In an interview Thursday night on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight,” George Zimmerman’s brother, Robert Zimmerman Jr., addressed the accusations against his brother of racial bias and unwarranted violence in the killing of Trayvon Martin, 17, last month, calling his brother “the neighbor that everybody would want to have.”

The interview, excerpts of which were posted online by CNN, came as officials released expanded surveillance video Thursday from the night of the shooting, offering a different angle on Mr. George Zimmerman’s exit from a police car and the moments that followed, as well as additional shots of Mr. George Zimmerman being led through the police station in Sanford, Fla.

Mr. George Zimmerman has said that he shot Trayvon in self-defense following an altercation on Feb. 26, after sustaining injuries that included a broken nose, according to his lawyer. While opponents have insisted that the video revealed no sign of injury to Mr. George Zimmerman, Robert Zimmerman said Thursday that his brother’s nose “looks swollen” in the clips he has seen.

Video of Zimmerman in Trayvon Martin case raises questions

“I’m not a physician, you’re not a physician,” he told Mr. Morgan in the interview. “A lot of these injuries take time — 24 hours, 36 hours — to show the bruising.”

His brother’s nose was still broken, Robert Zimmerman added, and he had since been given a diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder.

Mr. Morgan asked how Mr. George Zimmerman — a man whom his brother described as a model neighbor, eager to help with a tire change or a heavy bag of groceries — could have become engaged in an altercation with a teenager.

“When you say, ‘chasing after and getting into an altercation,’ there’s a lot of ways that people get into altercations,” Robert Zimmerman said.

He continued:

I believe that if you wanted to reach over this table and assault me badly enough, you could be armed with ChapStick and a toothpick and still put me in fear of my — reasonable fear of my life. He didn’t get into an altercation. People don’t just get into altercations. There are aggressors.

The Feb. 26 shooting in Sanford, Fla., has brought national attention because Trayvon’s family claims George Zimmerman killed the unarmed youth after racially stereotyping him. Trayvon was black. Police say George Zimmerman is white; his family says he is Hispanic.

George Zimmerman’s brother, Robert Zimmerman Jr., told CNN Thursday that reports his brother was chasing the teen are “absolutely false” and that he “was not patrolling the neighborhood. He was going to a store, Target.”

Trayvon Martin Video Shows No Blood or Bruises on George Zimmerman

Robert Zimmerman said the voice heard screaming on 911 tapes is that of his brother, who acted to save his own life. He said George Zimmerman “was very disappointed that none of the neighbors had come out” to help him. He said his brother would have been dead “if he had not acted decisively and instantaneously.”

Video of Zimmerman in Trayvon Martin case

The police security camera video shows George Zimmerman exiting a patrol car and entering the Sanford Police Department about 35 minutes after the shooting. Images of George Zimmerman’s head and face reveal no obvious cuts or gashes, but at one point, a police officer inspects the back of his head. George Zimmerman’s lawyer, Craig Sonner, told NBC’s Today the video supports his client’s story because the officer may have been looking at an injury.

The public weighed in on social media sites. Many expressed disbelief at George Zimmerman’s claim that he fired in self-defense, and pointed to the grainy video as proof.

Trayvon’s family and supporters say George Zimmerman’s lack of apparent injury in the video shows he lied about the teen attacking him.

After Mr. George Zimmerman and Trayvon first exchanged words, Robert Zimmerman said, his brother “drew back” to retrieve his phone and call 911 again, to report that “this person who I lost sight of and was not pursuing has now confronted me.”

Robert Zimmerman said, “He never got to make that call because he was attacked by Mr. Martin.”

Robert Zimmerman said his brother has been particularly disappointed that no neighbors had come outside to investigate the tussle before he shot Trayvon. “The whole situation, potentially, could have been avoided by just someone coming out and saying, ‘Hey, what’s going on out there?’” Robert Zimmerman said.

Instead, Mr. George Zimmerman “prevented his firearm from being taken from him and used against him,” his brother said.

