dose of sex since she has been dating Keith Britton for the past ten years.

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Zoe Saldana Knows her Limits

“I don’t mind using my physical assets as a weapon, but there’s a limit.”
~ Zoë Saldaña

The pretty and sexy Hollywood star Zoe Saldana who played Neytiri in James Cameron’s Avatar refused to act nude as Elaine in the new film Death at a Funeral (2010), and also refused to see her co-star James Marsden strip before her.

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Read more here.

Death at a Funeral is a comedy about a chaotic and hilarious event at the funeral of a beloved husband and father of an American family. Shocking disclosures chilling resentments, bare-faced threats and a misdirected corpse turn the funeral into a mayhem for the bewildered mourners.

Directed by Neil LaBute
Produced by Sidney Kimmel, William Hordberg, Chris Rock, Share Stallings, Laurence Malkin

Written by Dean Craig

Starring

Chris Rock
Martin Lawrence
Luke Wilson
Tracy Morgan
Danny Glover
Regina Hall
Kevin Hart
James Marsden
Zoe Saldana
Loretta Devine
Ron Glass
Peter Dinklage
Columbus Short
Music by Christophe Beck
Cinematography Rogier Stoffers
Editing by Tracey Wadmore-Smith

Kick-Ass‎ is no Jackass at the Box Office

Against top rated movies Kick-Ass has proved many box office followers wrong as the film adapted from a comic book of the same title has made over $19 million so far and was the #1 movie in America last week after showing at 3,065 theaters, averaging $6,444 per theater. So Matthew Vaughn is no jackass director.

If you love comics and you think you can be a superhero, then go and see the movie for the fun of it.
Brad Pitt is one of the co-producers and Nicolas Cage and Chloe Moretz are in it.

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Please, this movie is for adults only.
MPAA:Rated R for strong brutal violence throughout, pervasive language, sexual content, nudity and some drug use – some involving children.

Idi Nasiru makes Student Academy Awards History for Nigeria

Idi Nasiru makes Student Academy Awards History for Nigeria

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Nigerian film student Idi Nasiru has become the first Nigerian to compete for the Student Academy Awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

His entry Far from Utopia is among the record number of 61 entries from 36 countries and will be competing with 497 entries from 122 U.S. colleges and universities for the 2010 Student Academy Awards.

“It’s a film I made about a young beggar boy of about 10 on his struggle for a day as he is confronted by the twin challenges of hunger and his bully colleagues. It’s really an emotional short story. The most amazing thing about the story behind the story is I lost the most interesting part of the footage during post production,” said Nasiru.

Nasiru is a student at the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) TV College in Jos, Plateau state, in the middle belt region of Nigeria. He took part in the 2010 Berlinale talent campus in Berlin and has been selected for another one coming up in July in Durban, South Africa.