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Wyclef Jean may not be legally entitled to run for president of Haiti because he has not lived in the country long enough.

However, the hip-hop singer’s team has claimed that a celebrity career has kept him from living in Haiti for the required five years.

Jean’s supporters will follow the above argument to fend off questions by a review panel exploring whether Jean is legally entitled to run for president because of residency rules.

Candidates for the top job are expected to have lived in the impoverished nation for at least five consecutive years prior to seeking office.

Haiti”s electoral commission is expected to decide Friday which of the more than 30 candidates are eligible to run – a key hurdle to Jean”s political ambitions.

“Prior can mean at any time,” the New York Daily News quoted Wyclef”s brother Samuel Jean as saying.

“Clef has property in Haiti. In terms of his career, he travels a lot. It would be hard to find him in one place for three months, let alone five years,” he added.

Jean said lawyers representing his famous brother are arguing with officials to let him run.

The star has recently been hiding out “in an undisclosed” location in Haiti because of death threats – a common occurrence in Haitian politics.

“Like everyone else, he is waiting for the [panel''s] decision,” said Samuel Jean.

Wyclef left Haiti as a 9-year-old, moving to the Marlboro Houses in the Gravesend section of Brooklyn with his parents.

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Residency rules may halt Wyclef Jean’s run for president of Haiti

Dame Helen Mirren has revealed that she buys her holiday clothes from charity shops.

The Queen star admits she never takes her own garments away with her, instead choosing to pick up outfits from second-hand stores as soon as she arrives at her destination.

“I love a good charity shop, especially when I”m travelling. When I”m going to cold places, I take nothing – just underwear. On my way from the airport, I ask the driver to take me to a good charity shop, and I buy boots, socks, trousers, jumpers, sweaters, hats and scarves – usually for 30 pounds,” the Daily Star quoted her as saying.

But the actress never keeps the items: “On the way back to the airport, I have it all in a big bag and drop it off at another charity shop.”

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Dame Helen Mirren buys holiday clothes from charity shops

An auction held in Memphis by Heritage Auctions at the weekend for King of Pop Elvis Presley”s personal memorabilia has fetched 400,000 pounds.

According to The Telegraph, the collection includes a jar stuffed full of his famous locks, a gun he once owned and a deed to Graceland.

Thousands of strands of hair collected by the singer”s barber went for 10,700 pounds.

Presley”s preferred personal hair colourist and stylist Homer M. Gilleland collected the locks over years, and handed them over to a friend.

Presley”s quiff gathered international attention when he remarked, “Hair today, gone tomorrow” to the press after getting his famous first G.I. haircut.

The three-page real estate sales contract of Graceland signed “Elvis Aron Presley” fetched 25,000 pound.

As part of Elvis” offer of 102,500 dollars, the Presley”s home in Memphis was traded in for 55,000 dollars.

The singer”s gold and diamond 18-carat Cameo ring, with “Elvis” engraved against the backside of the cameo, sold for 25,000 pounds.

Presley”s custom made gold trimmed sunglasses featuring lightning bolt logos sold for a 13,800 pounds, while his gun, a .22 Harrington and Richardson seven-shot revolver was snapped up for 7,700 pounds.

However, Presley”s beloved white grand piano expected to fetch 1 million pounds, did not sell at all.

The grand piano was bought second hand by Presley in 1957 and refinished in white with gold trim according to his personal specifications and under his direct supervision.

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Elvis memorabilia auction raises £400K

American actress Scarlett Johansson and husband Ryan Reynolds have bought themselves a 2.8 million dollar home in Los Angeles.

The Hollywood couple purchased the two-bedroom, three-bath house in the L.A., a source told UsMagazine.com.

The property features chic, mid-century design, a swimming pool and stunning vista views.

Johansson and Reynolds were married at a quiet ceremony near Tofino, British Columbia in September 2008.

The couple also owns an apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side

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Scarlett Johansson, Ryan Reynolds ‘purchase $2.8m L.A. home’