Beautiful Canadian born Ghanaian actress, Jackie Appiah is feeling like Michael Jackson.
 Jackie uploaded this picture on her Instagram page with the caption: ‘Tell me who’s bad…. feeling like MJ right now, The King of Pop?’ Am feeling like…. Tell me who you are feeling like?


The beautiful actress has received several awards and nominations, including the awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 2010 African Movie Academy Awards and Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the African Movie Academy Awards in 2007. What do you think, did she rock the Michael Jackson look?

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Famous comedian Julius Agwu posts the very fresh pictures of newborn. Father named his son, born on October 6, Zadok. 

For those who skipped Sunday School, Zadok was a Hebrew priest who descended from Eleazar the son of Aaron. He helped King David during the revolt of his son Absalom.

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It is apparent that Ghanaian star actress, Yvonne Nelson, is still very bitter over her split with Nigerian singer, Iyanya Mbuk. The Nollywood actress is not in a hurry to forgive the ‘Kukere’ crooner for hurting her after she spent over 8 months of her life dating him, giving him her ‘waist’ and love. She is angry that after all she did for him, Iyanya still had the heart to leave her. The distraught Yvonne further said that her ex-lover will not end well if he continues breaking ladies’ hearts.

“Iyanya needs to be more honest and be a man of his words. It’s not good if he keeps taking advantage of women. My mum always says any man who takes advantage of women won’t end up well. It’s called Karma; it’s going to come back to you. He will not end well,” the heart-broken Yvonne said. She further advised the ‘Your Waist’ singer to “treat women fairly and be an honest person.”



Ladies what do you think... Guys what will you say to this?

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NEW YORK (AP) — Paul McCartney is on a roll this week.

A day after performing at a New York City high school, the ex-Beatle surprised fans Thursday with an impromptu concert in Times Square.

McCartney announced the concert on Twitter and then arrived by taxi at the "Crossroads of the World" an hour later.

Despite the short notice, thousands of fans flocked to the busy midtown-Manhattan intersection for the lunchtime concert.

The 71-year-old rocker sang four songs from his latest album "New" from a trailer parked on West 46th Street and Broadway.

He joked: "Let's do this the same time tomorrow."

On Wednesday, McCartney performed and took questions from students at the Frank Sinatra High School in Queens. He was celebrating his second wedding anniversary with Nancy Shevell.

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Harrison Ford

It has long been assumed that Harrison Ford will reprise his role as Han Solo in J.J. Abrams' "Star Wars: Episode VII," but you know what they say about assumptions. In an interview with Graham Norton, Ford said he had "not quite made the choice" to play Solo again.

Ford has been careful to not confirm his involvement in "Episode VII," but he did tell WGN TV in March that things were getting close. "I think it's almost true," he said of a possible "Star Wars" return, which was first reported back in February. "I'm looking forward to it. It's not in the bag yet, but I think it'll happen."

While Ford contemplates making the Kessel Run once again, the actor told Norton that he is totally onboard for another Indiana Jones film.

"I would do it in a New York minute, yes," Ford said. "I don't think there is any barrier to Indiana Jones being an old fart."

Ford made similar comments to The Telegraph this past summer.

"We've seen the character develop and grow over a period of time and it's perfectly appropriate and okay for him to come back again with a great movie around him where he doesn't necessarily have to kick as much ass," Ford said.

"Star Wars: Episode VII" is set for release in 2015. Conspiracy theorists will note that Ford's "Graham Norton Show" appearance happened opposite Benedict Cumberbatch, another actor who has been connected to this iteration of "Star Wars."

