The surprise announcement came in a letter dated Aug. 21, addressed to the director of the St. Petersburg International Film Festival. Miller was invited to the fest as a special guest of honor by Maria Averbakh, but he declined, citing the current political climate in the country as it pertains to gays and lesbians.

"Thank you for your kind invitation. As someone who has enjoyed visiting Russia in the past and can also claim a degree of Russian ancestry, it would make me happy to say yes," Wentworth, 41, says in the letter which was posted on GLAAD's website on Wednesday afternoon. "However, as a gay man, I must decline. I am deeply troubled by the current attitude toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Russian government. The situation is in no way acceptable, and I cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly. Perhaps, when and if circumstances improve, I'll be free to make a different choice."

Miller's sexuality has been whispered about for years after he shot to fame in 2005 thanks to his hit show "Prison Break." He fielded countless questioned by the media about his private life, but was able to maintain a low profile throughout the show's 81-episode run and afterward. His credits include "Resident Evil: Afterlife," "House M.D." and the upcoming film "The Loft."

He once said, "No, I'm not gay. I know these rumors are out there. ... I'm cool with the fact that they exist, I mean this is about fantasy.

Certain people are going to have certain fantasies, if someone wants to imagine me with a woman, or a man or one of each that's cool with me as long as you keep watching the show."

Time has certainly changed and GLAAD spokesman Wilson Cruz is grateful for that. "Wentworth's bold show of support sends a powerful message to LGBT Russians, who are facing extreme violence and persecution: you are not alone," Cruz said in a statement. "As people from across the globe continue to speak out against Russia's horrific law, more celebrities and corporations should follow his courageous lead in openly condemning Russia's anti-LGBT law.

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A Harris County woman has filed a lawsuit against a pharmacy after her 6-year-old daughter died of a morphine overdose.

According to the girl’s mother, Simone Allen, a doctor from Texas Children’s Hospital prescribed a 15 mg dose of morphine for her daughter back in March.

When the prescription was filled, the lawsuit alleges Cullen Care Pharmacy dispensed a 150 mg dose, which was ten times the prescribed dose.

"She was happy. She loved playing with her friends, her family, her sisters and brothers,” said Simone Allen. “She was just a happy little girl. She was perfect to me. Everything about her was just perfect, she could do no wrong."

Allen is now seeking monetary damages for pain and suffering.

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Hatimaye mwanadada Elizabeth Michael (Lulu) yupo tayari kuachia filamu yake ya kwanza toka atoke jela, filamu aliyoipa jina la Foolish age inayotarajiwa kuzinduliwa rasmi tarehe 30 mwezi huu.

Akiandika kwenye ukurasa wake wa mtandao mmoja wa kijamii leo mchana lulu aliandika.

“Nina kila sababu ya kumshukuru Mungu..!ninafuraha ya kuwafahamisha kuwa TAREHE 30/8/2013 ndio siku nitakayozindua movie ya mpya ya FOOLISH AGE….hatimaye narudi kazini!!!!Uzinduzi utafanyika katika ukumbi wa MLIMANI CITY….kutakuwepo na wasanii mbalimbali wa muziki….na pia Lady Jay Dee pamoja na Machozi Band atakuwepo pia!!!nahitaji support ya mashabiki wote wa Lulu na mashabiki wa BONGO MOVIE.

Filamu hii inasambazwa ka kampuni ya PROINPROMOTERS.

Huu utakuwa ni uzinduzi mkubwa wa filamu nchini baada ya msanii wa upande wa muziki wa kizazi kipya Diamond Platnumz kufanya shoo kubwa ya mziki kwenye ukumbi mkubwa na maarufu wa mlimani city jambo ambalo sio la kawaida kwa wasanii wa filamu na muziki hapa nchini.

Wiki iliyopita Diamond Platnumz alisababisha timbwili zito mjini Mombasa baada ya kuchelewa kupanda kwenye steji ya show yake na kusababisha mashabiki kuanza kurusha chupa.

Kupitia kipindi cha Mambo Mseto cha Radio Citizen, Diamond amefunguka kuhusu sababu ya yeye kuchelewa kupanda stejini.

“Nililipwa pesa nusu, nikawa natakiwa nikifika Nairobi nimaliziwe pesa yangu yote iliyobaki lakini baada ya kufika Nairobi nikafanya show nikapewa pesa tena nusu iliyobaki sikupewa,” amesema Diamond.

