6 d. ago Alice Tan Ridley dead – America's Got Talent star and mum of Oscar

Alice Tan Ridley, who is the mother of Precious star Gabourey Sidibe and wowed with her incredible voice during her time on America's Got Talent in 2010, has died at the age of 72

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6 d. ago Alice Tan Ridley dead: America's Got Talent singer and mum of Oscar

Precious actress Gabourey Sidibe's mother Alice Tan Ridley, who sang her way to the semi-finals on US TV series America’s Got Talent back in 2010, has died at the age of 72

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6 d. ago America's Got Talent singer and mother of Oscar nominated US actress dies aged 72

Precious actress Gabourey Sidibe's mother Alice Tan Ridley, who sang her way to the semi-finals on US TV series America’s Got Talent back in 2010, has passed away

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2 w. ago Mel B channels her Spice Girls days in a leopard print cape as she arrives at America's Got Talent filming

The singer, 49, who is known for her love of animal print, wore a quirky cape-style jacket for the recording.

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2 w. ago Sean Kingston cries in court as he and his mum are found guilty of wire fraud

American rapper and singer Sean Kingston had his mum, Janice Turner, have been found guilty of wire fraud and they could spend up to 20 years in prison for the crime

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2 w. ago Mum 'annoyed' by friends' reactions after choosing singer's name for baby boy

A woman, who's eight months pregnant, has been left feeling irritated by her friends and family's reaction to the name she's chosen for her baby boy, after struggling to come to a decision for months

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3 w. ago A French university is offering ‘scientific asylum’ for US talent. The brain drain has started | Alexander Hurst

The Trump administration is cutting funding, while specifically targeting institutions like Columbia. No wonder academics want outIn six weeks, the Trump administration’s “rapid scheduled disassembly” of American science has been as sharp and deep as its trashing of the US’s alliances and goodwill; Earth science, weather forecasting and early warning systems, medical research (including cancer research), Nasa. Academic grants more broadly have been cut, paused and subject to review for a long list of banned words (including such contentious terms as “political” and “women”).This has caused universities across the country to reduce their intake of PhD students, medical students and other graduate students, introduce hiring freezes and even rescind some offers of admission. More than 12,500 US citizens currently in other countries on Fulbright research grants recently had their funding paused, along with 7,400 foreign scholars currently hosted in the US, leaving them financially stran...

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4 w. ago Beloved Disney star looks unrecognisable 20 years after the iconic show that shot her to fame first aired

The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody followed the story of the brothers, who lived in the suite at the Tipton Hotel in Boston with their mum - who was the hotel's lounge singer.

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