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The first trailer for George Clooney's "Monuments Men" played like an "Ocean's 11" prequel (right down to the swinging music cue). This new trailer for the film replaces that suave whimsy for the kind of gravitas normally associated with important Best Picture nominees. "We have been tasked to find and protect art that the Nazis have stolen," Clooney's character says in the trailer. "They tell us, 'Who cares about art?' But they're wrong. It's the exact reason we're fighting. For a culture. For a way of life." Based on the book by Robert M. Edsel, "Monuments Men" is out in theaters on Dec. 18. Watch the new trailer below.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Dramatic accounts of the Navy SEALs rescuing the captain of an American cargo ship made headlines around the world in 2009. The military said SEAL snipers killed a trio of pirates in a tense standoff. Three shots, three kills. It was the lethal, coordinated precision that has made SEALs famous and feared.

It was an unbelievable story, with a new retelling that hits the big screen Friday with Tom Hanks playing Capt. Richard Phillips. But the official version that unfolded in the Indian Ocean wasn't as tidy as Hollywood's, or the versions in Phillips' own book or in contemporaneous news reports. In fact, many more than three shots were fired, $30,000 went missing and the integrity of the SEALs was questioned.

The unvarnished story begins on April 8, 2009. Four armed Somali pirates scurried up the side of a large cargo ship, Maersk Alabama, and took the crew and Phillips hostage. In a failed attempt to get the pirates to leave, Phillips gave them $30,000 from the ship safe. The pirates eventually abandoned the Maersk, jumping into a lifeboat and taking the cash and Phillips at gunpoint.

The USS Bainbridge, a destroyer that had responded to the hijacking, gave chase as the pirates headed toward the Somali coast. Days later, a team of SEALs parachuted into the Indian Ocean and boarded the Bainbridge. During the crisis, the Navy persuaded the pirates to let the Bainbridge tow the lifeboat and then tricked the fourth pirate into coming aboard the Bainbridge.

As the Bainbridge reeled in the lifeboat for a better shot, the SEALs took up positions on the back of the warship and trained their sights on the three pirates.

On April 12, the SEALs acted. After a gun unexpectedly went off inside the lifeboat, the SEAL snipers opened fire. Seconds later, a SEAL, possibly two of them, descended the tow rope and onto the lifeboat. He quickly shot the pirates — one of whom was still alive. Former SEAL Matt Bissonnette recounted the episode in his memoir "No Easy Day." Bissonnette was deployed aboard the adjacent USS Boxer, an amphibious assault ship, when the rescue took place.

"Entering the life raft, they quickly and methodically re-engaged each pirate, making sure there was no more threat," Bissonnette recalls. "They found Phillips tied up in the corner unhurt."
In an interview, Phillips said he didn't know if the SEALs fired inside the lifeboat. But after it appeared the shooting had stopped, he said, one of the pirates closest to him was "gasping" and in a "death rattle." The young pirate had two serious chest wounds, he said. He didn't see the other two pirates at the other end of the lifeboat.

Attorney Philip L. Weinstein, who represented the surviving pirate later prosecuted in federal court, said his legal team had an expert examine photographs the government provided of the dead Somalis. The expert estimated about 19 rounds had been fired into the bodies, Weinstein said.

"There were clearly not three shots fired," Weinstein said. "They were riddled with bullets."
 
Under the Geneva Conventions, an enemy combatant who has been injured so severely that he no longer can fight is supposed to be protected and medically treated even as he is taken into custody. Scott L. Silliman, a professor at Duke University Law School and an expert on wartime legal doctrine, said he believes the SEALs did nothing wrong. He said the SEALs had to make the assumption that the Somalis were armed and a continuing threat. In other words, they were still combatants.
"I think it is pretty clear under the military's rules of engagement that if the SEAL believed he still faced a threat against him he was authorized to use lethal force," he said. "I think it was an appropriate use of force under these circumstances."

The $30,000 was never recovered. As part of the investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, SEALs were polygraphed, according to former and current law enforcement and military officials who spoke under the condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to talk about the case. It's not clear if all the SEALs who responded to the hijacking were polygraphed.

Nobody was exempt from questioning. Investigators interviewed Capt. Frank J. Michael, who was the executive officer of the Boxer and among the highest-ranking Navy personnel to enter the lifeboat after Phillips had been saved, a former U.S. official said.

