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CAIRO — EgyptAir is trying to shift the blame to a local advertising agency for a bizarre article in its in-flight magazine purportedly based on an interview with actress Drew Barrymore.
The airline, in a statement late Monday, said it has an agreement with Al-Ahram advertising agency, which edits articles and interviews for the Egyptian carrier's in-flight magazine, Horus.
According to EgyptAir, the agency is “totally responsible” for the magazine's editorial content.
The article, riddled with misspellings and grammatical errors, led with a description of Barrymore as “being unstable in her relationships” and quoted her as saying that motherhood was “the most important role in my life.”
A separate statement by the advertising agency said the introductory paragraphs of the purported interview were not written by the interviewer, Aida Tekla.
“It is a product of the editor's creativity,” the agency said, adding that it would investigate whether the lead of the interview reflected what the actress actually said.
“We apologize for any misunderstanding that might be interpreted as an offence to the great artist (Barrymore),” the statement said.
U.S. press reports have quoted Barrymore's representatives as denying any such interview took place, with some suggesting the author must have based her article on misinterpretations of a press conference.
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DETROIT — Mitch Albom's books are about faith and salvation, forgiveness and second chances.
What they most certainly are not about, according to the author, is a certain five-letter word.
“I really don't think my books are about death,” Albom told The Associated Press. “And I don't think they're depressing. I think they're the opposite.”
Many of Albom's works do touch on the afterlife, however, including his latest, “The Next Person You Meet in Heaven,” which marks the novelist's first sequel.
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NEW YORK — JoeWalsh and Marjorie Walsh were honored Monday night by the nonprofit Facing Addiction with NCADD for their support of the recovery movement and their efforts to raise awareness of drug and alcohol abuse.
The soon to be 70-year-old Walsh, with help from Vince Gill, Michael McDonald and the Ringo Starr, entertained the crowd.
Walsh, sober for 25 years, told his own story of alcohol and drug dependence, as did his wife when she introduced him to the crowd, many of whom have been touched in some way by addiction.
He told of his rocky childhood in the 1950s struggling against what are now recognized as attention-deficit disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and Asperger's syndrome.
By Associated Press
