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Friday, January 2, 2015
Jeremy Joan Collins Renner’s honored by queen wife files LONDON — The diva of “Dynasty” is now a dame. Joan Collins, who played scheming, shoulder pad-wearing Alexis Carrington in the hit 1980s TV show, was made the female equivalent of a knight in Queen Elizabeth II’s annual New Year’s honors list. The star of potboilers including “The Stud” and “The Bitch” was recognized for her services to charity. Collins, 81, is a longtime supporter of nonprofit groups helping children. London-born Collins said Tuesday it was “humbling to receive this level of recognition from my queen and country, and I am thrilled and truly grateful.” Actress Kristin Scott Thomas, who is due to play the British monarch in stage play “The Audience” next year, was also made a dame, and said she initially didn’t believe the news. “I am thrilled, astonished and worried that I might suddenly wake up,” said Scott Thomas, who received an Academy Award nomination in 1997 for “The English Patient.” Fashion designer Mary Quant, who made the miniskirt synonymous with 60s style, was also named a dame, as were television presenter Esther Rantzen, who founded the ChildLine telephone service for neglected and abused young people, and British poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy. Veteran actor John Hurt, star of “The Naked Civil Servant,” ‘’The Elephant Man” and “Alien,” was made a knight. And it will be “Arise, Sir Simon” for chemist Simon Campbell, part of the team that created erectile dysfunction drug Viagra. Comic actor James Corden, incoming host of “The Late Late Show” on CBS, was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, or OBE. The same honor went to his ex, actress Sheridan Smith. Actress Emily Watson, who was Oscar nominated for “Breaking the Waves” and “Hilary and Jackie,” also received an OBE. Music producer Peter Asher, half of 1960s pop duo Peter and Gordon, was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, or CBE. So were comedian Meera Syal, a star of groundbreaking sketch comedy show “Goodness Gracious Me,” and Scottish writer Ali Smith, whose novel “How To Be Both” was shortlisted for this year’s Booker Prize. A century after the start of World War I, ceramic artist Paul Cummins and stage designer Tom Piper were recognized for creating a sea of ceramic poppies that filled the moat of the Tower of London in tribute to the war dead. They were made Members of the Order of the British Empire, or MBEs, for creating the work, which was visited by 5 million people, including the queen.
Britain’s honors are bestowed by the monarch, but recipients are selected by committees of civil servants from nominations made by the government and the public. In descending order, the main honors are knighthoods, CBE, OBE and MBE. Knights are addressed as “sir” or “dame,” followed by their name. Recipients of the other honors have no title, but can put the letters
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LOS ANGELES — Model Sonni Pacheco has filed for divorce from actor-husband Jeremy Renner after 10 months of marriage, according to court documents filed in Los Angeles on Dec. 5. The petition cites irreconcilable differences as the reason for the separation. Pacheco, in the petition, also seeks return of her stolen passport, birth certificate
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and Social Security card, as well as invalidation of their prenuptial agreement based on fraud. Pacheco and Renner have one child, Ava Berlin Renner, who is 20 months old. The two wed in secret on Jan. 13, 2014, and only confirmed their union to the press in September. Renner has 30 days to file a response to the summons and petition. (ap)
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In this March 31, 2012 file photo, musician Slash right, and Perla Hudson arrives at the launch of Marquee, The Star entertainment venue in Sydney, Australia.
Guitarist Slash files for divorce after 13 years
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NEW YORK — Guitarist Slash has filed for divorce from his wife of 13 years. Court documents filed Tuesday in Los Angeles cite irreconcilable differences for Slash and Perla Hudson’s split. Slash’s real name is Saul Hudson. The former Guns N’ Roses performer and Hudson were married in 2001, and he also filed for divorce in 2010, citing irreconcilable differ-
ences. The couple have two sons, 10-year-old Cash and 12-year-old London. Tuesday’s documents say the couple separated June 15. The 49-year-old musician has had success as a solo star and in the bands Velvet Revolver and Guns N’ Roses, with whom he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. (ap)
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Friday, January 2, 2015
Huge fire razes Philippine shanties, killing 3
Lampard to stay at Man City to end of season
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North Korean leader open to summit with South
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AirAsia jet searchers fight ‘time and weather’
It is still unclear what brought PANGKALAN BUN — Searchers were racing “against time and weather” Thursday to recover the dead from the crash of AirAsia Flight 8501, with a window of good conditions slammed shut the plane down about halfway into its two-hour flight from by another onslaught of wind and heavy rain. Seven bodies have been recovered from the jet, which crashed into the Java Sea on Sunday with 162 people aboard. Search crews began finding wreckage and corpses Tuesday, but in the thick of Indonesia’s rainy season, the weather has frequently prevented helicopters and divers from operating while strong sea currents have kept debris moving. While searchers had no success Thursday finding bodies as of late afternoon, authorities announced that they had identified one of the seven previously recovered bodies: flight attendant Hayati Lutfiah Hamid. Singapore’s navy sent in an unmanned underwater vehicle capable of surveying the seabed to try to help pinpoint the wreckage and the all-important “black boxes.” Indonesia is using a minesweeper and a private survey ship that specializes in sea mapping, while aircraft capable of detecting metal also were deployed. We are “focusing on finding the body of the plane,” Indonesia air force spokesman Rear Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto told reporters. “There was something like a dark shadow once seen from a plane, but it cannot yet be proven as wreckage.” The seven bodies were recovered from an area off Borneo island, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) from the site where bodies were first spotted. Remains are being sent initially to Pangkalan Bun, the closest town, before being transported to Surabaya, Indonesia’s second-largest city, where Flight 8501 had taken off. Choppy conditions had prevented divers from entering the water Wednesday, and helicopters were largely grounded, but
18 ships continued to survey the narrowed search area. Sonar images have identified what appeared to be large parts of the plane. “It’s possible the bodies are in the fuselage,” said Vice Air Mar-
shal Sunarbowo Sandi, search and rescue coordinator in Pangkalan Bun. “So it’s a race now against time and weather.” The longer the search takes, the more bodies will decompose and more debris will scatter.
Surabaya to Singapore. The jet’s last communication indicated the pilots were worried about bad weather. They sought permission to climb above threatening clouds but were denied because of heavy air traffic. Four minutes later, the airliner disappeared
from the radar without issuing a distress signal.
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A relative, center, weeps as Indonesian soldiers lift a coffin containing the body of Hayati Lutfiah, one of the victims of AirAsia Flight 8501, during the handover ceremony to her family at the police hospital in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. Searchers were racing “against time and weather” Thursday to recover the dead from the crash, with a window of good conditions slammed shut by another onslaught of wind and heavy rain.