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Thirty-six years after President Jimmy Carter made peace between Egypt and Israel, "Camp David" is now both history and theater.
Carter and his wife Rosalynn returned to Washington on Thursday night to open a new play commissioned by Arena Stage. It retraces the 13 days of tense negotiations in 1978. By the time the lights came up, the former president had tears in his eyes and was soon hugging actor Richard Thomas who played him on stage.
While a story of the remarkable peace accord may at first sound like theater for wonks, the drama of peace negotiations made for a compelling story that’s raw with emotion, real and perhaps ever relevant to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
“Camp David” runs through May 4 in Washington.
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The fashion and beauty industry's love affair with Lupita Nyong'o continues: The Oscar winner has been named the new face for Lancome.
The Mexican-born Kenyan will be the first black ambassador for the brand, which features Julia Roberts, Kate Winslet, Penelope Cruz and Lily Collins as spokeswomen. In a statement Friday, Nyong’o said she was proud to represent Lancome, adding “beauty should not be dictated, but should instead be an expression of a woman’s freedom to be herself.”
It’s the first major endorsement deal for the 31-year-old, who won the best-supporting Oscar for her role in “12 Years a Slave.” Her striking beauty and fashion sense made her the It Girl for the Hollywood awards season.
Lancome ads featuring Nyong’o will start appearing this summer.
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"Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi is expecting baby No. 2.
The 26-year-old reality star says in an interview Friday with Us Weekly: “I’m due in the fall around my wedding time. Busy year!” The pregnancy was confirmed by her publicist.
Polizzi and her fiance, Jionni LaValle, are the parents of a 19-month-old son, Lorenzo.
Polizzi appeared on MTV’s “Jersey Shore,” a show about hard-partying Italian-American friends.
