American Music Awards- Style Hits and Misses

<p><strong>New York City:</strong> After hrs lists some of the best and worst dressed stars at the recently held American Music Awards</p><h2>American Music Awards- Style Hits and Misses</h2><p><img alt="" src="http://static.dnaindia.com/sites/default/files/2014/11/25/286725-misses.jpg" width="600" /></p><p>THUMBS UP</p><p>CORAL BEAUTY<br /> Julianne Hough was striking on the red carpet as she sported a bright orange gown with a pink beaded neckline by Zuhair Murad. The outfit showed just the right amount of skin and we love the slick backed hair.</p><p>LIL MISS SUNSHINE<br /> Rita Ora made heads turn in a vivid yellow Zac Posen gown. While the silhouette flattered her figure, the sweeping train added a touch of drama.</p><p>WHITE CHOICE<br /> The impeccably dressed Kate Beckinsale pulled off a Kaufman Franco cut out gown with aplomb. The serpent-shaped choker worked well with her look.</p><p>SHEER EFFECT<br /> Kendall Jenner flaunted her lean bod in a black sheer gown with a navel high slit.</p><p>LEADING MAN<br /> The One Direction boys came for the awards dressed in all-black ensembles. Singer Harry Styles added a rocker touch by wearing a Saint Laurent embroidered tunic under his blazer and teaming it with a hat.</p><p>THUMBS DOWN</p><p>SHEER MESS<br /> TV personality Bleona made heads turn for the wrong reasons as she walked the red carpet in a sparkling mesh dress with nipple pasties and silver underwear. Though she tried to channel RiRi, the outfit was not just unflattering but inappropriate for the event.</p><p>READY TO FLY?<br /> Diana Ross wore an off-the-shoulder black gown which she teamed with a hideous feathered brown and white jacket at the awards ceremony. While the 70-year-old likes to dress like a diva, we think she missed the mark by several points.</p><p>ALL PUNKED OUT<br /> Frankie Grande decided to flaunt his torso by painting on a T-shirt. He also wore baby-pink skinny jeans, a pink bow tie and matching streaks in his blonde hair. A bit too much, we say!</p>

American Music Awards- Style Hits and Misses

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Reality TV connect: Kim Kardashian chooses Bigg Boss 8 on her India visit

<p><strong>Mumbai:</strong> Queen of reality TV Kim Kardashian is all set to make a special appearance on 'Bigg Boss 8' on her maiden visit to India next week to promote her new fragrance.</p><h2>Reality TV connect: Kim Kardashian chooses Bigg Boss 8 on her India visit</h2><p><img alt="" src="http://media2.intoday.in/indiatoday/images/stories//2014November/kim-_650_111614073718.jpg" width="600" /></p><p>The 34-year-old 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' star will be seen entering the controversial Bigg Boss house on November 22 as a guest to interact with the contestants.</p><p>Kardashian, who is married to rapper Kanye West and has a one-year-old daughter, North West, is excited about her visit to Mumbai and her stint on the Salman Khan-hosted show.</p><p>"Namaste India... I am coming to India... into the Bigg Boss house," Kardashian said in a statement.</p><p>"It gives us great pleasure to welcome Kim Kardashian on her maiden visit to India. We are confident that our country and its people will play excellent hosts to this international superstar," Andre Timmins, Director - Wizcraft International Entertainment said.</p><p>'Bigg Boss 8' airs on Colors.</p><p>Kardashian is currently on a world tour to promote her fragrance Fleur Fatale. She is travelling alone leaving husband and daughter at home.</p><p>"Missing my baby girl so bad already! Was going to bring her but three countries in a week is too much travelling.</p><p>Daddy time will be much better," Kardashian posted on Twitter earlier.</p>

Reality TV connect: Kim Kardashian chooses Bigg Boss 8 on her India visit

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Kutcher, Kunis researched parenthood

