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This beautiful 24-year-old is not a superstar, but the crowd has talked about her as if she were a superstar when she was kidnapped and now, when she has married her fiancé. Yap, Elizabeth Smart has married her Scottish fiancé at a Mormon temple in Hawaii. A family spokesman, Chris Thomas, confirmed Elizabeth married Matthew Gilmour of Aberdeen, Scotland, on Saturday on Oahu’s north shore.

“Elizabeth’s desire was for what most women want — to celebrate her nuptials in a private wedding with family and close friends,” Thomas said in a statement. “She decided, about a week ago, the best way to avoid significant distraction was to change her wedding plans and to get married in an unscheduled ceremony outside of Utah.”

The couple decided to hold their special moment at the Laie Hawaii Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in front of a small group of family members, Thomas said. The group then celebrated at a private reception and luau.

“The bride and groom were beaming as they left the LDS Temple,” Thomas said. He said the couple planned to go on an extended honeymoon in an undisclosed location.

Elizabeth and the Prince Charming Gilmour got engaged last month and initially made plans to wed this summer. The wedding was held several months earlier than planned after news of her engagement last month attracted media’s attention.

In the engagement announcement, Elizabeth’s father, Ed Smart was the exited one. He told more about the fiancé and the wedding plan than the daughter did. And now he is still surprised and happy for the marriage, for the husband who will love and protect his daughter from the second kidnapping.

“We’re just thrilled that she’s married,” the daddy said in a statement, calling the ceremony a “kind of a spur-of-a-moment thing.”

Elizabeth was kidnapped at 14-year-old in Utah by Brian David Mitchell and called her kidnapping ‘nine months of hell’. Wish her now starting years of heaven with the chosen man.

The two members band Sleigh Bells has prepared their recorded tracks and they are launching their new album Reign of Terror this week via Mom + Pop. It was featured by the New York Times an a Reign of Terror full album stream this week. Sleigh Bells performed the songs Comeback Kid and End of the Line of their upcoming album Reign of Terror.

“FIRST came the recorded sound: drums and riffs, some demonically heavy marching band. Next, a couple of guys with guitars, who immediately started messing with their pedals in the darkened club. Two minutes later there was Alexis Krauss, with ripped jeans and a distinct saunter. She raised her arms as she reached the microphone, the black-haired queen of this stage. White lights exploded behind her, over a wall of Marshall stacks and an unfurled American flag,” reads the NY Times description of the live experience.

The duo which is comprised of Derek E. Miller and Alexis Krauss offer the different dynamics performances to expand the songs. They offer long-lined melodies instead of chants, more extensive layers of guitar, and lyrics that open themselves to reflection and sorrow. It’s may surprising to hear Sleigh Bells’ newer music has more on its mind than elemental impact. Under the salvos of programmed percussion, new songs like “End of the Line,” “Comeback Kid” and “Leader of the Pack” were anthems of mourning and consolation.

New episodes of Stephen Colbert‘s Comedy Central The Colbert Report were suddenly halted this week. The network spokesman, Steve Albani, had this as the only explanation, “Due to unforeseen circumstances, the show will air repeat episodes on Wednesday, Feb. 15, and Thursday, Feb. 16.”

The crowd immediately poured out their assumption about the cause. On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the schedule change was prompted by an unspecified family emergency, although production could resume as early as next week. No date was given.

The audiences who have held the ticket to Wednesday night’s show, many of whom were already at the New York City studio, received a last-minute email canceling the taping “due to unforeseen circumstances.”

Some details came from the New York Post on Friday. The newspaper, citing sources close to the show, said the host, 47, took a break because of his 91-year-old mother, Lorna Colbert – to whom Stephen, one of 11 children, is said to be very close.

In 1974, the Colberts experienced the loss of their father James and two of Stephen’s brothers, Peter and Paul, in a plane crash. So although it’s not good news, it’s pretty reasonable for Colberts to halts the show.

According to ABC News, On Wednesday morning, the show promoted what would have been on that night’s program.

