Author: Martin D'Anjou

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Hilary Duff Adds Dolls to Their Collection

The 19-year-old star is not settling with just doing clothing for children.  She is adding a clothing line for dolls.

The star of  A Cinderella Story, Material Girls and Cheaper by the Dozen explained her decision to MTV, "When I was younger, I was so inspired by Barbie," the singer said. "She has been a role model for my friends and me. I love her style and her spirit!"

On Thursday, at Fashion Week, in Los Angeles, Duff presented her new collection for dolls.  There were be 11 outfits available to start with.

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Potins

Claudia Schiffer Finds Models Too Thin

The 36-year-old woman is one the most famous models, and gave her opinions of these younger models to a German magazine Bunte.

Schiffer, who has always had a weak spot for chocolate expressed, "Fashion looks good on thin models, but when you look at today’s models you can not help but think there is something wrong. They are way too thin. It is only bones that stick out. Models have always been thin. But today, they are even thinner, which is unbelievable. When media started writing that I looked too thin and ill, I went to the doctor. He said I was healthy."

The world of fashion is more and more in a phenomenon where "thin is in".  A few weeks ago in Madrid, the directors of Fashion Week refused to allow 18 models to wear the collections because they were viewed as too thin.

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Musique

A New Collection for ABBA

ABBA is following the lead of the Beatles, Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley, with a compilation of their Number Ones, to be released on November 21.

This will be available on CD or DVD, and will have some television versions of videos that were recorded primarily in Europe.

Here is a list of the songs on the Number Ones CD:

"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
"Summer Night City"
"Dancing Queen"
"Waterloo"
"Money, Money, Money"
"Mamma Mia"
"The Winner Takes It All"
"I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"
"Take a Chance on Me"
"S.O.S."
"Chiquitita"
"Fernando"
"Super Trouper"
"Knowing Me, Knowing You"
"The Name of the Game"
"Voulez-Vous"
"I Have a Dream"
"One of Us"

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Musique

Shakira Disappointed at the MTV Latin Awards

The 29-year-old singer won the Best Song award for her song Hips Don’t Lie.

While the beautiful singer pouted for the other losses, the Mexican group Panda got three awards, Best Group, Best Alternative Artist, and Discovery of the Year.

The award for Artist of the Year was given to the Puerto Rican Daddy Yankee.

Robbie Williams got people’s attention when he pulled his pants down after receiving the award for Best International Artist.

The MTV Latin American Music Awards was brought back to Mexico on Thursday.  Last year, the event needed to be relocated to Miami due to the threat of Hurricane Wilma hitting the capital of Mexico. 

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Musique

Peter Gabriel Says No to Genesis Tour

Gabriel was the first singer of this English rock group.  He confirmed that he will not join his former members of the group for the future tour, which will be announced in a couple of weeks.

Gabriel, 56, was a member of Genesis until 1975, at which point he started his solo career.

The singer stated,"There were conversations and I decided not to be a part of it.  I’m very happy for them. It’s not that I’ve ruled it out, but I’ve got some new material that I’ll be working on."

Genesis sold 130 million albums over the course of their career, and are on the verge of announcing a world tour.  There is also some talk about them producing some new singles.  The singer that replaced Gabriel was the drummer, Phil Collins, who will be part of this tour.

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Potins

Paul McCartney Explains

McCartney, 64, replied to the allegations made by Heather Mills, through his lawyer and a public statement.

"Since the breakdown of his marriage Sir Paul McCartney has maintained his silence in not commenting on the media stories believing that it was best for all concerned, particularly his children, for there to be some dignity in what is a private matter. Our client would very much like to respond in public and in detail to the allegations made recently against him by his wife and published in the press but he recognises, on advice, that the only correct forum for his response to the allegations made against him is in the current divorce proceedings. Our client will be defending these allegations vigorously and appropriately."

The statement continued, "Our client is saddened by the breakdown of his marriage and requests that his family is allowed to conduct their personal affairs out of the media spotlight for the sake of everybody involved."

Earlier this week Heather Mills accused the former Beatle star of domestic violence.  The 38-year-old accused her husband whom she was married to for the last four years of hitting her, and being a heavy alcohol and drug user.

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Musique

Sarah McLachlan Already Thinking of Her Next Album

The singer has a new CD for Christmas, and told Billboard that she has one song written for her next album.

MacLachlan won a Grammy for her former album, Afterglow, that was out in 2003.  She explained, "I’ve got one song written," and since the spring I’ve been focusing on this Christmas record. I’m gonna be promoting it up until the first week of December, and then come the new year I’ll definitely start focusing on a new record."

The singer is a mother of a four-year-old girl, and explained that she took her time before coming back into the spotlight. "I don’t want to miss any of it, and I’m selfish that way. Sure, maybe the career will suffer a little bit, but I’m doing just fine. I’m really happy, and I’m ridiculously ecstatic because of how far I’ve gotten in my career. I never imagined I would get this far, so I’m really just enjoying life and taking my time."

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Potins

Yoko Ono Suing Two Companies

The widow of the former Beatle is claiming $10 million dollars from EMI and Capitol Records for neglecting to pay author’s rights.

The companies claim it is "sometimes differences of opinion", in terms of who should be paid when the singer is deceased.

According to the document submitted to the Superior Court of Manhatten, the labels have, "intentionally and systematically rendering dishonest and grossly deficient accounting statements".

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Musique

Singer of Radiohead May Bring the Tour to a Halt

For this English star, touring involves travelling, which he thinks is detrimental to the environment.

Yorke told the Guardian, "I think it’s a necessary part of what I do, to tour or play live, but I find it unacceptable what the consequences of that are. Some of our best ever shows have been in the US, but there’s 80,000 people there and they’ve all been sitting in traffic jams for five or six hours with their engines running to get there, which is bollocks."

He concluded, "I would consider refusing to tour on environmental grounds, if nothing started happening to change the way the touring operates."

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Cinéma

Jennifer Aniston Becoming a Harvard Professor

According to Hollywood Reporter, this is the true story of psychologist, Ellen Langer.  Langer is well-known for her work on decision-making, behaviour and control issues.

Aniston will have the starring role.  The screenplay will focus on the decision-making process.

The release date has not been confirmed.  Filming will begin next year.