TORONTO - One mover and shaker will win the second season of "So You Think You Can Dance Canada" tonight. Four finalists are in the running for the $100,000 grand prize and a new car,... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Oct 2009 | 3:13 am
SYDNEY, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- NSW Premier Nathan Rees today confirmed the success of the first breakfast on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. For the first time in its history, Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Oct 2009 | 2:45 am
AFP - The wife of Pakistani bowling legend Wasim Akram died in an Indian hospital on Sunday after heart and kidney complications, the Press Trust of India reported.
ZURICH (Reuters) - Film director Roman Polanski could face two years in prison if extradited to the United States after fleeing sentencing in California on child sex charges in 1978, the... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 24 Oct 2009 | 11:34 pm
Reuters - Heading toward its October 28 release, Michael Jackson movie "This Is It" looks like a box office winner for Sony's Columbia Pictures movie studio with one estimate saying it could make more than $600 million worldwide in a limited two-week run.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Having suffered more than 15 years of false starts, failures and musical disappointments, singer-songwriter Harper Simon admits he has hardly charted the ideal path to... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 24 Oct 2009 | 11:26 pm
Reuters - Having suffered more than 15 years of false starts, failures and musical disappointments, singer-songwriter Harper Simon admits he has hardly charted the ideal path to pop stardom like his father, Paul Simon.
Did you hear the one about Brad Pitt's motorcycle mishap?
Countless Rashomon-like reports of the chopper spill have been circulating cyberspace all afternoon, and while both Los...
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In a historic first, a black woman writer is a hot favourite to scoop France's top literary prize next week for a haunting novel on family, betrayal and the hellish ordeal of illegal... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 24 Oct 2009 | 10:24 pm
In a historic first, a black woman writer is a hot favourite to scoop France's top literary prize next week for a haunting novel on family, betrayal and the hellish ordeal of illegal migration from Africa... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 24 Oct 2009 | 10:24 pm
What, you couldn't make it to the hottest star-studded parties this week? No problem, we've got you covered. Come party-crashing with me as I count down the three hottest celeb bashes of...
November 8 - Park Meadows (Denver, CO)
November 9 - Natick Collection (Boston, MA) *
November 9 -Mall Location TBD - Check hottopic.com for update (Chicago, IL) *
November 9 - Fair Oaks Mall (Washington, DC)
November 10 - Houston Galleria (Houston, TX)
November 11 - Mall of America (Minneapolis, MN) *
November 11 - Cherry Hill Mall (Philadelphia, PA) *
November 11 - Stonestown Galleria (San Francisco, CA)
November 12 - Mall of Georgia (Atlanta, GA)
November 12 - Westfield Southcenter (Seattle, WA) *
November 13 - Dadeland Mall (Miami, FL)
November 13 - Scottsdale Fashion Square (Phoenix, AZ)
November 14 - Fashion Place (Salt Lake City, UT) *
November 19 - Times Square (New York, NY)
*Denotes a performance by a band featured on THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON soundtrack.
Michelle Obama was the "10 at 10" guest on The Jay Leno Show last night, answering Jay's ten questions about Sasha and Malia's Halloween costumes (a state secret), whether her husband would rather have world peace or a White Sox win, the contents of her iPod playlist, and a Brady Bunch memory game, which the First Lady aced, even remembering show-ruining legend Cousin Oliver!
Katherine Jackson's battle for control of her pop star son's estate is about to take a "new direction" based on "new evidence" uncovered by the family, a Jackson family lawyer said.
In a statement this afternoon, President Obama declared the H1N1 flu a national emergency, allowing Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius "to temporarily waive or modify certain requirements" to help health care facilities deal with the burden of the growing pandemic. [CNN]
In a piece exploring the ramifications of new MTA chair Jay Walder's fascinating new ideas for subway fares, such as charging less for rides at night and on weekends, the Times interviewed behavioral economist Dan Ariely, who had this so-crazy-it-just-might-work suggestion for increasing off-peak ridership:
"Instead of reducing all fares by 50 percent on weekends or late at night, he suggested, maybe the transit agency should make every other fare during those hours free, turning a turnstile into a slot machine of sorts. He remembered an experiment he was part of years ago at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, rigging a vending machine so that every third candy bar was free. Sales increased by 30 percent."
YES, please do this! Anything to make the world more fun, right? Though it's all fun and games until famous subway rider Mike Bloomberg gets his first free fare.
