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Sugar Bits - Richard and Sharon Quit Strictly Come Dancing

PopSugarUK — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:11:13 -0700

Sharon Osbourne and Richard Madeley have quit Strictly Come Dancing over pay disputes - Telegraph
Rachelle LeFevre is "stunned" after she was replaced for the third Twilight movie by Bryce Dallas Howard - People
Russell Crowe made a £1000 donation in a Berkshire charity shop - The Sun
Phil Spector is apparently not coping well in prison - BBC
The LA coroner's office has delayed the results of Michael Jackson's autopsy again - NME

Front Page: Jury Finds Producer Phil Spector Guilty of Murder

CitizenSugar — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:05:32 -0700

A Los Angeles jury found music producer Phil Spector guilty of the second-degree murder of actress Lana Clakson Monday, after a previous jury could not reach an unanimous verdict. He was taken into custody and faces at least 15 years in prison.- AP

A Minnesota court has decided that Democrat Al Franken has won the state's Senate seat. - Huffington Post

North Korea has vowed to restore its nuclear program, after the UN Security Council condemned its missile launch. - Christian Science Monitor

The US may drop demands for Iran to rapidly shut down nuclear facilities during early phases of negotiations, previously a key condition for talks. - New York Times

President Obama will give a speech on the economy today, updating the public on his administration's progress. - AP

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas opened up to a group of students last weekend, telling them that he had an uneasy relationship with the whole idea of rights. - New York Times

Spike TV has greenlit a pilot for a documentary series titled Pirate Hunters: USN that "will focus on the US Navy's antipiracy operations in the Gulf of Aden." - BuzzSugar

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Sugar Bits - Phil Spector Found Guilty of Murder

PopSugarUK — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:09:48 -0700

A Los Angeles jury has found music producer Phil Spector guilty of murdering actress Lana Clakson in 2003. He has been remanded in custody, pending sentencing on 29 May, and faces at least 15 years in prison for second degree murder, and three years for improper use of a firearm. - Telegraph
Mel Gibson's wife Robyn has filed legal papers to divorce her husband of 28 years, citing "irreconcilable differences". There was no prenuptial agreement so Robyn could stand to receive 50 percent of Mel's $900million fortune. The couple has reportedly been separated for more than two and a half years. - TMZ
Roger Federer married his girlfriend of nine years, Mirka Vavrinec, in Basle, Switzerland on Saturday. Their honeymoon is on hold as Roger is in France for the Monte Carlo Masters. - Independent
Lost star Josh Holloway and wife Yessica have welcomed a daughter. Java Kumala Holloway was born on 9 April in Oahu. - People
Ralph Fiennes will star in Ricky Gervais's first film as a director, which he has co-written with Stephen Merchant. Cemetery Junction, originally called The Men From The Pru, follows 20-somethings working at an insurance company in the 1970s. - Mirror
Gary Barlow has denied that there are plans for Robbie Williams to rejoin Take That, saying: "We're a happy band right now. Robbie won't be joining". - BBC
Scottish singer-songwriter Calvin Harris has knocked Lady GaGa off the top spot of the UK singles chart with "I'm Not Alone". Lady Gaga's The Fame kept the number one spot in the albums chart. - Reuters UK

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Sugar Bits - Will Ferrell Raises Money, Makes Dreams Come True

PopSugar — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:34:11 -0700

The role Will Ferrell auctioned off for charity went for $47,000 and will be given to the anonymous winner's 10-year-old son. Sounds like Will's idea was a huge success. - BuzzSugar
A mistrial was declared in Phil Spector's murder case yesterday. Somehow we still don't think this case is anywhere near closed. - AP
A contestant on the British version of American Idol, X Factor, was diagnosed with a lung disease after Simon Cowell commented on the strange sound of her raspy voice and she felt the need to have it checked out. Simon may have saved her life, but does that mean he's off the hook for crushing the dreams of thousands of singers worldwide?- The Mirror
Jury selection has begun for the inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed. We can't even imagine how difficult it will be to remain impartial on this case. - AP
David Hasselhoff is getting his very own comedy show on E! called Tales From The Hoff and Ryan Seacrest is going to produce it. Doesn't Ryan have enough projects to let him pass on this one? - BuzzSugar

