Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW", "LOVE is LOVELY".
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Aretha Franklin is engaged….
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Aretha Franklin is engaged to longtime friend William “Willie” Wilkerson.
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The Grammy-winning singer said in a statement Monday that she and Wilkerson are considering a summer wedding, perhaps in Miami Beach, Florida. The Queen of Soul wants to follow the ceremony with a reception on a private yacht.
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The 69-year-old jokes: “No, I’m not pregnant.”
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Franklin and Wilkerson became engaged over the holidays.
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Jan 03 2012
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", "DID YOU KNOW", Inspirationals.
Tags: Africa, African-American, age, aim, America, American, anniversary, arm, arms, army, beauty, black, blacks, bliss, body, bracelet, Brazil, Britain, British, campaign, caring, celebrity, ceremony, challenge, check, children, Chinese, college, community, companion, computer, couple, culture, designer, diamonds, diet, duty, earrings, earth, effort, election, England, era, Europe, example, exercise, family, fashion, finger, fingers, first lady, flag, food, funds, game, garden, global, globe, goal, gold, government, hair, hairdo, hairstyle, hand, hands, happiness, health, home, honor, House, hug, hugs, husband, icon, inspiration, internet, interview, jewelry, job, joy, kisses, labor, language, leader, life, London, love, magazine, man, Mathematics, military, money, moral, morning, mother, nation, navy, necklace, neighborhood, New York, online, partner, performance, period, photos, politics, power, president, project, recipe, ring, role model, school, service, sharing, show, smiles, soldier, soldiers, South Africa, sport, spouse, style, support, task, television, time, tour, universe, updo, values, veggie, veggies, veteran, veterans, voter, White House, wife, woman, words, work, world, youth
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As the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama has become a role model in the awareness arena for healthy eating, sharing her homegrown recipes via her cookbook. Next celebrity chef? She has also become a fashion icon and has been named by Forbes Magazine as the eighth most powerful woman in the world.
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First lady Michelle Obama speaks at the Democratic National Committee’s Women’s Leadership Forum in Washington….
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First lady Michelle Obama speaks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 17, 2011, during an event to honor schools that met the first lady’s goal to double the number of participants in the HealthierUS School Challenge in year.
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Michelle Obama attends cultural performances in Brasilia, Brazil….
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Michelle Obama introduces President Barack Obama at a DNC fundraiser at Gotham Hall, New York-
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Michelle Obama gestures before introducing her husband President Barack Obama at a DNC fundraiser at Gotham Hall in New York. She’s mingled barefoot among Aspen’s elite, stirred a Vermont utility executive to tears and bucked up disenchanted New Yorkers. The 2012 presidential campaign is well under way for Michelle Obama, and the first lady is promising to put herself into the election effort like never before. More than a year from Election Day, she is hauling in millions in campaign cash and sketching a portrait of her husband drawn with an intimacy that no one else could duplicate.
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Michelle Obama speaks to children at Christ Church College in Oxford, England.-
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Michelle Obama speaks to children from Elizabeth Garrett Anderson school in London as they visit Christ Church College in Oxford, England.
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Dec 18 2011
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Prince William and Kate Middleton attend the wedding between event rider Harry Meade and Rosemarie Bradford at the Church of St Peter and St Paul.
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Prince William walks with his girlfriend Kate Middleton after his graduation ceremony at RAF Cranwell. Lincolnshire, England
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Princess Beatrice and Eugene hat madness (fashion faux pas)
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May 03 2011
Posted: under "LOVE is LOVELY", "YUMMY FOOD FOR THOUGHT".
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Happiness is found in life itself!!!!
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“Happiness is inward
and not outward;
and so it does not
depend on what
we have,
but on what we are”
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– Henry van Dyke
May 02 2011
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW", "LOVE is LOVELY".
Tags: actor, actress, age, baby, bank, beaches, beauty, bliss, bouquet, celebration, celebrity, ceremony, child, church, companion, computer, concert, couple, designer, diamonds, fashion, father, film, flowers, gold, gown, hairdo, hairstyle, happiness, Hollywood, home, hug, husband, internet, jewelry, joy, kisses, laughter, life, love, man, marriage, minister, money, mother, movie, music, New York, online, parent, Paris, parson, partner, party, pastor, preacher, president, priest, rain, resort, ring, rose, roses, singer, smiles, sports, spouse, star, style, suit, sunset, umbrella, Valentine's Day, water, wedding, wife, woman
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LaLa Vasquez and Carmelo Anthony
“It was the most amazing night of my life,” Vasquez, 31, said of July 10 NYC wedding to the Denver Nugget star, 26. After a 20-minute ceremony, where their three-year-old son Kiyan served as ring bearer, the couple and their 300-plus guests danced to ’70s R&B and hip-hop tunes.
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Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz
The expectant singer — in a one-shoulder silk Vera Wang draped dress — and the hip-hop producer, 32, were wed by pal Dr. Deepak Chopra at a private residence in Corsica, France July 31 (also in attendance: Queen Latifah and Bono). Three months later, the crooner, 29, gave birth to their son Egypt.
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Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky
Clad in Vera Wang, the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton swapped vows with the
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Mar 30 2011
Posted: under "SMILE" Jamaica ~ "Once You Go --- You Know".
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Jennifer Bolt (in picture), mom of Jamaican sprinter, Usain Bolt, presented with a gold pendant in celebration of the dedication and sacrifices she has made for her children. The presentation occurred during the P&G and the IOC partnership announcement in London on Thursday, July 28 where P&G also announced the globalization of the ‘Proud Sponsor of Mom’ campaign and the video series “P&G Momumentary: Raising an Olympian,” where Bolt will provide the type of insight only the mom of an Olympian can.
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Mrs Jennifer Bolt, mother of World and Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt, has also been chosen as the first recepient of the International Mothers of Distinction (IMOD) award.
The inaugural awards ceremony will be held on May 7, 2011 in Toronto.
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Mrs Bolt was chosen because of the significant impact she has had on the life of her son.
She was lauded for the significant achievements of her son, noting that Usain has brought back a certain excitement to international athletics that was not there in recent times and has elevated the Jamaica “brand” to a level never seen before.
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The International Mothers of Distinction (IMOD) award was created
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Oct 07 2010