<p>Los Angeles, Nov 1 - Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis equipped themselves well before becoming parents to daughter Wyatt Isabelle Kutcher. He says Google is like their manual.</p><h2>Kutcher, Kunis researched parenthood</h2><p><img alt="" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/06/23/article-2665452-1EF1176500000578-565_634x840.jpg" width="600" /></p><p>They find the parenting experience pretty exceptional, but feel it's better to be hands-on than depend on nannies and night nurses.</p><p>Everybody says when you get a child, they don't come with an owner's manual, but that's kinda not true because Google's kind of like an owner's manual, the 35-year-old actor said during The Talk, reports eonline.com.</p><p>You can pretty much Google anything and it's there. For me, I go to my partner, you know? I talk to Mila, and we make choices. We did a lot of research-we both did like, a lot of research, he added.</p><p>Referring to his former wife Demi Moore's three daughters, Kutcher said: I'd been a parent to teenage girls before in my life, and so I have experience with girls, and experience with that like, from age 7 to 25. But infants, it was like a whole new thing. So, we really started studying what it is to take care of a baby and how you do it, and the whole thing. It's all on Google, it's kinda there.</p>

Kutcher, Kunis researched parenthood

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Amanda Bynes released from psychiatric facility

<p>Los Angeles, Nov 1 - Troubled actress Amanda Bynes has been released from a psychiatric facility here.</p><h2>Amanda Bynes released from psychiatric facility</h2><p><img alt="" src="http://a.abcnews.com/images/International/GTY_amanda_bynes_sk_141031_16x9_992.jpg" width="600" /></p><p>Three days after a judge ruled that she needed to spend at least another month in the facility, Bynes asked to be released Thursday and was set free, reports tmz.com.</p><p>The troubled actress, 28, was seen roaming the Sunset Strip Thursday night wearing a dark coat and large sunglasses. She had dinner at a diner on Sunset Boulevard and was looking for a hotel where she could spend the night.</p><p>Bynes was released following a mandatory hearing at the psychiatric facility in which she was allowed to contest her involuntary treatment.</p><p>Such hearings must be held within four days after a patient is placed on a 30-day involuntary psychiatric hold, which was ordered for Bynes Monday. A hearing officer reportedly deemed Bynes to be stable enough that she couldn't be held involuntarily.</p><p>Bynes first entered a facility Oct 10. Her hold was then extended for two weeks Oct 13.</p>

Amanda Bynes released from psychiatric facility

Los Angeles, Nov 1 - Troubled actress Amanda Bynes has been released from a psychiatric facility here. Amanda Bynes released from psychiatri...

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'The Best Of Me' an ideal date film

<p>Film: The Best Of Me; Cast: James Marsden, Michelle Monaghan, Luke Bracey, Liana Liberato, Caroline Goodall, Sebastian Arcelus, Gerald McRaney; Director: Michael Hoffman;</p><h2>'The Best Of Me' an ideal date film</h2><p><img alt="" src="http://www.tangotheatres.com/wp-content/flgallery/images/zbssvhkg.jpg" width="600" /></p><p>Do you believe in the stars, romance and second chances in life? If you do, then this film is for you.</p><p>The story captures the enduring power of true love and the wrenching choices one faces when confronted with second chances.</p><p>Based on the novel of the same name by Nicolas Spark, The Best Of Me is the elusive love story of star-crossed lovers, Dawson Cole and Amanda Collier.</p><p>Set in New Orleans, the film begins in a dramatic manner capturing the routine on an oil-rig in the high seas, where Dawson (James Marsden) is reading Stephen Hawking's book The Grand Design. He looks up at the sky to see the stars and he gets nostalgic.</p><p>On a parallel track, we witness Amanda (Michelle Monaghan) as the dutiful Mrs. Reynolds telling her son that destiny is written in the stars.</p><p>This is followed by a mishap on the oil-rig. Dawson survives a 100 feet fall in the cold waters of the high sea after seeing an illusion.</p><p>And soon after the death of a close friend and mentor of Dawson, Tuck (Gerald McRaney) an elderly widower, the duo reunite after 21 years of being apart.</p><p>Narrated in a non-linear manner, we learn that Dawson is hardworking, practical and as a matter-of-fact, sincere. He is the unconventional, youngest son in a family of thugs governed by an abusive father. On the other hand, Amanda is the romantic who believes in the stars and is the only daughter of her wealthy parents.</p><p>Soon, the two high school sweethearts find themselves at the cross-roads of romance, when they realise that their backgrounds and circumstances are not conducive to a healthy future.</p><p>While the story unfolds in two time frames, we are hooked by the perfect casting and right doses of melodrama replete with elements of love and loss.</p><p>Marsden and Monaghan play the older version, while Luke Bracey and Liana Liberato play their younger versions. Their on-screen chemistry reflects in their performances and they are well supported by the rest of the cast.</p><p>Though predictable in its approach, the scenes make your heart flutter, smile and weep with the highs and lows of the tale.</p><p>With his soft wide-angled lenses, cinematographer Oliver Stapleton captures nature and the lovers in the right spirit. The golden-hued tones on the gleaming surface of the pond, the sun-lit halo on Amanda's hair and the lovers' embrace on the cottage verandah offer picture perfect romantic frames.</p><p>Also, Patrizia von Brandenstein's production design along with the flashy cars coupled with costume designer Ruth E.Carter's splendid outfits and the exotic locales adds to the viewing experience.</p><p>In totality, Hoffman and his team capture the flamboyance of the 1990s along with the lilting background score in style, making it an ideal film for a romantic date.</p><p>For others, it would be a mushy entertainer nevertheless.</p>

