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Forget the grenade whistle, sound the litigation trombone! As Jersey Shore progresses, the gorilla juicehead gang seems to be more about lawsuits than bathing suits. The Situation finally comes to a resolution with his estranged father, but Pauly D has been strapped with a lawsuit to the tune of millions of dollars. It's a total GTL situation: Guidos Turned Litigants. Hey-oh!
It seems Mike Sorrentino's recent Situation with his father has become a lot more civil. You may recall the older Sorrentino was basically exploiting his son and using his son's fame and popularity to gain notoriety and some extra cash with his website TheConfrontationSite.com. So wrong. If I were Mike, I'd be calling my dad the "Bitchuation" but that's just me. Luckily, according to TMZ, the lawsuit Sitch brought against his father with claims of using the star's name, image and likeness without permission is being dismissed
much like a grenade after a late night hot tub session.
Frank Sorrentino was sued by his son after creating a website, now defunct, which bashed the Sitch. Frank believes he was the victim of a con artist, Robert Fletcher, who hoped to capitalize on the Sorrentino's rocky father-son relationship. Frank is apologetic and claims, "I regret getting involved with Robert Fletcher and I am sorry that I participated, to the detriment of my son Michael." It's worth noting that the terms of the settlement required Fletcher to pay Mike $5000 while his father got off
scott free with just an apology. Blood is apparently thicker than water at the Shore.
Meanwhile, DJ "Pauly D" Delvecchio finds himself in $4 million worth of legal woes. The New York Post is reporting that Paul Lis, a DJ out of Connecticut, is suing Pauly D for his part in damaging his business. Years before Pauly D was lugging cases of Aqua Net across the turnpike, Lis had trademarked the name "DJ Paulie." After forty years in the disc jockey industry, Lis claims that the Jersey Shore information with which MTV flooded (and continues to flood) the internet has made it a virtual impossibility (literally…bad pun) for potential advertisers and clients to find his site. Lis' attorney elaborates, "He formally trademarked the name 'DJ Paulie' and then came the 'Jersey Shore' which basically wiped him off the face of the map."
Lis has even sent a cease and desist letter to the network but got no response. During this time, Pauly D has applied with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to secure a copyright for his name, claiming it's a very different business and there is no chance for likelihood of confusion with the original Paulie's registered moniker. Shockingly, Pauly 2.0's multiple applications were denied. As someone schooled in the excitement that is trademark law, I can say the USPTO doesn't often deny applications for no reason.
Lis' suit reaches beyond Pauly D to the deeper pockets of Delveccio's employers, MTV and The Palms Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, claiming that by employing the young high-haired DJ, the entities are further burying the original Paulie's name and livelihood. The allegations in the complaint assert that "[t]he reality television show [follows] a group of young adults pursuing a debauched lifestyle suggestive of loose morals, violence, intoxication and liberal profanity — the exact opposite of the reputation the Plaintiff, 'DJ Paulie' that[sic] he had spent decades cultivating."
While I'm thrilled to report that the Situation and his father have buried the hatchet, I have just one word of advice for Pauly D. Give up your dream of being the next big DJ. Forget DTF (Dudes Trademarking Falsities) and RUN, don't walk, to the USPTO to copyright "Cabs ah he-ah" and "T-shirt time." Just putting those phrases on t-shirts, license plates and Mardi Gras trumpets will keep you comfortable, coiffed and hot-tubbed for the rest of your life.


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First Look: Belkin TuneStudio 4-Channel Mixer for iPod
Company: Belkin
Website: www.Belkin.com
Model: TuneStudio
Price: $400
Compatible: iPod 5G, iPod classic, iPod nano*
Originally announced in early 2007 for a projected price of $250, Belkin's high-quality iPod recording accessory TuneStudio ($400) may have jumped in MSRP, but it can now be had for $200 online. Wrapped in an unusually cool industrial design, TuneStudio offers a wall-powered but otherwise portable four-channel mixing board that has the ability to record directly to certain iPods, as well as use them for playback purposes during recording with other devices. The plastic and metal unit's surface actually features 29 different dials, which enable you to independently adjust gain for two XLR microphones, independently set levels, panning, and low/mid/high settings for the four channels, adjust headphone, monitor, and master volume levels, and change mixing, iPod input, USB input, and compressor levels as well. Buttons activate phantom power modes for the microphones, reduction for the compressor, and power for the unit. Balanced or unbalanced inputs and outputs are supported on the unit's top, a lock-ready metal ring is found on the left side, and a carrying handle hole is on the right; full-sized headphones can be connected to the unit's bottom port, which Belkin lets you resize for 3.5mm plugs with an included adapter. Cakewalk audio editing software is included in the box for Mac and PC users. One wrinkle: TuneStudio includes adapters for the fifth-generation iPod and iPod classic, not the second- or third-generation iPod nanos, though Belkin notes that they work as well.* A recording menu button on the unit only works with discontinued iPods. [Updated based on compatibility information from Belkin.]
Editors' Note: iLounge only reviews products in "final" form, but many companies now change their offerings - sometimes several times - after our reviews have been published. This iLounge article provides more information on this practice, known as revving.

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Michael Vilkhovoy and Rachel LeCover (Varner Research Group) receive respective awards
Michael Vilkhovoy will be joining the drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics department at Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Boston, Massachusetts) for a summer internship to develop pharmacologically relevant disease models to help with efficacy assessment and predictions of target compounds.
Michael Vilkhovoy was awarded top poster at the IET SynbiCITE Engineering Biology conference in in December 2015 (London, UK). Michael presented his work on first-principles sequence specific modeling of in-vitro transcription and translation systems for next generation manufacturing of glycoproteins.
Rachel LeCover won a highly competitive parallel computing research internship at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
The Parallel Computing Summer Research Internship is an intense 10 week program aimed at providing students with a solid foundation in modern high performance computing (HPC) topics integrated with research on real problems encountered in large-scale scientific codes. This is a a highly selective program, with only one in ten applicants accepted. During the program, students receive training on modern topics in high performance computing and software development while working on cutting edge HPC hardware.


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Once a person is infected with the measles virus, it can incubate for nine to fourteen days before signs of illness develop. A child with the measles is considered contagious for at least seven days after the beginning of the illness. Usually, the disease is self-limiting and runs its course within ten days. The fever falls, making the sufferer feel more comfortable in general, and the rash fades to a brownish color that gradually disappears as the outer layer of skin is shed. Once this happens, the child is no longer contagious.
The seriousness of measles lies in the potential for complications following the illness itself. Ear infections are one common complication. Pneumonia and encephalitis (an inflammation of the lining of the brain) are also possible, and more serious, complications. If your child's fever climbs to a very high level, if she has a seizure, or if you notice any changes in her level of consciousness or mental function, seek medical advice immediately. These may be symptoms of encephalitis, which can be fatal.
The first signs that a child is coming down with the measles usually include some combination of the following:
Conventional Treatment
Treatment for measles is primarily aimed at alleviating symptoms while the virus runs its course. A child with the measles may run a fever as high as 104°F (in some cases higher), so fever control is a principal concern. You can give your child acetaminophen (in the form of Tylenol, Tempra, and other medications) or ibuprofen (Advil, Nuprin, and others) to bring down fever and ease overall achiness and malaise.
Note: In excessive amounts, acetaminophen can cause liver damage. Be careful not to exceed the proper dosage for your child's age and size. ibuprofen is best given with food to prevent possible stomach upset.
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FAO and Brazilian development bank set first steps for agreement on forest monitoring in the Congo Basin
FAO and Brazilian development bank set first steps for agreement on forest monitoring in the Congo Basin
11 countries from COMIFAC will benefit from the FAO-led South-South Cooperation project
Rome, 23 June 2014 - The plan for an agreement to implement a FAO project on forest monitoring system in the ten countries from the Congo Basin officially kicked off this Monday.
According to this agreement, the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES) would grant FAO the amount of US$ 36,67 million from the Amazon Fund, which is administered by the Brazilian institution.
With this financial support, FAO will facilitate the implementation of a South-South Cooperation project together with the countries of the Central African Forestry Commission (COMIFAC). Here they are: Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Sao Tome and Principe.
During the ceremony which celebrated the conclusion of this initial stage, the Executive Director of BNDES, Guilherme Lacerda, delivered a letter to the Director-General of FAO, José Graziano da Silva, on which the bank is ready to examine the feasibility of the project and the transfer request.
"While this cooperation project is still pending to be finished and approved, today's step confirms that we are on the right track towards a stronger cooperation between our institutions", said Graziano da Silva. "We trust the path is now ready for all of us to engage, so as this exemplary South-South initiative may be launched in the nearest possible future" he added.
FAO Director-General also highlighted that this would be the first agreement to be signed with a development bank of a country from South. "This is a process of mutual learning," said Graziano da Silva, reiterating that a technical mission of FAO should go to Rio de Janeiro, where bank' headquarters is located, to conclude negotiations. "We will have 60 days to do it, and we will do it" he concluded.
The Executive Director of BNDES, Guilherme Lacerda, explained which is the stage reached. "This letter formalizes an advanced stage of negotiation on which we expect to be completed quickly," said the Brazilian representative.
The event was also attended by the Minister of Agriculture and Environment of Chad and Acting President of COMIFAC, Mrs. Rosine Amane Baîwong Djebergui, and representatives from African countries.