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Courtney L. Hillson declined to discuss SEAL tactics or specifics of the case but said: "The case was ultimately closed without evidence of wrongdoing."

Weinstein said his client, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nearly 34 years, had no idea who took the money, and he didn't think the pirates threw it overboard. Weinstein said there were plenty of people who had access to the lifeboat after the shooting stopped. He said the crime scene was "contaminated." According to Phillips' account of the kidnapping, the money could have easily been concealed in a small bag or someone's pockets.

In his book, Phillips writes that while he was held hostage on the lifeboat, a pirate took the money out of the bag and began dividing up into piles. There were "two stacks of hundreds, one of fifties, then twenties, fives, and tens ... I never saw the money again. Later, when they gave me a sack to lean against, I felt the stacks of money inside, but I never spotted the cash out in the open again."
Kevin Speers, a spokesman for Maersk Line Ltd., said the missing money remains a mystery: "We simply don't know."

In the new film "Captain Phillips," viewers shouldn't look to the movie for the complete story. It doesn't depict the aftermath inside the lifeboat or the criminal investigation that followed.
Director Paul Greengrass said the movie wasn't intended to tackle every twist and turn but hews to the truth.

Greengrass said he was aware of the shooting that took place inside the lifeboat and grappled with how much bloodshed to depict. In the end, he made narrative judgments. The final violence wasn't necessary. The result was the same: Phillips was saved, and the pirates were killed.
What happened to the money didn't concern him.

"Movies are not journalism," Greengrass said. "Movies are not history."

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Regional DirectorCo-Producer, Micheal Strano, Chief Executive Officer, PRM Africa and Executive Producer, AFRIMA, Mike Dada, Co-Producer, Petra Seseli, and Director, Brand Communication and Sponsorship, Matlou Tsotetsi.

Following months of intensive deliberations, Nigeria has eventually won the rights to host the Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA).

This decision was reached by the International Committee of AFRIMA in a meeting held on, Saturday October 5, 2013 at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos.

According to AFRIMA’s Brand Communication and Sponsorship Director, Matlou Tsotetsi who addressed journalists at a press conference held on Sunday, October 6, 2013 at the Four Points by Sheraton, Lagos, Nigeria was selected to host the pan- African music award, beating four other countries- Gabon, South Africa, Namibia and Kenya- because of the booming business of music in the country and its growing entertainment and event – hosting infrastructure.

‘We took a lot of factors into consideration before Nigeria was eventually considered and nominated just like we did last year in Namibia before we arrived at the last five countries’, she told journalists.
Nigeria will host the music awards for the next three years, while countries bidding to host after Nigeria will be announced in 2015.

The award ceremony which will be preceded by a two-day Pan African Music Summit will come up on Saturday, October 25, 2014 and will be broadcast live to 84 countries on 109 television stations across the world in the English and French languages.

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Contrary to news hovering on social media networks, veteran Nollywood actor Olu Jacobs is still living strong and healthy.

Speaking to Nigerian Entertainment Today, Olu Jacobs laughed as he dispelled the rumour ‘I am not dead. I am alive and okay’, he told our  reporter.

Born in 1942, the actor has starred in several British television series and international films, also featuring in over 120 Nollywood movies. In 2007, he won the African Movie Academy Award for ‘Best Actor in a Leading Role’

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Haillie Scott was crowned Homecoming Queen of Chippewa Valley High School in Clinton Township, Michigan, on Friday, October 4, after students and faculty voted for her. Photo: Twitter

Eminem has always been proud of his daughter, Haillie Scott- he always mentions her name in his songs, and even back in 2002 included her voice on his track ‘My Dad’s Gone Crazy’.

Now the Detroit rap king whose eighth album, ‘The Marshal Mathers LP 2′, is due to drop on November 5, has one more reason to be a proud ‘daddy’; Haillie is now a Homecoming Queen.

