Hollywood Dame Exclusive Interview - Debi Nova
With six Grammy Award nominations and a number one dance single under her belt, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Debi Nova is ready to make her mark on the rest of the world. In March 2010, Decca Records will release Nova's genre-defying, debut album " Luna Nueva ." The album is an electrifying combination of irresistible Latin rhythms and potent pop smarts that showcase this vivacious artist's considerable musical gifts (she plays piano, guitar, bass and more) as well as...

Pauly D! We Want to Set You Up with HollywoodLife.com Fans!
A lot of our girlfriends want to date you, Pauly D, and we think there are some winners out there! Pauly D, there are tons of Hollywood Life BFFs who want to be your Valentine - and you actually have a lot in common with them! Here are some of the ones who really stand out. Give us a call, Pauly, we’d love to play cupid for you! Qpatel2 and Pauly have a lot in common! They both go to the gym, enjoy dancing, and can take care of herself financially (just like you, Mr. $10,000 an episode!): “Hell

Local Man Turns to Medical Tourism
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -- He's a local man, a friend, someone we all know and who you will recognize.

Costa Rica election pits president's protege against Libertarian
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Costa Ricans could elect their first female president Sunday as Central America's most politically and economically stable country chooses between a career politician from the ruling party and an anti-taxation Libertarian. Pre-election polls gave a nearly 20-point lead to Laura Chinchilla, who served as vice president under current President Oscar Arias, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and free market enthusiast. Otto Guevara, of the Libertarian Movement Party, emerged...

Dinosaurs Run Amuck This Week at LiveAuctionTalk.com
    SANTA FE, NM, February 03, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- In a remote island off the west coast of Costa Rica a team of scientists has just completed six years of secret research and development enabling them to clone 15 different species of dinosaurs, 200 animals all together. "Jurassic Park" will be the ultimate theme park because the exhibitions are real. Creating and then trying to control nature will be the challenge. A story about dinosaurs had been creeping up in...

Latin America strong at Rotterdam
Rotterdam - Latin America triumphed at the Rotterdam Film Festival Friday night, bagging two of the fest's three prestigious VPRO Tiger awards. Costa Rican helmer Paz Fabrega won with "Agua fria de mar" (Cold Water of the Sea), the country's first ever entry in the Rotterdam competition. Pic tells the story of a young couple and a seven-year-old girl from different social backgrounds spending Christmas on Costa Rica's Pacific coast. The jury commended the organic flow of images, and pic's...

Mom: Teenager vanished in Cancun
CANCUN, Mexico, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- A Michigan woman says her teenage daughter vanished while on a trip to the Mexican resort Cancun. D'an Simmons told The Detroit News her daughter, Amy Vargas, disappeared while taking a bathroom break from a pickup baseball game on the beach Thursday. The 16-year-old from Eastpointe, Mich., was staying at the Great Parnassus Resort with her grandmother and great-grandmother. Vargas, who is half Costa Rican and speaks Spanish well, had long wanted to visit Mexico...

Costa Rica elects Jewish VP
February 8, 2010 (JTA) -- A Jewish former banker was elected the vice president of Costa Rica. Luis Lieberman will become vice president after Costa Rican voters on Sunday elected Laura Chinchilla as the Central American country's first female president by a wide margin. Lieberman's parents immigrated to Costa Rica from Poland before World War II. He is the grandson of a mohel. Lieberman told Ynet that his being Jewish did not affect his candidacy. He said Jews are very active in Costa Rican...

Costa Rica elects first woman president
Costa Rica elects first woman president Published on : Tuesday 09 Feb 2010 2:53 - by IANS San Jose, Feb 9 : fifty-year-old Laura Chinchilla became the first woman president of Costa Rica after she won 64.7 percent votes in the country's general election this weekend. With over 64.7 percent of votes, the Supreme Electoral Court confirmed that Laura Chinchilla became the president of Costa Rica, a nation with over 4.5 million inhabitants. The candidate of the governing National Liberation Party...

Michael Lohan arrested for alleged breach of restraining order with ex-girlfriend
Lohan for his part denies the allegation. A source says Lohan claims that Muller has an upcoming arrest pending. Lohan reportedly said: “Erin lied and pressed charges. She is being arrested again in NY City and Nassau County 2nd Precinct. Erin said I called her but she lied because she heard I was in Costa Rica instead. “I have proof and she doesn’t. Her lawyer asked for money to drop the charges. How is it that I have proof and she doesn’t?”

