Posted on Sep 08, 2009 under Black Eyed Peas, Jennifer Hudson, Oprah, Oprah Winfrey |
The streets of Chicago were closed early yesterday morning in preparation for a block party for talk show queen Oprah Winfrey.
Michigan Avenue between Wacker Drive and Ohio Street have been closed down to prepare for Winfrey’s block party, to mark the season premiere of The Oprah Winfrey Show on 10 September.
The streets will be shut for an entire day and re-open on Wednesday at 5am. Pedestrians will be allowed on the pavements and given access to buildings within the enclosure – apart from possibly during the show’s two-hour taping.
Jennifer Hudson and the Black Eyed Peas are said to be among the guests expected to attend the premiere.
An entrance for fans who want to join the standing-room-only event will be set up from midday today, at the intersection between Michigan and Ohio.
Source: Splash News
Posted on Sep 08, 2009 under Celebrity, Music Artist |
Bianca Jagger and an Austrian millionaire who found a ring she lost, have moved toward settling a dispute over a reward she refused to pay.
The ring is worth 200,000 euros. Reinhard Ringler will suspend the lawsuit he filed against Jagger to finalise a deal over the unpaid 10,000 euro reward, said his lawyer, Paul Kreuzberger.
Austrian law mandates that Jagger pay Mr Ringler five per cent of the ring’s value. The two parties now have a three-month cooling off period to work out a settlement.
Jagger claims Ringler took too long to return the platinum and aquamarine ring, which she had designed herself. Jagger, an ex-wife of Rolling Stone Mick, lost the ring in Salzburg last August.
Ringler has claimed he gave the ring to his 13-year-old daughter after finding it in a Salzburg hotel. He said he thought it was worthless and only recognised what it was after seeing press reports. He took the ring to the police within eight days of the reports.
Jagger made an alternative offer in November to pay 9,000 euros to Amnesty International and the remaining 1,000 euros to Ringler’s daughter. But Ringler filed a lawsuit in February.
Source: Splash News