Video of George Zimmerman in Trayvon Martin case raises questions

“That’s called saving your life,” he continued, explaining:

Nobody just stood there with a bag of Skittles and an iced tea. You return force with force when somebody assaults you. George was out of breath. He was barely conscious. His last thing he remembers doing was moving his head from the concrete to the grass so that if he was banged one more time, he wouldn’t be, you know, wearing diapers for the rest of his life and being spoon-fed by his brother. And there would have been George dead had he not acted decisively and instantaneously in that moment when he was being disarmed.

Robert Zimmerman’s account was based on communications with his brother “within 24 hours” of the shooting, he said.

Responding to a question about whose voice was heard, apparently shouting for help, on a recording from the altercation, Robert Zimmerman said he recognized the screams as his brother’s. But the topic was “very sensitive” to discuss, he said.

“I don’t blame them for being as equally adamant,” he said of members of the Martin family. “I would expect nothing less, actually.”

At the interview’s end, Mr. Morgan asked Robert Zimmerman if he had a message for Trayvon’s mother. The episode was “a tragedy,” he said, but he hoped the coda to Trayvon’s life would not be “how we degraded our system and turned into mob rule and went into a hate speech carnival of hatred and ‘let’s go get ‘em’ and tweeting addresses.”

This was an apparent reference to a controversy surrounding the director Spike Lee, who posted the address of a couple in Sanford on Twitter, apparently believing that it belonged to members of Mr. George Zimmerman’s family. (The couple has a son named William George Zimmerman, The Los Angeles Times reported.)

It was announced Thursday that Mr. Lee had reached a settlement with the family, which was forced to flee its home.

In his final words Thursday night, Robert Zimmerman lauded Trayvon’s mother for seeing “humanity” in Mr. George Zimmerman and said he understood that “this is a story about human beings.”

“Ultimately,” he said, “we all wish that this was a different situation.”

The former co-worker, who is no longer in touch with George Zimmerman, said he was shocked to hear what happened Feb. 26 in a gated community in Sanford, Fla.

“He definitely loved being in charge. He loved the power. Still, I could never see him killing someone. Never,” he said.

George Zimmerman, who was working as an insurance agent and liked to patrol his neighborhood, killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin after calling 911 to report a suspicious person. The teenager, who was staying with his father, went out to buy a bag of Skittles and an iced tea.

George Zimmerman claimed self-defense and was not arrested. He has gone into hiding.

George Zimmerman’s father, a former magistrate judge, came forward Wednesday night to defend his son, alleging that Trayvon said “you’re going to die now” before decking George Zimmerman and battering his head into the sidewalk.

He discounted newly revealed video shot in the police station that night showing his son free of bruises, blood or bandages.

“I know his nose was broken and his scalp was cut in two different places. They may have cleaned him up, I don’t know,” Robert Zimmerman told the Fox affiliate in Orlando.

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“It’s not just bluegrass, it’s American music,” bluegrass fan-turned-country star Dierks Bentley said. “There’s 17- or 18-year-old kids turning on today’s country music and hearing that banjo and they have no idea where that came from. That sound has probably always been there for them and they don’t realize someone invented that three-finger roll style of playing. You hear it everywhere.”

There was nothing jokey about the way Earl Scruggs attacked his “fancy five-string banjo,” as Opry announcer George D. Hayes called it.Dave Rawlings, a Nashville singer-songwriter and producer, says Earl Scruggs remains every bit as influential and fresh seven decades later. He said it’s impossible to imagine nearly every guitar player mimicking Jimi Hendrix, but with Earl Scruggs and the banjo, that’s the reality.

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“The breadth and clarity of the instrument was increased so much,” he said. “He invented a style that now probably 75 percent of the people that play the banjo in the world play Scruggs-style banjo. And that’s a staggering thing to do, to play an instrument and change what everyone is doing.”

News of Earl Scruggs’ passing quickly spread around the music world and over Twitter. Bentley and bluegrassers like Sam Bush and Jon Randall Stewart celebrated him at the Tin Pan South gathering of songwriters in Nashville and Eddie Stubbs dedicated the night to him on WSM, the home of the Grand Ole Opry. On the Internet, actor and accomplished banjo player Steve Martin called Earl Scruggs, with whom he collaborated in 2001 on “Earl Scruggs and Friends,” “the most important banjo player who ever lived.”

