Sammy Sosa Explains Away Lighter Skin
Posted on Nov 12, 2009 @ 08:31PM - 14 comments
Sammy Sosa set tongues wagging on November 4th when he turned up at an awards ceremony with noticeably lighter skin.
The former Chicago cubs slugger posed for photos on the red carpet at the Latin Grammy Awards with speculation flying that he had bleached his skin or was suffering from a medical condition.
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But according to the Dominican Republic native neither is the case, instead he excused away his paler complexion on the bright television lights and a night cream.
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Sosa, who turned 41 Thursday, told Primer Impacto, a program on the Spanish-language network Univision, "It's a bleaching cream that I apply before going to bed and it whitens my skin some."
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Sosa, who also wears colored contact lenses said he uses the cream as a moisturizer and is in discussions to market it.
Lighter-Skinned Sammy Sosa "Not Trying To Be Michael Jackson," Associate Says
Posted on Nov 09, 2009 @ 07:12AM - 22 comments
Ex-baseball slugger Sammy Sosa is "not trying to be Michael Jackson," a Chicago Cubs employee who talks to the outfielder frequently said after pictures of a dramatically lighter-complected Sosa at an after-party following Thursday's Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas, surfaced online.
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Vince Shares Hometown Love With Fiance
Posted on Aug 24, 2009 @ 02:37PM - Add a comment
Vince Vaughn may be a guy’s guy, but he still knows how to treat the ladies. The actor cheered on his hometown team the Chicago Cubs as they beat the Los Angeles Dodgers yesterday and he brought along his fiance Kyla Weber for all of the fun. A onlooker gave RadarOnline.com the rundown of Vaughn’s chivalrous sports etiquette so pay attention boys!
"Vince brilliantly walked the line between devoted sports fan and doting partner with Kyla. When he wasn't clapping and rooting for his beloved Cubs, he had his arm around her in a really easy way,” the onlooker said. “He was constantly looking over at Kyla with a smile on his face.”
“It was a beautiful Sunday in the park which they shared with each other and another couple."
Is the sighting giving you a little deja vu? Vaughn took ex-girlfriend Jennifer Aniston to a Cubs game in their movie The Break Up.
Denise Richards Flubs Song at Ballgame; Gets Hit on By Batboy
Posted on May 01, 2009 @ 05:52PM - Add a comment
An “A” for effort? Illinois native Denise Richards- looking fantastic in a Chicago Cubs team jersey- stopped by Wrigley Field on Friday to sing Take Me Out to the Ballgame during the seventh inning stretch. Unfortunately, the actress was caught on national television reading the words to the famous jingle off of a cheat sheet!
Sounding a little flat, Richards herself admitted her performance confirmed that she was not a singing sensation. “That I am not,” she told a broadcaster. “I was about to have a heart attack. It was scary.”