The representative of Cameroon praised the initiative. He added that his country, on June 12th, formalized its adhesion to the project before the Embassy of Brazil in Yaoundé. "We are delighted and optimistic that this agreement will thrive."
The Amazon Fund, administered by BNDES and financially supported by the Governments of Norway and Germany and by Brazilian oil company Petrobras, intends to support forests monitoring in order to reduce deforestation and forest degradation in tropical biomes. So far, the Fund has raised around US$ 1 billion.


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Phil Spencer has suggested people who want to continue to enjoy their Xbox Live Arcade games should just keep their Xbox 360. Didn't Microsoft say the Xbox One was ALL-in-one?
Forget Xbox one, I sugest buying a PS4 and throwing 360 in bin.
I think people are just freaking out over change. Change happens and it's scary. Idk... I'm just not going to buy any consoles, I like my PC.
So the Microsoft All-In-One Entertainment device, called the Xbox One, is now an All-In-One box plus another Xbox 360 box, plus a cable box, plus an external hard drive box....so its the Xbox One+ Box?
the funny thing about Xbone is that you still need your cable box for TV channels to work!.
Can someone tell me what the effin point of having Xbone?
-Games (Multiplat)= Superior on PS4
Games (Exclusives)= PS4 will easily have the upper hand (many Sony 1st party + Superior hardware)
TV= you still need you cable box, So?
Online= you can play online EVERYWHERE and for FREE.
I can see only one reason to have it:
If you want to strip yourself of any privacy (Kinect 24/7) and strip yourself from ownership (24h content check+DRM)
Then Xbone is the right console for you.


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J.P. Morgan, Wells Fargo Struggle
Slump in Home Lending Crimps Revenue as Profits Rise on Cost Cuts; Ominous Sign for Rival Banks
A mortgage-refinancing boom that helped fuel a surge in bank profits is fizzling, a sign of worsening health for the financial sector and the U.S. economy.
Two of the nation's largest banks released first-quarter results on Friday that showed significant slowdowns in their home-loan machines. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., the largest U.S. bank by assets, said revenue in its most recent quarter fell 4% from the same period a year earlier....


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Rachel Zoe: Bikini in St. Bart's!
Rachel Zoe shows off her super thin thin frame in a teeny black bikini on a beach in St. Bart's on Thursday (January 7).
The 38-year-old celeb stylist has been vacationing since Christmas with her husband/business partner Rodger Berman. Rachel tweeted, "[I'm] laying low in St. Barths. Dinners with friends. Battling bronchitis. Hopefully sun will heal me. :( "
Rachel's protruding rib cage was apparent on the red carpet back in December 2008.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Associated Press has named Littice Bacon-Blood as a legislative relief reporter in Louisiana.
The announcement was made on Friday by AP South Region Editor Lisa Marie Pane and Louisiana-Mississippi News Editor Brian Schwaner.
Bacon-Blood will be based in Baton Rouge and will work with Correspondent Melinda Deslatte on coverage of state government during the upcoming session of the Louisiana Legislature.
She has a bachelor's degree from Arkansas State University and is pursuing a master's degree at Kent State University. She is a former reporter and a suburban bureau chief for The Times-Picayune and previously worked as a reporter for the Sun Herald newspaper in Mississippi.


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Series-Skipper: Hello, Saylor!
The Washington Post on its favorite bloviating tycoon.
Kausfiles' advanced Series-Skipper™ technology allows users to avoid actually reading award-winning newspaper series—without fear of missing anything good. (For more on the rationale for Series-Skipper™, click here.) Today's edition summarizes a Washington Post four-parter on the rise and fall of Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy, a Virginia software company. In a now-familiar pattern, MicroStrategy's stock rose dramatically and then fell precipitously in March 2000 after it was forced to restate its earnings to correct for accounting gimmickry.
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Series: "Dot-Com Halo: The Rise and Fall of Michael Saylor," by Mark Leibovich, Washington Post, four parts, January 6, 7, 8 and 9.
Oh-what-a-big-deal-this-is hype paragraph: "What emerges is a vivid dispatch from one of the most perplexing and tumultuous periods in economic history. It also provides one of the great, and largely unseen, corporate dramas in the evolution of the Washington area as a major technology center. At the story's hyperkinetic center is Michael Saylor, who became the exemplar of two eras, boom and bust, in their greatest extremes. "
Bonus significance-lending theme: MicroStrategy's fall didn't just symbolize the end of the New Economy boom, it actually provoked it. Columnist James Cramer says, "This one popped the bubble."
Essential problem: Saylor is such a voluble megalomaniac, and his career arc has been so ballistic, that his story has been told many times before—in Newsweek, in Time, in Forbes, in Slate, and in The New Yorker.
What the series makes you want to do: Read Larissa MacFarquhar's April 3, 2000, New Yorker profile. MacFarquhar caught Saylor before his fall, at the height of his serotonin-poisoned grandiosity. The best Saylorisms quoted by Leibovich are from MacFarquhar's piece. They include:
"I think my software is going to become so ubiquitous, so essential, that if it stops working, there will be riots. … I mean that people will die this year because they didn't buy my software."
What MacFarquhar captured better than Leibovich: Saylor's essential business concept. MicroStrategy's main product is "data-mining" software, which lets corporations glean useful nuggets of information from their files (e.g., that customers in Miami like fish filet sandwiches). But Saylor's big idea involved wireless transmission of information. MacFarquhar wrote:
Saylor envisions a world in which everyone will have a tiny device implanted in his ear that will whisper advice to him as he needs it. If a crime is taking place near him (the device will know where he is), the voice in his ear will warn him. If he is on the way to the hospital, the voice will inform him of the success rate of each of its doctors.
This was not a dot-com vision—you would not get this sort of instant information off a conventional Internet site. Indeed, MacFarquhar notes that Saylor was positioning his firm in opposition to the Internet, even as he was trading on dot-com mania—a nuance Leibovich misses. (But, hey, he only had four parts!) Slate's David Plotz suggests Saylor's wireless idea wasn't all that brilliant—"nothing you haven't read in Wired a dozen times." But MacFarquhar gives at least a taste of what it is about Saylor's spiel that hooked so many people. In contrast, Leibovich's series is taken up almost entirely with the crude structure of Saylor's rise and fall—the run-up, the accounting crisis, the SEC case, the aftermath. It's like a building that's all girders and no rooms with life in them.
What Leibovich captures better than MacFarquhar, #1: The accounting problems at MicroStrategy were more than simply a high-flying firm's failure to follow conservative accounting principles; they were a form of deception designed to fool investors into thinking the firm's earnings were on a seamless upward track. For example, a two-way deal with NCR that some analysts saw as a "virtual revenue wash" was recorded as providing $17.5 million in immediate revenue. Saylor and two other executives, the Securities and Exchange Commission found, held unsigned contracts until after the end of a quarter, and then decided in which quarter to put the revenue "to achieve the desired quarterly financial results." The SEC also said they "booked revenue from deals before the contracts were signed," Leibovich reports. (Saylor settled the SEC's charges without admitting or denying wrongdoing. He paid a large fine and was forced to "disgorge" $8 million in gains from stock sales.)
What Leibovich captures better than MacFarquhar, #2: Everything Saylor did (and what he still does) is suspect as PR designed to boost his stock price. When Wall Street wanted a high-tech vision, he gave them vision. He "revised [MicroStrategy's] business model to suit the online mania of the late 1990s." Now that vision is suspect, he tells Leibovich, "I sell carburetors." It all looks like a stock-boosting game driven by publicity. At one point, Saylor lectures, in what could be his real motto: "The stock is down today. And the reason the stock is down today is because we haven't gotten that press release out."
In 1998, Saylor hired a personal publicist, Mark Bisnow, who "ran Saylor's public life as a permanent branding campaign." Some Microstrategy executives criticized Bisnow as a " 'crack dealer', feeding Saylor's addiction to attention." But it's clear, by the end of the Post series, that Saylor's publicity-seeking—his parties, the mentions of his planned Versailles-like mansion, his inclusion on most-eligible-bachelor lists—was not a distraction from his business plan but an essential part of that plan, another way he sold his firm's stock to gullible investors. "When you're seeking to build a business and no one knows who you are," he says, "the key is to be interesting."
Resonant Enron parallel: Saylor thinks his accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCooopers, won't make him revise his numbers because, having approved them in the past, the auditors would look bad if they made a public stink now. (Eventually, under pressure from a critical Forbes article, the auditors do force the devastating "restatement.")
Novelistic details: 1) Saylor recalls his heyday as D.C. cynosure with the phrase, "I was household." 2) When MicroStrategy goes public, it is listed on the Nasdaq ticker right after Microsoft. " 'Warning,' a message flashed over the trading floor. 'Do not confuse MSTR with MSFT." 3) Saylor is "flattered that a U.S. senator," John Kerry, invites him over for dinner in Georgetown. "After dinner, Saylor was asked by a Kerry aide to hold a fundraiser. …" 4) At his peak, Saylor ignores old mentors and confides that "AOL co-founder Steve Case was the only person in the Washington tech community whom he considered a peer." 5) The day his stock crashes, Saylor gets a message on his own doomed robotic wireless service: "Hello, Michael. Your portfolio is down $6.1 billion." 6) At his recent birthday party, Saylor wore "black leather pants and a new red sweater that Brian, his butler, bought specially for the occasion." 7) The closing anecdote: Saylor says he's no longer trying to get publicity, and then keeps his 2:45 business appointment waiting while he spends an extra 35 minutes spinning Leibovich.