Hank Williams Jr. sent prayers to the Earl Scruggs family and Charlie Daniels tweeted, “He meant a lot to me. Nobody will ever play a five string banjo like Earl.”Neil Portnow, president and CEO of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences said in a statement the four-time Grammy winner and lifetime achievement award recipient “leaves an indelible legacy that will be remembered for generations to come.”

Flowers were placed on Earl Scruggs’ star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday.Earl Scruggs is survived by two sons, Gary and Randy. Louise, his wife of 57 years, died in 2006. He often talked of her, recounting how their eyes had met while she watched him perform at the Ryman, and friends noted a sense of melancholy in Earl Scruggs over his final years.

Bluegrass Legend Earl Scruggs Died

Earl Scruggs’ use of three fingers — in place of the limited clawhammer style once prevalent — elevated the banjo from a part of the rhythm section — or even a comedian’s prop — to a lead instrument that was as versatile as the guitar and far more flashy.Country great Porter Wagoner probably summed up Earl Scruggs’ importance best of all: “I always felt like Earl was to the five-string banjo what Babe Ruth was to baseball. He is the best there ever was, and the best there ever will be.”

His string-bending and lead runs became known worldwide as “the Earl Scruggs picking style” and the versatility it allowed has helped popularize the banjo beyond the traditional bluegrass and country forms. Today the banjo can be found in almost any genre, largely due to the way he freed its players to experiment and find new space.That was exactly what Ralph Stanley had in mind when he first heard Earl Scruggs lay it down. A legendary banjo player in his own right, Stanley said in an interview last year that he was inspired by Earl Scruggs when he first heard him over the radio after returning home from military service in Germany.

“I wasn’t doing any playing,” Stanley said. “When I got discharged I began listening to Bill and Earl was with him. I already had a banjo at that time, but of course I wanted to do the three-finger roll. I knew Earl was the best, but I didn’t want to sound like him. I wanted to do that style, but I wanted to sound the way I felt and that’s what I tried to do.”

Dave Rawlings, a Nashville singer-songwriter and producer, says Earl Scruggs remains every bit as influential and fresh seven decades later. He said it’s impossible to imagine nearly every guitar player mimicking Jimi Hendrix, but with Earl Scruggs and the banjo, that’s the reality.

“The breadth and clarity of the instrument was increased so much,” he said. “He invented a style that now probably 75 percent of the people that play the banjo in the world play Scruggs-style banjo. And that’s a staggering thing to do, to play an instrument and change what everyone is doing.”

News of Earl Scruggs’ passing quickly spread around the music world and over Twitter. Bentley and bluegrassers like Sam Bush and Jon Randall Stewart celebrated him at the Tin Pan South gathering of songwriters in Nashville and Eddie Stubbs dedicated.Flatt and Earl Scruggs — later inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1985 — split up in 1969. Scruggs went on to form the Earl Scruggs Revue with his two sons, who are also musicians.

Earl Eugene Earl Scruggs was born January 6, 1924, in Flint Hill, North Carolina, and began playing the banjo at the age of four following the death of his father, who also played the instrument.He is survived by sons Gary and Randy. His wife Louise died in 2006, and his son Steve died in 1992.

Tara has really been whooping it up while in Saint-Tropez, France, and she has been looking like a rubber chicken topped with Britney Spears’ 2-month old hair extensions. Not a pretty site. Remember last year she came out with her “new and improved” body? Told you then it was the same old bod, just a bit of airbrushing to make it “new”.

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Heidi Montag should take note. Before long she’ll also look like a science experiment gone wrong. And I mean MUCH worse than she does now. As you age things don’t hang right when you’ve had a gazillion surgeries in your 20′s.

HuffPost Entertainment is launching a series entitled “It’s Really Not OK,” offering a second look at pop-cultural developments that should have caused alarm but somehow didn’t.

