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'The Kaiser' Lagerfeld Backs Hillary Clinton

Designer Karl Lagerfeld, the doyen of the fashion world known as "The Kaiser", gave his backing Tuesday to Hillary Clinton's U.S. presidential campaign.

The German-born style icon said he "liked the idea" of Clinton taking over from Barack Obama at the White House.

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Indian Designers Feel the Love at Paris Fashion Week

The Indians are not just coming -- they have arrived. Paris fashion week is more Indian than ever, with two designers from the subcontinent cementing their place at style's top table.

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Susan Sarandon Takes in Colombian Sights, Filmfest

Oscar-winning actress and producer Susan Sarandon has touched down in Cartagena, the historic resort city on Colombia's Caribbean coast for its celebrated annual film festival.

"Morning Cartagena!" she said on Twitter from the city which has a large Spanish-colonial era old city, a massive fort and glittering highrises along the beach.

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'Girls' Creator, Actress Lena Dunham Hospitalized

"Girls" creator and actress Lena Dunham was hospitalized on Saturday and will undergo surgery after an ovarian cyst ruptured, reports said.

"Lena Dunham has been very public with her personal bouts with endometriosis. This morning, she suffered from an ovarian cyst rupture and has been taken to the hospital," Dunham's representative said in a statement distributed to various media outlets.

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Casting Saldana as Simone Inflames Ideas of Race, Beauty

If there was any doubt about how Nina Simone's family and fans feel about the upcoming biopic starring Zoe Saldana, recent social media posts make it clear they are not pleased.

A fresh round of criticism for the film erupted after the trailer and poster for "Nina" were unveiled Wednesday.

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Rupert Murdoch Marries Jerry Hall in London

Rupert Murdoch married model Jerry Hall in London Friday less than two months after they got engaged, prompting the media mogul to describe himself as the "luckiest" man in the world.

It is the fourth marriage for 84-year-old Murdoch and technically the first for Hall, 59, although she had a long-term relationship and four children with Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger.

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Medical Examiner: Water, Drugs Led to Bobbi Kristina's Death

Bobbi Kristina Brown's face was immersed in water and she was intoxicated with a mix of marijuana, alcohol, morphine and other drugs — both conditions that caused pneumonia that led to her death, a medical examiner said in a statement released Friday morning.

Friday's revelations come after months of speculation about how she died, including a wrongful death lawsuit filed by her estate against her partner, Nick Gordon, accusing him of giving her a "toxic cocktail" and putting her face down in water. The medical examiner classified the manner of death as "undetermined" because investigators could not determine if it was accidental or intentional, or if it was a suicide or homicide.

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In Cash-Strapped Gaza, the Not-so-Latest Styles are Sought after

Standing by skips full of clothes, vendors call out to bargain hunters scrambling for the not-so-latest styles in the Gaza Strip.

In the Palestinian enclave plagued by poverty and sky-high unemployment -- and hit by a nearly decade-long Israeli blockade -- the second-hand clothes market is booming.

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Miramax Sold to Qatar-Based beIN

Miramax, the film studio behind hundreds of hit movies including "Pulp Fiction" and "Chicago," has been sold to the Doha-based BeIN Media Group, the companies announced on Wednesday.

BeIN, which runs sports networks and movie channels in 24 countries in the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and the U.S., said Miramax would continue to operate as an independent film and television studio under its new owners.

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Top TV Series Getting Museum Treatment in U.S.

Some say television is experiencing a new golden era, and America's museums are putting those highly acclaimed shows on display, showcasing popular culture in their prestigious spaces in hopes of attracting younger and more diverse visitors.

In the U.S. capital Washington, the National Portrait Gallery houses the likenesses of all of the country's great leaders -- George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and.... Francis Underwood?

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