The executive committee of ASHRAFIYEH 2020 held a press conference at Hotel Le Gabriel on July 5, 2012 in the presence of, Ashrafiyeh’s MPs Michel Pharaon, Jean Oghassabian, Nadim Gemayel, Mr. Imad Wakim general secretary of the Lebanese Forces, and Beirut’s municipality council members.
ASHRAFIYEH 2020 is an apolitical long-term (8 years) environmental driven initiative by MP Nadim Gemayel. Its objective is to reinvent Ashrafiyeh as a livable, breathable, welcoming and friendly neighborhood.

Britain's Prince Harry has been caught on camera doing something embarrassing — again.
Celebrity gossip website TMZ on Tuesday posted photos of the 27-year-old royal cavorting nude with an unidentified woman in a VIP suite in Las Vegas. It's hardly the first time the prince — who allegedly disrobed as part of a game of strip pool — has been filmed in a compromising situation. The third-in-line to the throne was famously photographed wearing a Nazi uniform for a costume party, and in another photo gaffe he was seen cupping the breast of a female TV presenter. Some would argue footage in which he was heard to utter a racial slur while teasing a fellow army cadet fromPakistan was more serious.

A judge in Los Angeles on Wednesday named Michael Jackson's nephew TJ permanent co-guardian of the late King of Pop's three children, a position he will share with the singer's mother Katherine.
The decision brought to an end the latest drama to disrupt the Jackson family since the pop star's sudden death in June 2009 at age 50 from an overdose of propofol, a powerful anesthetic.

Musicians in today's rock bands look like "garbage collectors" and the only true new star is Lady Gaga, members of the legendary heavy metal group KISS said in a chat with Agence France Presse.
"There are a lot of bands that have something. What's missing is stardom. The ability to get up on stage and rule, bigger than life," said KISS bassist and singer-songwriter Gene Simmons.

An A-list cast of celebrities is joining atelethon to raise money and awareness to fight cancer.
Gwyneth Paltrow, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Samuel L. Jackson and Emma Stone are among the stars participating in the third Stand Up to Cancer telethon, the organization announced Wednesday.

Madonna dropped from her last concert in Europe Tuesday a swastika that outraged France's right-wing party but again demanded the freedom of jailed Russian girl punk band Pussy Riot.
The video that accompanied the pop icon's performance in Nice of "Nobody Knows Me" still showed National Front leader Marine Le Pen, but a question mark replaced a swastika that had previously flashed on the politician's forehead.

Nicole Kidman is being honored by the New York Film Festival in a gala tribute.
The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced Tuesday that Kidman will be celebrated at the 50th-annual New York Film Festival. The festival will also honor its longtime director Richard Pena in a second gala.

Natalie Wood's death certificate has been changed to reflect some of the uncertainties and lingering questions surrounding the actress' drowning more than 30 years ago in the Pacific Ocean off Southern California.
The document was amended earlier this month and shifts Wood's death from an accidental drowning to "drowning and other undetermined factors," according to a copy of the certificate obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.

Avril Lavigne and Nickelback frontmanChad Kroeger aren't just making music together. They're getting hitched.
A spokeswoman for Lavigne confirmed a Tuesday report from People magazine that the 27-year-old pop singer and 37-year-old rocker became engaged earlier this month after dating for six months.

Rosie O'Donnell says she suffered a heart attack last week and is "lucky to be here."
The 50-year-old comedian detailed the experience on her blog Monday, saying sudden nausea, aches and other symptoms pushed her to do an online search for "women's heart attack symptoms." She took a few aspirin and went to a cardiologist the next day.