The back of a skirt tucked into one’s tights, a deep V-neck dress that’s more nip slip than hip, or a good old-fashioned gust of wind exposing the fact that, yes, laundry day is far overdue. While we mere mortals would turn an appropriate shade of fuchsia if faced with any of the above, it doesn’t seem to faze the celebrity set — and that’s not OK. Wardrobe malfunctions are an occupational hazard on the red carpet, but celebrities need to be called out when their photographed faux pas are put on for publicity’s sake.

Rob Kardashian’s ex-girlfriend Adrienne Bailon was only the latest semi-public figure to have us screaming “publicity stunt” after exposing it all for the cameras. The actress and singer stepped out in a sheer number with a large ruffle covering her nether regions. The only problem was that, with a gust of just over 2 MPH, the ruffle shifted to expose Bailon entirely — it was apparently a no-knickers day for the exhibitionist.

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But Bailon is far from the first celebrity to show a little skin in exchange for a headline. Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake seem to have spawned a generation of publicity-seeking celebrities at the 2004 Super Bowl when the boy-bander pulled the bust of Jackson’s costume, exposing her right breast. Few remember who won the pigskin toss that year (the New England Patriots!) — the real winners were the halftime showoffs, whose antics launched a thousand water-cooler conversations.

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But barring the obvious lack of dignity required to knowingly expose oneself on the red carpet, is it worth the name recognition such stunts admittedly confer? They say that no publicity is bad publicity, but when it comes to the “crotch shot” gang (we’re looking at you, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and Britney Spears), we’re putting our foot down: It’s really not OK.

Over the marquee’s neon red glare there is no proof that our American Flag is still there.The American flag on top of the marquee of The Pavilion, the movie theatre on Prospect Park West, is not being displayed properly, and some neighbors, including a former Marine and a retired fireman, feel that the theatre’s display of the Stars and Stripes is disrespecting our country and our troops.

For a couple of weeks now, the flag has been wrapped around its pole, touching the top surface of the marquee and is not taken down at night, three violations of the US Flag Code etiquette.Jim Rallis, a neighborhood resident and a retired captain of the FDNY’s Ladder Company 122, notified Patch that the American Flag, which is on the section of Prospect Park West that was recently co-named “Julian Brennan Way,” a Park Slope resident and Marine who died while serving the US in Afghanistan, is being flown improperly.

The movie theatre’s American flag is not being displayed according to US Flag Code

He said that he has gone to the theatre five times in the past two weeks to speak with the manager in order to get it fixed, but to no avail. According to Rallis, the manager said the American Flag is not flying properly because the flagpole is broken.“The laziness of the management of the Pavilion is an embarrassment,” Rallis said. “That they will not open a window and take in the US Flag and show it’s proper respect while we have brave men and woman still overseas fighting and protecting our freedom….Where is the respect?”

A manager at The Pavilion refused to give Patch a comment on Friday about the American Flag. However, she did say they have received complaints about how they are displaying our country’s banner.“We are not talking about this,” the manager stated.But Rallis is by far not the only one concerned about how the American Flag is being disrespected, especially on Julian Brennan Way and steps from Bartel-Prichard Square, a memorial for two young Brooklynites who died in combat during World War I.

Joe, a 48-year-old Kensington resident who did not want to give his last name, was walking past the cinema with his son when he noticed the condition of the American Flag.“I think it is a travesty, I really do,” Joe said.Then his son, James, who is 8 and goes to Immaculate Heart of Mary in Fort Hamilton, said the American Flag was not being displayed with respect.

“The American flag should never touch the ground or be displayed in a disrespectful manner,” the boy said while he was standing under the marquee on Friday.And the kid is right. According to the US Flag Code, which was established on American Flag Day, June 14, 1923, “The American Flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.”

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Also, it custom to display the American Flag only from “sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flagstaffs in the open.” But the American Flag at The Pavilion is outside during the night. However, the code states, “…The American Flag may be displayed twenty-four hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness.”But there is no light illuminating the flag.

“Anyone who knows the history of the American flag knows this is a disgrace to America’s history,” Joe said. “This flag, considering the proximity to Julian Brennan Way, does not serve his memory well.”A spokesman for the office of the Borough President, Marty Markowitz, said that they do not tolerate misuse of the American flag.

