Fashionably late ‘Everygirl’ Maria Menounos

“EveryGirl’s Guide to Life” scribe Maria Menounos, who advises readers to “be proud of your body, but not obvious,” is no stranger to the wardrobe malfunction.

So when the “Access Hollywood” honey came to town over the weekendin a white minidress that could have caused an oopsie moment like heron-the-beach bikini brouhaha in Miami last January, the girl broke heralways-on-time mantra.
“I had to stop and get a slip,” Maria told the Track at a book brunch bash at 94 Mass. Ave., where she kept guests waiting for 45 minutes. “That’s why I was late!”


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Access Hollywood'' host Maria Menounos told She’s got the answers teens want to know

“Saved By the Bell’’ and “Showgirls’’ actress Elizabeth Berkley’s side gig has turned into a full-time job. Besides acting, which she’s done over the last few years on shows such as “CSI: Miami,’’ Berkley has become a popular self-help guru for girls and has been traveling the country to promote her book “Ask Elizabeth: Real Answers to Everything You Secretly Wanted to Ask About Love, Friends, Your Body . . . and Life in General,’’ which placed No. 2 this week on The New York Times Bestsellers List of children’s paperback books.

On Friday, her book tour brought her to Medford High School where she spoke to a girls-only assembly. Berkley told us yesterday that Medford High was added to her list of visits because Medford-bred “Access Hollywood’’ host Maria Menounos told her to go there. “She said, ‘When you’re in Boston, you have to go to my high school,’’’ Berkley said, adding that she was thrilled to be surrounded by so many local ladies during the “town hall-style’’ talk.

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Radfahrer (69) fünf Tage nach schwerem Sturz gestorben

Der Mann war am Dienstag auf der St. Georgener Landesstraße in Richtung Oberndorf verunglückt

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FLACHGAU. Seinenschweren Verletzungen ist jener 69-jährige Mann in einem SalzburgerSpital erlegen, der vor fünf Tagen mit seinem Fahrrad in Oberndorfgestürzt war.

Der Pensionist radelte am vergangenen Dienstag gegen 8 Uhr auf derSt. Georgener Landesstraße in Richtung Oberndorf und ist dabeiverunglückt.

Der Pensionist, der keinen Fahrradhelm trug, zog sich unter anderemschwere Kopfverletzungen zu. Ein Hubschrauber flog ihn ins UKHSalzburg, wo die Ärzte schließlich den Kampf um sein Leben verloren.

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Tax day: Your 3 extra days are over

The government gave you three extra days to get your taxes done this year, but if you like to live on the edge, here’s what you need to know:

• File electronically at irs.gov for convenience and faster refunds. Be sure to file for an automatic six-month extension if you still can’t get it together.
• Columbia-area post offices will not be open extra hours for procrastinators. They stopped that practice nearly a decade ago as many taxpayers turned to online filing.
• Most branches close between 4:30 and 5 p.m. But check usps.gov for more information on your local branch. If you must make the mad dash, the latest possible pickup in the Columbia area is at 7 p.m. at 2930 Emanuel Church Road in West Columbia.

New television show 'Mob Wives' follows four Staten Island women and their lifestyles

 

Described as “The Real Housewives on steroids” by its creator, a new show about Staten Island women involved in the mob lifestyle may become the latest hit on TV.

Premiering April 17 at 8 p.m. on VH1, "Mob Wives" follows four friends at a crossroads, struggling with their identities and families as they start over while their husbands or fathers do time for alleged mob-related activities.

The cast features: Karen Gravano, daughter of Mafia turncoat Salvatore (Sammy the Bull) Gravano; Drita D’avanzo, whose husband Lee is in prison for bank robbery; Renee Graziano, daughter of Anthony Graziano, an alleged high-ranking member of La Cosa Nostra, and Carla Facciolo, whose husband Joey Ferragamo was convicted of stock fraud.

“I want everyone to know that these women are just like anyone else, like any other single mom out there,” said Jennifer Graziano of JustJenn Productions, the show’s creator and executive producer. “The show to me is really about the struggles, trials and tribulations these women go through and hopefully conquer throughout the season.”

Ms. Graziano, who grew up in New Springville and then moved to Huguenot, originally wrote a scripted drama based on her life and friends. But when reality TV started gaining momentum, she changed the show’s format figuring it was an easier way to get into television.

Picking the cast was simple. Renee Graziano is her older sister and she’s known the other women for years. All come from similar situations and each has a loved on in jail.

