Lionel Richie’s cash splash in beer commercial

Hello, is it beer you’re looking for Although the footage doesn’t make its debut for several weeks, here’s a sneak peek at American crooner Lionel Richie as you’ve never seen him before – hanging out in a fridge. Almost 30 years after he romantically pursued a blind art student around college in the original video for his No.1 hit single Hello, Richie is back performing the classic in a quirky beer commercial showcasing Lion’s new draught beer dispenser for the home, Tap King.

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Facebook sued over Eminem song

Eminem’s song publisher is suing Facebook and an ad agency, saying they copied music from one of the rapper’s songs. Eight Mile Style filed a federal lawsuit in Detroit on Monday alleging that a 30-second Facebook ad broadcast online last month copied music from Eminem’s 2000 song Under the Influence.

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Paris Hilton in dolphin paradise

Paris Hilton is in “paradise” with boyfriend River Viiperi. The jet-setting socialite-turned-DJ was in Miami, Florida for the Ultra Music Festival last weekend, but she’s already taken off to an undisclosed tropical destination for some alone time with her model lover

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It’s a girl! Or isn’t it?

The gossip mags seem convinced a royal baby girl is on the way, after Duchess of Cambridge apparently let slip the letter “d” while talking to a well wisher. In the incident a week ago in the English fishing town of Grimsby, the pregnant duchess was given a teddy bear by a local woman

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Elizabethan Drama

Clarification Appended: June 30, 2011 Here’s some good news for consumers who feel themselves trampled by soulless banking and credit giants: on July 21, a new consumer-protection agency will open its doors in Washington, with the mission of making everything from mortgage documents to credit statements fairer and easier to understand and generally giving the little guy more power against the financial corporate juggernauts. Here’s the bad news: it’s not clear that President Obama will be able to appoint anyone to run it

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