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US site selling Beatles’ back catalogue despite EMI investigation

London, Nov 4 (ANI): It has emerged that the back catalogue of British band Beatles is still being sold on BlueBeat for digital download, despite it being at the centre of a copyright row with EMI.

BlueBeat, an American website, continued selling MP3 files of every single Beatles track for 25 cents (15p), even though the [...]

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Military chiefs reject ‘tacky’ Jordan’s offer to visit war-torn Afghanistan

London, Oct 26 (ANI): Military chiefs have apparently rejected former glamour model Katie Price a.k.a. Jordan’s appeal to visit war-torn Afghanistan on Christmas – because she is too tacky for the troops.

They believe she would use the trip as a shameless publicity stunt to help flog her merchandise.

“Her bid was considered like all the [...]

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Colorado balloon boy incident a hoax?

Washington, October 16(ANI): The 6-year-old boy from Colorado, who raised alarm after he was thought to have floated off in a homemade balloon only to be later found hiding at home, has unknowingly hinted that it was a publicity stunt by his family.

During a live interview on CNN, Falcon Heene revealed he could hear his [...]

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Khloe Kardashian’s hubby Lamar Odom defends wedding

London, Oct 1 (ANI): American socialite Khloe Kardashian’s hubby Lamar Odom has had to come to the defence of his marriage, following claims that the wedding is a scam.

The 29-year-old Los Angeles Lakers player has hit out at rumours that his marriage to 25-year-old Khloe was a publicity stunt.

“It was real. It’s crazy how perception [...]

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ESPN reporter insists naked video is no publicity stunt

New York, September 13 (ANI): American sports caster Erin Andrews has denied that a grainy footage of her undressing in a hotel room is no publicity stunt, insisting she “would never do this to herself.”

The 31-year-old was accused of staging a scandal after the illegally taped peephole video of her naked found its way to [...]

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Mariah Carey, ex Eminem’s war of words a ‘publicity stunt’

Washington, Aug 15 (ANI): Mariah Carey’s husband Nick Cannon has indicated that his wife’s row with her ex-beau Eminem is just a publicity stunt to promote their new albums.

Eminem declared war against the ‘Honey’ hitmaker by discussing their brief fling in his recent track Bagpipes from Baghdad, and Carey [...]

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White House rebukes ad featuring Obama’s daughters

Washington, Aug.12 (ANI): The White House counsel had asked the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine to withdraw a new unauthorized ad campaign featuring President Barak Obama’s two young daughters – Sasha and Malia.

Obama’s press secretary Robert Gibbs expressed displeasure at unauthorized use for advertising.Without getting into the specifics, we’ve been very clear, I think, from [...]

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Paula Abdul may judge ‘So You Think You Can Dance’

London, August 10 (ANI): Paula Abdul may appear as judge in the talent show ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ after her exit from ‘American Idol’.

She reportedly met Nigel Lythgoe, the producer of the dance show, recently.

The maker has apparently suggested that there was “no question” he [...]

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