JK Rowling’s real-life mystery uncovered

A real-life mystery over who blew the cover on JK Rowling writing a detective novel under a pseudonym was uncovered on Thursday when the culprit was revealed to be – her law firm, which apologised unreservedly for the leak. Rowling, whose Harry Potter series made her Britain’s best-selling author, posed as a retired military policeman called Robert Galbraith to write The Cuckoo’s Calling that was released in April to strong reviews but minimal sales.

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Randy Travis remains in critical condition

Country singer Randy Travis remains in critical condition in a Texas hospital after doctors inserted a device to stabilise his weakened heart. Travis’ publicist, Kirt Webster, said in a news release Tuesday that the singer underwent the procedure after checking into the hospital Sunday with viral cardiomyopathy, a heart condition caused by a virus.

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Lopez sings for Turkmen dictator

Jennifer Lopez sang Happy Birthday to the leader of Turkmenistan during a show, but her representative said she wouldn’t have performed there at all if she had known there were human rights issues in the country. The singer and actress performed in the former Soviet bloc country on Saturday night

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Bruno Mars’ mother dies suddenly

The mother of Grammy-winning pop star Bruno Mars has died in Hawaii. Bernadette Hernandez died on Sunday of a brain aneurysm, according to a publicist for Mars’ label, Atlantic Records, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak on the record.

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Is this Smith’s ‘Tom Cruise’ meltdown?

It’s every Hollywood publicist’s nightmare: When stars suddenly forget about the extremely expensive movie they’re getting paid heaps of money to promote and stray into subjects that make them look ridiculous Remember Tom Cruise’s coach-jumping antics on Oprah That had studios sweating blood, and we all know how long Cruise was in movie star jail before audience started to like his movies again. So you can imagine how nervous Hollywood is feeling after Will Smith went off topic this week while promoting his new $100 million-plus movie, After Earth

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Lindsay Lohan goes AWOL

Lindsay Lohan’s whereabouts were unknown hours after her attorney told a judge that the troubled actress had checked into a rehab facility only to later learn that the starlet apparently never checked in for treatment. Lohan’s lawyer and publicist did not return messages immediately seeking comment about the actress’ decision to quickly leave a rehab facility that a state official said is not licensed to perform the type of restrictive in-patient treatment a judge sentenced her to undergo

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