“Watch Stephen help shape the message of Colbert Super PAC with the help of political strategist Frank Luntz,” read the last tweet from the Colbert Report Twitter account, suggesting the cancellation was sudden.

Colbert himself, who routinely tweets, has not updated his account since Tuesday.

Finally Malachy the Pekingese became the best in the dog show. Last year Malachy competed in the Best of Show group, but Hickory the Scottish Deerhound defeated the dog. This year the Pekingese beat out the favorites like German Shepherd, Doberman Pinscher, Irish Setter, Dalmatian, a Kerry blue terrier and wire-haired dachshund to become America’s most prized pooch in Best in Show group. He beat a prize affenpinscher called Banana Joe in a most competitive group. Malachy whose smushed-in face frames a mop of flyaway fur and whose pace rivals a snail’s put on a peak performance Tuesday night, wobbling off with best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club.

Maybe they were only dog. But that was a contest. Whatever the contest, the contestant and the winner always been highly appreciated. The crowd, especially the handler was cheering along the event and hollering the dogs name at Madison Square Garden. Malachy’s handler David Fitzpatric who’s also a co-owner always on his side. The 4-year-old dog and rivals was also excited by the yells. Malachy’s pink tongue popped out from his black face, his eyes sparkling like black diamonds and swished his tail as he soaked in the cheers.

“He saved all his energy for the ring today,” David Fitzpatrick said. “No other dog moves like this,” Yap, Malachy is supposed to move with a “slow and dignified” gait. Fitzpatrick added,” “He doesn’t run. He has a dignified Pekingese gait,”

Judge Cindy Vogels chose Malachy in front of adoring supporter. The No. 2 show dog in the nation this year had heard it before, having taken the toy group here last February.

“Super dog, and he had a stupendous night,” she said. “There’s a lot of dog in a small package.”

Malachy is the fourth Pekingese won at Westminster and the first since 1990. Fitzpatrick said Malachy was likely headed back to East Berlin, Pennsylvania for a life in retirement.

Audiences was also cheering for the other categories. From the Sporting group, the German Wirehaired, Labrador Retriever, English Setter, Irish Setter, English Springer Spaniel, Irish Water Spaniel, Wirehaired Pointing Griffon were brought down after the first cut and then the Best of Group order went 1) Emily the Irish Setter, 2) German Wirehaired Pointer, 3) English Springer Spaniel and 4) Irish Water Spaniel.

The Working group was next, there were the Alaskan Malamut, Bernese Mountain Dog, Boxer, Doberman, Rottweiler, Samoyed, Standard Schnauzer and Tibetan Mastiff. The order for Best in Group went 1) Fifi the Doberman, 2) Boxer, 3) Alaskan Malamut and 4) Standard Schnauzer.

Finally, the Terrier group capped off the group competition. Brought down after the first cut was the American Staffordshire, Australian, Border, Smooth Fox, Kerry Blue, Scottish, Skye and Welsh. The Best of Group went 1) Chelsey the Kerry BLue, 2) Smooth Fox, 3) Skye and 4) American Staffordshire.

TMZ was the first media post the leaked cover of Kate Upton’s pose and it just like announced that Miss Upton will grace the cover of the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. A few of the issues arrived early to a gas station in Michigan. The blonde was a vision in the ‘minimalist red’, tall and beautiful and the pictures are already making the online rounds.

The opinions didn’t only refer to her pose in swimsuit. The crowds see the 19-year-old Upton as a stunner. Kate Upton was recently rumored to be dating Mark Sanchez of the New York Jets. But she was standing beside Giants receiver Victor Cruz in a club on Valentine day and confirmed,” “I have low self-esteem right now,” she said, still laughing. “Victor Cruz turned me down as his Valentine.”

Fans, especially men, may adore Upton as the fascinating model and some reporters and photographers have prove how elegant she was when under their direction, but apparently the Victoria’s Secret casting director, Sophia Neophitou, is not really impressed by it. According to The New York Times, she won’t choose Upton as her wings for the annual runway show.

