Oprah Winfrey has interviewed many spiritual thought leaders in her career, but there is one in particular who had a profound impact on the media mogul long before she ever had any kind of platform or public persona. That man is Wintley Phipps, a gospel singer and pastor that Oprah met back when she was a young reporter. Since the two ...
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Prince William honors his promise to former homeless girl
Prince William stayed true to his promise. The 33-year-old was interviewed by Sophia Kichou, a former homeless young woman, who met the royal a few years ago when she was staying at a hostel run by the charity Centrepoint, which William is a patron of. At the time, Sophia told William about her dream of becoming a journalist, and he ...
Read More »Mike Tyson: ‘I was totally out of my league’
Former heavyweight champion “Iron” Mike Tyson has gone from rags to riches and back again over the course of his career.Appearing Monday on CNBC’s “Power Lunch,” the boxing great revealed that at the height of his career, his net worth was between $400 to $500 million. But after spending his fortunes on everything from 80-carat jewelry to a car collection ...
Read More »Hidden portrait ‘found under Mona Lisa’
An image of a portrait underneath the Mona Lisa has been found beneath the existing painting using reflective light technology, according to a French scientist. Pascal Cotte said he has spent more than 10 years using the technology to analyse the painting. He claims the earlier portrait lies hidden underneath the surface of Leonardo’s most celebrated artwork. A reconstruction shows ...
Read More »Inside Selena Gomez’ love triangle with Justin Bieber and Niall Horan
NIALL Horan and Selena Gomez have been rumoured to have been dating for months now. And it seems things are really hotting up for the couple after they were reportedly spotted kissing and dancing together at an LA hotspot over the weekend. The pair are thought to have enjoyed a string of secret dates over the past few months – ...
Read More »Bobbi Kristina Brown’s BFF Discloses Details About Her Final Hours
Bobbi Kristina Brown’s best friend, Danyela Bradely, is opening up about what it was like just before her death. She testified about Brown’s drug use and the violence that she allegedly suffered at the hands of her boyfriend, Nick Gordon. A deposition taken on Nov. 9 was obtained by Radaronline in a lawsuit filed by Russell J. Eckerman, who was ...
Read More »Actor Morgan Freeman in plane scare
A private plane carrying Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman was forced to make an emergency landing, but the star and his pilot were unhurt. The plane blew a tyre on take-off from Clarksdale, Mississippi, on Saturday. The SJ30 jet made a forced landing in Tunica, about 40 miles (65km) away, where it went off the runway. In a statement, the Shawshank ...
Read More »‘No nostalgia’ for Ford in Star Wars
Star Wars actor Harrison Ford has said he felt no nostalgia when he returned to the role of Han Solo for the first time in more than 30 years. Ford joins other original cast members Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which is released later this month. Ford said the film will show how “the ...
Read More »Justin Bieber unseats himself in UK singles chart
Justin Bieber has scored his third UK number one single with the song Love Yourself. The track, which was streamed 5.97 million times, knocked his previous chart topper, Sorry, to number two. The last living artists to achieve the feat were The Beatles in 1963 with She Loves You and I Want to Hold Your Hand. Former number one Hello ...
Read More »‘Steve Jobs’ Flops at Box Office, and Silicon Valley Cheers
The movie “Steve Jobs” had all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster. It had a starry cast (Kate Winslet, Jeff Daniels, Michael Fassbender). The screenplay was by the acclaimed writer Aaron Sorkin (who also wrote “The Social Network”). And it received rave reviews (“‘Steve Jobs’ is a rich and potent document of the times,” wrote my colleague A.O. Scott.) But ...
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