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Katharine McPhee has had a big year – starring in a hit show and adjusting to life in New York City.
The Smash star's two dogs, Chihuahuas Larry and Nena, have been along for the ride. "My little dogs are doing great," McPhee told PEOPLE in an e-mail. "They are wonderful companions and I love them to pieces. I never thought they would become so famous!"
Not only do they get the attention of paparazzi, Larry and Nena are part of McPhee's entourage on the Smash set.
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First came love, then came nest-making, and now, after six months of feeling like they were missing something, two male penguins at Madrid's Faunia Park have filled the void – with an egg to call their own.
According to the U.K.'s Telegraph, the gentoo penguins, named Inca and Rayas, have been loyal partners, and it seems parenting has given them a sense of purpose.
"We wanted them to have something to stay together for, so we got an egg," says keeper Yolanda Martin. "Otherwise they might have become depressed."
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Funny Video: Penguin Uses Man as Doormat
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As a result of two earthquakes that hit Turkey's Van City in 2011, cats are believed to have sustained psychological trauma that is causing them to attempt suicide. "They are getting fidgety by remaining in confined areas for a long time, and they are throwing themselves out in order to free themselves," said professor Abuzer Tas, a lecturer at the Faculty of Veterinary Studies of Van's Century University. –News.Am
A dog's personality may not be as directly related to its owner as previously thought, a new study finds. Having owners rate their own aggressiveness and the perceived aggressiveness of dog breeds, the study found that those who preferred aggressive dogs also scored higher in conscientiousness. –Wall Street Journal
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Her children are no longer in diapers, but Gloria Estefan is still on baby duty.
The singer and her husband of 34 years, Emilio, keep busy tending to their brood: English bulldogs Isaac, Biggie and Noelle, and Chihuahua Lulu.
"They're my babies," Estefan tells PEOPLE in the latest issue. Because they have such a prized place in her heart, the furry foursome have full run of the Estefans' 15,000-sq.-ft. Miami Beach waterfront estate.
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Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher don't have parenthood in their immediate future, but Fisher already knows his wife will make a great mother.
In their first television interview together, the couple talked to Oprah Winfrey for the latest episode of Oprah's Next Chapter, where the host asked Underwood a deeply personal question: "Who are you, really?"
"I'm a happy person," said the country star. "I feel like I want to do good in the world. I want to make people proud of me. I'm a daughter, I'm a wife, I'm a mom to my dogs."
Permalink | Filed Under: Stars and Pets, Dogs, Kids & Family Life, Carrie Underwood, Mike Fisher, Oprah Winfrey
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Queen Elizabeth II may seem composed in public, but if her grandson is to be believed, the monarch likes a bit of ruckus in her private life.
In an upcoming ITV1 documentary on his grandmother, Prince William spills the dirt on the Queen's beloved dogs, saying that they bark "all the time."
"I don't know how she copes with it, but her private life with her dogs and her riding and her walking, it's very important to her," he tells interviewer Alan Titchmarsh in Elizabeth: Queen, Wife, Mother, which airs in the U.K. June 1. "She has got to switch off."
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Funny Video: Disco the Parakeet Talks to the Beat
What a character (or lots of characters).
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A 5-week-old stray kitten traveled for 25 miles in the engine of a car, and arrived uninjured at the London Stansted Airport. The cat was discovered by staff at the airport when they heard purring noises coming from the car. It has since found a new home. –BBC
A proposed tax on cats and dogs in Italy was struck down before being voted on in response to public uproar. "The only thing that's left to tax are wives and children," said parliamentarian Domenico Scilipoti. –Reuters
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Has Ashlee Simpson caught baby fever?
The singer, who became an aunt earlier this month, recently brought home a kind of baby of her own – a white French bulldog puppy.
Simpson was spotted Saturday holding tight to her new dog while catching a flight out of Los Angeles International Airport. The puppy stayed wrapped in a plush blue blanket as Simpson made her way past paparazzi.
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