New, post-traumatic Saylorisms: " I know the gods have this wicked sense of humor because … they put me in a position where I was simultaneously the most successful person of my generation and in hell." … "I don't think that the trauma or stress I felt is any worse than the stress that a father feels when his son has leukemia." … "I'm still a visionary."
He also says he's become more "epicurean."
Self-pitying whistle-blower-blaming moment: Saylor wonders, in Leibovich's words, "[w]hat would have happened … if John Dirks, the PricewaterhouseCoopers official" who forced the restatement, "had taken a vacation instead."
Most specious excuse: "As a society, we needed to build Mike up," says a former Saylor colleague, quoted approvingly by Leibovich. The man had his own publicist! It's pretty obvious that Mike needed to build Mike up.
What the series fails to provide good examples of: 1) Saylor's "honest ebullience … that was at once crass and refreshing." You'll have to trust Leibovich on that one. 2) How "[i]n computing history … the dominant companies have been ones that could shroud the unsexy functionality of their products in the sleek possibility of What Could Come Next." I don't remember IBM doing that. Do you? 3) Many employees left MicroStrategy "feeling worn down by Saylor, tired of his abuse." How, exactly, did he abuse? MacFarquhar had some tense meeting scenes .
The Post saves Saylor's ass: Saylor, in explaining his fall, "spins metaphors of extreme violence—rape metaphors, a knifing metaphor." But Leibovich doesn't reveal what they are.
Structural advance: There's no "log cabin" paragraph with all the tedious boilerplate details (e.g., "Michael Saylor was born in …"). Instead, they're painlessly fed to the reader when relevant. Much better!
Buried story tip: Leibovich reports:
In preparing for MicroStrategy's IPO that year, Saylor offered to sell "friends and family" stock—coveted shares that are usually reserved for company insiders—to a special class of people he dubbed "influencers." These were the top executives at about 200 nationally known firms, carefully selected by Bisnow. About 5 percent of these "influencers" accepted the shares, according to a source familiar with their apportionment.
Is this sort of ingenious bribery entirely legal? If so, why didn't Enron think of it? Or did they?
Missing perspective: How many (if any) great, successful firms start out by conning Wall Street with inflated earnings charts and then, before they're unmasked, use the money they've raised to generate real earnings? If this is a common trajectory, then maybe Saylor's actions are defensible.
The series' most embarrassing failure: To examine the Washington Post's own role as Saylor's hometown booster. Only in ombudsman Michael Getler's harsh critique of the series, for example, do readers learn that The Washington Post Company's vice president for technology (portrayed favorably by Leibovich) not only served as a MicroStrategy director on the audit committee, but, along with his sons, grossed $866,460 in a "wave of insider selling that had started in October 1999," a few months before the disastrous "restatement." (Back in 2000, this Post-MicroStrategy connection was revealed, not in the Post, but in a brutally on-target column by David Carr in Washington City Paper.) What was the extent of MicroStrategy euphoria at the Post? How did it affect coverage? How many reporters bought stock? Here Leibovich was in a unique position to add something to the oft-told Saylor story, and he punted. Where's David Shaw when you need him?
The series' most fundamental failure: How big a phony is Saylor? Is he one of those effective con men who believes his own con, or something worse? Not only do I not know what to think, I don't know what Leibovich thinks—and I've read all 14,500 words. Don't make kausfiles' mistake!
Estimated time saved by reading Series-Skipper™ instead of the actual series: 1.2 hours.
Fifth in a series.
Previous applications of Series-Skipper™:
"There's a Scanadal in Here Somewhere!" July 18, 2001.
"They Don't Pay kausfiles Enough to Read This Series!" April 16, 2001.
"Shaw Must Go On!" Feb. 20, 2001.
"The Post's Deadly Deadlock," Feb. 14, 2001.


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As I'm editing the text of this book, I have come across a sentence which I would like to get some input on. The original says:
"The judge, by the way, was the King; and, as he wore his crown over the wig, he did not look at all comfortable, and it was certainly not becoming."
This was rendered into Latin as follows:
"Iudex vero erat Rex; cumque coronam super capillamento gereret, aliquantum incommodi perpeti visus est, eaque satis inepta specie erat."
But that ending phrase seems very contrieved to me; it must be an ablativus qualitatis: "... and this rather silly appearance he had." Instead, I'm inclined to believe that specie is a typo for species; the meaning would then be "... and this was a rather silly sight" with "ea" agreeing with "species" by attraction.
Would you agree, or is the original wording defensible? I'm afraid of missing something obvious here.


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Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage channeled his inner rocker with a surprising bold look at LAX. For more photos of Cage, visit x17online.com.
Former Disney child star Bella Thorne flashed her flat abs in a cropped Juicy sweatshirt as she and her boyfriend, rapper Mod Sun, returned to Los Angeles. For more photos of Thorne, visit x17online.com.
Britney Spears was spotted attending the Hollywood Beauty Awards at Avalon Hollywood.
Dog the Bounty Hunter has never had the most typical sense of style. We can't quite tell if the 63-year-old needs a cane to help him walk or if he is trying to start a new trend.
Kim Kardashian arrived in Paris wearing a super low cut dress. For more Kim pics go to X17Online.com.
Taylor Swift debuted a much blonder-hairdo at Coachella. The singer went platinum to cheer on her boyfriend Calvin Harris. Click here for more pictures of the singer on Hollywoodlife.com.
Professional skier Lindsey Vonn was a vision in white at the alice + olivia by Stacey Bendet Los Angeles Runway Show. Vonn looked sexy in her white lace dress with a plunging neckline and cut outs. Click here for more must-see star sightings.
Jennifer Lawrence strutted her stuff at the Sont Pictures Entertainment presentation at CinemaCon 2016 in Las Vegas. The actress went sans bra at the event causing quite a stir. Lawrence was promoting her new film "Passengers."
The country singer and her football-playing hubby got cozy on the set of Decker's upcoming music video for "Lights Down Low." Nearly 3 years into their marriage and it looks like the Deckers know how to keep the flame lit. Click here for more pictures of the stars on Hollywoodlife.com.
Burt Reynolds reunited with his high school girlfriend Lawlor Scurry when she showed up at his book signing in Florida. Reynolds revealed that Scurry was his first kiss! Click here for the best TV show and Movie cast reunions.
Chris Stapleton, along with Ram Trucks and ACM Lifting Lives, surprised students at his former high school late last week with the gift of some much-needed new band instruments. He also put on a free concert for the kids.
Work hard, play hard. Sports Illustrated cover model Nina Agdal celebrated her birthday with a tough workout. The model attended Barry's Bootcamp in Miami Beach to ring in her 24 birthday.
French-American model Camille Rowe, 26, is Playboy's latest non-nude Playmate of the Month. Miss April 2016 was no stranger to the magazine. "I've collected Playboy magazines from the 1960s and 1970s since I was a teenager. The entire aesthetic and the girls themselves are so classically beautiful, which is what we tried to imitate with my pictorial."
Talk show host Adrienne Bailon spent time in Tulum, Mexico, soaking up the sun and showing off her beach bod at the Dreams Tulum Resort & Spa. Click here for more pics from X17 Online
One event, two lovely ladies in red. Model Irina Shayk (left) and actress Eva Longoria showed up in red dresses for a L'Oreal Paris event during Paris Fashion Week. While Shayk's shorter number showed a lot more skin, Longoria's skin-tight dress was equally sexy. Click here for more pictures at X17online.com.
Ariel Winter showed off her curves in a black jumpsuit as she attended The Dream Builders Project 3rd Annual 'A Brighter Future For Children' Charity Gala in California. Click here to see what else the stars are up to on ETonline.com.
Margot Robbie took the plunge at the premiere of her newest movie "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot." The actress donned a sexy black romper with a low-cut neckline.
Taylor Swift showed a lot of skin at the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscars Party. The singer chose a sexy black gown with a plunging neckline and a slit that went all the way up her leg.
Jennifer Lopez's bedazzled red ensemble turned heads at the party for the finalists of "American Idol XV" in West Hollywood. The sheer jumpsuit hugged the singer's curves in all the right places and looked like it was made for her.
It looks like Katherine Heigl gave herself a makeunder. The typically stylish star was spotted on a flight into LA looking drab. Her curly new hairdo and nerdy glasses need to go. Click here for more pictures of the star on X17online.com.
These ladies strut their stuff at the 2016 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue launch party at Brookfield Place in New York. From left to right: Nina Agdal, Samantha Hoopes, Ashley Graham, Hannah Ferguson and Hannah Davis.
Don't underestimate Juno Temple. The up-and-coming actress has three movies at Sundance but is sick of people judging her based on the roles she plays. "Like, 'Oh, my God, Juno has three movies at Sundance, and she's got her t--s out in two of them!' Who gives a flying f--k, dude?" Temple told GQ. Click here for more photos of her shoot with the magazine.
Kaley Cuoco is proof that hard work pays off! The recently single star showed off her rock-hard abs after going to a yoga class. Click here for more pics of Cuoco on X17online.com.
Alessandra Ambrosio turned heads at the 13th annual "Leather & Laces" mega party at Super Bowl 50 in San Francisco, California. The super model donned a black bandeau top and mini black skirt that was held together by a mesh metal piece. Click here for more must-see star sightings.