“So kufika Mombasa nikasema siwezi kupanda kwenye stage mpaka nimaliziwe pesa yangu sio, kwasababu ilikuwa imebaki kama dola elfu sita na kitu, saba kasoro hivi. Nikasema mpaka nimaliziwe pesa yangu ndio nipande kwenye stage. Sababu kulikuwa na uongo uongo kidogo, ‘ukishuka utapewa’ unajua sisi wasanii tulishadhulumiwaga sana, mtu huwezi kumwamini kwamba upande stejini halafu ushuke, lazima upewe chako.

Nikasema ‘mimi nataka mnilipe hela yangu ndio nipande kwenye stage’. Halafu wakati huo show imejaa, sijawahi kuona show iliyojaa hivyo. So baada ya kukamilishiwa pesa yangu ndio nikatoka nikaenda stejini saa tisa hiyo na kitu. Before kabla sijafika watu walikuwa wameshaanza kufanya vurugu, watu walipiga machupa nasikia, vurugu kinomanoma. Lakini namshukuru mwenyezi Mungu nilipofika mimi zile jaziba zote zikapungua watu walikuwa na mizuka.”

Baada ya kumalizana na miki miki ya hapa na pale 
jijini na Nairobi kisha kuhamia Mombasa,
Niliamua kurudi Nairobi kidogo kabla ya 
kuondoka kurudi Nyumbani Tz.....
Nairobi ni kama nyumbani kwakuwa ni na ndugu pia 
ata wakubwa zangu,nikisema ndugu aimanishi ni ndugu
wa kuzaliwa nae tumbo moja lakini namaanisha ni urafiki
 wa karibu kati yangu na baina ya watu
nchini Kenya ambao nawaamini na kuwathamini....!!

My Best Jaguar ndio alikuwa Mwenyeji wangu
 nilipowasili tena Nairobi kutokea Mombasa
tulipanga tukutane tuweze kujadili mambo mawili,
matatu kuhusiana na kazi zetu kiusanii
baada ya hapo tupate muda wa kuchil 
na stori nyingine ziweze
kufata zaidi,Namshukuru Mungu kwa kuniweka
salama na kuzidi kuniongoza kwenye
njia zake na kunibariki zaidi na zaidi,hakuna w
akupaswa kumshukuru na kuabudiwa
zaidi ya Mwenyezi Mungu.....!

Baada ya Stori kadhaa tullienda kwenye mizunguko,ebhana eeeh hatua ya kwanza
tulikuwa tumewasili kwenye ofisi za Ogopa video Production,hahahahahaha
ushaelewa wewe....mtu mzima sipaswi kukujuza zaidi....
Hapa along side with My cuzini Blood Rommy Jones & Jaguar mzee wa Kigeugeu.

Baada ya Rapsha za hapa na pale jijini Nairobiiiiii 
duh si unajua tena kama kawaida
yangu nikiwa Bongo ntakimbilia kwa Mama 
Naseeb au kwa Beib mama
lakini hapa nilipelekwa na mwanangu Jaguar hotel
 moja hvi'kugonga vitu vya kinyama
unakula menu Panya haruki yanii panajulikana kama 
Java.....My Thanks To Jaguar mzee wa kipepeo

Mwisho wa yote ni muda ukawa unazidi kuyoyoma
 alafu mimi ndo kama vile
ilikuwa inanipasa kuondoka nchini kenya
Kurudi Tanvile au Bongo DSM kwa Baba Jakaya 
Nyumbani,au vipi bhana watu wangu wamenimiss,
nyumbani ajajajaja sitaki sema mengi Inshallah tukutane nyumbani.......

Mwanamuziki kizazi kipya kuotoa Uganda, Eddy Kenzo akipagawisha jiji la wajanja Jumamosi Aug 10, 2013, Oakland, California na kuhudhuriwa na mashabiki kibao kutoka kila pembe ya jiji hilo na vitongoji vyake.

Juu na chini ni Mashabiki wakipagawika na mwanamuziki wa kizazi kipya kutoka Uganda Eddy Kenzo aliyepagawisha jiji la wajanja kwenye onesho la kufa mtu Jumamosi Aug 10, 2013.

Eddy Kenzo akimliza mdada nguo nyeupe pundamlia kwenye onesho la kufa mtu lililofanyika jiji la wajanja, Oakland, California Jumamosi Aug 10, 2013.

Mashabiki wakipata burudani ya kukata na shoka.

