Celeb Gist

Beyonc's mum hits out at 'racist' skin lightening comments

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By Riyah CollinsBBC Newsbeat Getty ImagesBeyoncé got through 36 songs at her three-hour long Renaissance world tour - which had a silver themeBeyoncé's mum has criticised "sad little haters" who suggested the star lightened her skin for the premiere of her Renaissance film. The singer went for a platinum blonde hair look and wore a silver dress at the red carpet event on Saturday. Some criticised Beyoncé on social media for changing her appearance and said she " Read More...

FAMILY AND HARD WORK MAKE RECIPE FOR SUCCESS

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The two men diligently hosing down the patio of a Silver Spring restaurant one lazy, hot Monday this month weren't the hired help. The toilers, who were awaiting the day's customers, were the restaurant's owners. Married to Portuguese sisters, Jose Alvarez, 48, and Albino Castro, 35, are immigrants who worked their way up the restaurant business ladder, washing dishes, bussing tables, assisting chefs. Today, when they drive to Mi-Rancho Restaurante from their homes in Prince George's County -- Alvarez in his blue Mercedes sedan, Castro in a sporty Land Cruiser -- they can look back at their ascent from owning nothing in a foreign land to owning a business that has made them comfortable enough to consider opening a second restaurant. Read More...

The Greatest Hits: Save your time

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(1.5 stars)You know how a pop song from a moment in your past can bring that moment back to life in colors, smells, memories and emotions? “The Greatest Hits” takes that idea and literalizes it right into the ground. The film is one of those romantic fantasies that enlists time travel as the primary obstacle keeping two people from getting together. Make that one of the obstacles; the others in “The Greatest Hits” are the heroine’s growing collection of vinyl records and her habit of wearing noise-canceling headphones wherever she goes. Read More...