Saturday 31 March 2012

Thompson Square wins ACM vocal duo award _ early

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2011 file photo, musicians Keifer Thompson, left, and Shawna Thompson, of the group Thompson Square, pose for a portrait in Los Angeles. The husband-and-wife duo Thompson Square is The Academy of Country Music's vocal duo of the year. The win was announced Saturday night March 31, 2012 during the ACM Salute to the Military concert in Las Vegas. Academy executive director Bob Romeo surprised Shawna and Keifer Thompson on stage with the news. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)The husband-and-wife duo Thompson Square is The Academy of Country Music's vocal duo of the year.


The winners of the 25th annual Kids' Choice Awards

A list of winners from the 25th annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards:

Tribune Broadcasting says no DirecTV deal

Tribune Broadcasting says there's been no settlement with DirecTV Inc. in their contract negotiations, which means DirecTV subscribers in 19 U.S. markets will lose access to certain programming.

Bieber, Berry slimed at Kids Choice Awards

Heidi Klum, left, and Chris Colfer get slimed as they present the award for favorite TV actress at Nickelodeon's 25th Annual Kids' Choice Awards on Saturday, March 31, 2012 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)At the 25th annual Kids' Choice Awards, the slime runneth over.


Whitney Houston memorabilia auctioned in LA

A bustier worn on stage by Whitney Houston fetched $18,750 at an auction in Beverly Hills of memorabilia from the late pop star's career.

Slime pours nonstop at Kids Choice Awards

First lady Michelle Obama attends Nickelodeon's 25th Annual Kids' Choice Awards on Saturday, March 31, 2012 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)The slime came fast and furious at the 25th annual Kids' Choice Awards, where even celebrities get doused in bucket loads of green gunk.


Shirin Hassan

 

Lilac

 

Bushra Aftab

 

Shafaq Habib

 

Humor can help candidates; but it can backfire

FILE - In this May 1, 2004, file photo President George W. Bush laughs as comedian Jay Leno tells jokes at the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner In Washington. Bush narrated a slide show at the dinner that included a photo of himself hunting around in the Oval Office and then quipped, Mitt Romney hit an off note when he told a "humorous" story about his dad shutting down a factory.


Aldean explains why ACMs are 'special' to him

FILE - In this March 3, 2009 file photo, country music performer Jason Aldean poses for a photo in Nashville, Tenn. Aldean has the second most ACM nominations behind Kenny Chesney, with six, including entertainer and album of the year. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)Jason Aldean will always remember his first time.


Jagsara

 

Taylor Swift's date for ACM Awards hospitalized

The New Jersey teen who is fighting cancer and scored a date with Taylor Swift to The Academy of Country Music Awards is back in the hospital and won't make the show.

Country's Jason Aldean has special place for ACMs

FILE - In this March 3, 2009 file photo, country music performer Jason Aldean poses for a photo in Nashville, Tenn. Aldean has the second most ACM nominations behind Kenny Chesney, with six, including entertainer and album of the year. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)Jason Aldean will always remember his first time.


Jackie Mason companion arrested on assault charge

Police say a woman who accused comedian Jackie Mason of roughing her up during a domestic dispute has been arrested on an assault charge stemming from the incident.

Sanam

 

Humor can help candidates; ouch when it doesn't

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2011, file photo Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Perry, right, spar during a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas. Perry, still nursing wounds from his failed presidential campaign, did himself a world of good with his self-deprecating jokes at a dinner in Washington in March. First, he joked that his time as the GOP front-runner had been Mitt Romney hit an off note when he told a "humorous" story about his dad shutting down a factory.


Menu from Titanic's last lunch sells at UK auction

This Wednesday March 28, 2012 shows a menu given to first class passengers on the day of the sinking of the Titanic and a set of keys used by Titanic crewman Samuel Hemming to unlock the door where the lifeboat lanterns were held after he was ordered by the ship's Captain to ensure all 15 lifeboats had lit oil lamps, as part of an auction of Titanic memorabilia at Henry Aldridge and Son in Devizes, England to commemorate the centenary of the ships completion. The menu, kept by a prominent San Francisco banker, bears the date April 14, the day in 1912 that the reputedly unsinkable cruiser hit an iceberg and fell to the bottom of the Atlantic. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland/PA Wire) UNITED KINGDOM OUTA British auctioneer says that a first class menu from the Titanic's last lunch has sold for 76,000 pounds (about $120,000.)


Republic

 

Grammy Museum show reflects LA music's darker side

This March 26, 2012 photo shows visitors watching a display about the 1960s 'Go-Go' scene in Los Angeles, next to a vintage Rock-Ola jukebox converted to digital use, at the exhibit, Think of the music that defines Los Angeles and often three words float to the surface: The Beach Boys.


Feds: Conn. man knows something about stolen art

FILE - In this March 21, 1990 file photo, a security guard stands outside the Dutch Room of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, where robbers stole more than a dozen works of art by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Degas, Manet and others, in an early morning robbery. Assistant U.S. Attorney John Durham said Tuesday, March 27, 2012, in federal court in Hartford, Conn., that the FBI believes Connecticut inmate Robert Gentile “had some involvement in connection with stolen property” related to the art heist. Agents have had unproductive discussions about the theft with Gentile, a 75-year-old reputed mobster who is jailed in a drug case. (AP Photo, File)It remains the largest art heist in history, a brazen robbery in which two thieves disguised as police officers walked into Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, disabled two guards and stole masterworks worth more than half a billion dollars.


Fashion Pakistan Week 2010

 

Will Smith, slime ready for Kids Choice Awards

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2012 file photo, actor Will Smith laughs after viewing a Prepare the slime!


Ayesha Taimur Masood

 

Shehla

 

Eric Choong

 

Menu from Titanic's last lunch at British auction

British auctioneers are offering a first class menu from the Titanic's last lunch, an item they claim offers a unique window on the doomed ship's Edwardian splendor.

Chamak

 

Did you hear the 1 about the politician who ...

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2011, file photo Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Perry, right, spar during a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas. Perry, still nursing wounds from his failed presidential campaign, did himself a world of good with his self-deprecating jokes at a dinner in Washington in March. First, he joked that his time as the GOP front-runner had been Mitt Romney hit an off note when he told a "humorous" story about his dad shutting down a factory.


Rizwanullah

 

Al Karam

 

Feminine Fence

 

Milli and Madiha

 

Lakhani

 

Zahra Saeed

 

Fashion Gives Back

 

Rano's Heirlooms

 

Mens Store

 

Filming in Chernobyl, the 'Land of Oblivion'

The film had to be shot in Chernobyl. That was the sizeable challenge Michale Boganim set herself for her first feature film, the story of a young bride robbed of a husband by the 1986 nuclear disaster.


Keith Olbermann ousted from Current TV talk show

FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2011 file photo, political pundit Keith Olbermann leaves a taping of the Keith Olbermann is looking for a new job after less than a year as a talk show host at Current TV.


Muzaffar Ali

 

Bareeze