Penelope Cruz did her best blue steel pose during the premiere "Zoolander 2" in Madrid, Spain. The Spanish actress stunned in a strapless gold and white dress.
"Harry Potter" siblings reunite! Rupert Grint (left) and Bonnie Wright, who played Ron and Ginny Weasley in the "Harry Potter" series shared a picture of their reunion on Instagram. Click here for more TV show and movie reunions.
Heidi Klum put her best leg forward at the Australian premiere of "Zoolander 2." The model showed off her legs in a black dress that had a plunging neckline and slits. Click here for more pictures of the star on X17online.com.
Singer Rita Ora arrived for Atelier Versaces Spring-Summer 2016 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris in an orange number that barely counts as a dress. The singer definitely pushed the limits in the cut-out outfit.
Too much PDA! Jason Aldean and his wife Brittany Kerr looked very much in love in a new Instagram post. The country couple married in 2015 and it looks like they are still in the honeymoon phase. 7 Celebrity Couples Who Go Too Far With Their PDA.
"Big Bang Theory" and "Friends" fans prepare to freak out. Kaley Cuoco shared a picture of many of the sitcom stars in one place. "FRIENDS #MEETS BBT," she wrote on Instagram. The reunion took place at NBC's "Must See TV: A Tribute to James Burrows" special.
That's one smart couple. Jennifer Lopez's boyfriend, Casper Smart, supported his love at the opening night of her Las Vegas residency. While Smart looked dapper in his suit, JLo stole the show in a sexy white dress.
Emily Ratajkowski flexed her arm muscles at SVEDKA Vodka's Broken Resolutions Bash at Hyde Sunset in Los Angeles, California. The model turned actress wore a skin-tight dress with a plunging neckline that showed off more than her muscles.
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Abbey Lee, Zoe Kravitz, Courtney Eaton and Riley Keough from "Mad Max: Fury Road" at the 21st Annual Critics' Choice Awards on January 17, 2016.
Even though the "Big Bang Theory" costars and former lovers have stated multiple times that they are not dating, the pair got super close at the People's Choice Awards on Wednesday night. Click here for more pictures of Cuoco on Hollywoodlife.com.
The "Teen Wolf" walked the red carpet at the People's Choice Awards in Los Angeles in an electric blue jumper with a serious cutout. She told FOX411, "It's insane (to be nominated)! First of all I never knew I would be an actress and now I'm at the People's Choice Awards with a movie, 'Unfriended' that is nominated and 'Teen Wolf'—it's even more exciting that the fans are the ones that got us here."
Alyssa Milano showed off her new shorter hairdo and fresh makeup on Instagram. The star donned a Ralph Lauren sweater and a black skirt with red flowers from Bambah Boutique. Click here to see what other stars are up to on Instagram.
"The Walking Dead's" Lauren Cohan showed off her killer figure in Shape magazine. The star explained, "I was very skinny as a kid...I never worried about how I looked. In my teens, though, I started to be more aware of my body, and I didn't like being skinny. People made fun of me for it. So when I got to college, I ate a lot of junk and gained weight. I loved it because I didn't stand out as a bony girl anymore! Eating became a way of not getting attention for looking too skinny, but it was also self-sabotage. In the last few years, I've gotten back on track with exercising for fun and eating right, and now I'm in a happy place with myself."
Hannah Davis showed off a lot more than her engagement ring from Derek Jeter. The newly-engaged model put her toned tummy on display in a new photoshoot with GQ magazine. Click here for more pictures of Davis' photoshoot with GQ.
Wowza! Kaley Cuoco showed off her rock-hard abs in a photo on Instagram. The star also teased that she'll be appearing on the hit show "Lip Sync Battle." Click here for Hollywood's hottest bikini bods.
The "Duck Dynasty" star looked radiant in red as she celebrated the 54th Armed Forces Gala & Gold Medal dinner in New York City. "Thank you to all the men & women who serve," Robertson shared on Instagram. Click here for more pictures of the reality star on Hollywoodlife.com.
Francesca, the daughter of Clint Eastwood, looked like she had a little too much fun after a night of partying at The Nice Guy in West Hollywood. Click here for more pictures of the reality star on X17online.com.
Selena Gomez rocked out in a sexy black leotard and corset-inspired top during WiLD 94.9's FM's Jingle Ball 2015 presented by Capital One at ORACLE Arena in Oakland, California.
Blake Shelton looked like a proud coach with his arms wrapped around two of his most sucessful "Voice" contestants Raelynn (left) and winner Cassadee Pope. The "Voice" girls reunited to honor their former coach at CMT Artist of the Year in Nashville. More: Gwen Stefani Noticeably Absent At Blake Shelton's Artist Of The Year Honor: Why?
Sadie Robertson showed off her first tattoo in a new selfie with her grandmother on Instagram. The "Duck Dynasty" star had the word "fearless" inked on her arm to remind herself that she is "fearless in The Name Of Jesus." She added that the tattoo was "daddy approved." Click here for more photos of the reality star on Hollywoodlife.com.
Gillian Anderson looked red hot in a sophisticated knee-length dress that she paired with strappy gold sandals at the Evening Standard theatre awards in London. The actress will reprise her "X-Files" role; click here to watch the new trailer.
Kaley Cuoco didn't dress for the paparazzi. The "Big Bang Theory" star wore an interesting outfit to the gym that included a blue beanie and a ill-fitting purple shorts. Click here for more pictures of Cuoco on X17online.com.
"America's Next Top Model" season 7 contestant Eugena Washington looked glamorous in her Playboy magazine shoot. The model posed for a 10-page pictorial inside the magazine as its December Playmate of the Month. Click here to see more of Washington's Playboy photoshoot.
Shannen Doherty made her first red carpet appearance since revealing she had been diagnosed with breast cancer in August. The former "Charmed" star donned a loose-fitting belted black gown as she attended the 4th Annual Baby2Baby Gala held at 3Labs in Culver City, Calif.
Kylie Jenner turned heads in a low-cut black jumpsuit. The reality star wore the sexy outfit on date night with her beau Tyga. Click here for more pictures of Jenner on X17online.com.
Lindsey Vonn shared a picture of herself from a hospital room this weekend. The Olympic skier is no stranger to injuries, but this time her injury wasn't caused on the slopes. "So the story is that my dogs got rowdy fighting over a dang Frisbee and I tried to break it up but got bit instead. Fun weekend," Vonn tweeted on Saturday. Click here to see the graphic photo of Vonn's injury.
That's a whole lotta leg! Charlotte McKinney chose a sexy black dress with an Angelina Jolie-inspired leg slit for GQ Mexico's Men of the Year awards. Click here for pictures of the model's sexy Halloween costume.
Miranda Lambert donned a sheer lace top over a white bra while she proudly showed off her BMI award. She posed with president and CEO Michael O'Neill (left) and writer Jody Williams in Nashville. Click here for more pictures of the country star on Hollywoodlife.com.
Jessica Simpson and her husband Eric Johnson dressed up as Christie Brinkley and Clark Griswold from the "National Lampoon Vacation" films. Talk about a beauty and a beast! Click here to see the best celebrity Halloween costumes of 2015.
Is that even a dress? The Australian model walked the red carpet at the ELLE Style Awards in an outfit that was a wardrobe malfunction waiting to happen. What was Nicole Trunfio thinking? Click here to see what the star's are wearing now on Hollywoodlife.com.
James Franco clearly has a lot of love for his X costar Emma Watson. The actor shared a picture of himself with a tattoo of Watson's face on his neck. But the tat is likely a fake as Franco tagged the artist who gave him the tattoo as Cheyenne Randall who reposted the pic on her account saying, "#shoppedtattoos." She is known for her faux tattoo art. Click here for more pics of Watson on Hollywoodlife.com.
Playboy got political this year with some ideas for Halloween costumes. Like Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders? The magazine sexed up the presidential candidates for a 2015 Halloween costume. Click here to see more photos.
Hailey Baldwin walked the red carpet at the 2015 MTV European Music Awards in Milan, Italy in a barely-there dress. The model showed off her long longs and curves in the strappy mini.
Beyonce stole the show again. The singer arrived in a sexy purple dress at the Tidal X: 1020 Amplified by HTC concert at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Talk about one hot mama!
Eddie Murphy proudly showed off his girlfriend of three years, Paige Butcher, as they arrived for the Mark Twain prize for Humor honoring Murphy at the Kennedy Center in Washington. PHOTOS: Paige Butler playful at the beach in red bikini
New mom for the second time Jessie James Decker shared a photo of her c-section scar on Instagram in an attempt to keep it real with her fans. She wrote, "I appreciate all of the sweet comments about how tiny I look after baby! But I don't want to mislead any mommy's who just had babies and are stressing! I gained 55 pounds with my daughter and only 27 this time...I am still 15 pounds away from what I was originally before I got pregnant with Vivianne. I take occasional walks but haven't done anything yet to try and lose weight and am in no rush...My tummy is still swollen and you can see my c-section scar and pooch!" Click here to see pictures of Decker's new baby on Hollywoodlife.com.
Selena Gomez performs on NBC's "Today" show in a slinky, black pantsuit with strategically placed cutouts. The singer is busy promoting her new album "Revival."
Ronda Rousey showed off her sexier side on "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon." The MMA fighter donned a black dress that revealed a lot of skin for the late night talk show.
