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*Olympian Destinee Hooker, who made headlines this summer because of her first and last name, married her fiancé at a Texas courthouse last week, according to TMZ. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The volleyball player, who won a silver medal at the London 2012 Games, exchanged vows with Steven Coulter on Sept. 13. Hooker will [...]
*Serena Williams famously celebrated her Olympics singles win over Maria Sharapova with a Crip walk, and now there’s an expectation that she’ll punctuate every victory going forward with the same dance. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Speaking to the Associated Press, the tennis star said that dance was not planned. As for whether we’ll see [...]
*Melanie “Mel B” Brown, who became Scary Spice again during the Spice Girls reunion at the Olympics, is hoping to follow up their closing ceremony performance with a tour. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] ”We’re always talking about getting together. We always have cups of tea and dinners together. We’re all friends at the end [...]
*With fellow guest Michelle Obama looking on, Olympic champ Gabby Douglas extended her time in the national spotlight Monday with an appearance on “The Tonight Show.” [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Host Jay Leno, who noted that the letters of Douglas’ last name can be rearranged to spell “USA gold,” asked if the gymnast intended [...]
*From the network that brings you “Braxton Family Values” and the production company behind “Tia & Tamera” comes a new reality series starring Olympic track star Sanya Richards-Ross. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The athlete, who won a gold medal in the women’s 400-meter race on Sunday, is heading to WE tv thanks to a [...]
*Oprah Winfrey sits down with 16-year-old Olympic gold medal gymnast Gabby Douglas for an upcoming episode of “Oprah’s Next Chapter,” to air on Aug. 26 at 8:30 p.m. ET on OWN. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The interview takes place from her training ground in West Des Moines, Iowa, the network announced today. “Douglas will [...]
*Supermodel Naomi Campbell helped mark the 2012 Olympics in her London backyard by hosting a charity dinner there on Thursday night, reports WENN. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Campbell gathered her industry colleagues for the Fashion for Relief event ahead of Sunday’s scheduled closing ceremony. Kate Moss, Georgia May Jagger, Ronnie Wood and Vivienne Westwood [...]
*Track star Lolo Jones came up just a hair short of a bronze medal in the Olympics this week, but getting into the 100m hurdles final was a breeze, thanks to her celebrity lookalike Rashida Jones. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] On Monday, the 30-year-old athlete took to Twitter offering thanks to her 36-year-old “Parks [...]
*When the cast of CW’s “Vampire Diaries” heard that 16-year-old Olympian Gabby Douglas is a die-hard fan of the show, they sprung into action to make another one of her dreams come true. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Shortly after the Virginia Beach native became the first African American and fourth American period to win [...]
*Centre Court at the All England Club, Wimbledon played host to the worst Olympic tennis beat down since 1920, (Suzanne Lenglen of France beat Dorothy Holman of Britain 6-3, 6-0) on this windy Saturday in London (so windy the American flag blew clean away). Serena Williams (4th-seeded) all but completely shut out her rival and [...]
*The tournament favorite from the start, Serena Williams – and her A-game, have secured at least one more Olympic medal for the US. By mercilessly crushing her world no. 1 WTA peer, Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, 6,1- 6,2 with 16 aces and 33 winners, Serena secured a spot in Saturday’s final against her long-time rival, [...]
*The 2012 London Olympics games day 3, along with mother nature’s touch, gave tennis fans a sublime day of match viewing and left team USA with well-earned earned bragging rights to a 6-0 shut out against other competing countries going for tennis gold. Yesterday’s incessant rain at SW19 forced the cancellation of several “popcorn” matches, [...]
*Serena Williams, all decked out in red, white and blue, had her own royal box on Wimbledon’s Centre Court today, during her 1st round match of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. First Lady Michelle Obama and three-time Olympian and gold medalist, Dominique Dawes joined Venus Williams and mother Oracene in watching the 14-time Grand [...]
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