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Georgette Yacoub

Georgette Yacoub is is a freelancer who writes entertainment items for the Newsday Westchester site. She is a Westchester resident (and NYU graduate journalism student) always on the lookout for exciting things to do in the area.

Hayden Panettiere, Russell Crowe earn Hudson Valley Tweets of the Week

Hayden Panettiere, Russell Crowe and Nick Kroll share

This edition of the Hudson Valley Tweets of the Week features time-oriented tweets from three celebrities with strong connections to the Hudson Valley.

Because the following embedded tweets, links, photos and videos involve HTML coding, this feature is best viewed with a Web browser. If you missed previous installments of the Hudson Valley Tweets of the Week, click here.

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'Arrested Development:' 5 fun facts about the cast

quot;Arrested Developmentquot;

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We're just hours away from the release of the fourth and final season of "Arrested Development" on Netflix, which will release all 15 episodes this Sunday.

To pass the time, fans have been hanging out at the show's traveling banana stand or rewatching the trailer on a loop, but it won't be much longer before fans will have the chance to binge-watch the fourth season in its entirety.

The...

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Vera Wang to give 2013 Sarah Lawrence College commencement address

Designer Vera Wang attends The Breast Cancer Research

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Good news for the Sarah Lawrence College class of 2013: They will be addressed by one of their own. Fashion designer and college alumnus Vera Wang has been tapped to give the commencement speech at this year’s graduation ceremony, taking place Friday morning on the college campus in Bronxville/Yonkers.

Wang, who graduated in 1971, originally enrolled at Sarah Lawrence as a pre-med student,...

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Blake Lively's cooking video: 5 things we learn about her

Blake Lively attends quot;The Croodsquot; premiere in New

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"Gossip Girl" star Blake Lively recently took over the Bedford Post Inn's kitchen to showcase her puff pastry recipe and culinary skills for a Vogue video posted to YouTube.

Sure, her segment with Vogue's Elettra Wiedemann is informative, but Newsday Westchester's further analysis yields five more things we can learn about the Bedford resident that go beyond the four balsamic vinegars...

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Beyonce's hottest looks could be yours (for rent)

Beyoncé attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume

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Want to look like Beyoncé? Well, now, for a fee, you can. (Sort of.)

Teaming up today with Rent the Runway, Beyoncé has hand-picked a selection of sparkly and sophisticated dresses, most with hems just above the knee, for anyone to rent for four or eight days at a time. Sizes range from 0-12.

Some of the dresses are casual, others are formal. Some are metallic or black, while others...

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Ang Lee drops out of directing 'Tyrant' pilot: 'I need some rest'

Ang Lee on the red carpet as he

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Oscar-winning director Ang Lee announced Tuesday that he no longer plans to direct the pilot for the new FX drama "Tyrant."

According to Deadline, the former Larchmont resident released a statement explaining why he was no longer able to helm the TV pilot, which would have been his first project since winning the best director Oscar for “Life of Pi” earlier this year.  

"It...

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Paul Teutul Sr.'s 'Orange County Choppers' to air on CMT

Paul Teutul Sr. poses for photos at the

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“American Choppers” rode off into the sunset last year after 10 seasons on the Discovery Channel, but “Choppers” star Paul Teutul Sr. and his Newburgh-based custom-motorcycle shop, Orange County Choppers, are back with a new series on a new network.

CMT announced Monday that it will air the eight-episode series “Orange County Choppers.” The show is slated to go into production this summer...

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Kardashian controversy: Andrew Cuomo calls out Khloe on T-shirt design

Khloe Kardashian wears a Rich Soil T-shirt that

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Uh-oh, the Kardashians are in another “kontroversy,” and the latest family dust-up has Westchester ties. Khloe Kardashian, and her two older sisters, Kim and Kourtney, had a pleasant Hudson Valley experience when they visited the Cross County Shopping Center in Yonkers last fall. But now Mount Kisco resident Gov. Andrew Cuomo is up in arms over  Kardashian's sartorial choices, after she...

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'Epic' premiere interviews: Amanda Seyfried, Colin Farrell, Carly Rose Sonenclar

Amanda Seyfried attends the quot;Epicquot; premiere in Manhattan.

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"Epic," an animated movie set for wide release this Friday, welcomed stars Amanda Seyfried, Colin Farrell, Carly Rose Sonenclar and other famous faces to its New York City premiere on Saturday, and Newsday Westchester was there to chat with many of its stars.

Seyfried and Farrell join Beyoncé (who snagged her marriage license in Scarsdale), Steven Tyler (who grew up in Yonkers),...

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'Arrested Development,' Ben Stiller earn Hudson Valley Tweets of the Week

Ben Stiller, Jason Bateman and Megan Neuringer share

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Among this week's top Twitter contributors with Hudson Valley connections are the narrator and stars of "Arrested Development," proving once again there's always money in the banana stand.

Because the following embedded tweets, links and videos involve HTML coding, this feature is best viewed with a Web browser. If you missed previous installments of the Hudson Valley Tweets of the...

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