Sıla Şahin fotoğrafları aileyi rahatsız etti (ajans haber)

İlk kez bir Türk kızının kapak olduğu Playboy dergisine verdiği pozlar ile bir anda yıldızı parlayan Sıla Şahin, daha da koşulacak gibi görünüyor.Alman özel televizyonu RTL' de oynayan Gute zeiten, schlechte zeiten (İyi zamanlar, Kötü zamanlar), adlı dizide rol alan Sıla Şahin, Alman Bild gazetesinin kendisyle yaptığı röportajda, Sıla Şahin ”insanın hedefleri peşinde koşması gerektiğini” ve yaptığının ”Türk kızlarına, kendi yollarında ilerlemek ve hayatlarını kendileri için yaşamaları” konularında yardımcı olabileceğini söylemişti.Sıla Şahin 'in fotoğraflarını gören ailesi ise genç yıldıza tavır aldı. Özellikle annesinden çok büyük tepki alan Sıla Şahin 'in leriki zamanlarda başka dergilere pozlarverip vermeyeceği merak konusu oldu.

卫报：日本地震重创老年群体

据英国《卫报》3月18日报道，此次日本大地震和海啸对日本老年人群造成重创，由于缺少供热系统以及药品等物资，许多医院和疗养院已经证实有数十名老人去世。
在距离遭地震重创的福岛核电站10公里的医院中，日本自卫队士兵发现128名老年人被医务人员抛弃。大多数老人已经陷入昏迷状态，其中14人已经在地震发生后死亡。宫城县气仙沼市一家疗养院中，因为缺乏供热系统，该院已有11名老人死亡。这家疗养院的经营者称，幸存的老人感到孤独，并且承受着很大压力。而且疗养院中的煤油加热器所需燃料已经全部用光。
“医生无国界”日本分支负责人埃里克·夸尼斯说，在许多临时避难所中，许多老人正忍受着体温降低、脱水以及呼吸道疾病的折磨，但是这些地方的药品已经消耗光了。
尽管福岛核电站附近的老人被自卫队转移到一个体育馆中，但那里的条件并不好。一名政府官员说，“我们感觉非常无助，对这些老人的遭遇感到抱歉。这里没有活水、没有药品，只有一点点食物，我们无法为他们提供更好的照料。”
红十字会和红新月会国际联盟的帕特·富勒称，缺少民用燃油是最大挑战。几乎所有撤退中心都没有足够的燃油，只有少量汽油，导致许多食物无法食用被迫退回商店。许多地方爆发了胃流感，对于老人来说，很可能引发严重的并发症。

Jack Roush expects wrecks when racing at Talladega

TALLADEGA, Alabama - He has seen one of his cars soar into the fence and seen countless others hauled bruised and battered backto the garage. He also has three wins here as an owner, most recently here in 2009 with Jamie McMurray. Jack Roush is quick to admit that"historically, I have not been a fan of going to either Talladega or Daytona, for the risk involved." Because of the speed and close-quarter drafting at Talladega Superspeedway, drivers are not able to keep "out of harm's way,"Roush said Friday morning, sitting in a director's-style chair outside the No. 99 team's hauler. "On short tracks, you have a choice to back away or give quarter than you don't have here.The speeds are so fast and the time you have to react to (an incident) are so small, if you're in the proximity of something that goes wrong in front of you, you just about can't avoid it," Roush said.
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Coachella 2011: Mumford and Sons asks crowd to dance

Their songs aren't the easiest to sing along to, but the crowd at Coachella (at least the ones closest to the stage) did so with gusto screaming the lyrics to familiar songs from Mumford and Sons debut U.S album "Sigh No More." The new songs, and there were two, were a little trickier (one fan nearby even said "aww" in disappointment when frontman Marcus Mumford said they would be playing new songs) but the crowd eventually caughton as the initially mellow songs built to the usual Mumford and Sons crescendo of banjo, horn and bass drum. "Shall we dance, Coachella?" asked Mumford before the band launched into their widely played single, "Little Lion Man." On cue, women were lifted onto shoulders and hands raised in unison. "This is by far the biggest gig we've ever done as a band," Mumford told the crowd, seeming genuinely honored to be a part of the festival. The band's banjo player - whose hipscould have managed a hula-hoop while he played - said he came to Coachella in 2007 to catch Rage Against the Machine. Considering the event's strict timing for main stage acts this weekend - cutting the sound on artists who arrived late and performed later - Mumford and Sons played their full set despite starting 20 minutes later than the schedule said they would, and ending their set at 9:32, 12 minutes after the schedule had them ending. It's a good thing they did - from my vantage point near the front, the crowd loved them.