“We would never use’ Ms. Upton for a Victoria’s Secret show. She’s too obvious and too blonde.”

The casting director also told the details why the 5-foot-10 sexy Upton wouldn’t be able to hang with Victoria’s Secret Angels Miranda Kerr, Alessandra Ambrosio and Candice Swanepoel during the nationally televised event.

“She’s like a Page 3 girl,” Neophitou continued, referencing the spread of scantily clad women that runs in the British newspaper The Sun. “She’s like a footballer’s wife, with the too-blond hair and that kind of face that anyone with enough money can go out and buy.”

The ‘most awarded woman singer in a night’ record of Beyonce finally was tied by British neo-soul songstress Adele. Adele became the sixth artist to win six awards in a night (the last was the Dixie Chicks in 2007) and the youngest act (23) to nail the top three categories.

Adele is now a six-time Grammy winner, sweeping Album, Record and Song of the Year, as well as Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Short Form Video and Best Pop Solo Performance at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday (Feb. 12). Adele netted trophies for her record-smashing album 21 and hit singles “Rolling In The Deep” and “Someone Like You”.

Adele also presented performances to prove she’s really proper to be nominated and crowned by Grammy awards. She performs for the first time since her throat surgery last fall and she thanked the doctor who helped bring her voice back to the stage after a vocal cord hemorrhage last year. The 23-year-old singer showed off her restored vocal prowess with a dynamic reading of Rolling in the Deep and she earned a sustained ovation for the impressing voice.

Adele’s winning was little bit surprising because the most nominated act of the night is Kanye West. However West didn’t earn the disappointing result. The rapper picked up trophies for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for “All of the Lights”, and Best Rap Performance for “Otis” (with Jay-Z), and Best Rap Album for “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”.

Did the result deal with your winner candidate? In case you forget the list of winner, just check this out.

• Record of the Year: “Rolling in the Deep,” Adele
• Song of the Year: “Rolling in the Deep,” Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth
• New Artist: Bon Iver
• Pop Solo Performance: “Someone Like You,” Adele
• Pop Performance by a Duo or Group: “Body and Soul,” Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse
• Pop Vocal Album: “21,” Adele
• Alternative Album: “Bon Iver,” Bon Iver
• Rock Song: “Walk,” Foo Fighters
• Rock Album: “Wasting Light,” Foo Fighters
• Rock Performance: “Walk,” Foo Fighters
• Hard Rock/Metal Performance: “White Limo,” Foo Fighters
• R&B Album: “F.A.M.E.,” Chris Brown
• R&B Song: “Fool For You,” Cee Lo Green, Melanie Hallim & Jack Splash
• R&B Performance: “Is This Love,” Corrine Bailey Rae
• Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: “Fool For You,” Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona
• Rap Album: “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” Kanye West
• Rap Performance: “Otis,” Jay-Z and Kanye West
• Rap Song: “All of the Lights,” Jeff Bhasker, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West
• Rap/Sung Collaboration: “All of the Lights,” Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie
• Dance Recording: “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites,” Skrillex
• Dance/Electronica Album: “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites,” Skrillex
• Musical Theater Album: “The Book of Mormon,” Robert Lopez, Trey Parker & Matt Stone
• World Music Album: “Tassili,” Tinariwen
• Latin Pop Rock, Rock or Urban Album: “Drama y Luz,” Mana
• Tropical Latin Album: “Last Mambo,” Cachao
• Banda or Norteno Album: “Los Tigres Del Norte and Friends,” Los Tigres Del Norte
• Regional Mexican or Tejano Album: “Bicentenario,” Pepe Aguilar
• Country Solo Performance: “Mean,” Taylor Swift
• Country Album: “Own the Night,” Lady Antebellum
• Country Performance by a Duo or Group: “Barton Hollow,” The Civil Wars
• Country Song: “Mean,” Taylor Swift
• Jazz Vocal Album: “The Mosaic Project,” Terri Lyne Carrington & various artists
• Jazz Instrumental Album: “Forever,” Corea, Clark & White
• Improvised Jazz Solo: “500 Miles High,” Chick Corea
• Large Ensemble Jazz Album: “The Good Feeling,” Christian McBride Big Band
• Blues Album: “Revelator,” Tedeschi Trucks Band
• Folk Album: “Barton Hollow,” The Civil Wars
• Pop Instrumental Album: “The Road From Memphis,” Booker T. Jones
• Bluegrass Album: “Paper Airplane,” Alison Krauss & Union Station
• Americana Album: “Ramble at the Ryman,” Levon Helm
• Reggae Album: “Revelation Pt. 1: The Root of Life,” Stephen Marley
• New Age Album: “What’s It All About,” Pat Metheny
• Children’s Album: “All About Bullies… Big and Small,” various artists
• Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Paul Epworth
• Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: “Cinema (Skrillex remix),” Sonny Moore
• Gospel Song: “Hello Fear,” Kirk Franklin
• Gospel/Contemporary Christian Performance: “Jesus,” L’Andria Johnson
• Gospel Album: “Hello Fear,” Kirk Franklin
• Choral Performance: “Light & Gold,” Eric Whitacre
• Classical Contemporary Composition: “Elmer Gantry,” Robert Aldridge & Herschel Garfein
• Producer of the Year, Classical: Judith Sherman
• Orchestral Performance: “Brahms: Symphony No. 4,” Gustavo Dudamel
• Opera Recording: “Adams: Doctor Atomic,” Alan Gilbert, conductor
• Spoken Word Album: “If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won’t),” Betty White
• Comedy Album: “Hilarious,” Louis C.K.
• Compilation Soundtrack Album For Visual Media: “Boardwalk Empire,” various artists
• Score Soundtrack Album For Visual Media: “The King’s Speech,” Alexandre Desplat
• Song Written For Visual Media: “I See the Light,” Alan Menken & Glenn Slater
• Historical Album: “Band on the Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection – Deluxe Edition),” Paul McCartney
• Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists: “Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me),” Jorge Calandrelli

