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Melanie Martinez of 'The Voice' recording new music
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Good news for all the “Little Bows” out there: Melanie Martinez is coming out with new music.
Newsday caught up with Martinez, the 17-year-old singer from Baldwin who made it to the Top 6 during season three of “The Voice, " at New York Fashion Week on Feb. 11. After sitting front-row at Betsey Johnson's showing of her new BJ Kicks A collection, Martinez revealed she has been hitting...
Read more »Movies to watch during winter storm Nemo
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As winter storm Nemo buries Long Island, take advantage of Netflix, Hulu and cable's on-demand channels to catch one (or several) of these movies, recently released on DVD. They're sure to help fight off cabin fever and keep the kids entertained for a couple hours a pop.
With the Oscars coming up on Feb. 24, being snowed-in is also the perfect opportunity to catch up on all the nominated films...
Read more »Beyoncé helped me with dance moves, Jewel says
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We know Beyoncé thrilled millions of fans when she killed it at the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday, but there is one famous fan who Queen B, years ago, impressed even more. Folk star Jewel, appearing on NBC's "New York Live" Wednesday afternoon, shared an anecdote about Mrs. Carter with show hosts Sara Gore and Jacque Reid. The Alaskan singer recalled co-starring with Beyoncé on a...
Read more »Minka Kelly, Gabby Douglas, Kendall and Kylie Jenner model at Heart Truth Red Dress Show
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Minka Kelly calls herself a jeans and T-shirt type of girl, but the actress didn't hesitate to go glam for a good cause at The Heart Truth Red Dress Show in Manhattan on Wednesday night.
Celebrities gather in red for the event each February to kick off New York Fashion Week with a healthy message.
“When I learned that heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, that really affected me,”...
Read more »'Pretty Little Liars' recap: 'Dead to Me' raises the dead
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This week, the Liars each had their own personal revelations, helping to move the season and the episode along.
Spencer's wallowing over Toby, and while I get it — she's heartbroken, he's the villain, she's torn between loving him and hating him — it's also a bit more of the pathetic act than I'm comfortable with seeing out of her.
She's coughed up some major cash to have Toby followed...
Read more »Justin Bieber overtakes Lady Gaga as most-followed person on Twitter
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Watch your back, Gaga. Justin Bieber may be the most popular person in the universe -- or at least the Twitterverse.
The teen pop icon recently bested Lady Gaga to become the most-followed person on the social media platform, the tweet-tracking tool Twitaholic reports.
As of Monday, Bieber (@justinbieber) had 33,938,371 Beliebers following him, compared with Lady Gaga's (@ladygaga) 33,766,160...
Read more »Super Bowl 2013 commercials: Seth Rogen, Amy Poehler, Psy and more
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Super Bowl XLVII has come and gone, but the brand new commercials premiered during the game are here to stay -- at least for a little while.
The price for a time slot during the big game keeps rising every year along with our expectations of entertainment. So how much does it cost to amuse us during the breaks? The hefty price tag is $3.8 million for each 30-seconds to reach 111 million people....
Read more »'Pretty Little Liars' recap: 'Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Inferno'
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If nothing else happened in this episode, there's only one thing that would truly matter to me at the end of the day: a Liar finally acknowledged that if they STOPPED keeping secrets, then maybe A wouldn't have anything to hold over their heads.
That's it, recap over, I'm officially a happy blogger.
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Yeah, OK, that lasted all of five seconds.
In all reality, tonight's episode...
Read more »Sally Field, Rob Lowe, more stars on game shows
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Because I'm just too impatient for Throwback Thursday, I'm deeming today "Throwback Tuesday," in honor of this YouTube gem: a really fabulous montage of stars who appeared on game shows before they were famous.
Who knew Sally Field was on "The Dating Game," or what "Sex & The City"'s Cynthia Nixon was like at eight years old? (Spoiler: She was pretty sassy.)...
Read more »'Dallas' premiere recap: The Ewings are comic gold
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On the prime-time soaps episode of PBS' “Pioneers of Television” series, Larry Hagman notes that he approached “Dallas” as a cartoon. The man did — and does, in the current season — play his J.R. as much for laughs as to move the plot. Hagman never takes himself too seriously, which allows the show to reflect societal flaws without being preachy. I find this more truthful than the more melancholic...
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