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NEWS ABOUT: Ashley Olsen

Ashley Olsen stories: 8 news summaries

(Newser) - With no formal fashion training and a celebrity image that’s more cutesy than couture, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have transformed into unlikely fashion icons, the New York Times reports. Sales of their high-end label The Row are around $10 million—better than many established brands—and they’re expected... More »

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entertainment • fashion • celebrity • Mary-Kate Olsen • fashion label • Ashley Olsen • fashion industry • designer fashion • women's issues • Olsen twins

GLOSSIES

 Ashley: I'm Surprised 
 I Didn't End Up 
 Like Britney 

Instead, she has two thriving fashion lines

Aug 5, 09 9:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ashley Olsen grew up in the public eye, and her early career “was almost like I was in the army,” she tells Marie Claire. “That’s why I look at Britney, and I’m surprised I didn’t end up like her.” Instead of hitting therapy... More »

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entertainment • Britney Spears • fashion • celebrity • Neiman Marcus • Mary-Kate Olsen • fashion label • Ashley Olsen • Elizabeth and James • The Row • Olsen twins • leggings • Louis Boston


 Activists Hit 
 'Fur-Hag' 
 Aretha's Star 

Activists dub celebs 'fur hags'

Jan 27, 09 10:36 AM CST
(Newser) - January has not been kind to the queen of soul. First Aretha Franklin was mocked for her ginormous inauguration hat, and now her Walk of Fame star has been vandalized, Perez Hilton reports. Anti-fur activists scrawled “Fur Hag” across her star in Hollywood after doing the same thing to... More »

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Hollywood • fur • celebrity • vandalism • Aretha Franklin • activist • Mary-Kate Olsen • Ashley Olsen

Want Ashley's Email? Ask Marie Claire

Mag forgets to Bcc in holiday blast, exposes celeb addresses

Dec 24, 08 8:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Whoops! Marie Claire accidentally gave an early Christmas gift to 582 people: the email addresses of celebrities including Ashley Olsen, Tina Fey, and Lindsay Lohan, Gawker reports. The blunder occurred when the mag forgot to use the good old Bcc line on its holiday email blast. It’s the third... More »

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email • Lindsay Lohan • magazine • Tina Fey • celebrity • holiday card • Ashley Olsen

 Lance's Romances
 Haven't Hurt His
 Cause—Yet 

Cyclist's fight against cancer may be overshadowed by gossip pages

Jun 22, 08 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Will the real Lance Armstrong please stand up? The seven-time Tour de France champ and cancer research advocate is also a serial dater whose affairs light up gossip pages. But so far, trysts with Ashley Olsen and Kate Hudson have not hurt the cancer survivor's higher cause—which includes testifying... More »

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cancer • cycling • cancer research • gossip • Lance Armstrong • Kate Hudson • Sheryl Crow • Ashley Olsen

PETA Targets
Fur-Wearing Olsen Twins

Send the pair some hair for their birthday, group urges

Jun 13, 08 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - PETA is trying to make life hairy for the Olsen twins, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. The animal rights group, noting that the sisters are still fond of fur, is urging activists to cut off their own locks and send them to the twins for their 22nd birthday today, "... More »

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fur • animal rights • PETA • Mary-Kate Olsen • Ashley Olsen

 Celebs Who Dress (Way) Down 

Wealthy folks who insist on dressing like they're poor

May 2, 08 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just because they have tons of money and access to the hautest of couture doesn't mean they actually have to take advantage of it. Nerve highlights richie-riches who refuse to advertise their wealth with high-class duds. (Or sometimes showers.)
  1. Amy Winehouse: Even smokes crack "just to keep
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Britney Spears • Peter Jackson • celebrity • Amy Winehouse • Pete Doherty • Mary-Kate Olsen • Nick Nolte • Ashley Olsen • Penny Marshall

 Has LiLo Switched Teams? 

Troubled starlet defends lesbian gal pal, sends rumor mill into overdrive

Apr 22, 08 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan and DJ darling Samantha Ronson seem to be more than just friends. When Ashley Olsen greeted Ronson Friday night, a jealous Lohan screamed: "Get your 15-year-old "Full House" a** away from my girlfriend," a source told the New York Post. More »

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New York City • Facebook • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • homosexuality • Ashley Olsen • Samantha Ronson

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