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Polly Higgins
Polly Higgins is Newsday.com's Lifestyle and Entertainment editor, covering home and garden, food, restaurants, pets, travel and entertainment. Her education includes a journalism degree from Indiana University and a masters in Media Arts from the University of Arizona. She called Arizona home for a number of years, working for both the Arizona Daily Star and (now shuttered) Tucson Citizen. In her spare time, Higgins can be found walking Otto the beagle in her Brooklyn neighborhood, logging miles on her running shoes and watching reruns of "Dallas."
Legendary rocker Graham Nash draws fans to The Mens Market at Hirshleifers
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Every now and then a celebrity of sorts turns up at the Americana Shopping Center in Manhasset – Sofia Vergara shopping for engagement rings at London Jewelers, Leonardo DiCaprio dining at Toku – but one of the last people you might expect to find there? Graham Nash, the legendary rocker from Crosby, Stills and Nash, who paid a visit to the uber-chic menswear boutique -- The Mens Market (at Hirshleifers)...
Read more »Kendra Wilkinson hospitalized after car accident
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Former Playboy playmate and reality TV star Kendra Wilkinson was taken to a Los Angeles area hospital Sunday, after a car accident in the Tarzana neighborhood of L.A.
Sources told US Weekly Wilkinson, 27, was "in shock" and "really sore" when she was taken into Tarzana Medical Center early in the day, but her injuries appeared to be minor and the mother of one was...
Read more »'Dog the Bounty Hunter' sequel 'Dog and Beth: On the Hunt' debuts on CMT, hunts for an identity
For eight seasons, bounty hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman’s philosophy toward his prey was “find ‘em and fix ‘em.”
But unlike the popular former A&E show, “Dog the Bounty Hunter,” new project “Dog and Beth: On the Hunt” features the world’s most famous blonde bail bonds tag team focusing their reclamation projects on those who share their profession.
At first glance, Sunday’s debut episode...
Read more »Gwyneth Paltrow is the most hated celebrity in Hollywood, according to poll
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If a recent poll is any indication, the world hates actresses who have been in way too many romantic comedies more than it hates physically abusive singers and husband stealers.
That's right, Katherine Heigl is one of 19 A-listers ranked higher than Chris Brown on Star magazine's 2013 "Most Hated Celebrities" poll. Gwyneth Paltrow, the overly enthusiastic vegan whose spring "essentials"...
Read more »Lindsay Lohan says she stayed sober at Coachella
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Lindsay Lohan headed to Temptation Island (AKA, the Coachella music festival) last weekend but she told TMZ she managed to stay sober.
As with many music fests, drugs and alcohol are plentiful at the Indio, Calif., spot, so it's not exactly the weekend hangout anyone would suggest for someone who has a court-ordered rehab sentence looming. But Lohan, 26, said "yes," she resisted...
Read more »Amanda Bynes' new selfie video is a must-see
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Amanda Bynes, the queen of the Twitter "selfie," has adopted a new medium to share her, um, lifestyle with the world: video.
The former child star, 27, posted a video on the social networking site Monday, writing, "I'm sucking on a Sour Patch Kid listening to music getting ready for tonight: D"
She forgot to include, "while making bizarre faces at myself in the...
Read more »Lionsgate releases 'Catching Fire' trailer
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Lionsgate films posted an exclusive "teaser" trailer online Sunday, before the November 2013 release of "Catching Fire," the second installation of the "Hunger Games" trilogy.
Jennifer Lawrence reprises her role as Katniss Everdeen, "the girl on fire," and it seems as if life after the games are not so pleasant for our heroine.
We loved this little...
Read more »Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols tells anchor to 'listen when a man is talking'
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This guy truly lives up to his name.
John Lydon, better known as “Johnny Rotten,“ of the Sex Pistols gave a hilarious interview with Australian news program “The Project” this week that went, well, rotten pretty fast.
The rock star was discussing the impact the Sex Pistols' controversial single “God Save the Queen” had on Britain when it was released in 1977, and he was not pleased when...
Read more »Ivanka Trump pregnant with second child with husband Jared Kushner
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Donald Trump's daughter, Ivanka, is expecting again, People reports.
The 31-year-old and her husband, Jared Kushner, who owns the New York Observer, are already parents to Arabella Rose, 20 months. Trump is due in the fall.
The second-time mommy-to-be, who is a top executive at The Trump Organization and judges "Celebrity Apprentice" alongside her father, recently spoke about...
Read more »Ray J denies 'I Hit it First' is about Kim Kardashian
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Kim Kardashian's sex tape may have launched her career, but the same can't exactly be said for her co-star in the film, rapper Ray J.
Possibly in an attempt to capitalize on that home movie years later (or remind us all what Kanye West's baby mama is really famous for, as if we could forget), the rapper released a new single Saturday, "I Hit it First," which all but disses Kardashian...
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