'The Best Of Me' an ideal date film

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NY street to be named after James Brown

<p><strong>New York, Oct 30</strong> - A street is being renamed as James Brown Way as a tribute to the music legend.</p><h2>NY street to be named after James Brown</h2><p><img alt="" src="http://media.philly.com/images/wenn1030901_113_669_5.jpg" width="600" /></p><p>The renaming of the street -- a Harlem block behind the Apollo Theater -- will be effective next month, six years after city elected officials signed off on it, reports nydailynews.com.</p><p>A ceremony is being planned for the renaming on Nov 22.</p><p>I didn't want to put the sign up until we could do a ceremony that's of James Brown stature and would do justice to what a giant he was, said Harlem historian Jacob Morris, who led the effort to have the street named for the legendary singer.</p><p>Brown died in 2006 at 73.</p><p>His relatives, including his daughter Deanna Brown Thomas, 45, will attend the event.</p>

NY street to be named after James Brown

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Katy Perry celebrated 30th birthday with trip to Morocco, Paris

<p>Pop star Katy Perry visited Marrakesh and Paris with a group of about 30 friends to celebrate her 30th birthday.</p><h2>Katy Perry celebrated 30th birthday with trip to Morocco, Paris</h2><p><img alt="" src="http://static.dnaindia.com/sites/default/files/2014/10/29/278918-katy-perry-getty.jpg" width="600" /></p><p>DJ and music producer Diplo, traveled with the group, and, once again, the romantically linked pair looked cozy, reported Us magazine. "When they got off the plane (in Paris), Diplo was carrying Katy's pillow for her and they stopped to pose for pictures together on the tarmac. They had their arms around each other, and she was resting her head on his shoulder. They both seemed tired after the weekend in Morocco," a source said.</p><p>Prior to their Parisian outing, Perry, Diplo, and their close friends traveled around Morocco, having dinner on the beach in Marrakesh one night.</p>

Katy Perry celebrated 30th birthday with trip to Morocco, Paris

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Indian wins Green Oscar for film on parrot

<p>Kolkata, Oct 25 - Ashwika Kapur, a 26-year-old science and natural history filmmaker from West Bengal, has won the Wildscreen Panda Awards also known as the Green Oscar for her film on a Kakapo parrot named Sirocco.</p><h2>Indian wins Green Oscar for film on parrot</h2><p><img alt="" src="http://www.livemint.com/rf/Image-621x414/LiveMint/Period1/2014/10/25/Photos/img.jpg" width="600" /></p><p>Kapur won the award at a ceremony in Britain's Bristol city Friday in the Wildscreen Festival for her 15-minute film Sirocco - How a Dud became a Stud.</p><p>Kakapos are critically endangered bird species native to New Zealand. It narrates the rags-to-riches story of Sirocco, the Kakapo parrot, so popular that the New Zealand government made it the country's official spokesbird for conservation.</p><p>The wondrous has happened!! I'm coming home with that Green Oscar, Kapur posted on her Facebook page Friday.</p><p>Kapur graduated in science and natural history filmmaking from the University of Otago, New Zealand, after her schooling and college in Kolkata.</p><p>The documentary is a solo endeavour with Kapur managing the research and development of the entire project single-handedly.</p><p>She won the coveted honour in the Icon Films Newcomer Award category that had two other nominees.</p><p>The film festival received 488 entries from 42 countries this year. According to the organisers, This category brought together different films. But in the end we chose this film ('Sirocco') as it had all the hallmarks of a strong storyteller.</p><p>There are so few Kakapo parrots surviving on earth, that all of them have names.</p><p>And one among them is a house-hold name in New Zealand. Sirocco, a bird so popular, that he landed a government job. This is the bizarre story of his rise to stardom.</p><p>Wildlife filmmaker and conservationist Mike Pandey, the Bedi Brothers (Ajay and Vijay) and Rita Banerji and Shilpi Sharma have won the Green Oscar earlier. Kapur is the youngest recipient from India.</p>

