Search

With more students applying to college than ever, it has never been tougher to get accepted. This article describes how six high school seniors schemed and dreamed of getting into their first choice colleges. Emily Schultheis is a prep school student in Evansville, Indiana and has applied to Washington University, Emory, Georgetown, George Washington, and Vanderbilt. She is the student council president, is on the swim and volleyball teams,and planned a blanket drive for women's shelter. Clay Johnson is the valedictorian at his Tom Rivers, New Jersey high school. He has applied to Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, Boston College, Georgetown and Tufts. R.A. Johnson of Aynor, South Carolina has dreamed of attending Clemson since the ninth grade. He also applied to Winthrop, University of South Carolina, Horry-Georgetown Tech College. Angela Garcia of Camarillo, California has applied to Cal. Lutheran, Humboldt State, San Jose State, and five other schools. Lishaun Francis of Harlem, New York has applied to the University of Pennsylvania, Brown, Bucknell, Howard, Spelman, Swarthmore, Temple, Yale and four other schools. Elizabeth Peterson of Charlevoix, Michigan applied to Michigan State University, Grand Valley State, and Central Michigan University.

Offers a Hollywood Hills home for sale. $1.6 million for the home bought by Kelly Osbourne eight months ago; Reason for the sale which is her decision to stay at her parent's house for another year of MTV taping.

Reports on the college acceptance of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Invitation from New York University where they will both attend the Gallatin School of Individualized Study which is a college within NYU; Student body of about 900 who are free to tailor their own curriculum; Other famous alumni which include Debra Messing, Christy Turlington and Camryn Manheim.

Presents an interview with actor Eric McCormack. Consideration of his nomination for the Emmy award for oustanding lead actor in a comedy; How he feels in the presence of other famous actors and actresses; Preparations for the Emmy Awards show.

Actress Katharine Hepburn's 3-acre estate on Long Island Sound in New York is up for sale. The 17-room, white-brick mansion, rebuilt by her family after a 1938 hurricane, is in the Fenwick neighborhood.

As basketball player Kobe Bryant works to restore an image tarnished by a sexual assault charge, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) records show that the National Basketball Association (NBA) star this year shuttered his charitable foundation, a group that once supported organizations combating child abuse. Founded in March 1998, the Kobe Bryant Foundation assisted nonprofits that emphasized "self-respect, morals, values and structure," according to the group's tax returns. Before dissolving the foundation, Bryant donated a total of more than $300,000 to agencies like the Hollygrove in Los Angeles, California, which aids children born addicted to drugs or who have "experienced sexual and physical abuse.".

Discusses the relationship between celebrities Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz. How Diaz has been seen with Timberlake's mother, Lynn Harless, at his concerts; Consideration of how the couple spent a vacation on the beaches of New Jersey.

Mentions how actress Nicole Kidman is renting the apartment of musician Lenny Kravitz in New York City. How Kidman is filming the movie, 'The Stepford Wives'; Consideration of how the pair was spotted together at a birthday party for Kravitz at the Knitting Factory.

Looks like Rachel Hunter has found her model home. The former Mrs. Rod Stewart and celebrity judge on ABC's reality show "Are You Hot?" has moved into a Sherman Oaks, California, house for a little more than $2 million. Hunter, 33, sold her previous home, an English-country-style residence in Beverly Hills, in March for nearly $2.95 million.

All over the U.S., celebrities are contributing to school fund-raising auctions. Actor Clint Eastwood offered his Mission Ranch hotel as a fund-raising site for the Carmel, California, school his daughter attends. Country stars Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn auctioned an autographed guitar to help Nashville, Tennessee's Harding Academy, Dunn's daughter's school, build a cafeteria.