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Week in Review - 1/5/2014

This week in the celebrity spotlight: John talks getting the lead in “Star Wars: Episode 7” – Alexa Ray discusses Billy Joel’s heroin use – and Adrian gets us up to speed with the “Entourage” movie Film geek alert! The cast of J.J. Abrams’ “Star Wars: Episode 7” has been revealed. Joining original stars Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill will be newcomers John Boyega, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson and Max von Sydow. John Boyega is taking on the lead role. Here’s what the actor had to say about “Star Wars” just three weeks ago at the premiere of “Half of A Yellow Sun”. The Tony nominations are in. Jonathan Groff and Lucy Liu had the honor of announcing the nominees that included high profile names such as Bryan Cranston, Neil Patrick Harris and Chris O’Dowd. But there were quite a few famous faces that didn’t make the list - such as Denzel Washington, James Franco, Zachary Quinto, Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz. Hugh Jackman is set to host the ceremony at Radio City Music Hall on June 8th. New details have emerged regarding the death of British socialite Peaches Geldof. According to a coroner’s report, the 25-year-old daughter of musician Bob Geldof died of a heroin overdose – just as her mom Paula Yates did almost 15 years before. The news May 2, 2014
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Unconditional apology by Manish Tewari in defamation case filed by Nitin Gadkari

Mumbai, April 30 (ANI): Congress leader Manish Tewari on Wednesday tendered an unconditional apology to BJP leader Nitin Gadkari. Tewari had in November 2010 accused Gadkari of holding a 'benami' flat in the Adarsh housing society. Gadkari dragged Tewari to court in December that year, accusing him of defamation. On March 7 this year, the court had taken cognizance of the complaint against Tewari and on April 7, he was asked to pay a bond of Rs. 10,000 to Gadkari. Apr 30, 2014
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Celebrity News - 29/4/2014

NEW YORK The Tony nominations are in. Jonathan Groff and Lucy Liu had the honor of announcing the nominees that included high profile names such as Bryan Cranston, Neil Patrick Harris and Chris O’Dowd. But there were quite a few famous faces that didn’t make the list - such as Denzel Washington, James Franco, Zachary Quinto, Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz. Hugh Jackman is set to host the ceremony at Radio City Music Hall on June 8th. Elsewhere in the city, Andrew Garfield was all about the fans after plugging “The Amazing Spider-Man 2”. LOS ANGELES There was even more fan love out on the West Coast at the Los Angeles premiere of “Neighbors”. In attendance were stars Zac Efron, Seth Rogan, Dave Franco and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. LONDON Over in London, Kit Harington of “Game of Thrones” fame stepped out to promote his big screen flick 'Pompeii'. Here’s what the actor had to say when comparing the two roles – that of a gladiator versus a guard in the knight’s watch. Apr 30, 2014
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PM deserves gold medal for price rise: Nitin Gadkari

Varanasi, Apr 29 (ANI): Taking a dig at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief, Sonia Gandhi, senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari has said that they should get a gold medal, if there is an Olympic event for price-rise. Addressing an election rally in the temple town of Varanasi, Gadkari blamed the Congress party for headline inflation. Apr 29, 2014
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Congress has set world record in corruption: Nitin Gadkari

Lucknow, Apr 28 (ANI): Senior BJP leader, Nitin Gadkari, on Monday said that the country is reeling under inflation and price rise due to wrong economic policies and mis-governance of Congress party-led central government. Addressing a news conference in Lucknow, Gadkari slammed Congress party and its alliance United Progressive Alliance (UPA), saying they had created a world record in corruption. Gadkari said people of the country are hopeful of Narendra Modi and believe that a change will come in the country. Apr 28, 2014