Juu na chini Eddy Kenzo toka Uganda akifanya mambo yake.

Mashabiki wakipata ukodak na video ya Eddy Kenzo.

Eddy Kenzo akiimba kwa hisia.

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WASHABIKI WALIFUNGA NJIA POLISI WALISHINDWA KUWAZUIA.

OMMY DIMPOZ KUANZA TOUR YAKE MAREKANI MWEZI WA TISA TAREHE 21 WASHINGTON DC !!

Being a middle child has it downfalls. Mid-kids often feel a little left out and sometimes forgotten. So in honor of Middle Child Day on Aug. 12, we're placing the spotlight on our favorite celebrities -- like Jennifer Lopez and Chris Hemsworth -- who are middle children. Jennifer Lopez Younger sister: Lynda Lopez Older sister: Leslie Lopez These New York sisters never grew apart! Lynda and Leslie have even been spotted supporting their middle sister at a variety of her events over the years. Here, the doting sisters showed their support at J.Lo's Sweetface by Jennifer Lopez fashion show in 2005.

Chris Brown is on the mend. After reports surfaced that the 24-year-old singer suffered a seizure on Friday while at a Hollywood recording studio, his rep confirmed the health scare to Us Weekly.

"While in the studio working early this morning, Chris suffered a nonepileptic seizure (NES)," his rep told Us in a statement. "He was not hospitalized."

The rep added, "His doctor tended to him this afternoon and attributes the NES to intense fatigue and extreme emotional stress, both due to the continued onslaught of unfounded legal matters and the nonstop negativity."

Indeed, the "Home" crooner seemed to not be in the best spirits this week. On Tuesday, a day after he spent 45 minutes in jail for a hit and run, he tweeted to his followers that he's may be ending his musical career.

"Don't worry, mainstream America," he wrote in a tweet that was later deleted. "After this X album, it'll probably be my last album."

"Being famous is amazing when it's for your music and talent," he continued. "I'm tired of being famous for a mistake I made when I was 18. I'm cool and over it!"

Brown was presumably alluding to his 2009 assault of his ex-girlfriend Rihanna.

The singer, who's currently linked to model Karrueche Tran, did get some support earlier this week from fellow R&B artist Jason Derulo. "The Other Side" singer, appearing on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on Aug.

7, was asked about Brown's tweet, which hinted that his end in music was near.

"I just think there's a lot of pressure in the public eye and times can get really get rough for any performer," Derulo, 23, offered. "So keep him in your prayers and hope for the best for him."

On Saturday, Brown wrote, "They won't love u until u r a memory"

Brown's upcoming album, X, releases Aug. 26.

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ATLANTA (AP) - A judge in Atlanta on Friday dismissed an emergency request by R&B singer Usher's ex-wife seeking temporary custody of their two children. Tameka Foster Raymond requested the hearing a day after the former couple's 5-year-old son got caught in a pool drain while in the care of the Grammy winner's aunt. After a hearing in which both Usher and Raymond took the stand, Fulton County Superior Court Judge John Goger dismissed her request for temporary primary custody and decision-making authority. Based on the evidence presented at the hearing, Goger said he wasn't certain anyone really could have done anything to prevent the accident. But he also advised Usher to keep his ex-wife well advised of his whereabouts and who's taking care of the children. After the judge issued his ruling, Usher approached his ex-wife and gave her a long hug. Usher Raymond V fell to the bottom of the pool and became stuck in the drain on Monday, according to an Atlanta police report. A housekeeper tried unsuccessfully to free him. A contractor doing work at the home pulled the boy from the pool and performed CPR. The boy was "conscious, alert and breathing" when emergency medical workers arrived, police said. The boy was sent to the intensive-care unit of a hospital to be treated for his injuries, Tameka Raymond's court filing said. The filing had said the boy "suffered a near-death accident" while left unsupervised at Usher's home when the singer was out of town. Contrary to what Raymond claimed, Usher's aunt, Rena Oden, was poolside watching the children when the older child became stuck in the drain, and Usher was at a music studio one highway exit away, said the singer's lawyer John Mayoue. Rather than being grateful that her child had survived, Raymond used the episode to revisit the custody battle and gain publicity, Mayoue said. Follow me on twitter @MelodyLY @TLMSHOW LIKE US ON FACEBOOK  @THELILLYMELODYSHOW

Chris Brown was at the center of a medical emergency in the early hours of Friday after allegedly suffering a seizure in a Hollywood recording studio. TMZ reports that officials at the Los Angeles City Fire Department responded to a 911 call placed from the Record Plant studios at around 1 a.m. local time amid claims the R&B star was experiencing health troubles. However, when paramedics arrived on the scene, Brown is said to have refused treatment and did not want to be transported to a local hospital for a check-up. Further details about Friday's incident were unavailable, although TMZ.com alleges the "Kiss Kiss" hitmaker suffered from seizures as a child. News of Brown's purported health issues emerges just months after rapper Lil Wayne revealed he is epileptic following a number of hospitalizations to treat seizures.