Costa Rica elects new president
Tags: candidates , Costa Rica , country , Elections , future , participate , polls , president , select , sunday This Sunday the people of Costa Rica, will select the future president of the country and 57 representatives. More than 2.8 million people were called to the polls this Sunday to participate in the future of the country through the presidential election. The candidates who have a greater opportunity are: the National Liberation Party candidate, Laura Chinchilla, Otto...

Polls suggest Costa Rica to have female president
People in Costa Rica have gone to the polls in the presidential Elections, while Opinion Polls suggest that Laura Chinchilla, a female candidate from the leftist ruling National Liberation Party, leads others by nearly 20 points. Balloting kicked off Sunday in the Central American nation at 6:00 a.m. (1200 GMT), with 2.8 million of Costa Ricans eligible for voting. Pre-election polls gave Chinchilla, who served as vice president under current President Oscar Arias, a 20-point lead over her...

PHOTOS: Straight, Gay, Or Bi-anchini?
MORNING GOODS - Costa Rican native Joseph Bianchini shuttled back and forth between the U.S. and his homeland throughout his childhood. But he's intent on

Costa Rica elects first woman president
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Laura Chinchilla has become Costa Rica's first woman president after a festive weekend election, observers said Monday. Analysts said Sunday's vote, which featured a series of flag-waving nationwide festivities, represented a major victory for the incumbent party of President Oscar Arias , the centrist National Liberation Party, or PLN, the Tico Times reported. The newspaper said Chinchilla, 50, had won nearly 47 percent of the vote with nearly 70 percent...

Costa Rica elects 1st woman president in landslide
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Costa Ricans have elected their first woman president as the ruling party candidate won in a landslide after campaigning to continue free market policies in Central America's most stable nation. With most of the votes from Sunday's election counted, Laura Chinchilla held a 22-point lead over her closest rival. Her 47 percent share of the vote was well beyond the 40 percent needed to avoid a run-off. The 50-year-old protege of the current president, Nobel Peace...

Costa Rica elects woman president
Laura Chinchilla, a protege of Nobel peace laureate president Oscar Arias, has won a landslide election victory in Costa Rica to become the country's first woman elected president. Ms Chinchilla, formerly Mr Arias' vice president, has vowed to continue his pro-business policies in the Central American nation, expanding free trade pacts and courting investment. The center-leftist won 47 per cent of the vote, around double the scores of her two closest rivals, who quickly conceded defeat. She...

Woman elected Costa Rican president
Laura Chinchilla had 47% of the vote with nearly all the votes counted. The closest contender, Otton Solis of the Citizens Action Party, had 25%. He and the other main rival quickly conceded defeat. Chinchilla, a protege of the current president, Nobel Peace Prize winner Oscar Arias, campaigned on a promise to continue the government's free market economic policies. Chinchilla, who served as vice president under Arias, was well over the 40% needed to avoid an April run-off. Solis barely lost...

Costa Rica could elect 1st woman president
Costa Ricans appear likely to elect their first woman president Sunday as Central America's most politically and economically stable country chooses between a career politician from the ruling party and an anti-taxation Libertarian.

Costa Rica could elect 1st woman president
Costa Ricans appear likely to elect their first woman president Sunday.

Costa Rica elects first woman president
Costa Rica elected its first female president, as the ruling National Liberation Party claimed a historic victory.

Costa Rica's New President Laura Chinchilla Unlikely to Follow Mexico Into Gay Marriage Land
Costa Rica: No Military, excellent coffee, unbeatable beaches. And thanks to this weekend's election of Laura Chinchilla as the nation's first female

Costa Rica elects female president
Costa Ricans have elected their first female president, with Laura Chinchilla, the ruling party candidate, taking 47 per cent of the vote. Chinchilla declared victory early on Monday, with votes way ahead of her rivals and above the 40 per cent needed to avoid a run-off.

Costa Rica elects first woman president
Costa Rica elected its first female president, as the ruling National Liberation Party claimed a historic victory.

Chinchilla on her way to be first Costa Rican woman president
Laura Chinchilla Miranda, a female candidate from the leftist ruling National Liberation Party, is set to become the first woman president of Costa Rica. According to preliminary results, she garnered some 47% of the vote and her closest contenders left-centrist Otton Solis and conservative Otto Guevara have already acknowledged defeat, congratulating the former vice president on victory. Laura Chinchilla, 50, is a strong supporter of the incumbent President Oscar Arias, and has vowed to...

Laura Chinchilla voted first female president of Costa Rica
Laura Chinchilla thanked supporters for electing her Costa Rica's first female president and only the fifth ever in Latin America overnight, as her opponents accepted defeat.