Haillie Scott was crowned Homecoming Queen of Chippewa Valley High School in Clinton Township, Michigan, on Friday, October 4, after students and faculty voted for her.

Although Eminem was around to witness his daughter-whom members of the community described as a ‘smart, athletic, and caring’-crowned queen, he however declined to make a public appearance, opting to watch the entire episode from inside the school, as ‘he wanted Hailie to have her own moment.’

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The management of Magbamawo Industrial Company (M.I.C) Funeral Services has suspended business activities in order to mourn the passing away of six staff members including their boss, Olatunji Okunsanya and his son, Olatunji Okunsanya Jr.

When NET paid the family a condolence visit at their office, 17 Odunlami Street, Lagos Island, the arena was filled with relatives, staff, friends and onlookers who gathered to sympathize with them.

One of Okusanya’s niece, Damilola Okunsanya spoke of her uncle’s attitude to work ‘Uncle Tunji was a very nice man and humble man. He doesn’t just leave the work for his staff but stays in front of them always. He also dresses to suit any occasion so you will see him wear Igbo, Yoruba, Delta, Hausa and other attires’.

Damilola also expressed how cheerful the late Okunsanya was especially with people ‘He plays with everyone. He likes dancing and also snapping pictures. If you look around, you will see that he appears in almost all the pictures here. He even poses for a snapshot here in his office’ she said.

In addition to the boss and his son, other workers who died on the ill-fated Associated Airline plane crash of Thursday, October 3, 2013 are Chijioke Duru, Kings Amaechi, Samson Hassan and Abdul-Hakeem Akintunde (who was buried on Tuesday morning according to the Islamic rites).

We are told that the other five bodies (including the Okusanya’s) are being held by the Lagos State Government for DNA tests which would likely take three weeks after which the date for the burial proper will be fixed.

Charly Boy poses in one of MIC Caskets

Members of the Lagos Island East Council Development join in mourning the late Okunsanya, son and staff

MIC and crew on duty

MIC boss, Tunji Okunsanya and King Sunny Ade

MIC boss, Tunji Okunsanya and son

MIC Caskets and some pictures inside the office

MIC Funeral limited handled the burial of King Sunny Ade’s mum

Pictures of the late Chijioke Duru, Kings Amaechi, Samson Hassan and Abdul-Hakeem Akintunde

Picture of the late Tunji Okunsanya at work

The condolence register        

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The Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) boss, Maurice Mwande Okoth has followed his heart by abandoning Christianity for Islam.

Following his conversion at the Kilmani Mosque, Maurice Okoth now Mahmoud Okoth expressed his excitement  saying ‘I have got myself a silver ring to match the white Gold wedding band’. He also told some of his friends why he had to make such sacrifice for his Khadija ‘I truly love her and want to spend the rest of my life with her’.

The Chief Executive Officer of MCSK tied the knot with the love of his life, former Miss Kenya, Shamilla Khadija Kiptoo at a small poolside wedding in his leafy sub-urban home in Nairobi last weekend.

Okoth is a Certified Public Secretary (CPS) and an expert in the field of copyright and related rights. With him as the CEO of MCSK, the organisation has grown from barely 600 members in 2005 to over 7,000 to date with several of its members earning millions of shillings in royalties.

  

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Watch Paul McCartney detail his experience when he travelled to Nigeria, how Fela Anikulapo Kuti thought a ‘white man’ had landed the country to steal his music and Paul listening to the instrumentation of the late great musician’s song ‘Why black men dey suffer‘…

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A bride with flawless makeup and wedding pictures that would be forever cherished are the dreams of every unmarried couple. And since the ‘My Big Nigerian Wedding’ contest is all about bringing one lucky couple’s dream to fulfillment, only the very best in their respective fields are going to be a part of this.