Chris Brown reportedly suffered a seizure Friday morning after a 9-1-1 call was placed from the Hollywood recording studio he was visiting. The Los Angeles City Fire Department rushed to assist the singer.

The call came from Record Plant recording studios in Hollywood at 1:09 AM.  When EMTs arrived … we’re told Chris refused treatment and also refused to be transported to the hospital.

No word on his current condition, nor whether Breezy actually had a seizure. More as it becomes available.

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Mr Blue was a qualified play boy. Hivi karibuni kwenye kipindi cha TV cha The Sporah Show alifunguka kwa urefu masuala mengi ambayo yalikuwa hayajulikani kuhusu uhusiano wake na Naj pamoja na mama wa mtoto wake, Wahida.

“Kiukweli kulikuwa na wasichana watatu, Naj na msichana mwingine hajulikani hapo na Wahida. Sasa ilivyotokea ile mimba kabla ya marehemu mama yangu hajafa akaniambia ‘bwana inabidi utulie uchague msichana unayeweza kutulia naye’. Kwahiyo nikamwambia ‘huyu msichana (Wahida) mimi nampenda natulia naye na hii mimba na kila kitu. So kuanzia pale mimi nikakata mambo ya kina Naj sijui. Kiukweli hajanikosea chochote,” alisema Blue.

Alisema kuwa alikuwa na wasichana hao watatu kwa wakati mmoja na wote walikuwa wakifahamiana.

“Yaani kama kifalme hivi. Mimi mwenyewe nilikuwa nimechanganyikiwa sijui niwe na nani. Hao watatu ndio nilikuwa napumzika nao vizuri yaani,” alisisitiza.

“Ilifika wakati nikaona nacheza michezo ambayo haina maana.”

Akielezea kwanini aliamua kumchagua Wahida badala ya Naj na huyo msichana mwingine, Blue alisema, “ametulia, nampenda, ananisikiliza. Halafu kingine Naj kuna distance pale ilikuwa, yeye yuko huku (Uingereza) mimi nipo Bongo, kuna kauongo kanaendelea.

Unajua ilitokea gazeti moja linaitwa Babkubwa lipo Bongo, Naj alikuja tukapiga picha, zile picha zikawekwa kwenye front page kabisa. Kwahiyo ibadi ugomvi ukawa mkubwa sababu yule (Wahida) alikuwa na ujauzito pale.”

Blue anasema ndio maana aliamua kuwaambia ukweli Naj na huyo msichana mwingine ambaye hakutaja jina lake kuwa ameamua kutulia na Wahida japo anasema haukuwa uamuzi rahisi kwake na kwao pia.

“Ilikuwa kama vita kwakweli halafu wote nimekaa nao muda mrefu, Naj karibu 5 years, yule mwingine karibu seven years, huyu mwingine (Wahida) ndo kazidi 8 years.

“Hakuna aliyekubali kati yao,” alisema Blue kujibu swali la Sporah kwanini asingewaoa wote kwakuwa dini yake inaruhusu.

“Mimi niko tayari, ofcourse naweza nikaoa wake wanne.”

Licha ya kusema kuwa hawezi kuwa tena na Naj, Blue amesema tangazo la show ya Uingereza linalowaonesha yeye na Naj limesabisha ugomvi mkubwa na Wahida ambaye anahisi wapenzi hao wa zamani wanaweza kukumbushia.

“Ilibidi nimwelezee na nini, kwahiyo Naj ni rafiki yangu kwakweli halafu namsupport kwasababu anapenda muziki na nasikia sijui yupo na Diamond, something like that na mimi sijadeal tena na vitu vyake.”

“I did love him, I will always love him,” alisema Naj kujibu swali kama mapenzi yao yalikuwa ya kweli ama kutafuta umaarufu.