AP - Shiloh Pepin, a girl who was born with fused legs, a rare condition often called "mermaid syndrome," and gained a wide following on the Internet and national television, has died. She was 10. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 24 Oct 2009 | 12:12 pm
The LAPD is running a new commercial for their iwatch program, explained as "a neighborhood watch for the whole city," featuring a rainbow of presumably struggling actors who all have one thing in common: the ability to creep us out. James Hibberd over at The Hollywood Reporter's Live Feed blog wasn't stretching when he called this "Orwellian." It's basically the very definition. Shudder. (Also: "smell something?")
The New York Times has fun today with the new report that Mike Bloomberg has now spent more of his own money seeking public office than anyone else in the history of America. As of Friday, the mayor has spent $85 million on just this re-election campaign alone, a number expected to go up to $140 million by the November 3rd election, for a lifetime total of $250 million. But how do we put big numbers like that into a context we can easily understand?
The Times:
"That means Mr. Bloomberg, in his three bids for mayor, will have easily burned through more than $250 million — the equivalent of what Warner Brothers spent on the latest Harry Potter movie."
We could have had another Harry Potter movie instead of a mayor!
"His campaign spending this year will nearly equal what his boyhood hometown of Medford, Mass., population 55,000, devotes to its annual budget."
We could have had another Medford, Mass!
And what exactly is the Bloomberg campaign spending all this money on? PIZZA PARTIES, of course!:
"And his political operation has become a one-man economic stimulus program, buying $8,892 worth of pizza from Goodfellas Brick Oven Pizza on Staten Island and in the Bronx. The company had suffered a big drop in business since the start of the recession.
“It’s a huge help,” said Marc Cosentino, one of the owners of Goodfellas. “They don’t have to economize like everyone else.”
Understandably, spokespeople for Bill Thompson's campaign call all the spending "obscene."
In his weekly presidential address today, President Obama focused on the needs of small businesses, their workers, and the community banks that serve them that were overlooked when the large banks were bailed out. “The goal here is to get credit where it’s needed most - to businesses that support families, sustain communities, and create the jobs that power our economy." Obama also pointed out that health care legislation will be an added benefit to small businesses in particular.
A woman named Karen McNeil, 48, has been ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from Justin Timberlake after breaking into the singer's home in Los Angeles for the third time last week. McNeil, who is thought to be homeless and is currently in psychiatric protective custody, first appeared at Timberlake's home in June, bearing a "bizarre" letter. According to the court order, "McNeil's ever-increasing, aggressive and harassing conduct has become extremely frightening," and Timberlake "fears for the personal safety of himself, his family and employees." Timberlake Wins Restraining Order [BBC]
The Fort Collins newspaper, The Coloradoan, has gotten ahold of a copy of a search warrant affidavit that says Mayumi Heene, wife of Richard Heene and mother of "balloon boy" Falcon, told investigators that she and her husband planned the balloon hoax two weeks prior to the incident, knew all along that Falcon was hiding at home, and instructed their kids to lie to investigators, all in a bid to get "media interest." Mom Admits to 'Balloon Boy' Hoax, Court Papers [Reuters]
The Gosselins finally shut up(ish) long enough for us to really enjoy the delicious randomness that was this past week in celebutainment and current gossip affairs.
Of course, it turns...
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AP - Bill Cosby still thinks America is funny — like the name-calling over health care and the way we drink so much water from plastic bottles that could be toxic — even though he says the nation has some serious problems it needs to tackle.
Actor John Travolta and his legal team are dismayed that the alleged behavior of a juror led to a mistrial in the case of two people accused of attempting to extort millions from Travolta, his representative said.
Turns out mom knew it was "for a show," too.
Balloon Boy's mother, Mayumi Heene, has admitted to investigators that the whole "my son flew away" thing was a hoax and...
It's been a Monty Python world lately -- and we're not even talking about the absurdity and silliness of current events, such as balloon boys and confessional celebrities.
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In her first interview since Swayze's September 14 death, Lisa Niemi, 53, who was married to the actor for 34 years, will join Elizabeth Edwards and Susan St. James, both of whom suffered the loss of children in accidents.
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The Gosselins finally shut up(ish) long enough for us to really enjoy the delicious randomness that was this past week in celebutainment and current gossip affairs.
Of course, it turns...
Celebrity deaths can be tragic.
Or they can be tragically ridiculous.
Thanks to the Interwebs, fake celebrity deaths have been running rampant. Kanye West supposedly lost his...
Turns out mom knew it was "for a show," too.
Balloon Boy's mother, Mayumi Heene, has admitted to investigators that the whole "my son flew away" thing was a hoax and...
If you're a fan of sex, violence and strawberry tuxedo dessert recipes, have we got a treat for you. Read on…
• Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Or this...
