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Gabourey Sidibe, seen here leaving a Wendy Williams show taping last week, turned 29 on Sunday.
Gabby looks fantastic in these skinny jeans and peasant blouse, with that demure parasol fending off a NYC cloudburst, while attempting to slip her hand into a pocket.
A delightfully casual look, rounded out by the adorable leopard print kicks, perfect for pounding the pavement.
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She’s fun, she’s fabulous, she’s the monarch everyone’s talking about… Betty Deuce celebrates her 86th birthday today, and Her Majesty still has all the glam and giddyup of a gal half her age as she approaches her 60th year on the throne.
Betty is wearing the King George VI State Diadem crown… a mere 1,333 diamonds weighing 327.75 carats, festooned with 169 pearls along the base. Between the four crosses are the rose, thistle and shamrock; symbols of England, Scotland and Ireland. Here’s a better look at it.
Tonight, while you’re out partying, raise a glass to this fabulous queen. And Betty too.
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Her brother-in-law was shot dead in 1963. When she was pregnant with her 11th child, her husband was brutally murdered in Los Angeles. Her nephew murdered a neighbor girl with a golf club. Her sister-in-law died of brain cancer. Her fourth son died at 28 of a drug overdose in the ’80s. Her fifth son died after skiing into a tree in 1997. Another nephew, his wife and sister-in-law died when he flew his plane into the ocean.
She’s 84 today. Happy Birthday, Ethel!
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Former TV star Brenda Shannen Doherty as she appeared on “Extra” yesterday in Los Angeles, and enigmatic Louvre hanger Mona Lisa.
One will be 41 on Thursday.
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That fluffy-haired goddess from Seville, the Duquesa de Alba (fancy) turns 86 today, and as you can see by the above photo taken last night, she doesn’t look a minute over 85. There’s a certain feline quality about her in this picture… yes, she looks like an 18-year-old Persian cat.
Appearing with Antonio Banderas to accept the “Mantilla of the Year” award (for real), the Duchess showed signs of the difficult winter she has endured since her October marriage to Duke Alfie, seen here holding her up. She’s had bronchitis and other ailments for months.
The squadron of uniformed boy soldiers is there in case of an emergency. They follow her everywhere.
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Happy 68th birthday to Patti LaBelle.
This was a hit… 46 years ago…
Thinking about a new car?
“Let’s build a giant pinball machine and have Eleanor Powell dance through it!”
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Today is the birthday of Nat King Cole, who left us too soon… he was only 45 when he died of lung cancer in 1965. He smoked three packs of Kools a day.
Cole was simply one of the best singers ever. Here’s a sampling.
Paper Moon
When I Fall in Love
Nature Boy (for Porgy)
Tenderly (one of my favorite songs)
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That great tugboat of glamour, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, got gussied up as Miss Havisham on a winter’s outing to mark the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens on Tuesday.
Cam stopped by Westminster Abbey’s Poets’ Corner, where she scared the dickens out of the faithful and unfaithful alike.
Camilla, also married to a Charles, said, “How much Chuck would have loved to chuck his other duties, if he could, to be here for this Chuck.”
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Most of Zsa Zsa Gabor seen here turned 95 today, if you believe her published birth date.
Kim Kardashian is only 31. Expect at least another 50 years of her.
Hopefully, one day she’ll find her Prince… von Anhalt.
for Katzy
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God bless Rosa Parks, born on this day in 1913. One person can change the world.
For the Sephardim.
Miller and Lyles.
Billie at Carnegie Hall…
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