Bobbi Kristina, Whitney Houston’s daughter was hospitalized at 10:30 a.m. Sunday in a distraught reaction after the Mom has gone forever. The 18-year-old Kristina was treated for a stress-related condition and released, according to sources close to the family who refused to be named The sudden death was not only shocked the family but also the fans, Grammy insiders, and the society at large. To determine the sudden death’s cause, police and coroner’s officials is investigating the death location and the corpse.

The sudden death stimulates many assumptions, but so far there’s no obvious sign of foul play found. Beverly Hills police Lt. Mark Rosen said, “There were no obvious signs of criminal intent at the scene of Houston’s death. Her body was discovered by a member of her entourage.”

The cause of death is unknown, but it is increasingly looking like Whitney may have fallen asleep or lapsed into unconsciousness in the bathtub and drowned. Whitney reportedly had been drinking the night before and authorities believe a combination of Xanax and alcohol could have fatally sedated her.

Capt. John Kades of the Los Angeles County coroner’s office said an autopsy was begun Sunday, but results would be withheld at the request of Beverly Hills police. According to the TMZ, a coroner’s spokesman says the results are on a security hold, which just means nothing is being released at this time. Although the autopsy of Whitney is complete, a cause of death cannot be determined until the toxicology results which normally take a month.

Until today, there’re stories related to reaction over Houston’s death. About Whitney’s career, Whitney’s drug issue, Whitney’s ex-husband, and another testimonies about the superstar. A story came from a local music booking agent, Al Tillman, who has ever invited Whitney and her then-husband Bobby Brown to the Taboo Bistro club in Atlanta about four years ago to hear a band perform.

Tillman noted that Houston’s death comes about a week after the death of “Soul Train” creator Don Cornelius. Tillman said not many people remember that Houston and Brown met at the 1989 Soul Train music awards. “She was bombing and people were booing, and Bobby came out and starts to rock the house,” Tillman said. “She had a crush on him because of that. They started dating after that and got married.”

