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    Beyonce Debuts Jennifer Aniston, Early ‘Friends’ Hairstyle (photos!)

    Keith Girard
    Beyonce appears to be getting into her new short hairstyle, although she’s sporting considerably more hair than the short bob she showed off two weeks ago. She looks like early Jennifer Aniston now. The 31-year-old entertainer unveiled the new look, obviously thanks to some extensions, at the 2013 V Festival over the weekend. She shot the images backstage wearing some Afro-Caribbean influenced dresses. ...
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    David Salidor Reflects on 30 Years as Music Mouthpiece

    Winchester
    David Salidor and his New York City-based public relations company, dis COMPANY, celebrate their anniversary in March, marking 30 years representing celebrities from Madonna to Debbie Gibson. It’s safe to say he’s seen it all and lived to talk about it. Salidor sat with us for a wide-ranging interview, touching on subjects both good and bad and offered his take on what’s next for our media-infused society. He also spills on his plans for the foreseeable future....
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    Demi Lovato ‘Heart to Heart’ Mortal Instruments Track Leaks (listen!)

    Keith Girard
    Demi Lovato’s haunting ballad “Heart By Heart” Mortal Instruments: City of Bones soundtrack, has made its way to the Internet, just ahead of the Aug. 20 release of the full album by Republic records. The fantasy sci-fi film based on Cassandra Clare’s first book in her “The Mortal Instruments” series, stars Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Kevin Zegers, Jemima West, Godfrey Gao, Lena Headey and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. The film hits theaters Aug. 21, one day after the soundtrack album is released. ...
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    Rihanna Barbados Homecoming; As Naked as She Can Get (photos)

    Keith Girard
    Rihanna shed most of her clothes and whatever inhibitions she may have had on her return to her home country of Barbados. She’s been posting a steady stream of the most tantalizing photos as she kicks back for some fun in the sun. The 25-year-old pop star looked fit and toned in the tiniest of bikinis in several of the photos. She also posted a shot of her dazzling costume for the island nation’s “Crop Over” festival. ...
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    Robin Thicke Soars, Finally, on Song of Summer ‘Blurred Lines’

    Winchester
    Robin Thicke has been singing and writing songs for years, but he was always best known as the son of TV talk show host and sit-com star Alan Thicke. Now it’s the other way around; Alan is fast becoming best known as Robin’s father. Robin’s “Blurred Lines,” has all but officially become the song of the summer, finally earning him the recognition–in his own right–that is long overdue. This week the full-fledged album, also called Blurred Lines, debuts, and you know what, it’s good. ...
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    Beyonce Ditches Long Hair for Tight Sexy Bob; Hello Miley!

    Keith Girard
    Beyonce’s long fiery mane that she flailed wildly as Sasha Fierce is no more. Gone are the pesky extensions, replaced by a short bob of her natural hair. The singer premiered the new look on Instagram. Move over, Miley Cyrus. Miley jumped on the look in August a year ago and actress Emma Watson lopped off all her hair after she finished filming the “Harry Potter” series. She posted three photos showing off the new look on her Instagram account. See them here!...
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    Freer Gallery Hosts Chinese Martial Arts, 3-D Technology Gala

    Keith Girard
    The Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. will transform into a cultural hot spot for the final “Asia After Dark” after-hours event, featuring a night of exploration and discovery into Chinese martial arts and 3-D printing technology. Guests can explore 3-D scanning and printing with experts from the Smithsonian’s digitization program unit and participate in the creation of a 10-foot-tall replica statue of the Freer’s renowned “Cosmological Buddha.”...
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    Jordin Sparks Back to Music With New ‘Skipping a Beat’ (listen!)

    Keith Girard
    Jordin Sparks, who has largely lived up to her “American Idol” billing, has released her first new song, “Skipping a Beat,’ in four years. She’s set to refocus on music after her solid outing in the 2012 film “Sparkle” with the late Whitney Houston. The track has an easy listening R&B vibe as she sings about true love, presumably inspired by boyfriend and singer Jason Derulo. The singer released her sophomore album, Battlefield” in 2009....
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    Stars, Guests Gather for Percy Jackson After-Party at 75 Main

    Keith Girard
    Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario and Stanley Tucci, stars of the new movie “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters,” joined friends for an after-party following the movie’s Hamptons premiere on Sunday (July 28). Among those spotted in the crowd were actor Richard Gere and wife Carey Lowell, Matthew Broderick and son James Wilke Broderick, Star Jones, Richard and Cricket Burns, Michael and Laurie Gelman, Kristine Johnson, Nanette Lepore and Barbara and Meredith Ostrom....
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