Indian wins Green Oscar for film on parrot

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Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Sukhvinder to perform at Lucknow Mahotsava

<p>Lucknow, Oct 25 - From Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia's flute recitals, the Sabri Brothers' souldful Sufi music and qawwali's to performances by Bollywood singers like Sukhvinder Singh, Rekha Bharadwaj and Ankit Tiwari, an eclectic mix of tradition and modernity will be witnessed at the forthcoming Lucknow Mahotsava.</p><h2>Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Sukhvinder to perform at Lucknow Mahotsava</h2><p><img alt="" src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/e3xyV0Yp3wM/0.jpg" width="600" /></p><p>The fortnight-long annual cultural bonanza will begin November 25, officials said Saturday.</p><p>Titled Shan-e-Awadh, Jashn-e-Lucknow, the event will start with a performance by Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt's 'mohan veena' followed by singer Ankit Tiwari who will perform at the event.</p><p>Also efforts have been made to ensure that one enjoy the right mix of the traditional and modernity at the event.</p><p>One will also see the performance of Bollywood singers like Sukhvinder Singh, Rekha Bharadwaj and Ankit Tiwari apart from act of ghazal maestro Bhupender Singh and his singer wife Mitali Singh.</p><p>Sabri Brothers will also perform at the Lucknow Mahotsava Nov 29 while the rock band Euophoria would be performing Dec 2. BJP MP and famous Bhojpuri singer Manoj Tiwari will be at the event for a show Dec 4.</p><p>A dash of comedy will be introduced to the event by comic duo Krishna-Sudesh.</p><p>An art exhibition, an evening with poets - the Kavi Sammelan and Mushayara will also be organized. The Mahotsava, which also witnesses participation of many artisans, handicraft stalls and other major brands trying to tempt visitors into shopping, will conclude by Pt Hari Prasad Chaurasiya's flute recital, an official told IANS.</p><p>Massive security arrangements are being done for the event and traffic arrangements are being made to ensure hassle free visit to the one of the biggest cultural show in Lucknow, held every year.</p><p>Police officials said that drone camera's will also be deployed for monitoring.</p><p>-- Indo-Asian News Service</p>

Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Sukhvinder to perform at Lucknow Mahotsava

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Ashlee Simpson wants a child with Evan Ross

<p>Los Angeles, Oct 25 - Singer Ashlee Simpson, who is married to Hunger Games actor Evan Ross, reportedly wants more kids.</p><h2>Ashlee Simpson wants a child with Evan Ross</h2><p><img alt="" src="http://assets-s3.usmagazine.com/uploads/assets/articles/68171-ashlee-simpson-ex-pete-wentz-bring-new-boyfriend-girlfriend-to-son-bronxs-5th-bi/1384808984_pete-wentz-megan-camper-bronx-wentz-lg.jpg" width="600" /></p><p>Simpson recently married Ross and is now eager to give her five-year-old son Bronx, the child from previous relationship with Pete Wentz, another sibling, reports femalefirst.co.uk.</p><p>They can't wait (to have a child together), a source told Us Weekly.</p><p>Ross admits that since he tied the knot he feels surrounded by love, and the couple would love to have a huge family.</p><p>The romantic ceremony took place earlier this year at Ross' mother's lavish home in Greenwich, Connecticut.</p><p>Bronx has experience at being an older brother as his father Wentz, has a two-month-old son with his girlfriend Meagan Camper.</p>

Ashlee Simpson wants a child with Evan Ross

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As if it wasn't hot enough already! Kim Kardashian sizzles in white crop top and tight skirt as she steps out on sweltering LA day