“Our office takes seriously the proper display of the American flag,” the spokesman said. “Our office is looking into the complaint of this location.”Up a couple blocks, at Farrell’s Bar on 16th Street, a former Marine and 44-year Windsor Terrace resident, Charlie O’Donnell, said he has seen The Pavilion’s flag in bad condition for far too long.

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“I am upset! They have had more than enough time to fix it—the flag has been in disarray for at least two months,” O’Donnell said. “They bring the marquee up to date, just spend ten minutes and bring it down.”A co-owner of the bar, Jim Houlihan, also believes the flag is being treated with disrespect.

“They are showing no respect for the American flag, they should take it down or display it properly,” Houlihan said. “There are too many guys dying for this country for there to be a flag like that one.” What do you think? Is The Pavilion’s flag disrespectful to our country and our troops? Let us know in the comments!

An American Flag History

The American Flag is a symbol of power and a symbol of freedom known across the globe. With it’s 50 stars and 13 stripes, the American flag represents not just the country, but the way the people of the country live their lives. However, the stars and stripes hasn’t always looked the way that we recognize it today.

In fact, the original incarnation of the United States Flag may surprise you to find out that while it maintained the thirteen red and white stripes, a version of the British Union Jack was flown where the stars now adorn. The American Flag flown under the name the “Grand Union” was most commonly used by George Washington during the Revolutionar War, while it never obtained “official” status as the flag of the United States.

The first official American Flag had thirteen stars and thirteen stripes, representing the original thirteen colonies Thirteen Star Spangled American Flagthat made up the first states in the union. Unfortunately, this is all we can say for certain about the flag as much controversy surrounds who actually designed the first official flag of the United States of America.

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One theory is that Betsy Ross, a seamstress from the city of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, was approached by soon-to-be President George Washington, Robert Morris and George Ross in 1777 and was asked if she could create the flag they had drawn on a piece of parchment.

According to sworn affidavits by members of her family, her response to these three men was “I do not know, but I will try.” Thus, theBetsy Ross 13 Star US Flag Betsy Ross 13-Star American Flag was born. While there are several versions of 13-Star American Flags, the Betsy Ross version most of us recognize did not appear until the 1790’s and has the 13 Stars arranged to create a circle. As the story goes, Ross also suggested to the three men using five-point stars instead of six-point stars on the flag, showing them how easy it would be with one snip of her scissors.

Another theory, which is given more credence by historians, is that the very first official United States flag was created by Francis Hopkinson of New Jersey, a signer of the Declaration of Independence; he was largely responsible for the creation of the earlier Grand Union Flag. At the time the resolution was approved for the new flag, Hopkinson was Chairman of the Continental Navy Board’s Middle Department. Hopkinson also played a large role in the design of the Seal of the United States of America.

Fifteen Star Spangled Flag – The Flag to Inspire the National Anthem “The Star Spangled Banner” By Francis Scott Key.This was just the beginning of the changes that American Flags would undergo. Following the 13-star flag, a 15-Star version of the U.S. flag was born in 1795 and was the flag which inspired Francis Scott Key to write “The Star Spangled Banner,” a song destined to become the national anthem of the new born nation.

The 20 Star Flag desigend in 1818. The act creating this flag also comissioned a new star for every additional state joining the union to be placed on the flag the following Fourth of July.In the following years the flag did not change until 1818, when a plan was passed by Congress at the suggestion of U.S. Naval Captain Samuel C. Reid. This act increased the star count on the flag to 20, while maintaining the original thirteen stripes to symbolize the original thirteen colonies. The act also included a provision stating that as new states are admitted to the union, a new star would be added to the flag on the following Fourth of July.

The current flag of the United States, with fifty stars and thirteen stripes representing the fifty united states and thirteen original colonies.As the flag displays today, it maintains 50 stars and 13 stripes, representing the 50 states of the union and 13 original colonies. However, we may not yet have seen the end of the addition of stars to the flag. Territories possessed by the United States hold the potential to join the union as an official state providing additional updates to our United States Flags of the future!

