Layne Weiss
Digital Journalist based in New York, NY, United States.
Joined on Mar 1, 2012
Expertise in
Music,
Politics,
Sports,
Social media,
Fashion
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Legendary singer Rod Stewart his first UK #1 album in 34 years with his new LP, "Time." The album is Stewart's first new material in two decades and was inspired by the writing of his recent autobiography.
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Karachi -
Hundreds of people gathered to attend to the funeral of the slain vice president of Pakistan's PTI party, Zahra Shahid Hussain at a mosque in Karachi. Hussain was shot dead outside her home in Karachi by gunmen on a motorcycle Saturday.
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London -
Marina Litvinenko, the widow of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko, has called for an inquest into his death to be replaced with a public inquiry.
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Over $1 million worth of jewels were stolen from a hotel in Cannes, according to French police. Initially, the jewels were thought to be loaned to the stars at the annual Cannes Film Festival on the French Riviera.
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Blue Ivy Carter is going to be a big sister!! Beyonce and Jay-Z are expecting a second child according to multiple sources.
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Brooklyn -
The Brooklyn HipHop Festival will include a special tribute to late Beastie Boys member, Adam "MCA" Yauch, who lost his battle to cancer in May, 2011. The announcement was made Thursday via Twitter.
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A study conducted by a team of Japanese scientists suggests that women live longer than men partly because their immune systems age more slowly.
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Los Angeles -
On Tuesday, one of Hollywood's most beautiful, glamorous stars had both her breasts removed. This is a procedure that was once thought of as "disgusting," but new approaches are changing the way women can treat or prevent cancer.
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Las Vegas -
Imprisoned former football player OJ Simpson and his attorneys are trying to convince a judge that the 65-year-old deserves a new trial.
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In a recent interview with Al Lindstrom, Pittsburgh rapper Wiz Khalifa shared his opinion on the role of religious themes in hip-hop music.
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London -
BBC Radio Stoke host Paula White who has filled the station's afternoon slot for the past six years, was pulled from her final program due to concerns she was drunk on the job.
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New York -
Longtime ABC news anchor Barbara Walters is set to announce Monday morning on "The View" that she will retire from journalism next summer. Walters created the daytime talk show in 1997.
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Los Angeles -
In a recent interview, Ruthless Records co-founder Jerry Heller revealed that late rapper Eazy-E wanted to kill Suge Knight, but he talked him out of it. Now Heller is saying, "I should have let him kill him."
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New Jersey Rapper Joe Budden says he was "high out of his mind" at Hot 97's Summer Jam last year. He says his Shady Records boss and friend Eminem, among others, helped him sober up.
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Atlanta -
The funeral of Kriss Kross rapper Chris Kelly took place in Atlanta Thursday afternoon at a Baptist church. The service was attended by his mentor Jermaine Dupri, longtime friend Da Brat, members of the group XScape, and Kriss Kross partner, Chris Smith.
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Whole Foods Market Inc. announced Thursday that labels on its curried chicken salad and those on a vegan version of the salad were reversed at some of its stores in the Northeast.
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Berlin -
A modern version of Richard Wagner's "Tanhauser" has been canceled at a Dusseldorf's opera house after some audience members had were forced to seek medical help from the disturbing scenes. The show is set during the Holocaust in a concentration camp.
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Burbank -
Chris Brown's private jet was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff Monday because the cockpit filled up with smoke.
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Parchman -
The Mississippi Supreme Court has blocked the execution of Willie Jerome Manning just hours before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection.
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Singer Lauryn Hill has been sentenced to a three month prison sentence for tax evasion. The Grammy winning former member of the Fugees must report to prison by July 8 for her failure to pay income taxes for three years.
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