<p style="text-align: justify;">Los Angeles currently is experiencing a sweltering heat wave.And Kim Kardashian raised temperatures further as she stepped out in a very titillating outfit.The 33-year-old showed off her incredible curves in a high-waisted skirt paired with a white crop top as she headed into a sound studio on Wednesday.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><img alt="Raising temperatures: Kim Kardashian showed off her incredible curves in a high-waisted skirt paired with a white crop top as she headed into a sound studio on Wednesday in LA" height="921" id="i-fd4c25f565cc601c" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/17/article-0-2170417B00000578-505_634x921.jpg" width="634" /></div><p>Raising temperatures: Kim Kardashian showed off her incredible curves in a high-waisted skirt paired with a white crop top as she headed into a sound studio on Wednesday in LA </p></div><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The reality star looked sensational in the figure-hugging black skirt and low-cut top, which she tied in a knot at her waist.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">She added further glamour with strappy brown heels and large sunglasses, keeping the rest of her accessories to a minimum.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Kim wore her dark hair loose and glossy and opted for a nude lipstick</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><img alt="Va va voom: The reality star looked sensational in the figure-hugging black skirt and low-cut top, which she tied in a knot at her waist" height="676" id="i-89a6ccd205620898" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/17/article-0-21706BD300000578-143_306x676.jpg" width="306" /></div><div><img alt="Va va voom: The reality star looked sensational in the figure-hugging black skirt and low-cut top, which she tied in a knot at her waist" height="676" id="i-fedb1d6a4da4c006" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/17/article-0-2170439C00000578-778_306x676.jpg" width="306" /></div><div> </div><p>Va va voom: The reality star looked sensational in the figure-hugging black skirt and low-cut top, which she tied in a knot at her waist</p></div><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><img alt="Taking the plunge: She added further glamour with strappy brown heels and large sunglasses, keeping the rest of her accessories to a minimum" height="926" id="i-809ed9b77eaf4ec7" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/17/article-0-217040E800000578-288_634x926.jpg" width="634" /></div><p>Taking the plunge: Kim left little to the imagination in her low-cut top, which showcased her ample assets</p></div><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Kim and her husband Kanye West returned on Tuesday from a whirlwind trip to Australia where the Yeezus star was performing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">But it was back to the business for the superstar couple despite their jetlag.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Doting Kanye played driver, waiting in the car as he shepherded Kim from her dermatologist to a meeting, and onto dinner at Little Door in West Hollywood.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><img alt="Movie star style: She added further glamour with strappy brown heels and large sunglasses, keeping the rest of her accessories to a minimum" height="924" id="i-f90d74b618a4b996" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/17/article-0-2170646F00000578-779_634x924.jpg" width="634" /></div><p>Movie star style: She added further glamour with strappy brown heels and large sunglasses, keeping the rest of her accessories to a minimum </p></div><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div> </div><div><div><img alt="Perfectly coiffed: Kim wore her dark hair loose and glossy and opted for a nude lipstick" height="722" id="i-fcf4bab035b2bd45" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/17/article-0-21706A6A00000578-877_306x722.jpg" width="306" /></div><div><img alt="Perfectly coiffed: Kim wore her dark hair loose and glossy and opted for a nude lipstick" height="722" id="i-8a94ae953095a4f3" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/17/article-0-217044F000000578-637_306x722.jpg" width="306" /></div><div> </div><p>Perfectly coiffed: Kim wore her dark hair loose and glossy and opted for a nude lipstick</p><div> </div><div><div><img alt="Distraction: Kim was stopped by a young woman as she made her way across the parking lot" height="854" id="i-703f96ecef9b0cd7" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/17/article-2759999-2170945600000578-68_634x854.jpg" width="634" /></div><p>Distraction: Kim was stopped by a young woman as she made her way across the parking lot </p><div> </div><div><div><img alt="Serious discussion: Kim was seen holding her fingers apart as if illustrating the size of something as she spoke with the woman" height="889" id="i-db61d20ccc77ad84" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/17/article-2759999-2170946A00000578-256_634x889.jpg" width="634" /></div><p>Serious discussion: Kim was seen holding her fingers apart as if illustrating the size of something as she spoke with the woman </p><div> </div><div><div><img alt="Jetsetter: Kim was no doubt still jetlagged after arriving back from Australia the day before" height="641" id="i-ae34dbe9010d6643" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/17/article-2759999-217098C300000578-979_634x641.jpg" width="634" /></div><p>Jetsetter: Kim was no doubt still jetlagged after arriving back from Australia the day before</p></div><p> </p></div><p> </p></div><p> </p></div><p> </p></div><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">No doubt the pair was glad to be home after not only a gruelling multi-city tour, but one that was plagued with controversy.