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Comcast-Time Warner Merger’s Fate Hangs on Kathie Lee Vanity Project Kathie Lee Gifford said NBC has asked her not to plug her new Gifft chardonnay and red blend on the “Today” show. “We’re in the middle of the big takeover of a major corporation,” she said, referring to NBC parent Comcast Corp.’s potential purchase of Time Warner Cable Inc. “I think they just want to be — and rightfully so — very careful.” (AP)
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Willie Nelson’s Tour Loses Old, Leathery Creature That’s Not Nelson
“BEIGE lace?” George fumed. “This is a christening, not ‘Downton Abbey.’ ”
A stuffed armadillo that serves as an on-stage mascot for Willie Nelson has been returned after being taken from a Las Vegasarea hotel. Ol’ Dillo vanished while audience members were greeting Nelson after a Monday night concert. A hotel official says an apologetic man returned Ol’ Dillo on Tuesday. (AP)
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Brooke Burke-Charvet accidentally drove her Maserati into a chain-link fence in Calabasas, Calif., early Wednesday morning, TMZ reported. Burke-Charvet passed a sobriety test on the scene. She blamed the incident on a steering problem with the car. Burke-Charvet was recently replaced by Erin Andrews on “Dancing With the Stars.” (EXPRESS)
The person in this photo you want to write a memoir is not the one writing one.
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He’s Sheen It All Jon Cryer is working on a memoir. The Emmy-winning star of “Two and a Half Men” has a deal with New American Library. The publisher announced Wednesday that the book, currently untitled, is scheduled to be released next spring. In the book, Cryer will share “candid” and “fascinating” stories about his 30-year career. In a statement released Wednesday, Cryer joked that he would write about stamp collecting, monetary policy and maybe Charlie Sheen, his former “Two and a Half Men” co-star. (AP)
“Your dad is your party animal. … There’s an equation for some sort of explosion.” — JOE JON A S TOLD SCENE MAGAZINE HE BLAMES JUSTIN BIEBER’S FUN-LOVING DAD, JEREMY BIEBER, FOR AT LEAST SOME OF BIEBER’S BEHAVIOR.
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Prince George’s christening gown is going on display in Buckingham Palace this summer, People magazine reported. The silk and satin gown will be the centerpiece of a royal-childhoodthemed exhibit. The show will include a sailor suit Prince William wore to his uncle Prince Andrew’s wedding and the Lily Font, the basin used to baptize most royal kids since 1841. (EXPRESS)
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‘It’s a ROBE. Stop Calling It a GOWN. I’m a BOY.’