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Oprah Winfrey and Rob Lowe flee multi-million homes as California burns

Stars Oprah and Rob Lowe flee multi-million homes as 70mph winds fan raging wildfires Devastating bush fires were sweeping across California last night, burning up a mile of land every hour. And, with near-hurricane winds...

Review: The Way I am by Eminem

If the rumours are true, there may be a new Eminem album before Christmas, the Howard Hughes of hip hop returning from a four-year absence to raise a middle finger to the season of goodwill. Since the release of Encore in 2004,...

Kidman: Sunday Rose has her dad's looks

Nicole Kidman has claimed that her daughter looks just like father Keith Urban. The couple welcomed first child Sunday Rose in July. However, Kidman has said that the baby does not resemble her at all. "She looks so much like...

Catherine Zeta Jones' California fire drama

Nov 16 2008 by David James, Wales On Sunday CATHERINE Zeta Jones’ exclusive California hideaway has been threatened by a wind-whipped wildfire that destroyed 100 homes. The Swansea-born beauty’s estate in the wealthy Southern...

Wildfires devastate parts of California - USATODAY.com

"I can't even read the street names because the street signs are melting." By Robyn Beck, AFP/Getty Images A bronze sculpture entitled "Never Too Big" stands near the ruins of the home of a local artist that was destroyed,...

Baz's big-budget gamble

FOR Baz Luhrmann, there was no escaping the pressure of finishing the country's most ambitious film. During a rushed visit to New York for a tribute dinner last week, the filmmaker behind Strictly Ballroom and Moulin Rouge!...

Wally Lamb: Breaking his silence

In his first novel in 10 years, he sweeps up history, violence and family heartbreak. By CLAUDE PECK, Star Tribune I just found this book today at the library I picked up The Hour I First Believed this morning. The Hour I First...

The spiritual miracles of Marianne

A leading spiritual writer suggests to Christina Reihill that she should be more patient By Christina Reihill Sunday November 16 2008 If there is a textbook for life, Marianne Williamson seems to have it "In any given moment ,...

California wildfire chars Montecito luxury belt

Firefighters in southern California were bracing today for the resurgence of a wildfire that has injured 13 people and destroyed 100 homes.No deaths were reported in the fire itself, but a 98-year-old man died shortly after...

Rob Lowe escapes from 'Armageddon' California wildfire

Rob Lowe, the Hollywood actor, has spoken of his family's dramatic escape from a wildfire that destroyed more than 100 homes in a celebrity-studded enclave in California. "I was watching the football game with my son, and my...