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Mar 26 2013

Down her last $1,000 in cash, owes $10.7 million

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Dionne Warwick, one of the most recognizable pop voices of the 1960s, filed for bankruptcy last week citing more than $10 million in tax debt dating back to 1991.

Warwick, 72, made hits out of many Burt Bacharach and Hal David songs and won five Grammys in a 50-year career. The singer is down her last $1,000 in cash and only owns furniture and clothing worth $1,500, according to the Chapter 7 filing in New Jersey.

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Book Review: ‘Do I Look Like an ATM?’

Terri Schlichenmeyer

Mar 22 2013

Author: Sabrina Lamb

Your child has caught some bug that’s going around.

He has a terminal case of The Gimmes, and he’s not getting any better. It’s “Gimme that” and “Buy me this” all day long. It’s Gimme Gimme Gimme, usually accompanied by whining, pleading, and a maddening inability to understand the word “no.”

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Lil Wayne says he's more than good

CNN News Wire

Mar 22 2013

Thanks fans for support

A week after being hospitalized following a seizure, Lil Wayne’s getting back to business.

The rapper created a video on Wednesday, the day following his release from Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, thanking his fans for their support.

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Fox developing possible O.J. Simpson trial miniseries

City News Service

Mar 21 2013

'The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson'

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—A potential miniseries on the O.J. Simpson trial is under development at Fox Broadcasting, the network announced today.

The project has the working title, “The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson,” is based on the 1997 book of the same name by Jeffrey Toobin.

The script is being written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, whose credits include the scripts for the films ”The People vs. Larry Flint,” “Man on the Moon” and “Ed Wood.”

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