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">During one of the concerts Kanye was accused of sending a security to check if people who were not standing up were in wheelchairs - with at least one of those targeted indeed in a wheelchair.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A number of fans took to Twitter to express outrage after hearing the performer demand everyone stand up and dance.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"><div id="v-3790177754001"><div><div> </div><div>Kim and Kanye cause a media frenzy as they leave an LA restaurant</div><div><center style="display: inline !important;"><img alt="" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/17/video-undefined-216F41B700000578-114_636x358.jpg" /></center></div></div><div> </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div> </div><div><div><img alt="Maternity chic: Kim's sister Kourtney covered her baby bump in a flowing white ensemble as she headed to the same studio" height="981" id="i-3bee2c493eb1c159" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/17/article-0-217063E600000578-50_634x981.jpg" width="634" /></div><p>Maternity chic: Kim's sister Kourtney covered her baby bump in a flowing white ensemble as she headed to the same studio </p></div><p> </p><div> </div><div><div> </div><div><div><img alt="xxx" height="951" id="i-af21e71715be4096" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/17/article-2759999-21705BF200000578-814_634x951.jpg" width="634" /></div><p>Fashionable touch: The 35-year-old wore a pair of knee-high snakeskin gladiator sandals </p></div><p> </p></div><p> </p></div><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Both Kim and Kanye have hit out at the criticism levelled at the Gold Digger hitmaker however, with Kim taking to social media as she flew out from Down Under.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The star wrote: 'What an amazing Australian tour! Its frustrating that something so awesome could be clouded by lies in the media.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Kanye never asked anyone in a wheel chair to stand up & the audience videos show that,' she wrote alongside a video of her husband performing.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><img alt="Feeling shy?: Kylie Jenner shielded her face as she entered the same studio as her half-sisters" height="671" id="i-de32b4011352ac3a" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/17/article-2759999-2170775D00000578-437_634x671.jpg" width="634" /></div><p>Feeling shy?: Kylie Jenner shielded her face as she entered the same studio as her half-sisters</p></div><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">'He asked for everyone to stand up & dance UNLESS they were in a wheelchair.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Her comments come after Kanye chose to 'break down' the moment in a speech made to his audience at his Brisbane show on Monday night.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><img alt="Busy bodies: Kim stepped out with husband Kanye West in LA on Tuesday, hours after arriving back from Australia" height="606" id="i-fe7c1e72e2fd6052" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/17/article-0-216B397A00000578-688_634x606.jpg" width="634" /></div><p>Busy bodies: Kim stepped out with husband Kanye West in LA on Tuesday, hours after arriving back from Australia </p><p>Addressing the crowd, the 37-year-old rap star said his actions had been misunderstood by critics: 'At my concerts I make sure everybody has as good a time as possible.</p><p>'So all this demonising me, it ain’t gonna work after a while. Pick a new target. Pick a new target!</p><p>'Cos I’m not one of these dumba** artists that you’re used to. </p><p>'You come to me, I’m gonna take my platform and I’m gonna break down this s**t down for real, intelligent people every night so they can understand.'</p><div> </div><div><div> </div><div><div><img alt="Even Bruce showed up: Jenner wore a blue shirt and grey slacks with Nike trainers for his appearance at the studio" height="827" id="i-a4e51c2311c08284" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/17/article-2759999-2170B25900000578-263_634x827.jpg" width="634" /><div id="share-pictures-15"> </div><div><div> </div>+15</div></div><p>Even Bruce showed up: Jenner wore a blue shirt and grey slacks with Nike trainers for his appearance at the studio</p></div></div></div><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p>

