Get Your Celebrity Fix And Career Advice In 3 Fun Reads

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MARCH 02: Television Personality Kim Kardashian celebrates DuJour magazine's Spring issue collaboration with Kim Kardashian and Bruce Weber at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on March 2, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) Standing Ovation Presentations by Robyn Hatcher Robyn Hatcher is founder and principal of SpeakEtc, a boutique communication and presentation-skills training company based in NYC. She’s also a former actress and writer for two daytime dramas. In her new book, Standing Ovation Presentations (Motivational Press, 2013), Hatcher shares a thorough overview of communication...

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Giada Does Vegas: New Restaurant Doubles Female Celebrity Chefs On Strip

Emmy-winning TV Star, bestselling cookbook author, and classically trained chef Giada De Laurentiis is about to open her first restaurant - in Las Vegas - and it's a big deal. Las Vegas is an amazing eating city, with a stunning number of restaurants by many of the world’s most famous chefs, including the global flagships of several noted culinary maestros like “Chef of the Century” Joel Robuchon and seafood guru Rick Moonen, who turned his back on 3-Stars in New York to make the move west. There are satellites by just about every famous chef you could name – as long as you stick to naming men. With the notable exception of Border Grill’s (Mandalay Bay) “Two Hot Tamales,” Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger, the celebrity chef scene in Las Vegas has long been a boy’s club...

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Madonna Tops Forbes 2013 List Of The Top-Earning Celebrities

Madonna‘s latest album, MDNA, was a flop. Her 12th studio album, Madonna sold fewer than 1 million copies of MDNA in the U.S. and the singles, like “Give Me All Your Luvin,” failed to impress on the pop music scene. Madonna But the tour that the Material Girl launched to go along with her new album was a spectacular success. Fans didn’t flock to stadium and spend upwards of $100 per ticket to hear Madonna’s latest stuff. They went to hear hits like “Vogue,” “Like a Virgin” and “Lucky Star.” The tour grossed $305 million and earned her the Top Touring Award at the Billboard Music Awards. Add to that strong merchandise sales, a clothing line, fragrance and investments in companies...

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Billionaire Sound Pioneer Ray Dolby Dies, Age 80

Ray Dolby died Thursday in San Francisco, age 80. He suffered from Alzheimer’s Disease and acute leukemia. A pioneer in the field of sound, Dolby will be remembered as the man who took the hiss out of sound recordings. With a fortune of $2.4 billion at his death, Dolby truly did make silence golden. He founded his namesake Dolby Laboratories DLB +2.95% in 1965. His work revolutionizing the immersive experience of movie theater sound started with Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange in 1971 and matured with Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977. Over the years Dolby earned 50 patents, two Oscars, multiple Emmys and a Grammy. He first entered the billionaire ranks in 2005 when Dolby Laboratories went public. The company’s revenues last year were in excess...

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Oops! Celebrity Big Brother 2013 winner revealed on Twitter... 30 minutes before the live show airs

Charlotte Crosby won this year's Celebrity Big Brother, but the world found out 30 minutes before the official announcement. During the break between the first and second half of the Live Final on Friday night, the front page of the Daily Star was shared on Twitter, which read: 'Charlotte wins Celebrity Big Brother.' A BBC journalist and Sky News shared the front page via their Twitter account, which was met by confused replies from fans of the show. Faux pas: The winner of Celebrity Big Brother was revealed on Twitter 30 minutes before the official announcement One Twitter user wrote: 'It's pre-recorded wtaf #CBB' Another asked: 'How do the papers know Charlotte wins cbb? It's not on for 30 min !?????' They were responding to the tabloid front page shared by Nick Sutton, editor...

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Holly Willoughby expresses relief after undergoing throat surgery to remove the same type of vocal nodules Adele suffered

Holly Willoughby is celebrating the sucess of the surgery performed to remove nodules from her throat. And after her doctors successfully removed the 'vocal calluses' Holly tweeted her joy on Friday evening. Joking about the procedure, which Adele also undertook to restore her voice, Holly hopes that like the Grammy-award winning singer, she'll match her achievements. Phew! Holly Wiloughby tweets that she has recovered from essential throat surgery, the same Adele underwent to remove vocal nodules The This Morning presenter tweeted: 'Phew! Nodules gone, operation a success. After Adele had hers done, she won a Grammy... Fingers crossed! Xxx' Holly was referring to the laser treatment called Green Light KTP, a new surgery which previously was only available in the U.S. but...

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Charlotte Crosby is voted the winner of Celebrity Big Brother 2013 with Abz Love as runner up

Charlotte Crosby has been voted the winner of Celebrity Big Brother 2013. The Geordie Shore star received the most votes, beating 5ive singer Abz Love for the title. Wearing a black leather dress, Charlotte pulled her best rock star posed as she enjoyed the cheers from the rain-sodden crowd. Winner: Charlotte Crosby comes in first place in the Celebrity Big Brother 2013 Live Final Speaking to Emma Willis after her victory, Charlotte talked about acceptance in the house: 'In the beginning Ron and Bruce didn’t like it when I farted…but you need to embrace the fart.' The reality star also said living in the CBB house was nothing like her Geordie Shore digs and spoke about her relationship with certain celebs. '[Vicky] is a lovely woman…we are both fiery,' Charlotte told Emma....

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