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BEVERLY HILLS—Myname is “Miles,” and youmay remember seeing“Priscilla,” who was aban-doned when she was almostready to have puppies. Well,I’m one of the puppies! Mymom is a Jack Russell/Chi-huahua mix and I’m notsure about my dad. So, notlooking anything like mymom, I guess I must takeafter my dad in looks. How-ever, I have a sister, named“Pumpkin,” that you willmeet next week, and shedoesn’t look anything likeeither of us! So, we keeppeople guessing.We were born on Thanks-

giving Day 2012, and every-one, including my mom and

sister and I, were givingthanks that we were safeand sound at the Friends ofAnimals Foundation on theday that we came into theworld. I’m a happy little boy that

loves to play, but I’ll be justas content to sit on your lapor sit beside you. I getalong with everyone, so ifyou would like to have afluffy little puppy, and thatyou realize that I have to betrained in every way, I’m theone for you! I understandthat Charles M. Schulz saidthat “Happiness is a warmpuppy.” So, I hope that youwill call to see me and findout for yourself!In case you’re not up to

puppy training and wouldlike an older dog, or noteven up to walking a dogand would love having akitty cat, please check thewebsite which is:

foafla.petfinder.com. We’reall waiting for loving homesto call our very own.

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the 37-year-old singer wasfound on her front porchafter a report of gunshotsbeing heard. McCreadyhas publicly battled withaddiction and mental ill-ness, appearing on Dr.Drew’s "Celebrity Rehab"in 2010. She is survived bytwo sons, a 7-year-old anda 10-month-old. The lat-ter’s father and McCready’sformer boyfriend com-mitted suicide last month.In January, the “1,000

Angels” and “Guys Do ItAll The Time” singer wroteon her official fan website"I haven't had a hit in al-most a decade. I've spentmy fortune, tarnished my

public view and made my-self the brunt of punchline after punch line. I'vebeen beaten, sued, robbed,arrested, jailed, and evict-ed. But I'm still here. Witha handful of people that Iknow and trust, a revived

determination, and bothmiddle fingers up in theair, I'm ready. I've beenhere before. I'm a fighter.I'm down, but I'll never beout." Carrie Underwood

tweeted, “I grew up lis-

tening to Mindy Mc-Cready…So Sad for herfamily tonight. Manyprayers are going out tothem.” Just last month,McCready tweeted,“Things have been hec-tic, but I’m still here…”

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HOLLYWOOD—There ap-pears to be a huge babyboom taking place in Hol-lywood right now. Earli-er this week pop singerFergie announced herpregnancy to hubby JoshDuhamel and now “Ex-tra” host and actor MarioLopez announced on Tues-day, February 19, he andwife Courtney Mazza areexpecting another child. The host and actor an-

nounced the news on hisshow by having his two-year-old daughter Gia,wear a t-shirt with thewords “Big Sister Gia” asshe stared into the cam-era.

Lopez and Mazza gotmarried in December inMexico and their weddingextravaganza was televisedon the TLC special “Mario& Courtney’s Wedding Fi-esta.” Lopez grew tofame with his role as A.J.Slater on the hit series“Saved by the Bell.” He saw his career surge

after appearing on “Danc-ing with the Stars” andhas become host extraor-dinaire partaking in MTV’s“ America’s Best DanceCrew” and currently host-ing on Fox’s “The X-Fac-tor.” The couple’s secondbundle of joy is due inthe summer.

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BEVERLY HILLS—Thecity opened its new Chil-dren’s Library on Sunday,February 10 with a grandopening party for fami-lies, residents, and patrons.After Mayor William

Brien performed the offi-cial ribbon cutting atnoon, the event started at5:00 p.m. inviting guests toexplore “The Friends of

the Library EnchantedWoods,” a room in the li-brary that features a fairyand folk tale collection,along with children bookart from the 1800s and1900s. Additionally, showcased

was the library’s new the-atre, a specifically designedstorytelling area, a play-room with books and toys

made for young families,two enclosed study rooms,computers, a receptionarea and plenty of places toread. Patrons were able to en-

joy seasonal crafts, tours,storytelling, balloonartists, magician presen-tation, juggling lessons, acolor book giveaway andthe announcement of

bookmark contest win-ners. Those winners wereallocated in the categoriesof preschool, kindergartenthrough second grade,third through sixth grades,and seventh throughtwelfth grades. The newchildren’s library will bedecorated with large-sizedbookmarks awarded towinners.

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HOLLYWOOD—BlackEyed Peas singer and solostar Fergie is expectingher first child with hus-band, actor Josh Duhamel.The singer announced thenews via Twitter on Mon-day, February 18. “Joshand Me & BABY makesthree!!!,” tweeted Fergie.Included with the tweet

was a photo of both Fergieand Josh as kids. This is the first child for

couple who married backin January 2009 after dat-ing for more than 5 years.The singer’s solo album“The Dutchess” spawnednumerous hits including “London Bridge,” “Fergali-cious,” “Glamorous” and

“Big Girls Don’t Cry.” Thesinger has also dabbled incinema with supportingroles in the movies “Po-seidon,” “Planet Terror”and the musical “Nine.” Duhamel got his acting

start on the soap “All MyChildren.” Since leavingthe series in 2002, the ac-tor parlayed into other

acting projects includingroles in the NBC series“Las Vegas” as well as asupporting role in the“ T r a n s f o r m e r s ”movies.The actor recentlystarred in the romanticdrama “Safe Haven” along-side Julianne Hough,which peaked at #2 at thebox office this past week.