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Cynthia Ulfig sentenced Dykstra after refusing to allow him to withdraw his plea and said the scam to lease high-end automobiles from dealerships by providing fraudulent information and claiming credit through a phony business showed sophistication and extensive planning. “He obviously didn’t have the money to get the vehicles,” Ulfig said. “His conduct was indeed criminal.”

Lenny Dykstra gets three years in prison

Dykstra, 49, who spent his 12-year career with the Mets and Philadelphia Phillies, has had a series of recent legal troubles and the prison sentence is part of a post-career downward spiral for the stocky slugger known as “Nails” that has included a stint at a sober living facility.In a rambling and impassioned plea for probation, Dykstra said he has tried to make amends for his past transgressions and said he would be cleared of any wrongdoing had his motion to withdraw his plea been granted. “I’m doing everything in my power to be a better person,” he said.

Dykstra, wearing a gray suit with a blue shirt, was immediately remanded to custody as he walked into the court’s back room, hands in his pockets. Dykstra has earned nearly a year’s worth of credit toward his sentence for time already served.

He said he didn’t deserve to be put in jail on trumped-up charges and said he wasn’t able to go to the funeral of his mother who died while he was incarcerated awaiting trial. He noted that he chose to go into a drug rehab center, volunteers his time with a college baseball team and has paid nearly $20 million in taxes. “I do have remorse for some of the things I’ve done,” he said. “But because I wasn’t a perfect person am I a criminal? Everyone wants to make me out to be a monster.”

Beverly Hills police Lt. Mark Rosen told reporters outside the Beverly Hilton that Whitney Houstonwas pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. in her room on the fourth floor of the hotel. A coroner’s van left the hotel with Whitney Houston’s body in the early hours of Sunday, NBC News reported.

“There were no obvious signs of any criminal intent,” Rosen said.An examination had not been scheduled and that investigators are awaiting reports before an autopsy could be conducted, Capt. Brian Elias of the Los Angeles County coroner’s office told The Associated Press.

Whitney Houston’s publicist, Kristen Foster, said the cause of death was unknown.Rosen said police received a 911 call from hotel security about Whitney Houston at 3:43 p.m. Saturday. Paramedics who were already at the hotel because of a Grammy party unsuccessfully tried to resuscitate the singer, he said.

TMZ.com reported that Whitney Houston’s body was found in the hotel room’s bathtub, but by the time emergency services arrived she had been removed so it would take an autopsy to determine the cause of death.What was Whitney Houston’s best song?TMZ also reported that there was no evidence that Whitney Houston had been drinking alcohol in the room, although various bottles of pills had been discovered.

Her mother, gospel singer Cissy Houston, and cousin, Dionne Warwick, had spoken to her earlier in the day, perhaps just a half-hour before she was discovered dead, TMZ reported earlier.Whitney Houston’s end came on the eve of music’s biggest night — the Grammy Awards. It’s a showcase where she once reigned, and her death was sure to cast a heavy pall on Sunday’s ceremony.

A Grammys tribute to her was quickly planned, with Jennifer Hudson leading the show, Access Hollywood reported.Whitney Houston had been at rehearsals for Clive Davis’ pre-Grammy gala and concert Thursday, coaching singers Brandy and Monica, according to a person who was at the event but was not authorized to speak publicly about it. The person said Whitney Houston looked disheveled, was sweating profusely and liquor and cigarettes could be smelled on her breath.Two days ago, she performed at a pre-Grammy party with singer Kelly Price.The Rev. Al Sharpton said he would call for a national prayer Sunday morning during a service at Second Baptist Church in Los Angeles.

“The morning of the Grammys, the world should pause and pray for the memory of a gifted songbird,” Sharpton said in a written statement.At her peak, Whitney Houston was the golden girl of the music industry. From the middle 1980s to the late 1990s, she was one of the world’s best-selling artists. She wowed audiences with effortless, powerful, and peerless vocals that were rooted in the black church but made palatable to the masses with a pop sheen.Her success carried her beyond music to movies, where she starred in hits like “The Bodyguard” and “Waiting to Exhale.”

