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CELEBRITIES
Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry share a moment at a
Monaco gala. The pair got engaged on Valentine’s Day.
Bloom gives Katy
Perry a $5M ring
By Martha Ross
mross@bayareanewsgroup.com
Katy Perry and Or-
lando Bloom got engaged
on Valentine’s Day, having
survived lots of ups and
downs in their three-year
relationship, including a
breakup and Bloom being
exposed as someone who
likes to paddleboard in the
nude.
In announcing their en-
gagement with twin Insta-
gram posts, the 34-year-
old singer and the 42-year-
old movie star offered up
an image that shows how
much they believe their
love is forever. On her fin-
ger, Perry displayed a very
big ring that is incredible
pricey.
“Full bloom,” Perry
captioned her selfie with
Bloom. The ring features
a 4-carat pink stone in
the center, surrounded
by eight white diamonds,
a diamond expert told E!
News.
Andrew Brown, presi-
dent of WP Diamonds, said
the ring would retail in the
range of $5 million, mak-
ing it one of the priciest
engagement rings to ever
grace the hand of a celeb-
rity. “This ring is truly one
of a kind and wildly valu-
able,” he said.
According to a survey by
Vogue magazine of more
than 51 “best” celebrity
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rings, Perry is now wear-
ing one of the most expen-
sive rings ever worn by a
star. If Perry’s ring in fact
retails for $5 million, that
would make it as expen-
sive as the reported $5 mil-
lion, 18-carat diamond Jay
Z gave Beyoncé in 2008.
But $5 million is noth-
ing compared with the $10
million that Australian
billionaire James Packer
spent on a 35-carat, em-
erald-cut diamond he pre-
sented in January 2016 to
another pop diva: Mariah
Carey. They called off their
engagement in October
2016.
Here are a few other
pricey celebrity engage-
ment rings, according to
Vogue and other sources:
• Elizabeth Taylor:
30-carat diamond, sold
at auction in 2011 for $3.7
million, was given to her
by husband No. 3, Mike
Todd, in 1957.
• K im K a rda shia n:
$2 million, 15-carat dia-
mond ring given to her by
Kanye West in 2013; they
married in 2014.
• Blake Lively: $2 mil-
lion, 12-carat diamond
given to her by Ryan Reyn-
olds; they married in Sep-
tember 2012.
• Amal Clooney:
$750,000, 7-carat diamond
given to her by George
Clooney in April 2014; they
wed in September 2014.
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ANIMAL KINGDOM TODAY IN HISTORY
Like photography, a little cropping 1923
makes difference with a show dog Archaeologist Howard Carter
unsealed the burial chamber
of the recently discovered
By Kim Kavin
tomb of the Egyptian pha-
The Washington Post
raoh Tutankhamen.
Leslie Fried is a promi-
nent dog breeder who has 1959
been turning out cham- Fidel Castro was sworn in as
pion Rottweilers since 1986. prime minister of Cuba.
She says she knows a win-
ning Rottie when she sees
one, and a number of years
1968
ago, she thought she had an The United States’ first 911
outstanding female for the emergency phone sys-
show ring. tem went into service in
There was just one prob-
lem: Unlike all the other
Rottweilers on the circuit,
Haleyville, Alabama. Great
Britain was the first country
to establish a universal
emergency number (999) in
Fried’s dog Tyra still had a COURTESY OF TERESA LA BRIE
“natural” tail — a big, long These two dogs, Watcher Sashay and Hullabaloo, bred 1937. It was established af-
one. Tyra was from the first by Teresa La Brie of WYSIWYG Great Danes, have very ter five people died in a fire.
litter of puppies whose tails different looks. The ears of the one on the left are cropped.
Fried had left undocked.
“People were saying, ‘Get should end. But they say are necessary to, say, pre-
2005
that mongrel out of the the practices are so embed- vent animals from having The Kyoto Protocol for the
ring,’ ” Fried said. “You feel ded in show culture that something to latch onto in reduction of greenhouse
intimidated — and I’m not any undercurrent pushing a fight. gases took effect for 141
new to this world or a weak- to end them remains over- Ultimately, the practices ratifying nations. The U.S.
temperament person.” whelmed by the sport’s tra- of cropping and docking be- dropped out of the protocol
Fried said she wanted dition-bound majority. came written into many of in 2001.
to show that a Rottweiler “She wouldn’t be there, ei- the judging standards used
could be a great competi-
tor with a natural tail. But
ther, if she had a tail,” Fried
said of Brandi, the dog that
to evaluate dogs in AKC-
sanctioned shows, including
LOTTERY
WINNING NUMBERS
after paying the entry fees was shown at Westminster. Westminster. As of 2013, the
and travel expenses to show “This should not be happen- AKC recognized 20 breeds Daily 3 Afternoon: 9, 5, 8
Tyra in various rings for ing in today’s world.” with cropped ears and 62 Daily 3 Evening: 2, 4, 3
more than two years, Fried Docking and cropping breeds with docked tails. Daily 4: 3, 5, 0, 4
and Tyra’s owners gave up. date back generations to To be sure, beliefs are Fantasy 5:
Tyra never earned Ameri- times when, for instance, evolving in some breeds. 1, 3, 13, 27, 37
can Kennel Club champion people falsely believed that The silky terrier that won
status. One of Tyra’s puppies removing part of a dog’s tail best of breed Monday — DAILY DERBY
did, though, and she com- could prevent rabies. The Lamplighter Bendill Tail 1st: 6, Whirl Win
peted this week at the elite practices became common Wind — has a natural tail. 2nd: 5, California Classic
Westminster Kennel Club for several breeds, ranging Her breeder, Barbara Beis- 3rd: 7, Eureka
Dog Show — with what’s from silky terriers to min- sel, said she stopped docking Race time: 1:47.94
left of her docked tail. iature schnauzers. Today, her puppies nine years ago
Fried is among a num- even though the American in defiance of the breed stan- SUPER LOTTO PLUS
ber of breeders opposing Veterinary Medical Associ- dard, which states “the tail Wednesday’s drawing:
docking tails or cropping ation shuns the procedures is docked,” and has made it 8, 26, 33, 40, 46
dogs’ ears to make the point as painful and cosmetic, her mission to show that nat- Mega number: 13
that these are cruelties that some breeders insist they ural-tailed silkies can win. Today’s estimated jack-
pot: $19 million
MEGA MILLIONS
News of the weird Birthdays Friday’s drawing:
Where the streets have no name Author Richard Ford was 10, 38, 40, 43, 65
born in 1944. Actor LeVar Mega Number: 12
Residents of Hilgermissen in northwestern Germany Burton was born in 1957.
voted decisively Feb. 3 against naming the community’s Friday’s estimated jack-
Actor Ice-T was born in
streets. Currently, addresses are a house number and the 1958. Tennis great John pot: $190 million
name of one of the former villages that combined to cre-
McEnroe was born in 1959. POWERBALL
ate Hilgermissen in the 1970s, reported The Associated Actor Christopher Ec-
Press. Officials had hoped that street names would ease Wednesday’s drawing:
cleston was born in 1964. 2, 8, 14, 24, 69
the jobs of emergency services and delivery drivers, but Former NFL Ram and Steeler
60 percent of the 2,200 residents rejected the council’s Powerball: 26
Jerome Bettis was born in
plan. The recent result will be binding for two years. 1972. Actor Mahershala Ali Today’s estimated jack-
Send items to WeirdNewsTips@amuniversal.com. pot: $260 million
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