Survival and pride as Katrina hits French Quarter
In New Orleans the French Quarter endures Katrina with grit and humor. Survivors like Gail Henke toast with vodka and cranberry on Bourbon Street while neighbors reflect on faith and resilience amid damaged chimneys and toppled trees. Local officials warn of emergency, yet the area remains defiantly alive.
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Orleans
Gail Henke
Bourbon Street
Saints
Booker
Vieux Carre
Old City
Burgundy Street
Arnold Steinbrenner
Cathedral
St. Louis
Carrie Hanselman
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Terry Ebbert
Homeland Security
New Orleans
Tamara Stevens
Rick Leiby
Johnny White
Lesby
Jay-Z Takes Def Jam Presidency For Challenge And Change
Jay-Z, 35, newly named president of Def Jam Recordings, says he seeks a real challenge and to prove he is more than a rapper. He cites boredom with his comfort zone and concerns about the lack of black executives in music as motives for stepping into the executive role.
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Associated Press
Jay-Z
Def Jam Recordings
New York Times
Shawn Carter
Birthday greetings for Elizabeth Ashley and peers
The notice lists birthdays for Elizabeth Ashley, Ben Jones, Peggy Lipton, Lewis Black, Michael Chiklis, Michael Michele, Sherrie Austin, Cameron Diaz, Lisa Ling, Matt Taul, Aaron, and Reel Big Fish member. It notes an assorted mix of actors, musicians, and TV personalities with no additional context.
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Elizabeth Ashley
Ben Jones
Seeees
Peggy Lipton
Lewis Black
Daily Show
Michael Chiklis
Michael Michele
Sherrie Austin
Cameron Diaz
Lisa Ling
Matt Taul
Aaron Bé
Brady’s Christopher Knight Stars in VH1 Reality Show
Christopher Knight from The Brady Bunch headlines his own reality series My Fair Brady with Adrianne Curry, his Surreal Life partner. The pair, aged 47 and 23, meet on TV and premiere Sept 11 on VH1, with Curry noting lessons learned from Knight.
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Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
Peter Brady
Christopher Knight
Adrianne Curry
Knight
Curry
Brady
VH1
Clooney Invests in Las Vegas Project Near The Strip
Actor George Clooney announced an investment in Las Ramblas a $3 pillion development planned east of the Las Vegas Strip. The stake involves developers Related Las Vegas Centra Properties and nightlife figure Rande Gerber with his Afie Widinighit firm.
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Clooney Invests
Las Vegas
Associated Press
Danny Ocean
George Clooney
Ocean
Eleven” Star
Las Ramblas
Las Vegas Strip
Clooney
Centra Properties
Rande Gerber
Afie: Widinighit
Pyle’s Indiana childhood home demolished despite preservation efforts
The hilltop Dana farmhouse where WWI correspondent Ernie Pyle grew up was torn down in mid August after owners declined to move it out of liability and vandals damaged the site. Preservationists lament the loss of a place where Pyle spent from age two to eighteen and which inspired his later writing.
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Associated Press
Indiana
Ernie Pyle
Gene Goforth
Dana
Terre Haute
Pyle
Evelyn Hobson
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Adrianne
Aniston and
Vaughn
Tribune Media Services
Jennifer Aniston
Vince Vaughn
Aniston
Dwight Yoakam
Chicago House
Jennifer
Anra
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