Miss California Gets to Keep Her Crown

American celebrity news

Carrie Prejean, the reigning Miss California who is said to have been a good quote away from winning the Miss USA title, has been given a reprieve by none other than Donald Trump, and will be allowed to keep her crown after the circus-like antics of the past few weeks.
Trump, who owns the Miss USA pageant, met with Prejean today after reviewing photos of the contestant modeling underwear. Trump determined that the photos did not violate the rules of the pageant, and that Prejean would be allowed to continue her reign as Miss California.
Trump praised Prejean for both her beauty, and for standing up to critism in the aftermath of controversial statements made expressing her opposition to same-sex marriage during the Miss USA contest. If her beauty wasn’t so great no one would have cared, he said.
I exercised my freedom of speech and I was punished for doing so, Prejean commented at a press conference. This should not happen in America. It undermines the constitutional rights for which my grandfather fought for.

Natalie Cole Receives Kidney Transplant On Day Her Sister Dies

Natalie Cole was visiting her sister in the hospital when she received word that a kidney had become available for her. Just a few hours later, after Cole was recovering from the transplant surgery, her sister passed away.
Carol Cole, 64, is the older sister of Natalie. She worked as an actress, starring in several episodes her father’s program, The Nat King Cole Show, and in the Redd Foxx classic, Sanford and Son. She also starred in the spin-off from that series, Grady. In each, she starred as Grady’s daughter.
Natalie Cole has been receiving dialysis three times a week, a result of contracting Hepatitis C after years of drug abuse.
This is all so surreal, says Timolin Cole, Natalie’s younger sister. Our sister Cookie hadn’t been to a doctor in 30 years, and last week she went in and they found a cancerous spot on her lung.