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J.Lo Has Made
$10M Singing
for Dictators

Jul 15, 2013 10:12 AM CDT

J.Lo Has Made $10M Singing for Dictators

Human Rights Foundation uncovers a slew of other instances

(Newser) - After it came out that Jennifer Lopez scored a big payday to sing happy birthday to Turkmenistan dictator Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov , her rep insisted that had J.Lo known of any "human rights issues," she of course would not have attended the soiree. But the Human Rights Foundation implies...

J-Lo Got $1.5M to
Sing at Dictator's
Birthday: Source

UPDATED

Jul 1, 2013 12:06 PM CDT

J-Lo Got $1.5M to Sing at Dictator's Birthday: Source

She's still, she's still Jenny from the Bloc

(Newser) - Jennifer Lopez got at least $1.5 million to sing "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" Saturday night at a 56th birthday party for Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, leader of the former Soviet republic of Turkmenistan—a man whose regime is described as "among the most repressive in the world" by Human...

Turkmenistan Prez
'Wins' Auto Race

Apr 7, 2012 7:20 AM CDT

Turkmenistan Prez 'Wins' Auto Race

He enters at last minute and, surprise, surprise, is the victor

(Newser) - US presidents like to throw out the first pitch at baseball games, but Turkmenistan President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov takes sport to a whole new level, coming in first in a Turkmenistan car race today. Driving a Turkish-made Volkicar. In a race he wasn't even scheduled to enter. Well, that's...

Turkmenistan Dumps Months Named After Heroes, Poets, Dictator's Mom

Apr 25, 2008 11:25 AM CDT

Turkmenistan Dumps Months Named After Heroes, Poets, Dictator's Mom

New leader rolls back

(Newser) - In a step away from the legacy of its late dictator, who renamed each month after heroes, poets, and himself, Turkmenistan’s president urged a return to traditional month names, the Guardian reports. April had been named after Saparmurat Niyazov’s mother, while September was a reference to Niyazov’s...