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Comedian Joan Rivers died Thursday, her daughter Melissa Rivers has confirmed

<p><strong>New York City:</strong> Raunchy, gravelly-voiced and self-deprecating comedian Joan Rivers, who rose from Greenwich Village standup to occasional host of “The Tonight Show” and star of TV’s “Fashion Police,” died Thursday after going into cardiac arrest during a medical procedure on Sept. 3. She was 81.</p><h2>Comedian Joan Rivers died Thursday, her daughter Melissa Rivers has confirmed</h2><p><img alt="Joan Rivers Obit Dead" src="http://pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/joan-rivers-obit-dead.jpg?w=670&h=377&crop=1" width="600" /></p><p>“She passed peacefully at 1:17pm surrounded by family and close friends,” her daughter, Melissa, said in a statement. “My mother’s greatest joy in life was to make people laugh. Although that is<br /> difficult to do right now, I know her final wish would be that we return to laughing soon.”</p><p>Rivers had been admitted to New York’s Mt. Sinai hospital after she stopped breathing during a procedure on her vocal cords at a New York Clinic, and was placed in a medically-induced coma to assess her condition.</p><p>A petite blonde firebrand, the always-wry Rivers, known for the catchphrase “Can we talk?,” was a pioneering confessional female comic, lampooning her personal life (her parents, her marriage, her plastic surgery) on TV and in clubs for more than five decades.</p><p>Whatever the gig — permanent replacement host on “The Tonight Show,” co-host of “Fashion Police,” her own varied syndicated talkshows, Vegas engagements, bestselling nonfiction books, often biting commentator on awards’ show arrivals along with daughter Melissa and even QVC saleswoman — the petite, feisty Rivers was never far out of the spotlight.</p><p>Her biting comedy, ability to ad-lib effortlessly in any situation and sheer moxie endeared her to generations of television viewers. She was the ultimate yenta, the quintessential kibbitzer — a talent exemplified in her scathing commentary on E!’s “Fashion Police.” Rivers started co-hosting the show in 2010 along with Giuliana Rancic, Kelly Osbourne and George Kotsiopoulos.</p><p>Never afraid of working blue or appearing politically incorrect, she repeatedly stirred up controversy. This summer alone, she first raised hackles in July when she called First Lady Michelle Obama “transgender” and implied that President Barack Obama is gay.</p><p>But even many fans who cut her slack for her edgy material before thought she crossed the line with her remarks on Palestine in early August. Though she posted a clarification of her statement on her Facebook page, it didn’t amount to an apology from the stalwart support of Israel. “What I said and stand behind is, war is hell and unfortunately civilians are victims of political conflicts,” Rivers said, explaining that she was praying for peace in the Middle East.</p><p>Back in the ’60s, in an era when women were only allowed to be kooky in the vein of Lucille Ball and Carol Burnett, Rivers was laying the ground for aggressive, confrontational banter and post-Freudian personal analysis in the Woody Allen tradition. Like the women who came right before her, such as Totie Fields and Phyllis Diller, Rivers helped pave the way for a whole generation of women standup comics to stand toe-to-toe with men. Prior to Rivers, women performers rarely, if ever, discussed sex; her comedy was marked with self-deprecating, even humiliating references to her sexuality. She got away with it with what impresario Ed Sullivan characterized as a “quality of warmth.”</p><p>Her life was also marked by the tragedy of her husband and manager Edgar Rosenberg’s 1987 suicide, which was played out in the media, especially since the foibles of her relationship with Rosenberg had been so much a part of her comedy routine.</p><p>In 2009, she was roasted on Comedy Central (Kathy Griffin intro-ed her as “a legendary bitch”), and the next year, Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg’s 2010 documentary on Rivers, “A Piece of Work,” received excellent reviews and did solid business.</p><p>A popular guest star and host throughout the 2000s, Rivers returned to “Hollywood Squares,” where she had been the center square from 1986-89, for another stint from 1999-2004. She guested on talkshows, including multiple appearances on “The View,” “Live With Regis and Kelly” and “Rachael Ray,” but also showed up in a 2006 episode of “Boston Legal” and a 2011 episode of “Louie” as herself and was the winner of “Celebrity Apprentice 2” in 2009. Rivers and her daughter starred in the reality/improv comedy show “Joan and Melissa: Joan Knows Best?” for WE TV in 2011.</p><p>The earthy comedian seemed perfectly matched as a guest on Howard Stern’s radio show (“She is a frequent, even revered guest, someone who comes in regularly and always kills,” the Jewish Journal wrote in a 2010 article entitled “Is Howard Stern the Son Joan Rivers Never Had?”).