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Link Time! 3/20

BuzzSugar — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:09:18 -0700

TVgasm asks: Is that Phil Spector or "American Idol" contestant Sanjaya Malakar?
Popwatch imagines the Simon Cowell vs. Bruce Springsteen smackdown.
TV Squad reflects on Billy Ray Cyrus' mullet malfunction on "Dancing with the Stars." Don't worry, you can watch the clip online if you missed it.
Idolator's weird celebrity sighting: Kirsten Dunst and Har Mar Superstar at SXSW.
Best Week Ever finds a hilarious Comic Relief contribution from Ricky Gervais.
Cinematical watches the trailer for No Reservations and wonders when Catherine Zeta-Jones went from hot mama to just mama.
YumSugar serves up the Food Network's 2007 programming additions.
The 19th season of "The Real World" hasn't aired yet, but they're already casting for No. 20, says TV with MeeVee.
Stereogum shows us a new music video from the Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan.
Give Me My Remote ponders who got left off TV Guide's "sexiest stars" list.
I Guess I'm Floating tells the Modest Mouse naysayers to shut up.
While Merry Swankster says nay to some overhyped albums.
Film Experience celebrates Holly Hunter's birthday by listing her best ten movie performances.

Phil Spector's Spin on "White Christmas"

BuzzSugar — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:50:29 -0800

In recent years, producer Phil Spector has been more infamous than famous, but the signature sound he created is still irresistible. As proof, check out this Darlene Love version of "White Christmas," from the album A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector. It's got all the elements of classic Spector, including bells, strings, and sultry spoken-word interludes.

Bella Donna: Ronnie Spector TRAINING DRAFT

BellaSugar — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:01:02 -0700

Ronnie Spector has been called "the original bad girl of rock and roll."

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Morning Links - Britney Has More Custody Time Than K-Fed During Tour

PopSugar — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:30:55 -0700

Britney Spears has more than 50 percent custody time with her sons during her Circus tour - TMZ
Carrie Prejean's lawyer said pageant officials are fabricating the claims against her - Fox Pop Tarts
Freida Pinto finally admitted she's dating Dev Patel, yay! - I'm Not Obsessed
Holly Montag made her I'm a Celebrity debut last night - Lifeline Live
Check out Phil Spector's bald mugshot - Popeater
Kyra Sedgwick opened up about the Bernie Madoff scandal - Celebitchy
David Letterman kind of apologized to Sarah Palin - Wonderwall
Kendra's baby is due on Christmas - Us Weekly

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Bella Donna: Ronnie Spector

BellaSugar — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:00:52 -0700

Girl groups from the Spice Girls to Le Tigre might not exist were if not for Ronnie Spector, the lead singer of 1960s girl band The Ronettes and first wife of murder suspect (and alleged nutball) Phil Spector. During a time when multiracial, all-female bands (Ronnie and her sister-cum-bandmate Estelle's mother was black and Native American, their father Irish) were uncommon, The Ronettes topped charts. Their most famous song, "Be My Baby" (yes, from Dirty Dancing) has been covered or sampled by bands from The Beatles to Concrete Blonde to Amy Winehouse. Ronnie (born Veronica Yvette Bennett) released a memoir in 2004 titled Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness.

The Ronettes began performing together as The Darling Sisters in 1959, and when the oldest member was 18, the group won a talent show at The Apollo. While in line for The Peppermint Lounge (a Manhattan disco owned by the Genovese crime family) a couple of years later, the trio were mistaken for a no-show band and ended up on stage. Before long, they hooked up with producer Phil Spector, who is credited with getting them to adopt a more rocker style by wearing beehives and heavy eyeliner.

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Condensed Sugar!

PopSugarUK — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:17:25 -0700

Emma Watson turned 19 this week, and had a pre-birthday celebration at Whisky Mist. A new Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince trailer and accompanying poster was also released!
Record producer Phil Spector was found guilty of murder, he'll be sentenced on May 29 and faces at least 15 years in prison for second degree murder, and three years for improper use of a firearm.
Following reports that a woman is pregnant with Blake Fielder-Civil's child, Amy Winehouse has apparently written a song called "The Ultimate Betrayal".
Lindsay Lohan made fun of herself in a parody dating advert for website Funny or Die, which the majority of you thought was really funny!
Jade Goody's widower Jack Tweed was jailed for twelve weeks for assaulting a taxi driver.
In amongst many other Guess Who quizzes, I asked you to guess who turns 35 this year!
It was a High School Musical and Hairspray reunion as Zac Efron got all his old costars back together for the LA premiere of 17 Again.
We got our first glance at Keira Knightley in costume and filming new movie Never Let Me Go.
Last weekend's opening show of Britain's Got Talent gave us a couple of very interesting characters - burlesque dancer Fabia Carrera, and the angelic voice of Susan Boyle.
We took a look back at Victoria Beckham's Life in Showbiz and quizzed you on her life so far as she turned 35 years old!

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