It’s another beautiful day to announce additional members of the ‘Dream Team’ who would work with the winning bride and groom-to-be in their quest for the perfect wedding day. On behalf of the entire WED Magazine and My Big Nigerian Wedding team, we are delighted to unveil Banke Meshida-Lawal as the official makeup artist for the bride and Kelechi Amadi-Obi as the official photographer for the winning couple!

Widely referred to as the most sought after bridal makeup artist in the country, Banke has earned an impressive reputation as someone who makes the beauty of a bride come out on her most special day. As a professional makeup artist, she uses unique artistic techniques to amplify a bride’s beauty. With true dedication and passion for such art, she has been able to build a network, served numerous clients, and established a good status as a makeup artist.

Just like many, Banke is excited about meeting the winner of the contest. “I am very happy to be a part of this pioneer contest and I can’t wait to see who will win considering that we have so many couples competing for the ultimate prize,” she said.
Speaking on working with the bride, she said “A wedding day is a special day that every lady looks forward to. I’m sure she has her ideas on how she wants to look and I will bring in my professional advice and expertise to give the bride her dream look.”

To give the couple memorable pictures that they would forever cherish, Kelechi would be on ground to add his signature mark of quality. With a career spanning across two decades, Kelechi is a photographer who knows how to capture the stories around him and bring them to life. His unique style and mastery of aesthetics and creative lighting have been reinvented in his photography to create understanding, dynamic and result oriented photography for his clients.

For Kelechi, he believes dreams do come true and is excited about bringing a couple’s dream to life. “I think it’s exciting to make somebody’s dream come true and I’m glad to be a part of this,” he said.
On what the winning couple should expect from their pictures, he said “Their pictures will tell the story of intimacy and love.”

Already, over 500 couples have registered and over 20,000 votes have been counted as voting for the winning couple enters its second week. The competition is heating up and with vendors like Tosan Jemide, Banke Meshida-Lawal and Kelechi Amadi-Obi already on board, you know it’s going to be a wedding to remember.

More members of the Dream Team would be announced in the coming weeks so stay tuned and keep voting!

You can still be a part of the contest. Registration is FREE and still ongoing till December 2^nd. To register click here http://mbnwedding.com/registration and to vote click here http://mbnwedding.com/page/vote

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What Will George W. Bush’s Granddaughter Call Him?

In April, George W. Bush’s daughter, Jenna Bush Hager, gave birth to a daughter, Mila, and it seems the former President is loving being a grandfather. And though the family is going to let Mila decide what his moniker will be, there is a frontrunner.

“Jefe, which means boss in Spanish,” Bush Hager, 31, told People magazine. As for former First Lady Laura Bush? “She’s not a ‘Grandma,’ but she’s also not like a ‘Mimi’ or a ‘Nini,’” Hager added. “We’ll just have to see how it goes.”

But one thing that has been decided: Bush has totally bonded with his new granddaughter — and his hair helped.

“It’s kind of appealing for a baby to see this white mound of hair,” Bush Hager said. “It’s not something she’s used to seeing.”

It also doesn’t hurt that she finds her grandpa to be hilarious.

“She was brilliant because once she laughed at him, there was this instant connection!” the new mom said.

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There may be a real-life race to the altar for “Bride Wars” star Kate Hudson. In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres today, the 33-year-old actress revealed that she’s feeling “a little bit” of pressure from her eldest son to tie the knot with longtime fiancé Matthew Bellamy.

Hudson has been dating the Muse front man since 2010 and engaged since 2011. But they have yet to set a wedding date and Hudson’s son Ryder, 9, may be getting a bit anxious.

“I think he looks forward to more the party than actually the idea of us getting married,” the mother of two explained. “He apparently he wants to wear a neon green tux.”

While Hudson may not be ready to get married at her son’s request, the actress praised his unique fashion sense.

“You know, I’m all for it,” she added. “He loves neon green. He wants to wear neon green with black. That’s pretty cool. He’s a bit of a fashion boy.”

Can we look forward to a neon groomsman?

