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Lady Gaga stylist Nicola Formichetti leaves Mugler
After 2 1/2 years as creative director at Mugler, Lady Gaga stylist Nicola Formichetti is leaving the label "by mutual agreement," WWD reports. [WWD] Justin Bieber appears on the cover of Teen Vogue's May "music" issue. [Teen Vogue] Hayden...
Tags: Electronics, Heidi Klum, Angelina Jolie, Lady Gaga, India
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SEC says corporate information can be spread on Twitter, Facebook
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Securities and Exchange Commission says companies can use social media such as Facebook and Twitter to disseminate key information just as they already do on corporate websites. But, the agency said, companies must make it clear...
Tags: Social Media, Netflix Inc., U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Economy, Business and Finance, Corporate Officers
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As expected, next iPhone to look like the last iPhone
As many consumers expected, the next iPhone will look the same as the iPhone 5, at least according to a report. Since the release of the third iPhone in 2009, Apple has followed each new iPhone redesign with an "S" iPhone that gets only an improvement...
Tags: Netflix Inc., The Wall Street Journal, Apple iPhone, New Products
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Justin Bieber saying 'Auf wiedersehen' to confiscated monkey?
Justin Bieber just can't seem to hold on to his pets. There was the snake, and the hamster, and now there's Mally, his confiscated capuchin monkey, which he may be abandoning in Germany in hopes that the critter will find an appropriate, loving home...
Tags: Auction Service, Social Media, Music, Germany, Justin Bieber
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What would happen if Mark Cuban actually drafted Brittney Griner?
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban told reporters Tuesday night that he would consider drafting 6-foot-8 former Baylor women's basketball star Brittney Griner. Griner later tweeted: "I would hold my own! Lets do it." Writers from around Tribune Co....
Tags: Dallas Mavericks, Basketball, Mark Cuban, Tribune Company, Kevin Ware
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Justin Bieber concerts foil Norway schools' midterm exam schedule
Five schools in Norway have cried "Uncle" in the face of the force that is Justin Bieber. "Believe" it or not, they're moving midterms up a week so as not to conflict with the pop star's scheduled shows in Oslo on April 16 and 17, the original testing...
Tags: Social Media, Students, Education, Oslo (Norway), Nicole Polizzi
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Windows Phone gains ground in first months of 2013, report says
Microsoft's mobile platform has gotten off to a good start in early 2013 -- and that's no April Fools' joke. Windows Phone 8, led by the Nokia Lumia 920, had the third-highest market share for smartphones sold in the U.S. during December through the end...
Tags: Computer Hardware, BlackBerry, Marketing, Corporate Performance
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Kurt Braunohler's kind of comedy hits streets, heights
Comedian Kurt Braunohler has promised, within a matter of minutes, to rearrange the downtown Los Angeles sky. It's 2:23 p.m. and half a dozen people on a recent Saturday crane their necks and squint into the sun as they wait outside a Hill Street high-...
Tags: Comedy Central (tv network), Stand-up Comedy, Music, The Daily Show (tv program), Van Halen (music group)
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Watch the Golden State Warriors fill Kent Bazemore's car with popcorn
After running on the treadmill, Golden State Warriors rookie Kent Bazemore returned to his car Wednesday to find an unwelcome surprise. His white sedan was filled -- practically to the roof -- with popcorn. Bazemore was surprisingly calm about the...
Tags: Denver Nuggets, Kenyon Martin, Golden State Warriors, Popcorn
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Microsoft, Netflix, others join April Fools' Day tech pranks
Earlier we showed some of the first April Fools' Day pranks posted online by tech companies, with Google notably leading the way, but more companies have joined in on the humorous holiday with pranks of their own. From Netflix's super-specific movie and...
Tags: Netflix Inc., Digg Inc., Television, Parks and Recreation (tv program), Apple iPhone
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Snooki elopes, and other celebrity April Fools' Day pranks
Did Snooki and fiancé Jionni LaValle elope? Nope! The "Jersey Shore" star tweeted a photo of herself in a fluffy wedding dress and enormous tiara hugging her fiancé (prom-style) Monday, which happened to be April Fools' Day. "Jionni and I eloped!!!...
Tags: Heidi Klum, Seth Rogen, Nicole Polizzi, Celebrities, J.J. Abrams
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Lindsay Lohan pregnant? Say it ain't so (like she finally did)
Y'all can stop freaking out: Lindsay Lohan is not pregnant, despite a message saying, "Its official. Pregnant ..." that went up overnight on her Twitter feed. The actress took down the post and tweeted Tuesday morning, "April Fools. Where's everyone's...
Tags: Social Media, Lindsay Lohan, Brazil
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