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TimeOnline
Miss California USA, Raquel Beezley, front, is crowned by reigning Miss California USA Meagan Tandy at a news conference in Beverly Hills, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007.
Blaming an accounting mix-up, Miss California USA organizers have handed this year's title from Miss Los Angeles Christina Silva to Miss Barstow Raquel Beezley. Beezley was handed the crown Thursday in a Beverly Hills ceremony by last year's Miss California, Megean Tandy, after the pageant's state director, Keith Lewis, blamed the mistake on 'human error.'
(AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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This is quite a horror for Miss Silva. How true that one feels the agony of defeat, so we speak?




Sean Taylor...May you Rest In Peace.

Who says nice girls finish last? America's sweetheart Reese Witherspoon is now the highest paid actress in Hollywood.
Her latest flick was a flop, but sexy Reese Witherspoon has taken the crown as this year’s highest paid Hollywood actress, commanding $15 million to $20 million a picture.
Witherspoon, who was second to Nicole Kidman on last year’s list compiled by the Hollywood Reporter, edged out Angelina Jolie, who commands about the same salary. Jolie took considerably less for the animated "Beowulf," getting just $8 million - but it was for just five weeks of work.
Cameron Diaz was third, with a $15-million-per-movie price tag. Kidman dropped to fourth place, with an asking price of $10 million to $15 million a film.
Renee Zellweger, Sandra Bullock and Julia Roberts also get $10 million to $15 million paychecks, even though Roberts hasn’t appeared onscreen since 2004’s "Ocean’s Twelve." Her next film, "Charlie Wilson’s War," hits theaters in January.
Drew Barrymore and Jodie Foster, who ask $10 million to $12 million a project are numbers eight and nine, with Halle Berry in the 10 slot, asking $10 million a picture.
The full salary list appears in The Hollywood Reporter's "Women in Entertainment: Power 100" issue, on newsstands Tuesday.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Nov. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Julian Lennon, son of Beatles icon John Lennon, has purchased a residence at The Ritz-Carlton Club and Residences, South Beach, further cementing the development's status as one of the most luxurious real estate offerings on Miami Beach.
Lennon, who recently produced an award-winning documentary and is working on a sixth album, plans to split his time between his new Miami condominium and his home in Europe.
"Miami Beach is one of my favorite places, and I am excited to own a residence here," said Lennon. "I travel quite a bit and the service The Ritz- Carlton offers is incomparable. To now have it at home, will be fantastic."
The Ritz-Carlton Residences are luxurious condominiums featuring the company's legendary service. Lennon's 1,800 square foot, two-bedroom and three-bathroom residence is located in the development's 17-story North Tower with breathtaking views of the ocean from an expansive terrace. The residence also features a fully-equipped kitchen with Snaidero Italian cabinetry and state-of-the-art appliances from Sub-Zero and Miele. Prices for two-bedroom residences start at approximately $2 million.
Currently under construction and scheduled for completion in late 2009, the development will include the preservation of one Miami Beach's most significant architectural contributions - the Seville Beach Hotel. Built in 1955, the hotel's heyday coincided with the excitement of the Beatles and Miami Beach's rise to a glamour capital.
Planned community amenities include dedicated concierge services, a fine dining restaurant, in-residence gourmet dining, a full-service Ritz-Carlton spa and state-of-the-art fitness facility, and a beachfront experience encompassing five pools, three whirlpool spas, The Ritz-Carlton's signature cabanas, and a pool bar and grill. Lennon also will enjoy the private resident lounge, a recreation of the former hotel's legendary Matador Supper Club, once visited by the likes of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra.
The Ritz-Carlton Club and Residences, South Beach is being developed by luxury hotelier Lionstone Development, which owns The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach and is co-developing EPIC Residences & Hotel in Downtown Miami; and Fortune International, luxury developers of Jade Residences at Brickell Bay, Jade Ocean and Jade Beach, Artech and Le Meridien Sunny Isles Beach.
For more information on The Ritz-Carlton Club and Residences, South Beach, call 305-351-1000, ext. 115 or visit http://www.rcr-southbeach.com/.
The Ritz-Carlton Club and Residences
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