“I am not gonna lie, I will always love him. We tried but it wasn’t meant to be, maybe the distance but at the end of the day we are still friends,” aliongeza Naj ambaye amewahi kumshirikisha ex wake huyo kwenye wimbo wake Don’t Let Me Go.

Akijibu jinsi alivyojisikia kuhusu Wahida kuwa mjamzito, Naj alisema: ofcourse like any other girl would be heartbroken, but then when I went into this relationship nilishajua kabisa kwasababu we have to remember it’s a long distance relationship anything can happen kwasababu mimi na yeye tumekutana najua yeye ana maisha gani mimi nina maisha gani but I still accepted that, I mean throughout the whole whatever maybe the trust wasn’t there much hata yeye kwa upande wake, upande wangu it’s always the same but the only thing that kept us coming back to each other was love.”

Naj alisema licha ya ukweli kwamba Blue alikuwa na wapenzi wengine, alikuwa anaona jinsi Kabayser alivyokuwa akimpenda na kumheshimu kwa dhati.

“Yaani huyu (Mr Blue) mapenzi yake, nilikuwa nayaona, when I’m there he treats me like a queen, that’s what I like, respect na nini, wengine nikaona wa kupita tu. He was quite my first love I have to be honest; I have never loved anyone else.”

Hata hivyo Naj alikanusha kuwa aliwahi kuwa na uhusiano na Diamond na kusema kuwa walikuwa marafiki tu.

“Ukweli mimi nilipona huyu Diamond ametoka na huyu (Naj) nilishangaa,” alieleza Kabayser baada ya kuulizwa jinsi alivyojisikia baada kusikia tetesi za Naj na Diamond kuwa pamoja.

“Sikushangaa kwamba huyu (Naj) amekuwa na Diamond sababu huyu tuligombana lazima atakuwa na mwanaume, haijalishi ni Diamond ni nani. Lakini nilijiuza kitu kwa Diamond kwanini anafuatilia watu ambao (nimepitia). At the end of the day nikampigia simu Diamond nikamwambia ebana tunaweza tukaonana, hatukuonana. Nilitaka nimuulize tu hilo swali. Nilitaka nijue kwanini msichana niliyekuwa kuwa naye, huyu wa pili sasa. Diamond mama yake na mama yangu waliwahi kucheza pamoja. Diamond rafiki yangu kabisa, he is my boy lazima nimuulize.”

Considering that we spent much of Sunday lazing around on a chaise while soaking up dangerous UV rays, we are in no position to cast stones at Britney Spears, who spent part of her day at church with her boyfriend, David Lucado. Alas, her pious pursuit is under fire because of the ensemble she wore to pray. A bedheaded Brit-Brit attended services in Thousand Oaks, Calif., decked out in a second-skin, turtle-necked minidress paired with thigh-high stiletto boots. But in what will surely be categorized as a miracle by the devoted, she did wear a bra. Sure, Britney's getup was arguably more appropriate for a house party than a house of worship, but then again, having to sit through services in a frock that tight and uncomfortable could be seen as a form of penance (after all, someone has to pay for that "Smurfs 2" video). Spears, 31, left services hand-in-hand with Lucado, who was sporting a vest and tie, a la Justin Timberlake circa 2007. Brit used her free hand to tug down her thigh-climbing dress. Click on for more photos of the outfit that some are calling a holy mess, along with more snaps of Britney and David together …

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You might have heard of Oprah Winfrey? And you might have seen her magazine called O? Well, now you've seen her O face.

Pop superstar Beyoncé has followed in the footsteps of Miley Cyrus by cutting her hair in a drastic image makeover.

The "Irreplaceable" singer is now sporting a short, pixie crop and she showed off her new look in a series of shots posted on her Instagram page.

Beyoncé is seen stroking her short, blonde-streaked hair while looking into a mirror.

The pictures were uploaded on Wednesday, just days after the singer completed the North American leg of her Mrs Carter Show World Tour in New York.

It is not known if Beyoncé's image overhaul is related to an incident last month when her flowing tresses were mangled by the blades of an industrial fan as she performed a show in Montreal, Canada.

Cyrus surprised her followers last year by having her hair cut into a short, punky style, but has since revealed she received a barrage of online abuse over the cut, saying, "The names I've been called since I cut my hair ... Everyone said I was a lesbian but I'm like, 'Being a lesbian isn't a bad thing. So if you think I look like I'm a lesbian, I'm not offended. You can call me much worse.' I've been called much worse. Being a lesbian is a compliment more than what else they call me."