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Khloe Kardashian Tweets ‘Not All Love Can Be Explained’

Khloe Kardashian took to Twitter today to bare her soul during this trying time amid reports that her husband Lamar Odom is using drugs and their marriage is on the rocks.

Kardashian, 29, tweeted four times in just a few minutes about love, scars and patience.

“Not all scars can be seen and not all love can be explained,” she tweeted first. ”The deepest love is also the hardest to express. Only those in it, understand.”

She followed that up with, “If I love u. Its a deep 4ever love. Ride til the end. Family/friend.Its simply called love. I take it seriously. Dont judge unless u r in it.”

Inside Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom’s Struggles

If these tweets are about Odom, 33, it seems she is taking a step back after removing the Kardashian and Odom from both her Twitter and Instagram bios. They now just read “Khloe.”

Kardashian added, “We all have our own journeys in life. So even if u don’t accept mine. Be kind….We all have a journey 2travel & I want to walk mine, my way” and “Two things define you: your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.”

These tweets come a couple of days after “Keeping Up With the Kardashian” fans got their first look on the show of Kardashian addressing her issues with her husband, even if the episode was filmed prior to her current marital problems.

Related: Lamar Odom Uses Twitter to Defend Kardashians, Slam Father

“There are a lot of emotional issues I think that Lamar has,” she said Sunday on the show. ”I do want to help or cater to Lamar but also, there is only so much anyone can take.”

She even called Odom a “very depressed” person.

Odom was charged with suspicion of DUI on Aug. 30, then broke his silence late last month to defend the Kardashian family. Last week, photos surfaced of the former NBA star looking rather thin.
Efforts to reach Kardashian’s rep were not immediately returned.

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Sky Ferreira is dropping out of Vampire Weekend's tour. | AP

Sky Ferreira has had a tough couple of months. First, the "Everything Is Embarrassing" singer and her boyfriend, DIIV frontman Zachary Cole Smith, were arrested on drug possession charges in September (she allegedly had ecstasy, he had a good amount of heroin). Now, Ferreira is dropping out of all remaining dates of Vampire Weekend's arena tour due to a vocal injury.
According to a press release issued by the singer, "doctor's orders" compelled her to cancel the remaining dates as a support for the band. Ferreira initially thought she would only need to skip three shows, but after performing and suffering a hemorrhage of vocal cord, a doctor put her on strict vocal rest.
The singer hopes to begin touring again with the album release concert she's scheduled for Oct. 27 in Los Angeles. "Night Time, My Time," her debut studio LP, is set for release on Oct. 29 (Capitol), and a November tour with the Smith Westerns is also scheduled.
In mid-September, 21-year-old Ferreira was arrested on misdemeanor charges after police found ecstasy in her possession. She was also charged with resisting arrest. Smith, 28, was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance after officers found a plastic bag containing “42 decks” of heroin.
Ferreira's arrest is especially uncomfortable given a recent Billboard interview in which she uses the fact that she's on the Vampire Weekend tour as proof that she's not a drug addict:

I know for a fact I'm not a drug addict. That's all I really have to say about it. I know I'm not a drug addict. I'm sorry if it hurt anyone and I'm not trying to promote drugs and it's not like an image thing whatsoever. Do you think I want people thinking I'm a heroin addict? No. Do you think I want people thinking I'm a drug addict? No. But people have always said I'm a drug addict, just based on the fact that I have dark circles around my eyes— which I've had since I was a kid— or because I come across a certain way or dress a certain way. So that's not something that's new. But I would be in rehab; I would not be on this Vampire Weekend tour. And I wouldn't be able to go on stage everyday and deal with this.

Both Ferreiera and her boyfriend have said the police were out to get them:

@DIIV
DIIV

what you're reading is a police blotter, not the outcome of a court case. these cops wanted to fuck us, and they did. sky did nothing wrong.

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The Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke and his lady love Ghanaian actress Nadia Buari arrived at the award night holding hands. The award took place yesterday May 18th in Ghana. They also left together. they look Cute together.

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