As the daughter of a gospel singer, cousin of 1960s pop diva Warwick and goddaughter of Aretha Franklin, she seemed to be born into musical greatness.Whitney Houston first started singing in the church as a child. In her teens, she sang backup for Chaka Khan, Jermaine Jackson and others, in addition to modeling. It was around that time when music mogul Clive Davis first heard Whitney Houston perform.

The changing looks of Emma Watson

How cute does the pre-teenage Emma Watson look? At the tender age of 11, without any style sense, she looks drowned in an over-sized grey dress with furry boa to match. The starlet is pictured here arriving at the world premiere of ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, where people saw her on-screen character, gawky Hermione Granger, for the first time.
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Harry Potter’s Emma Watson: Changing looks:AS Harry Potter fever kicks off, with the final installment – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 – premiering tomorrow, we take a look at stunning star Emma Watson over the years.
Emma Watson has certainly enchanted audiences throughout her time on Harry Potter – with her radiant skin, glossy hair and own style.

The changing looks of Emma Watson

Over 11 years, we have seen Emma blossom into not only one of the world’s top fashionistas but a true young beauty, even fronting campaigns for top fashion house Burberry.

Take a look at Emma’s changing beauty above!

Emma Watson has come a long way since her first appearance as the swotty, bossy Hermione Granger on Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone, transforming from a bushy haired child into a poised, sophisticated young woman in front of our very eyes. To celebrate the release of the latest Harry Potter film; Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1, we take a look at Emma’s changing look since she first set foot on the red carpet.

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Emma Watson – 2001:Hardly recognisable here,10-year-old Emma poses for photos at the premiere of the first Harry Potter film, Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone. Few people know that Emma is a natural blonde but she had to dye her hair brunette for the earlier Potter films.

Police say patrols spotted the Chevy in the 800 block of Washington Street, but Pitoniak refused to stop. Following a short vehicle chase, Pitoniak exited the Chevy and fled on foot. Police eventually caught him on the 100 block of Ten Eyck Street.Pitoniak is charged with robbery and will be arraigned Friday morning. He’s also facing 15 vehicle and traffic violations.

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Watertown man gets probation for damaging bank’s ATM:A Watertown man was sentenced Tuesday in Jefferson County Court to five years’ probation for damaging a bank’s automated teller machine.Jonathan L. Gilmore, 21, of 958 Gotham St., also was sentenced to an unspecified amount of time served at the Metro-Jefferson Public Safety Building and ordered to pay $8,711 in restitution for Nov. 22 guilty pleas to third-degree criminal mischief and third-degree attempted criminal trespass.

He was accused in August of entering the ATM building at the Watertown Savings Bank branch at 1816 State St. and damaging the machine with a rock.Cynthia A. Shearer, 34, of 24 Vincent St., Apt. 4, West Carthage, was sentenced to five years’ probation for Nov. 22 guilty pleas to third-degree assault and intimidating a witness. Further information was not available from the court.

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Humberto M. Rodriguez, 37, Watertown, pleaded guilty to third-degree burglary and is due to be sentenced Feb. 14. He was charged with using a key that did not belong to him to enter the Subway restaurant, 144 Eastern Blvd., on Sept. 24 and taking money from a safe.Anthony Thompson Jr., 20, Watertown, pleaded guilty to third-degree attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance. Sentencing was set for Feb. 14. He was charged in an indictment, unsealed earlier this month, with trying to sell cocaine Oct. 21 in Watertown.

Leonard T. Dececchis, 51, Copenhagen, pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal contempt and is due to be sentenced Feb. 14. He was charged with violating an order of protection held by his wife, Joanne, by placing his hand on her chest and pinning her against a refrigerator during a June 15 domestic incident.Sally J. Cobb, 34, of 813 Academy St., Apt. 6, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property. Sentencing was set for March 27. She was charged with possessing a credit card belonging to her mother, Jane C. Coe, Lowville, on May 4.

Tina M. Lafrancois, age and address unavailable, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree criminal mischief and is due to be sentenced March 27. She was accused of intentionally causing more than $250 in damage to a 2000 Oldsmobile Alero belonging to Christopher R. Lafrancois on Feb. 14 in the town of LeRay.