</p><p>Showbiz success did not come easily for Joan Molinsky, who was born in Brooklyn. She studied English and social anthropology at Connecticut College for Women and Barnard, graduating Phil Beta Kappa in 1954, and became a fashion coordinator at Bonds, a retail clothing chain. But after a few years, the roar of the greasepaint became increasingly louder, and Rivers took temporary work to finance her free gigs in small Greenwich Village clubs, then played strip joints, low-rent Catskills resorts and almost anyplace else that would have her.</p><p>After a stint with Chicago’s Second City troupe, Rivers returned to New York and, performing in clubs like the Village Vanguard and the Showplace, she began to model her self-deprecating persona on the confessional elements of comics like Lenny Bruce.</p><p>Rivers worked briefly as a writer for “Candid Camera” and also wrote material for Diller, Bob Newhart, Phil Foster, Zsa Zsa Gabor and even Topo Gigio, the mouse puppet on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” By the mid-’60s, she was a regular at popular clubs such as the Bon Soir, the Duplex and Upstairs at the Downstairs.</p><p>But it was her many appearances on “The Tonight Show” that really got her career going; eventually, she was named permanent replacement host for Johnny Carson. The visibility ensured her engagements in many of the nation’s top clubs, including Chicago’s Mister Kelley’s, the Hungry I in San Francisco and Basin Street East in New York.</p><p>She began recording comedy albums such as “Joan Rivers Presents Mr. Phyllis and Other Funny Stories” (for Warner Bros. Records) and later branched out into writing popular bestselling books. In 1965, she married her second husband, Rosenberg, who became her regular producer and manager.</p><p>Except for a brief appearance in the Burt Lancaster film “The Swimmer” and a stint penning the 1973 TV movie “The Girl Most Likely To,” starring Stockard Channing, Rivers mainly kept to television and live appearances, where her spontaneity and repartee were seen to their fullest advantage. In 1968 she began hosting a half-hour morning program, “That Show,” and the following year she graduated to Vegas, making her debut at the Riviera Hotel. She was soon under contract at the MGM Grand.</p><p>She wrote, directed and appeared in 1978’s “Rabbit Test,” a film about a man (Billy Crystal) who becomes pregnant. The pic laid a major egg and effectively scuttled her film career, though she would later make appearances in films such as “Spaceballs” and “Serial Mom” and did voicework for movies including “Look Who’s Talking” and “Shrek 2.” She cameo’d in 2011’s “The Smurfs.”</p><p>For a few years Rivers wrote a syndicated column for the Chicago Tribune, and her first bestseller, “Having a Baby Can Be a Scream,” sold more than 1.5 million copies in hardcover alone. Through the early ’80s, Rivers’ popularity peaked as she embarked on national comedy tours and released successful albums like “What Becomes a Semi-legend Most?,” which sold more than a half million copies. Her 1984 tome “The Life and Times of Heidi Abromowitz” was another bestseller and led to a cable special and six specials on the BBC.</p><p>A setback in her career came in 1987, when the fledgling Fox network lured Rivers into her own TV talkshow, “The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers” — a slap in the face to her longtime ally Carson that effectively ended their friendship. Her problems were exacerbated by the erratic behavior of her husband, who’d had a heart attack in 1984 and was on various medications. He was banned from the set of the show, which eventually led to a confrontation and the show’s cancellation. Shortly thereafter, on a business trip to Philadelphia, Rosenberg took his own life.</p><p>The devastated Rivers went into seclusion for a time, but bounced back in 1989 with a new syndicated daytime talkshow, for which she received several Emmys. In 1994, she and Melissa starred as themselves in a highly rated TV movie, “Tears and Laughter: The Joan and Melissa Rivers Story.”</p><p>Starting in 1995, Rivers and Melissa were a regular fixture on E! Channel as hosts of awards ceremonies arrivals (the Oscars, the Golden Globes, and others). Later they moved to the TV Guide Channel, where they continued such duties. An outgrowth of these efforts was the E! series “Fashion Police,” which starred Rivers, among others, and was produced by Melissa.</p><p>Rivers appeared in Neil Simon’s “Broadway Bound” in 1988 and later returned to Broadway in “Sally Marr… and Her Escorts,” which she co-penned, in 1994, drawing a Tony nomination for actress in a play.</p><p>In 2008, autobiographical stage effort “Joan Rivers: A Work in Progress by a Life in Progress,” starring the comedienne and a few others, played the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and London’s Leicester Square Theater, but critical response in London sunk the show’s prospects for Broadway.</p><p>Among her many books are such autobiographical accounts as “Enter Talking,” “Still Talking,” “Bouncing Back” and “Don’t Count the Candles: Just Keep the Fire Lit!”</p><p>In addition to her daughter, survivors include a grandson, Cooper. Her sister Barbara died in 2013 at 82.</p>

Comedian Joan Rivers died Thursday, her daughter Melissa Rivers has confirmed

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