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WESTWOOD—Police arewarning women on theUCLA campus about aman pretending to sellmagazines who attemptedto sexually assault a femaleon Friday, February 8.At around 8:15 p.m. on

the 700 block of Gayley, aman attempted to sexual-ly assault a young womanafter inviting him in herhome. The suspect fledthe scene and was lastseen heading southboundon Gayley. The victim is a

non-UCLA student. The suspect is described

as a white male, around25-years-old, 5’10” tall,and 200 pounds with ashaved head. He was wear-ing a navy blue sweat-shirt, light blue shorts,

tennis shoes and sun-glasses. Anyone with informa-

tion regarding this crimeis encouraged to call De-tective Aresna #399 at310-825-9371, reference#13 0241.

GGOO FFOORR TTHHEE GGOOLLDD!!HOLLYWOOD—Millionswill be tuning in to watchthe 85th Academy Awards,including the red carpet.Last year the show-stopperwas Angelina Jolie, whochanged red-carpet styleforever with the leg seenround the world. Besidesthe red carpet we will be lis-tening carefully to the ac-ceptance speeches onceagain. So many of the nomi-

nees have spent weeksworking out, preparing overthe perfect outfit, hairstyleand shoes, yet they neglectto prepare for the most im-portant moment -accept-ing the Oscar. I'm not goingto look into my crystal balland predict the winners;however, I will provide onceagain a speech guide for thestars. Oscar winners couldlearn a lot from past hitsand misses. The biggest night in Hol-

lywood should be preparedand nominees should givesome thought to the mostimportant seconds of theirlives. I simply don't under-stand why these huge su-perstars decide to wing it. Ifonly the stars knew howawkward they look whenthey don't have a strategy

when it comes to talking totheir fans and giving amemorable acceptancespeech.Back in 1972: Charlie

Chaplin, gone from Amer-ica for two decades, returnsto receive an honoraryaward. He receives a 12-minute standing ovation- arecord to the day. In 1973,Marlon Brando won for BestActor for "The Godfather,"and rejected via his'spokesperson," SacheenLittlefeather, an apache andpresident of the NationalNative American AffirmativeImage Committee, who saysthe actor is declining be-cause of the film industry'streatment of Native Amer-icans. Thirteen years earli-er, Marlon Brando accepteda Best Actor statue for "Onthe Waterfront." In 1976,Louise Fletcher signs,"Thank you for teachingme to have a dream-you areseeing my dream cometrue" to her deaf parents af-ter winning Best Actressfor "One Flew Over theCuckoo's Nest."Be relatable and humble.

Believe it or not think Lind-say Lohan when she tookthe stage in the movie"Mean Girls" to accept her

crown, and delivered a tru-ly sincere, touching speech.In 2003, Adrien Brody, theyoungest Best Actor winnerever, he was 29, lays a lin-gering kiss on presenterHalle Berry. Jamie Foxx'sspeech brought tears tomany as he recalled hisgrandmother. The speechcame from the heart, whichmade it brilliant and touch-ing. Hilary Swank's speechback in 2005 was humbleand brought hope to allwho dream. It was a classicspeech that appealed to allclasses of life. Sandra Bul-lock's speech for Best Ac-tress was humbling andheartfelt.The winners shouldn't

appear annoying or arro-gant. Just study JuliaRoberts when she acceptedher Best Actress Oscar,when she addressed theshows conductor as "StickMan" and told him to puthis stick down. Back in1943, the longest accept-ance speech ever comesfrom Greer Garson, whoaccepted her award for"Mrs. Miniver" with a talkthat lasted six- possibly sev-en-minutes. Who could forget in 1985:

Win Actress Sally Field won

for "Places in the Heart.""You really, really like me,"It had the audience institches. It was funny, sweetand touching.A superstar doesn't want

to blank out and stare at theaudience, or look for the lit-tle piece of paper of "Thank-yous" or do a Drew Barry-more speech a few years agowhen she rambled on atthe SAG awards. The worstcase scenario, if all elsefails, and you totally blankout and forget your speech,turn on the waterworks.Back in 1999, Gwyneth Pal-trow turned on the water-works when she acceptedher gold statue for Best Ac-tress for "Shakespeare inLove." Besides looking pret-ty in pink in a Ralph Laurengown, her acceptancespeech had real humanemotion and everyonethought she was sweet.Rose's Scoop: Let's hope

that the nominees bringback the old Hollywoodglamour in their gowns.Hopefully, the ladies didsets of arm exercises withhand weights. Nobodywants to see bingo wingsflapping when you lift theOscar. Good luck to every-one!

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