Jennifer Hudson opens her own weight loss center

Jennifer Hudson has opened her own weight loss center. The singer/actress—who has shed over 80 lbs. and five dress sizes following the birth of her first son David in August 2009—launched the Weight Watchers Jennifer Hudson Center today (American time, 27.09.11) in her native Chicago. Jennifer—who became the face of Weight Watchers last year—said: "I never thought I would make it to have my own center. I'm so honored to be here and see this day." A portion of the facility's profits will go to children's charity, the Julian D. King Gift Foundation, which was set up by Jennifer in memory of her late nephew, Julian King. The seven-year old's body was found in a car just three days after her mother, Darnell, and brother, Jason, were shot dead...

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Is Manny Paquiao a cherry - picker like Floyd?

Manny Pacquiao has been called many names. Pound-for-pound King. 8-Division Champion. Fighter of the Decade. Cherry-picker? Not really fitting for someone considered by most to be the best fighter of today. But nonetheless, the name has cropped up more than once, especially with his recent choices of aging opponents in Shane Mosley and Juan Manuel Marquez. But what is a cherry-picker? Urban Dictionary defines it well: A cherry-picker is one who chooses easy tasks over challenging ones. So is Pacquiao a cherry-picker? Before we start our analysis, a principle we have to consider is that we have to judge the validity of Manny’s adversaries based on the circumstances before the contract was signed, and NOT on the lopsided outcome. With this...

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