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Victoria Eyes U.S. Ambitions after NYC Show

The sky's the limit for Victoria Beckham, the Spice Girl turned acclaimed designer who has big dreams Stateside after unveiling her latest catwalk collection in New York on Sunday.

Proud husband, retired football star David sat front row with sons Brooklyn, 14, Romeo, 11, Cruz, 8, looking elegant with slicked back hair, and bouncing two-year-old Harper on his knee.

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New York Celebrates Wrap Dress 40th

Designer Diane von Furstenberg celebrated Sunday 40 years of her phenomenally successful wrap dress, which has been copied across the planet and revolutionized women's fashion.

V-necked, feminine and easy to wear, uncrushable in silk jersey and figure flattering for all, the dress made the Belgian-born U.S. designer her fortune and her name.

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Social Media Fuels 21st Century Fashion Revolution

It may be stilettos at dawn to get a ringside seat at New York's most exclusive fashion shows, but forget the fur-clad heiresses, today's VIP is the Internet.

The explosion of social media is perhaps the greatest revolution in fashion since Mary Quant's mini skirt, transforming the industry's branding and fan base.

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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Biggest U.S. 2013 Giver

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, were the most generous American philanthropists in 2013, with a donation of 18 million shares of Facebook stock, valued at more than $970 million, to a Silicon Valley nonprofit in December.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy reported Monday that Zuckerberg's donation was the largest charitable gift on the public record in 2013 and put the young couple at the top of the magazine's annual list of 50 most generous Americans in 2013.

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Clint Eastwood Saves Man from Choking

Hollywood's iconic good guy, Clint Eastwood, is also a real life hero after swooping to rescue a choking guest at a California reception.

"Clint saved my life," Steve John told The Carmel Pine Cone, the local newspaper where the actor once served as mayor in the 1980s.

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Clooney Hopeful Europe Will Give Panned Movie Fresh Start

Hollywood star George Clooney said Saturday that he is hopeful European audiences will respond to his light-touch wartime drama "The Monuments Men" after it got a mauling from U.S. critics.

Clooney presented the picture at the 64th Berlin film festival about a real-life corps of middle-aged art experts who go behind enemy lines to rescue precious works from the Nazis, one day after it opened in U.S. cinemas.

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Hard Rockers Demand $666,000 after Guantanamo Claims

A Canadian hard-rock band says it sent the Pentagon a $666,000 bill after a former Guantanamo Bay guard alleged that the U.S. military used their music to torture detainees.

Skinny Puppy found out their music was blasted out at the detention center in southern Cuba from a former guard who is a fan of the band, keyboardist Cevin Key told Canada's CTV Television.

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Woody Allen Attacks Ex Over Abuse Allegations

Film director Woody Allen on Friday again denied molesting his daughter and launched a furious attack on his ex-partner Mia Farrow, blaming her for the abuse allegations.

In a nearly 2,000-word op-ed in The New York Times, Allen castigated his former partner over shocking allegations detailed by their daughter Dylan in the paper last week.

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Mary Quant: Mini Skirt Creator and Queen of Swinging London

The creator of the mini-skirt, British designer Mary Quant, turns 80 on Tuesday still brimming with enthusiasm for fashion and women's rights.

She admits a certain nostalgia for the "high excitement and innovation" of 1960s "Swinging London", but told Agence France Presse it was "wonderful to be a woman and alive right now".

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Bale, Cooper Break Down Director's Oscar Magic

The stars of crime caper "American Hustle" Christian Bale and Bradley Cooper said Friday that their director's "raw" atmosphere on set and risk-taking were behind its 10 Oscar nominations.

Promoting the picture at the Berlin film festival, Bale and Cooper said director and screenwriter David O. Russell's remarkable haul of Hollywood honors were down to the fact that he was an actors' filmmaker.

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