Models Gigi, left, and Bella Hadid stepped out in sexy outfits during Paris Fashion Week. The famous siblings are taking the fashion world by storm. Click here to see photos of Gigi with her boyfriend Joe Jonas
Ryan who? Kaley Cuoco made her first public appearance since announcing her split from Ryan Sweeting on Sept. 25. The "Big Bang Theory" star looked stunning in a little black dress as she attended the Longines International Races Gala on Oct. 1 in Los Angeles.
Tara Reid showed off her scarily-thin figure at the beach in Malibu. The actress has long been criticized for her thin frame telling OK Magazine in 2008, "I'm not too thin. I go up 10 pounds, I do down 10 pounds...I can't win!" Click here for more pictures of Reid's bikini body.
It seems David Letterman is really enjoying his retirement. The comedian looked nearly unrecognizable with a beard. Click here for more snaps of Letterman's new look.
Miranda Kerr stepped out with her boyfriend Evan Spiegel and showed off her toned tummy in a revealing crop top. For more celebrity snaps, check out X17.
Victoria Beckham was spotted with an embarrassing wet stain on her pants as she left dinner with her husband David Beckham. The designer was celebrating the one-year anniversary of her London flagship store. She claimed the wet spot was from a spilled drink...click here to see what more she had to say.
Jessica Simpson in Beverly Hills, in a tight brown dress and heels, picks up something from the pharmacy with a friend while her husband Eric Johnson wait in the car. For more hot pics of Jessica go to X17Online.
What's going on here? "Game of Thrones" co-creator David Benioff (top center) flips the bird at a cameraman while his wife, actress Amanda Peet (bottom left), smooches former "GOT" star Pedro Pascal at HBO's Official 2015 Emmy After Party at The Plaza at the Pacific Design Center. Click here for more stylish celebrity couples at the Emmys.
Sandra Lee made her first public appearance after undergoing surgery in August for complications following her double mastectomy in May. The celebrity chef looked vibrant in a pale pink dress at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday.
Salma Hayek knows how to show off her best assets. The actress arrived in a knee-length dress with a low-cut neckline on the red carpet for the film "Septembers of Shiraz" during the 40th Toronto International Film Festival.
Jessica Simpson turned heads in New York City wearing a tight black dress that showed off her cleavage. The top of Simpson's dress appeared to be some sort of corset and the blonde mom finished off the look with a pair of shades. Click here for more must-see star sightings.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson spent his Labor Day weekend saving puppies. The actor shared a photo of himself with his two new dogs on Instagram after he jumped into his pool, clothed, to pull out one of the pups who couldn't swim. Click here for more photos of The Rock.
Former "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Taylor Armstrong stumbled out of a VMAs after-party with her husband John Bluher. She wore a fitted dress with platform heel. Click here for more pictures of the couple on X17online.com.
Who says there are no female superheroes? Amber Rose and Blac Chyna dressed to kill as their new reality show gets underway. Go to X17Online.com for more pics of the daring duo.
Amanda Bynes dressed casually to meet her probation officer at a police station in West Hollywood. The actress has less than a year of her probation sentence of driving with a suspended license. Click here for more pictures of the star on X17Online.com.
Mayim Bialik donned a modest and stylish black dress at the Television Academy's 67th Emmy Performance Peer Group Celebration in Beverly Hills. The actress told FOX411 that she values modest dressing saying, "Being a modest dresser, that for me is a certain amount of my religious faith -- privacy and chastity. Just because I have a body, doesn't mean it means to be on display."
Emma Robertsons showed her softer side in a new campaign for Aerie. The "Scream Queens" actress stripped down to her bra and underwear in one of the sexier photos.
Carmen Electra showed off her glowing tan and bare midriff in a blue ensemble on Saturday. The actress was clearly dressed for the California weather.
Stana Katic proved yet again that she can rock any red carpet. The "Castle" star looked smoking in a white dress with a plunging neckline at the premiere of "Hand of God" held at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles.
Ben Affleck's ex-nanny Christine Ouzounian is all smiles as she leavesa private residence in Los Angeles and hops into her $43,000+ Lexus that the actor reportedly gave her. Click here for more photos of Ouzounian.
Elle Fanning takes on the role of a transgender teen in the upcoming film "About Ray." Fanning stars as Ray, a teenager who is transitioning from female to male. The film also stars Tate Donovan, Susan Sarandon and Naomi Watts. Click here to watch the trailer.
Move over Matt, there's a new McConaughey in town. Matthew McConaughey's older brother Rooster has a new show on CNBC. Think "Shark Tank" but Texas-style. Rooster teamed up with Gil Prather and Butch Gilliam for the new show. Do you see the family resemblance?
Carrie Underwood showed off her post-baby bod in a pair of Daisy Dukes while shooting a music video in the Mojave Desert. The new mom paired the shorts with a simple white tee and over-the-knew brown cowboy boots. She's not the only country singer with a fit figure. Click here for LeAnn Rimes' sexiest bikini looks.
Eva Longoria showed off her killer curves in an electric blue dress at the LA Special Screening of "Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet" held at LACMA's Bing Theatre in Los Angeles.
What's the best way to get over heartbreak? For Miranda Lambert it's Jesus, girlfriends and coffee. The newly single star shared a makeup-free picture with fellow singer RaeLynn saying, "Thank you Jesus for girlfriends and coffee. Oh and concealer! #wewokeuplikethis." Click here for more pictures of the "Automatic" singer.
LeAnn Rimes wants you to know just how much she loves the Baltimore Ravens. It looks like the singer was in such a rush to share the love that she forgot to put pants on before snapping this Instagram picture. She wrote, "One more for #Baltimore@Ravens #LRBaltimore." Click here for more celebrity snaps of the day.
Katy Perry for president? The pop star posed with former presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton and jokingly captioned the pictures, "42, 43, 46?!" Click here to see what else the stars are up to on Instagram.
Nina Dobrev (left) and Kate Hudson looked equally radiant at Leonardo DiCaprio's 2nd Annual Saint-Tropez Gala. The former "Vampire Diaries" star showed off her glowing skin in a white dress with gold accents while Hudson played peekaboo with the cameras in a black dress with cutouts. Click here for more pictures of the star-studded bash.
Charlotte McKinney showed off her tan and long legs in a short white dress during Miami Swim Week at Galore Magazine's launch party. The model posed for a picture at the Miami Beach Edition-hosted event.
Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting shared a picture of herself and her "8 Simple Rules" siblings. The actress and her former cast mates, Amy Davidson and Martin Spanjers reunited to remember the death of their on-screen grandfather, James Garner who died last year. Click here for more TV show cast reunions.
Lindsey Vonn brought her sister Karin Kildow as her date to the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Sports Awards in Westwood, California. The professional skier is newly single following her split from Tiger Woods. Click here for more pictures of the stunning athlete.
Christie Brinkley and her beautiful brood soaked up some sun while on a family vacation. The proud mama showed off her eldest (with Billy Joel), Alexa, 29, and her two kids with ex-husband Peter Cook, Jack, 20, and Sailor, 17. It's hard to believe the model is old enough to have a 29-year-old! Click here for more hot bikini bods in Hollywood.
Michelle Rodriguez stunned in silver at Jean-Paul Gaultier's fall-winter 2015/2016 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, France. The ensemble is a far cry from the actress' typically tomboyish style.
Bella Thorne proudly showed off her new boyfriend Gregg Sulkin at The h.wood Group's "Red, White and Bootsy" Bootsy Bellows pop up at Nobu Malibu. The teen star and her handsome beau spent the holiday weekend together in Florida.
Demi needs a need stylist pronto! The singer chose a strange ensemble for her "Cool For The Summer" single release party in New York City. Nothing about this look worked from her strappy sandals to the high-waisted jean shorts and Lovato's black bra. The typically-stylish singer needs a new look.
There's no "Bad Blood" between Taylor Swift and her ex Joe Jonas. Despite being dumped via phone call, Swift and Jonas (left) seemed to be having a great time in London along with Swift's current beau, Calvin Harris (right), Karlie Kloss (center) and Gigi Hadid (second from left). The singer captioned the pic, "Little known fact: Karlie is secretly an unofficial historian/London tour guide. Kind of." Click here for more pictures of Swift on Hollywoodlife.com.
Sarah Hyland showed off her killer curves and new man at the Much Music Awards. The "Modern Family" actress and her model beau Dominic Sherwood got a little handsy on the red carpet. Hyland and Sherwood both chose black ensembles for the event and Hyland didn't shy away from showing a little (okay, a lot) of skin. Click here for more photos of the actress on Hollywoodlife.com.
Lisa Kudrow joined her "Friend's" co-star Matthew Perry when she showed up to present him with a special award recognizing his efforts to help those struggling with addiction. Perry, who has battled addiction himself, was honored at Phoenix House's Beverly Hills gala.
Selena Gomez channeled her inner Angelina Jolie in a blood-red dress with a slit all the way up her thigh. It's a pretty sexy look for the former Disney star who posed for photographers to promote the film, "Hotel Transylvania 2", at the Summer of Sony 6 Edition photo call in Cancun, Mexico.
We dare Sandra Bullock to look less fabulous. The actress gave photographers a steely look upon arriving at the World premiere of the film "Minions" in London.
Take that Tiger! Woods' ex Lindsey Vonn put her best legs forward at the "Jurassic World" premiere in Hollywood, Calif. The award-winning alpine ski racer showed off her toned figure in a reptilian-inspired dress that was appropriate for the occasion.
