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Kevin Sharp, Country Singer with High-Profile Cancer Battle, Dies at 43
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Kevin Sharp, who became a country music star as he beat the odds against cancer in an inspirational fight in the 1990s, died Saturday at age 43. Best known for the No. 1 hit "Nobody Knows," Sharp died Saturday of complications from past stomach surgeries and digestive issues, according to his Website.A musician raised in Redding, Calif., Sharp followed an unconventional path to success. Diagnosed as a young man with the blood cancer Ewing's sarcoma, he battled for his life while undergoing chemotherapy and radiation. The Make-a-Wish Foundation, which grants requests to terminally ill children and teens, learned he was an »
- Michael Fleeman
International Space Station Receives Important Easter Morning Delivery
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Space station astronauts got a special Easter treat: a cargo ship full of supplies. The shipment arrived Sunday morning via a Dragon, versus a bunny. The SpaceX company's cargo ship, Dragon, spent two days chasing the International Space Station following its launch from Cape Canaveral. Astronauts used a robot arm to capture the capsule 260 miles above Egypt. More than 2 tons of food, spacewalking gear and experiments fill the Dragon, including mating fruit flies, a little veggie hothouse and legs for the resident robot. Nasa also packed family care packages for the six spacemen. On Wednesday, the stakes will be even »
- Associated Press
How to Help Families of Victims in the California Bus Crash
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All their lives, twins Marisol and Marisa Serrato, 17, were inseparable. Together they attended Norte Vista High School in Riverside, Calif., played guitar, sang at their church, even shared mattresses on their bedroom floor. "They didn't do anything without the other," says their brother Miguel. That included considering colleges, among them Humboldt State University, where Marisol was admitted and Marisa was placed on the waiting list. When they were invited to participate in a program that would transport three busloads of Southern California students to the Humboldt campus up north in redwood country, "Marisa wasn't going to go but wanted to be with her sister, »
- Jill Smolowe
Mariah Carey Shares Super Sweet Easter Photo
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Somebunny is having a very happy (and very, very adorable) Easter. Mariah Carey accessorized for the occasion in a series of family photos she shared Sunday on Twitter. Celebrating with husband Nick Cannon and 2½-year-old twins Monroe and Moroccan, Carey rocked a festive headband (which matched Monroe's own bunny ears). "Easter bunny? Are you coming???" she captions a mommy-daughter snapshot. The weekend festivities continued with plenty of Easter egg crafts and, of course, a hunt for goodies. "Such a beautiful day! #happyeaster," Cannon shares on Instagram. »
- Alison Schwartz
Neil Patrick Harris Curses at Fan During Broadway Performance
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When Neil Patrick Harris's Broadway performance was interrupted by an overzealous fan, the show went on - but not without a little playful improvisation. The Hedwig and the Angry Inch star had some Nsfw words for the female theatergoer who called out mid-show, "I love you, Neil," according to the New York Post. Without breaking character, he responded: "I'm doing something up here, motherf-----." This earned the How I Met Your Mother alum, 40, a round of applause. But Harris's unscripted words were meant to entertain - not offend. When the audience member made the comment, the in-character actor first replied, »
- Alison Schwartz
New Portrait of Queen Elizabeth Unveiled for Her 88th Birthday
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A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by renowned British photographer David Bailey has been unveiled to mark the monarch's 88th birthday. The black-and-white photograph, taken at Buckingham Palace in March, shows the Queen smiling broadly. Bailey described his subject as a "very strong woman" with "very kind eyes with a mischievous glint." The portrait, unveiled Sunday for the Queen's birthday on Monday, was commissioned for a government campaign to promote Britain's heritage and tourism to potential visitors abroad. Britain's monarchy and royal history is one of the biggest drivers of its strong tourism industry. The Queen celebrates two birthdays each »
- Associated Press
Glen Campbell Moved to a Care Facility for His Own Safety, Says Family
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After a constant juggling of shifts to keep an eye on Glen Campbell around the clock, his family made the decision to move him into a memory care facility in Nashville. The transition, they tell People, was in the best interest of the "Rhinestone Cowboy" singer, who has been living with Alzheimer's for over three years. "There were five of us taking care of him and we were all completely exhausted," Campbell's fourth wife, Kim Woolen, who stars in the documentary Glen Campbell ... I'll Be Me, which follows the family as they deal with different stages of the disease, tells People. »