“Because of the stresses in her life right now, Demi has chosen to seek professional assistance to treat her exhaustion and improve her overall health,” said one of Demi Moore ‘s representatives in a statement to Moviefone. “She looks forward to getting well and is grateful for the support of her family and friends.” The rep added that there was no further information available at present time.

Demi Moore Hospitalized The Latest Reports on Her Condition

After being hospitalized, the Margin Call star opted to seek further professional help for exhaustion and to “improve her overall health,” Demi Moore ‘s rep said in a statement. “She looks forward to getting well and is grateful for the support of her family and friends.”

Sources who saw Demi Moore as recently as last week tell E! News that the actress has been looking increasingly thin, and we hear that friends were concerned about her weight.Demi Moore ‘s rep confirmed that the star has dropped out of the Linda Lovelace biopic Lovelace, in which she had been cast as feminist icon Gloria Steinem.On Wednesday, RadarOnline reported Demi Moore had a seizure and is being treated for anorexia, among other substance abuse issues.

In November, Demi Moore , 49, split from her husband Kutcher, who is in Brazil to shoot a catalogue for the Brazilian fashion brand Colcci.Demi Moore , who was recently spotted partying at Beacher’s Madhouse in Hollywood with daughter Rumer Willis, was just cast as Gloria Steinem in Lovelace a Linda Lovelace biopic.

Demi Moore had a difficult end to 2011. The actress filed for divorce from husband Ashton Kutcher in November after nearly six years of marriage.According to E! News, a female friend was at Demi Moore ‘s home when the actress started “shaking” and otherwise “acting like she was suffering from a seizure.”

Demi Moore Hospitalized

Sources who saw Demi Moore as recently as last week say the actress has been looking increasingly thin, and friends have grown concerned about her weight.Demi split from her husband Ashton Kutcher in November. The Two and a Half Men star is currently in Brazil for a shoot with Brazilian fashion brand Colcci.Demi Moore ‘s rep confirmed that the star has dropped out of the Linda Lovelace biopic Lovelace, in which she had been cast as feminist icon Gloria Steinem.

We wish her only the best in her recovery.L.A. City Fire Dept. spokesman Matt Spence confirmed an emergency call came from Demi Moore ‘s address, telling People, “We transported at least one patient to a local hospital. The patient was transported at 11:21 p.m.”Demi Moore filed for divorce from Kutcher in November after six years of marriage.

“As a woman, a mother and a wife there are certain values and vows that I hold sacred, and it is in this spirit that I have chosen to move forward with my life,” she said at the time.Her rep confirmed to EW.com that Demi Moore has pulled out of Lovelace, the film in which she was to play Gloria Steinem.

Demi Moore ‘s ex, Ashton Kutcher, hasn’t mentioned the incident on Twitter at this point. He has been tweeting from Sao Paulo, Brazil.If anything in particular caused all this, Demi Moore isn’t saying. Not yet, anyway — though TMZ claims Demi Moore ’s 911 emergency was the result of “substance abuse” — even though it’s unclear what “substance” may or may not have given her the jim-jams. And as if exhaustion and rampant speculation weren’t enough trouble, RadarOnline is reporting yet another ailment, claiming that Demi Moore “is getting treated for anorexia, as well as other issues that caused her seizure.” Again, Demi Moore has yet to confirm or deny these reports, but the actress has become increasingly skeletal since her public split from Ashton Kutcher.

Demi Moore and Kutcher announced their separation in November, after six years of marriage — and one much-gossiped-about Hard Rock Hotel tryst between Kutcher and a hot-tub enthusiast named Sara Leal.Since the split, Demi Moore has had a few rumoured rebounds, and was spotted by People magazine a little more than a week ago, partying with her 23-year-old daughter, Rumer Willis, and flirting with 90210 star Ryan Rottman.

Work-wise, she was recently cast in an upcoming Linda Lovelace biopic in the role of Gloria Steinem. Because of her current treatment, Demi Moore has backed out of the job, her rep told People.

Demi Moore hospitalized after 911 call