Miranda Lambert is proud of being a "tomato." The star donned the red shirt in support of female country singers after radio consultant Keith Hill said they don't belong on country radio. He said male singers are the "lettuce" in a salad, while female singers are just the "tomatoes." Lambert quickly fought back on Twitter saying, "I am gonna do everything in my power to support and promote female singer/songwriters in country music. Always." Her new shirt is the latest way she's showing her support.
Mayim Bialik wants you to know how much she loves cats and why you should too. "The Big Bang Theory" actress showed her love for the cuddly critters as she posed with two kittens from spcaLA. Bialik said she hopes to shed a positive light on cats which she says some times have a bad rep as pets according to a new study from PetSmart Charities.
Paris Hilton joined her younger sister Nicky for a celebration worthy of the hotel heiress siblings. The girls celebrated Nicky's upcoming wedding at the 1 Hotel Southbeach where Paris donned a pink lace number and cat ears to DJ her sister's party at the W Hotel's Wall. Nicky and her bridesmaids enjoyed Belvedere Vodka cocktails and champagne at the Miami-based bash while Paris spun top EDM hits.
After watching Evan Ross perform at Sayers Club in Los Angeles, Jessica Simpson needed a helping hand from husband Eric Johnson as they made their way to the car. For more pics of Jessica's tipsy night out go to X17Online.com.
Emmanuelle Chriqui looked chic in a long yellow gown as she arrived at the Critics' Choice Television Awards at the Beverly Hilton hotel. The actress is reprising her role as Sloan McQuewick in the "Entourage" film.
Molly Sims left her kids at home for a night out with the ladies. Celebrating her publicist Lauren Kucerak's bachelorette party, Sims enjoyed a private dinner under the stars at 1 Hotel South Beach in Miami.
Hard work pays off. Rumer Willis showed off her post-"Dancing With the Stars" body in an aerie bikini in Los Angeles this weekend. The star spent her Memorial Day showing off her toned physique and tossing around a football with friends.
Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting shocked fans with her pink hair, and the actress took her look to the next level when she debuted wacky pink eyebrows over Memorial Day weekend.
Natalie Portman caused a stir in Cannes. The actress' cheeky dress raised eyebrows when Portman turned around to reveal her black underwear underneath the sheer "Black Swan"-inspired dress.
The Sports Illustrated cover girl is ready for the summer. The new face of OP's summer line, showed off her bikini body in one of the collections' two-pieces. Oddly enough for someone so celebrated for cavorting in a bikini, Davis says that actually she prefers one-piece suits.
Kelly Bensimon stepped out looking exhausted in NYC's Soho neighborhood. The reality star had bags under her eyes with her brunette locks loose and natural. Click here for more pictures of Bensimon on X17online.com.
Cindy Crawford walked the red carpet at the premiere of "Tomorrowland" with her mini-me daughter by her side. Can you believe Kaia is only 13?
Eric Decker plants one on his very pregnant wife Jessie James Decker. The couple, who recently announced they are having a boy, couldn't seem to keep their hands off of each other at the iHeartRadio Country Festival this weekend.
The stars put on their Kentucky Derby best this weekend. Sarah Hyland, of "Modern Family," and Vanessa Milano along with her husband Nick Lachey looked Southern chic in their formal spring attire while signing a three-liter bottle of G.H.MUMM, the official champagne of the Derby, for charity.
Too close for comfort? Kate Hudson and her brother Oliver shared a smooch on the lips after enjoying lunch together. The siblings are close, but the awkward kiss couldn't help but give us the creeps. Click here for more pictures of the smooching siblings on X17online.com.
Salma Hayek looked sultry in silver at the screening of "The Prophet" in Beirut. The actress turned director showed off her curves in the glamorous gown as she celebrated the film that was inspired by the book that helped Hayek to explore her relationship with her late Lebanese grandfather.
Kaley Cuoco changed up her hairdo yet again. "The Big Bang Theory" actress showed off her new hair color on Instagram. "Have wanted to do this for years! Finally went pretty in pink!" she wrote. Click here to see what all the stars are up to on Instagram.
Cindy Crawford donned a sexy black dress for date night with her equally handsome hubby Rande Garber. The two spent their evening dining with Jim Belushi at Craig's Restaurant in West Hollywood. Click here for more pictures of the couple on X17online.com.
Melissa Joan Hart rang in her 39th birthday with her family by her side. The actress, her husband and their three kids enjoyed the Caribbean sun at Generations Riviera Maya by Karisma. The family-orientated former child star couldn't think of a better way to celebrate.
Reunited and it feels so good! Former "Friends" costars Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox goofed around at a screening of the film "Just Before I Go" in Los Angeles. Click here for more pictures of the star on HollywoodLife.com.
Sadie Robertson walked the camouflage carpet at the premiere of the "Duck Commander Musical" in Las Vegas. The "Dancing With the Stars" runner up looked stunning in an elegant teal dress.
Hugh Hefner's wife Crystal showed off her DJing skills at Coachella while guests enjoyed Caffeinated Club at the Influential House in Rancho Mirage, CA this weekend. The 28-year-old couldn't help but add some Playboy flare to her headphones.
Rebel Wilson shows off her racy outfit at the MTV Movie Awards at the Nokia Theatre on Sunday, April 12, 2015, in Los Angeles.
Jennie Garth is off the market! The 43-year-old actress celebrated her birthday at the Dreams Tulum Resort & Spa in Mexico with her love Dave Abrams. The couples' reps confirmed their engagement to People Thursday. Click here for more pictures of the happy couple on vacation on X17online.com.
Kate Hudson is ready for spring! The mom-of-two was spotted looking flawless in a low-cut floral dress picking up fresh juice. Click here for more pictures of Hudson from X17online.com.
Alec Baldwin's daughter tweeted the hospital picture above on April 3 and wrote "appendicitis swag thanks for all of your concern."
The "True Blood" actress has ditched her red locks for a lighter look. Woll showed off her new blond do at the premiere of the Netflix original series "Marvel's Daredevil" in Los Angeles. Tell us which look you prefer on Twitter @FOX411.
Katy Perry showed off her pup Butters at the premiere screening of "Katy Perry: The Prismatic World Tour" in Los Angeles.
Krupa, of "Real Housewives of Miami" fame is ready for summer in a little white dress. The 35-year-old enjoyed dinner in West Hollywood while showing off her new shorter hairdo. Click here for more photos of the Polish beauty from X17online.com.
Christina Hendricks shocked fans when she ditched her famous red locks for a blonde due in her new Clairol ad. The actress, who plays Joan Holloway on "Mad Men," has been a redhead for 20 years but it looks like she was ready for a change.
Justin Bieber might have been the one getting roasted, but it was Chrissy Teigen that looked smoking at the Comedy Central event. She posed in a sultry, black dress at the Sony Studios in Culver City, California.
Ouch! Taylor Swift's cat Meredith gave the singer a nasty scratch on her leg. The "Blank Space" singer poked fun at reports that she had her legs insured for $40 million dollars by saying, "Great work Meredith. I was just trying to love you and now you owe me 40 million dollars." Photos: Stars and their adorable pets
Charlize Theron and Sean Penn looked like a happy couple at the premiere of his new movie "The Gunman." The couple of one year have gotten serious very quickly with reports that Penn plans to adopt Theron's son, Jackson. The actor recently said he could see himself marrying the South African native.
Lindsay Lohan went a little overboard with Photoshop in a new Instagram pic. The actress wrote, "My feet look red lol- had to take that out. Only real red is my hair." Perhaps she was trying to distract from her obvious Photoshop fail?The area behind her behind appears to be totally warped and her fans called her out for the editing. "Biggest Photoshop fail of all time," one user commented.
Neville Longbottom is all grown up! A new picture of British actor Matthew Lewis, who got his start as the nerdy and adorable "Harry Potter" character, is setting the Internet on fire. His "Harry Potter" costar Emma Watson shared the pic of Lewis as a hunky solider in BBC Three's "Bluestone 42." Matt's definitely left his awkward stage behind.
Is that you Jared Leto? The musician and actor made a drastic change to his look. Leto channeled his inner Draco Malfoy by chopping off his long locks and dying them platinum blonde.
It's a (mini) "Seinfeld" reunion! While they were short one Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Seinfeld" stars (from left) Michael Richards, Jason Alexander and Jerry Seinfeld were reunited for a good cause. The actors met up Wednesday for a charity event to benefit Baby Buggy. It's great to see the crew back together again after 17 years.
Jessie James Decker announced over Instagram that she's got another bun in her oven! The country singer gave birth just under a year ago to her first child, Vivianne, with husband Eric Decker. "Vivianne is so excited because she is going to be a big sister! We are over the moon about having another baby!!!" she wrote.
Miranda Lambert and her tour mates got matching tattoos in Tulsa over the weekend. The country queen (l), her backup vocalist Gwen Sebastian (c) and opening act RaeLynn (r) debuted their new ink on Instagram. "Inked in perfect harmony," Lambert wrote with a picture of their new musical note tattoos. PICS: Seeing Double? Stars Who Have the Same Tattoos
Chrissy Teigen debuted a new look on Instagram. The model traded in her lighter locks for a dark brown. She snapped a pic of her new do and coupled with her intense eyeliner, it made for a scary snap. MORE: Chrissy's shocking Oscars confession
Lisa Rinna displayed some diva behavior when she visited New York City this week. The "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star had a friend carry her over the snow because she didn't want to mess up hers shoes. Click here for more pictures of Rinna from X17online.com.