- Anya Leon
Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis Spend Time Together in New Orleans
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Who dat down in New Orleans? Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis caught a flight from New Orleans to Los Angeles on Saturday, after spending time touring the Big Easy. Wearing his signature baseball cap and plaid shirt, Kutcher led the way as fiancée Kunis, in a striped top, casual pants and sunglasses, followed close behind. After keeping her baby belly under wraps during the premiere of her new movie Jupiter Ascending, the mom-to-be's bump was clearly visible. On Friday, the couple - who are expecting their first child later this year - paid a visit to Abita Beer's local brewery. »
- Anya Leon
People's 'Most Beautiful' Celebrities Posing with Their Younger Selves
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On April 23, People will unveil its 2014 list of the World's Most Beautiful celebrities, adding a new cover star to the ranks of Beyoncé, Gwyneth Paltrow, Leonardo DiCaprio and Julia Roberts. Each year since 1990, People has chosen a celebrity lineup that's gorgeous both inside and out. To prove that true beauty never ages, we used some Photoshop magic to reconnect the "Most Beautiful" stars of years past with their younger selves. See the 19 pairings below, sorted by the year - or years - they earned their title: All photo illustrations by Linzi Silverman and Tiffany Hagler-Geard for People.com.1990, 1999: Michelle »
- Kelli Bender
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, Boxer who Inspired Bob Dylan Song, Dies at Age 76
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Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, the boxer whose wrongful murder conviction became an international symbol of racial injustice, died Sunday. He was 76. He had been stricken with prostate cancer in Toronto, the New Jersey native's adopted home. John Artis, a longtime friend and caregiver, said Carter died in his sleep. Carter spent 19 years in prison for three murders at a tavern in Paterson, N.J., in 1966. He was convicted alongside Artis in 1967 and again in a new trial in 1976. Carter was freed in November 1985 when his convictions were set aside after years of appeals and public advocacy. His ordeal and the alleged »
- Associated Press
Inside the Dallas Easter Egg Hunt Specially Designed for Visually Impaired Kids
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Thanks to the efforts of the Dallas Junior Chamber of Commerce, nearly 100 blind and visually impaired children got to experience an Easter egg hunt of their very own on Saturday. In the long-running Beeping Easter Egg Hunt, held in Dallas's Nash-Davis Park, the children used their sense of hearing to seek out special noise-making Easter eggs specially constructed for the occasion. "We make our own eggs with a solder gun and glue," Djcc chairman Ponce Duran explained to People. "We go to RadioShack, get a small beeper and glue it to a switch." At the end of the hunt, the »
- Nate Jones
Prince George Spends Easter at Australian Zoo
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George, meet George. Prince William and wife Kate took turns holding their son George on Sunday as they visited a part of Sydney's Taronga Zoo, named for the little prince. There, George came face-to-face with George the Bilby, a rat-like marsupial, which is also Australia's version of the Easter bunny. And the prince squealed with delight as he excitedly pawed at the fury creature. George, who will be 9 months old on Tuesday, and his parents officially opened the Prince George Bilby Exhibit at the Sydney landmark, which lies across the harbor from the famous Opera House, part of the royal family's tour Down Under. »
- Simon Perry
Kate's Royal Tour Style Gets the Thumbs Up Down Under
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Having left her fashionable mark on New Zealand and made a bright entrance in Australia, royal watchers agree there were no fashion faux pas, but instead an array of beautiful and smart dress coats with a good mix of mostly British and New Zealand designers. "If part of Kate's role is to look 'pleasing' then job done!" says Lisa Armstrong, fashion editor at the U.K.'s Daily Telegraph, adding, "She has obviously worked out what suits her." From a bespoke cornflower blue utility coat dress by Alexander McQueen worn to a service of remembrance to her fave casual combo »
- Monique Jessen
Lee Brice Shares His Own Wedding Footage In Video for 'I Don't Dance'
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When Lee Brice first wrote his newest hit, "I Don't Dance," it was never supposed to be on the radio. "It's the most personal thing I've written ever," says Brice, 34. "It was for my wife for our first dance at our wedding. And it wasn't even supposed to be really a song on the record. It was nothing about that, it was just for Sara." But then the songwriter in him took over and he realized the record was good enough to be a single. And as if the song wasn't personal enough, his new music video sure is - »
- Mark Gray
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