Andrej Pejic now is well-known as the only top-tier fashion model who can walk down the runway as either a man or a woman. His gender bending has never taunted as a strange looks. Public agree to call it as androgynous beauty, and it has turned him into a model who high-in demand for both women’s and men’s fashion shows and photo spreads.

Pejic has gracefully posed for covers of 14 magazines in last year alone, including an ad campaign for a Dutch push-up bra. Last year, he was the face for a fashion line by designer Marc Jacobs and he was recently selected for the coveted end-of-show spot at a Jean Paul Gaultiera fashion show and he was crowned with an haute couture wedding gown. He also models skimpy swimming suits and rivals female models with his 6 feet tall and perfect bone structure, flawless skin and golden locks.

Those ‘features’ are enough to make the other slender physique women jealous. Pejic also admitted he is comfortable in his own skin. “I’m lucky in that sense,” he says. “If I had big muscles and were hairy with a beard, I might not be comfortable with that.”

The 20-year-old Pejic is enjoying his femininity, but it doesn’t mean he did any treatment or effort to get this figure. He isn’t trying to be a woman. People assumed he is seen as a bit of a maverick, someone who has embraced his sexuality without any need for explanation or justification.  Sebastien Micke, a French photographer who has photographed transgender models, says Pejic’s femininity is effortless. “Andrej’s got this thing that supermodels have: how to pose in front of the camera,” Micke says. “It’s just natural.”

Pejic has entered the model industry without prepared by any modeling school or passed some casting. He was discovered by a talent scout while working at a McDonald’s in Australia as a teenager. From an early age, Pejic exhibited qualities thought of as traditionally feminine, just like Barbie dolls over toy cars. As a teenager, he often hung out with girls and was once busted for stealing makeup from a drugstore.

Although his body is naturally performs the graciousness, it’s still not clear about his sexual orientation, whether he’s looking for a masculine figure or prefer to be hetero by love a woman. Smiling, he only said, “Love has no boundaries.”

Some people refuse to believe the man in the photo is really the cute Kevin. In the photo published by Entertainment Tonight, Culkin holds a can of Red Bull in one hand and a pair of sunglasses in the other while on a stroll in New York City. After ensured he’s really Macaulay Culkin, they poured out some assumption, if he is undernourished, he is trapped on drugs or has chronic disease.

Actually the Home Alone star’s spokesperson has tried to answer it. “Macaulay Culkin is in perfectly good health,” he said in a statement. But it doesn’t stop the crowd’s curiosity. They believe there should be any reason for the gaunt and scruffy Culkin. And then the rep went on to stress, “For Entertainment Tonight – or any other media outlet – to speculate otherwise is reckless, irresponsible and destructive. We implore them to discontinue the rumor.”

This is not the first non-good news since he was shining for portrayed Kevin McCallister in the John Hughes Home Alone franchise of the 90s. In 1998, he “divorced” his parents and the family accountant took over his earnings until he turned 18. That same year he married his childhood sweetheart Rachel Miner, but they couldn’t keep it more than four years. In 2002, he was in a relationship with Black Swan’s Milas Kunis and would last until a year ago. What next? In 2004, he was arrested in Oaklhoma City for possession of marijuana and two controlled substances. He received three suspended prison terms, and was forced to attend a drug treatment program. In the following year, he testified at the Michael Jackson torture case and insisted nothing happened while he slept in Jackson’s bedroom. More sorrow came in 2008 when his sister Dakota was hit by a car and killed in Los Angeles after she accidentally stepping into its path.

The 31 year-old Culkin reportedly will have Service Man, a British military-comedy drama that slated for a 2013 release, as his next film project. But this good news also clarified by the actor’s rep. “Mr. Culkin is NOT starring in ‘Service Man’, don’t take for face value everything you read on IMDb. They are not always accurate.”

Actually the fans never hope the good news should be about Culkin’s achievement. The news that Culkin gets his fat back is enough for the fans.