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August 12, 2014
When a father and son died in an apparent murder-suicide in the small town of Keenesburg, a group of children sacrificed months of hard work to help the surviving family members.
Weld County investigators believe Shawn David Kilker, 42, shot and killed his 14-year-old son, Keith, and then took his own life at their Keenesburg home at 455 E. Kiser Ave. on Tuesday. The SWAT team was able to get two males and one female out of the home before the shooting.
"The Kilker family recently lost loved ones due to a tragic event," Keenesburg resident Sarah Kos told 7NEWS. "Our community also lost what we consider family." To read more on this story, go to http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/kids-in-keenesburg-raise-thousands-of-dollars-for-kilker-family-after-double-shooting


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I. In Focus This Week
'Off-off year election' still brings plenty of storylines
Polling places see glitches, snafus, relocations, fights, births (but no known deaths)
While many eyes and minds are focused on 2012, election administrators around the country spent this week finishing up the 2011 election season.
Of course there are still ballots to be counted — and recounted — and canvasses be completed, but for all intents and purposes Tuesday's election marked the end of the 2011 cycle, which, by and large went smoothly in most jurisdictions.
Same-day registration
Although pre-election polls showed a much closer race, when all was said and done on Tuesday, Mainers voted overwhelmingly to overturn LD 1376 and keep same-day registration part of the voting and registration process in The Pine Tree State.
With absentee and provisional ballots yet to be counted, "yes" to Question 1 was leading 60 percent to 40 percent. The measure won in every county.
"Maine voters sent a clear message: No one will be denied a right to vote," Shenna Bellows, director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine. Told the Bangor Daily News. "Voters in small towns and big cities voted to protect our constitutional right."
Proponents of Question 1 included the League of Women Voters, the Maine Municipal Association and the Maine Democratic State Committee. Those in opposition include current Secretary of State Charles Summers, the Maine Republican Party and Speaker of the House Robert Nutting.
Those opposing Question 1 took their loss in stride.
"I thought it would be closer, but having been outspent by a close-knit coalition, they did their job well. They did better than we did," Maine House Speaker Robert Nutting told the Bangor Daily News.
Voter ID
Although much of the morning after reporting and commentary about Mississippi focused on the failure of Initiative 26, voters in the state voted largely (62 percent to 38 percent) to support Initiative 27 which will require voters to show a photo ID for all future elections.
"I'm very pleased with the outcome of Initiative 27," Sen. Joey Fillingane told the Clarion Ledger.
According to the paper, Fillingane collected more than 13,000 signatures to get the measure on the ballot.
"I'm proud that the citizens of Mississippi have finally spoken once and for all. We can put that issue behind us and move past it to other issues in January," he told the paper.
Voter ID has made several appearances in the state legislature, failing or failing to move forward each time.
Members of the state's chapters of NAACP and American Civil Liberties union have not ruled out a legal challenge to the new law.
There is a 30-day waiting period before the law takes affect, but there are no more elections in the Magnolia State until the state's March 13 primary.
Ranked-choice voting
Ranked-choice voting was used in three cities on Tuesday and the reviews are mixed.
Ranked-choice voting made its debut in Minnesota's second largest city after becoming law in 2009 and according to media reports, by and large things went fairly well.
"That's the good news - that there's very little news," Jeanne Massey, executive director of FairVote Minnesota told the Pioneer Press.
One race remains outstanding though and those ballots will be hand-counted beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Monday.
In Portland, Maine, which was also using ranked-choice voting for the first time its mayoral election, there were few, if any media reports of voter confusion about the new system and the city clerk did not report any issues with the counting process.
With reports of confusion prior to and on Election Day from San Francisco voters about ranked-choice voting, two county supervisors are seeking to eliminate the voting system from Bay-area elections.
"Massive numbers of San Franciscans continue to be confused about our voting process in the city," Supervisor Mark Farrelltold the San Francisco Chronicle.
Farrell told the paper that he and Supervisor Sean Elsbernd hope to put a charter amendment before city voters in June to undo ranked-choice voting.
However, Supervisor John Avalos has asked the city attorney to draft legislation that would compete with the Farrell-Elsbernd proposal and keep ranked-choice voting in San Francisco.
Secretary of State races
In the only competitive secretary of state race in the country (Mississippi's Delbert Hosemann ran unopposed), Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes defeated Republican Bill Johnson to become Kentucky's new top elections official.
Glitches, snafus, biting, birthing and voter fraud
Those were the main election administration headlines coming out of Tuesday's election; these are the other headlines.
As residents continue to adjust, some New York counties continue to have problems with the state's new optical-scan voting system. In Westchester County all the voting machines were impounded by the state Supreme Court and ballots will not be counted until next week. In Ontario County, officials complained about a software "glitch" the prevented them from releasing the final election results until 9 a.m. Wednesday morning. Of course not all the problems in New York on Tuesday were machine-related. In Albany County voters had to wait 45 minutes for a polling place to open because no one had the keys. In Schenectady County voters had to clear a polling place after a fire and bomb scare.
Five voting machines in Warren County, N.J. malfunctioned Tuesday, but officials there told local media outlets that they are not overly concerned about the problems. "It happens," Board of Elections Administrator William Duffy told The Express-Times. Despite the seeming lack of concern, Duffy and Clerk Patricia Kolb will meet with the voting system manufacturers to discuss the problems.
While reports of vote fraud in Linn County, Iowa are rare, what's even rarer is when the accused turns themselves in even before they've been accused. That's what happened on Tuesday when a voter who had previously voted by absentee ballot attempted to vote on Election Day and realizing her mistake, turned herself in to authorities.
In Ohio, a Cuyahoga County poll worker bit a voter's nose after the two got into a tussle over a campaign sign. The poll worker in question has worked on eight elections for the county with no previous incidents. The poll worker turned himself in to authorities where he may face assault charges.
And finally, although he didn't win a seat on the Schaghtioke, N.Y. town council, Fire Chief Dominic Pasinella, Jr. probably gained at least one vote on Tuesday—if he chooses to run for office again 18 years from now. After casting his ballot at one fire house, Pasinella heard a call about a "pregnancy problem" at another polling place. Pasinella rushed to the polling place—a firehouse—and with the help of two other firefighters delivered 7-pound, 10-ounc Charis Etman. ElectionlineWeekly wants to know if little Charis got her first "I Voted" sticker.
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February 14, 2012 WIC Update
SUBJECT 1: Breast Pump Order
SUBJECT 2: Breastfeeding and Stronger Lungs-Article
SUBJECT 3: WIC Help Desk Meeting
Breast Pump Order: The state WIC office has limited funding to place another order for double pumping kits, Lactina Select multi-user electric breast pumps, Harmony manual breast pumps and Personal Double Electric single-user breast pumps. Single-user means that this pump is not meant to be shared with other women, so we will be giving this pump to mothers who meet the following criteria:
- Mother must be separated from her infant at least 32 hours per week.
- Mother must be planning to offer breast milk exclusively to her infant and committed to continued long-term exclusive breastfeeding.
- Infant must be receiving no formula from WIC or any other source.
- Pump cannot be provided to the mother before 4 weeks post partum. If a mother needs a pump before then, she may be loaned a multi-user electric breast pump.
For each participant that is provided this pump, the Single User Personal Electric Breast Pump Agreement/Questionnaire (attached) must be completed and scanned into MOWINS. It is important that you promote this pump to prenatal women and use as an additional incentive to promote exclusive breastfeeding.
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Breastfeeding and Stronger Lungs–Article: Kids who were breastfed as babies may have better lung function, and a lower risk of asthma, than those who were formula-fed, two new reports suggest. Attached is an article from Medline addressing this subject. You may also access the article at the following webpage. If you have any questions, please contact your District TA Nutritionist. (ONE ATTACHMENT)
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As if one news feed wasn't enough, now there are two newsfeeds on Facebook!
Wait, what?
It's true!
According to Seventeen, Facebook is testing a second news feed which explores content the user may be interested in. It's a carbon copy of Instagram's explore option, and since Facebook and Instagram are both owned by the same company, the additional newsfeed was bound to happen sooner or later.
Essentially, when you use the second newsfeed, you will see content on pages you don't follow.
Sounds interesting, right?
Hold that thought, iPhone users!
At the moment, the new feature is only being tested on android devices.
If you're not a fan a change, the second newsfeed might not be for you, however, checking out the explore option may be a way to broaden your knowledge of what's happening within the social space.
Oftentimes, we are subjected to the limited viewpoints available to us from the people and pages we follow, but the explore option allows us to see what is going on outside of our network, so-to-speak.
QCWriter is a journalist who is fueled by espresso and motivated by determination. She specializes in pop culture, country music, and news content. You can follow her on Twitter by clicking here: @QCWriter.


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Tool Test: Veritas's New Top-secret Steel
Canadian company creates a steel combining the best of the old and new.
By Christoper Schwarz
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I've long been suspicious of the so-called "super steels" that promise long edge life between sharpenings. That has always meant that you have to spend a long time sharpening the tool on your stones or – even worse – you have to buy fancy equipment to even get a serviceable edge.
Plus, no new steel I've tried has ever had the feel of old-fashioned high-carbon steel. Until now.
