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Tragic news broke this morning at 10:04 a.m. that 32 year-old actress Brittany Murphy has died.

Recent reports from a Los Angeles County coroner’s official say she appears to have died of natural causes. She had been rushed to the hospital after the Los Angeles fire department failed to resuscitate her in the Hollywood home she shared with her husband, British screenwriter Simon...
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ChickAdvisor labeled as a "virtual inspiration" and a "hip portal" in October's issue of Lou Lou Magazine pg. 28! Thank you for the lovely write up! We're utterly flattered and tickled pink! Thank you to ChickAdvisor member, shopgal88, for the heads up!
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President Barack and Michelle Obama, Photo by Larry Downing

Who doesn't like a good butt grab here and there, but would you really do it to the President of the United States? I know there would be no butt-grabbing with Prime Minister Steven Harper! In a new book called "Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage", author Christopher Anderson claims that Michelle's response to...
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Since when does customs get to decide what counts as a birthday gift?

Just because the meanies at the border don't have a sister in the U.S who loves her so much she found her two beautiful pieces at BCBG.com, doesn't mean they should take their frustration out on an innocent newly minted 25ish year old like myself.

I mean, come on! Can't two fashionable sisters send each other something...
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In case you didn't watch the news last night and don't live in Ontario, you might have missed the insane storm we had last night.

This viewer video captures a tornado in Vaughn coming right at their house:
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Do you love this? What a fantastic initiative!

Ladies, we should all be encouraging the men in our lives to participate in this. Walk a Mile in Her Shoes is presented by the White Ribbon Campaign, which fights violence against women. The walk takes place on Thursday October 1st at Nathan Phillips Square.

Visit http://www.walkamiletoronto.org for more information
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Any excuse to get together with friends is a good one, right? What about doing it for a good cause?

The Canadian Cancer Society Ontario has launched Girl's Night In where you bring your friends together for a good cause. In lieu of going out and spending money on dinner, drinks, movie tickets and taxis, host your pals at your place and ask them to bring a cash donation in the amount they would...
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On any other day, Farrah's passing would have been more than a just footnote. So much more than someone who "also died" the same day as Michael Jackson.

This morning, Charlie's Angels alum Farrah Fawcett, 62, succumbed to cancer. She will be remembered as much for her work as for the scandals and tabloid fodder her fame produced.

And, of course, the hair. How many countless hours did we all...
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It is being reported that Michael Jackson, 50, passed away today after suffering a cardiac arrest. There is no word yet on what may have caused it.

The "Thriller" entertainer was huge when I was young, and I can hardly think of my elementary and junior high school years without hearing his music like a movie soundtrack in my head. My gym teacher was so obsessed, she had us do a lap of "moonwalk"...
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Ingram Gallery has partnered with Eat My Words to present the first Canadian Exhibition of MonkeyBiz beaded art. MonkeyBiz is a non-profit organization that promotes empowerment and employment opportunity for disadvantaged women in South Africa through beaded artwork.

MonkeyBiz supplies the colourful glass beads to women artisans to create dolls and animals. Each of the 450 women involved in the...
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