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Natalie Cole — Dead at 65 — DEAD AT 65 — EXCLUSIVE — Natalie Cole — one of the great voices in decades — has died ... TMZ has learned. — Cole, whose hits include “This Will Be” and “Unforgettable” which she performed as a virtual duet with dad Nat King Cole …
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Natalie Cole, Grammy winning singer, has died — 3 photos — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Natalie Cole, the Grammy-winning daughter of Nat “King” Cole" who carried on her late father's musical legacy and, through technology, shared a duet with him on “Unforgettable,” has died. She was 65.
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Chris Brown — Accused of Punching Woman ... Vegas Cops Investigate — ACCUSED OF PUNCHING WOMAN — Vegas Cops Investigate … Chris Brown is at the center of a battery investigation after a woman claims the singer punched her in the face. — The victim tells us she was at a private party …
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Not A Blog:
Last Year (Winds of Winter) — The last post from the Lost Post, and the one you've all been waiting for. — Back when this was one long long long post, before Live Journal sent it to the cornfield, I mentioned opening with Dickens' line, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
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Mike Barnes / Hollywood Reporter:
The prolific character actor, with credits from ‘The Twlight Zone’ to ‘Seinfeld,’ was everywhere on television from 1955 until his retirement in the mid-1990s. — Jason Wingreen, who played Harry the bartender on All in the Family and Archie Bunker's Place and provided the voice …
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Cops Take Him Down — TMZ Sports obtained the bar fight footage of TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin — showing the college football star swinging wildly at two bar staffers and getting into it with cops. — The video begins as Boykin is being wrestled out of Pat O'Brien's in San Antonio Wednesday …
Maria Mercedes Lara / People.com:
Taboo, Anyone? Kim Kardashian West Spends a Low-Key New Year's Eve with Kourtney Kardashian and Caitlyn Jenner — Kim Kardashian West skipped the wild club night on New Year's Eve in favor of a low-key party with family and friends - including Caitlyn Jenner.
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Jodi Guglielmi / People.com:
Kim Kardashian Reveals Her New Year's Resolutions: Losing Weight, Vacations - and Learning to do Splits!
Kim Kardashian Reveals Her New Year's Resolutions: Losing Weight, Vacations - and Learning to do Splits!
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Caitlin Keating / People.com:
‘The Snuggle Is Real’: Miranda Lambert Shares Adorable Cuddly Photo with New Man Anderson East — Miranda Lambert is starting off the New Year by showing the world that her new man Anderson East is right by her side. — On Friday, the country star posted an adorable photo of the new duo cuddling on a couch.
Jessica Chen / KGTV-TV:
San Diego twin babies born in different years — SAN DIEGO - A pair of San Diego twins were born over New Year's Eve, but they share an entirely different birthday. — Jaelyn Valenica was born at 11:59 p.m. on December 31, 2015, and her twin brother Luis Valencia Jr. was born 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 2016.
Daily Mail:
It must be serious: Harry Styles and Kendall Jenner are joined by both of their mothers on romantic St Barts vacation as they continue extremely flirtatious display — Harry Styles and Kendall Jenner were seen getting very tactile on Thursday shortly after pictures captured them kissing for the first time in St Barts.
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Michele Corriston / People.com:
Teresa Giudice Spends New Year's Eve with Sister-in-Law Melissa Gorga After Being Released from Prison — Teresa Giudice let loose on New Year's Eve, her second holiday since completing her prison sentence for fraud. — The reality star has been focusing on family since her Dec. 23 release …
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Lydia Price / People.com:
Laverne Cox, Rita Ora and More Stars Celebrate at Diddy's New Year's Eve Party — Warning: serious FOMO-fuel ahead. — Sean “Diddy” Combs hosted a New Year's Eve bash at his mansion on Miami Beach's Star Island, and the pictures will make you wish you partied with all his celeb pals.
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