Veritas is using a powdered steel (a closely guarded formula) that seems to defy many of the normal laws of high-carbon and alloy steels. Powdered metal is nothing new in woodworking. During the last decade, I've tried out several plane irons and chisels that were made using the sintering process.
In a nutshell, powdered metals are where you take your raw materials, combine them in liquid form and then atomize them to form a powder. The powder is sifted through a screen for consistency, put into a mould and then heated to form a solid billet. This sintering process allows you to make materials with remarkable consistency that can have properties that would be impossible to make by smelting.
For most of 2012, I've been testing a sample of Veritas's new metal, which is called PM-V11. I've been using it side-by-side with a Veritas A2 iron, swapping the irons back and forth in the same tool. Both irons were set up from scratch in my shop.
Both PM-V11 and A2 sharpen readily on waterstones and sandpaper. And the first surprise was how easy the PM-V11 was to polish. It polished up much faster than the A2 iron (and all other A2 irons I've used on waterstones).
In use, the PM-V11 held its edge longer than the A2. How long exactly I cannot say. I've been working in mahogany and oak exclusively since January, and it was obvious that I was getting more work from the PM-V11 iron between sharpenings.
But to be candid, edge life doesn't impress me terribly. As long as I'm not sharpening the tool every hour, I'm OK. What I really care about is sharpenability – how easy the tool is to sharpen – and how keen an edge it takes. On this front, the PM-V11 is a real champ.
In fact, the biggest surprise came when I tried sharpening the PM-V11 on my oilstones. It was exactly like sharpening high-carbon steel. The soft Arkansas bit right into the cutter and turned a burr with ease. The hard and translucent Arkansas stones did their jobs quickly and easily. Honestly, if I didn't know better, I would have sworn I was sharpening high-carbon steel.
The development of PM-V11 has required thousands of laboratory and real-world tests and more than $250,000 in development costs for Veritas, according to Robin Lee, president of Lee Valley Tools and Veritas. The company plans to offer it in many Veritas tools, plus replacement irons for Stanley blades. Blades using PM-V11 should cost about 30 percent more than an A2 or O1 blade, on average, Lee said.
PM-V11 is a big deal for traditional woodworkers like myself. It allows you to sharpen it with almost any medium – quickly – and enjoy a long time between sharpenings. It is the best of the old world and the new.
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Web site: Visit the official PM-V11 web site.
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New York City- Fr. Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, issued the following statement today in response to a federal appeals court that has ruled that the national ban on partial-birth abortions is unconstitutional.
"Our elected representatives have passed a law that our president has signed," said Fr. Frank Pavone. "This measure will protect the lives of women and unborn children and end the barbaric procedure of partial birth abortion, a procedure that benefits nobody except the abortion industry. It is the responsibility of the courts to preserve the Constitution from the utter irrationality that would conclude that a procedure like this could ever be Constitutional. It is likewise their responsibility not to insult our intelligence by saying the ban is unconstitutional. The Supreme Court needs to resolve this issue -- with new Justices on the bench who are not activists."
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Dairy Queen and Children's Miracle Network will be giving out free soft serve cones, but keep in mind that you're only getting a small and only getting vanilla!
In exchange for the cone, it's requested that you make a donation to the Children's Miracle Network, but according to PennyHoarder, it's not required.
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In case you're wondering, $600,000 divided by 170 seconds comes out to $3,529.41 per second. But who's counting? That's how much Worcester's Edwin "La Bomba" Rodriguez earned for every second he was in the ring on Saturday as he scored a devastating first-round TKO of Russian native Denis Grachev in the championship match of the Monte Carlo Million Dollar Super Four tournament at the Salle de Etoiles.
In case you're wondering, $600,000 divided by 170 seconds comes out to $3,529.41 per second. But who's counting?
That's how much Worcester's Edwin "La Bomba" Rodriguez earned for every second he was in the ring on Saturday as he scored a devastating first-round TKO of Russian native Denis Grachev in the championship match of the Monte Carlo Million Dollar Super Four tournament at the Salle de Etoiles.
The undefeated Rodriguez (24-0-0, 16 knockouts), fighting in front of Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco, delivered the most majestic performance of his super middleweight career, knocking down Grachev (13-2-1, 8 KOs) twice before the fight was halted by referee Stan Christodoulou at 2:50 of the first round.
For the victory, the 28-year-old Rodriguez will earn $600,000, the largest purse of his career, which puts him over $1 million in career earnings.
The former two-time national amateur champion, ranked No. 3 in the world by all three major sanctioning bodies, is expected to get a shot at one of the three titles "in the next six to eight months," his promoter, Lou DiBella, said after the fight.
In the ring after Saturday's bout, Rodriguez called out WBC champ Sakio Bika (32-5-2, 21 KOs) of Cameroon "or any of the other champions."
"He's ready for the world title," trainer Ronnie Shields said after Rodriguez's impressive win. "He called out Sakio Bika, so hopefully we can try to make that. I'm pretty good friends with Al Haymon (Bika's manager), so I'm going to call him and see if maybe we can talk about it."
DiBella was overwhelmed by Rodriguez's performance, especially since it came just a week after his split with estranged manager Larry Army Jr. The dispute caused Rodriguez's share of the purse to be put in escrow until the matter of Army's share can be resolved.
"What a brilliant performance," DiBella said. "I think he's ready for anybody right now — anybody other than (WBA super champion) Andre Ward. For Ward, I think he needs a little bit more seasoning, but anybody else, he's ready for them right now — (IBF champion Carl) Froch, (Mikkel) Kessler, (former IBF champ Lucian) Bute, (light heavyweight Jean) Pascal, any of those guys."
Rodriguez said he's in a "good position," adding: "I think I'm ready for Bika. That's the next fight I want. I'm confident I will win that fight and come home to Worcester with a world title."
As for the managerial feud, Rodriguez confirmed that once the purse issue is settled in court, he and Army are finished.
"Yeah, definitely," he said. "There's nowhere to go with everything that's happened."
Nobody expected such a mismatch in the fight. Rodriguez came out flicking his left jab confidently, taking advantage of his whopping seven-inch reach advantage (76-69), and worked off that into combinations, with straight right hands, left hooks and uppercuts doing most of the damage.
"The plan," Shields said, "was to come out, use the jab, and throw a lot of right hands at the guy because the guy likes to throw overhand rights himself. So I said, 'You can hit this guy with right hands all night long.' So he came out, he hit him, he hurt him, and you know the rest."
Grachev took a solid left hook to the head early, and then absorbed a heavy body shot, which set up Rodriguez for his first knockdown with a combination and left hand after just 42 seconds.
"He reacted kind of funny (to the body punch) so I knew I knew I had hurt him, so I just went after him," said Rodriguez, adding that he didn't plan an early all-out assault.
"Not at all. I did that last time (in a sloppy win over Ezequiel Maderna in March) and you saw how it played out. So this time I was trying to work behind my jab and not be overly aggressive. I got in a good body shot and after that, I just went to the head."
Grachev bounced right up and took an 8-count, but was set upon right away by Rodriguez, who used a blistering right hand, followed by a left hook and right uppercut, to drop Grachev again with 56 seconds left in the round.
Rodriguez went right back in for the kill and caught Grachev with a big lead right hand that sent him stumbling into the corner. There, Rodriguez smothered his foe and was hammering him with a nonstop, two-fisted fusillade when the referee stopped it.
"Honestly, I'm not going to lie, I wasn't expecting a first-round KO at all," he said. "I knew this guy was strong, a tough fighter. I thought I'd beat him by a unanimous decision or maybe a late stoppage."
DiBella was asked what's next for Rodriguez.
"I think he's on the road to a big fight. Put it this way: I think his next fight will be on HBO, and I believe he'll get a title fight certainly in the next six to eight months."
Army, who has been Rodriguez's manager since he turned pro in 2008, watched the fight from the stands instead of from Rodriguez's corner as usual. The two stayed in separate hotels in Monaco, and Army brought along his wife and three children, saying: "I figure if I'm not on their team, I'll bring my own team."
Despite their disagreement, which centers on Team Rodriguez protesting Army's 30 percent share of the purse, Army was overjoyed at the result.
"He looked fantastic," the Worcester attorney said. "That's the best he's ever looked. I'm ecstatic for him and his family. We have our differences, but at the end of day, I'm really happy he won. I'm glad I got him to this position in life, glad he got some security for his family, and I'm sure he's going to get a world title shot — and I wish him the best."
Army helped put together this tournament for Rodriguez, who pocketed a $175,000 purse for his semifinal victory in March over Maderna.
"I'm not going to tell you it was an easy thing to sit there and watch," he said. "It's a lot different to be in the stands and not be a part of something I put together, but that's the business part of this sport. But it doesn't mean I can't be happy for him."
Army said he congratulated Rodriguez on his win, and the fighter nodded to him. Rodriguez claims he gave Army a thumbs-up sign.
"He didn't speak to me," Army said. "It's confusing; I'm not going to lie to you. I don't know how something so good can go badly so quickly."
Rodriguez denied using the dispute as motivation against Grachev, even though it looked that way with the anger he showed.
"To be honest, I tried to block it out," Rodriguez said. "It looks like that's what I did (going after Grachev hard), but I only did that after I had hurt him.
"It was difficult to focus on the fight, on making weight, because my whole focus wasn't into boxing. That whole (dispute) was in the back of my head."
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