He nabbed a mirror ball trophy on “Dancing With the Stars” last month, but the biggest and best prize is yet to come. J.R. Martinez tells PEOPLE exclusively that he and girlfriend Diana Gonzalez-Jones are expecting their first child next spring. “We found out just last week it’s a girl and we are over the […]
British-American author and essayist Christopher Hitchens died Thursday from complications of esophageal cancer. He was 62. Hitchens was known for his wry monthly columns for Vanity Fair magazine. “There will never be another like Christopher. A man of ferocious intellect, who was as vibrant on the page as he was at the bar” – said […]
Chris Paul is on his way to Hollywood, joining the biggest collection of N.B.A. stars in a single arena, and creating a true basketball rivalry in Los Angeles for the first time. The Clippers (long overshadowed by the Lakers) acquired Paul from the New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday night, ending a twisting, contentious chapter in […]
Gemenid meteor shower watchers can’t figure out where all the material in the event comes from. Asteroid 3200 Phaethon, the apparent source of the Gemenid meteor shower, doesn’t seem to shed enough rock and dust to account for the shower’s intensity. Roll up, roll up for the mystery (meteor) shower – the Geminids. By now […]
Billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov is seeking to tap the dissent that sparked Russia’s biggest anti- government demonstrations in a decade, pledging to run against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for the presidency next March. “Society is awakening” – the New Jersey Nets basketball team owner told reporters in Moscow yesterday after announcing his candidacy in the wake […]
Sharp-elbowed Republican rivals assailed the professorial demeanor of newly minted front-runner Newt Gingrich and the cool efficiency of Mitt Romney in a debate Saturday, painting them as inconsistent conservatives who agree too much with President Barack Obama to topple him. Throughout, Gingrich was center stage for assaults, accused of whipping up the Middle East, criticized […]
Quarterback Robert Griffin III became the first player from Baylor University to win the Heisman Trophy, college football’s top individual honor. Griffin received 1.687 points, beating by 280 points Stanford quarter Andrew Luck, who finished as runner-up to 2010 winner Cam Newton. University of Alabama running back Trent Richardson was third with 978 points. The […]
The seemingly never-ending saga surrounding Trail Blazers star Brandon Roy and his balky knees has reached a stunning conclusion. Two sources with knowledge of Roy’s decision told The Oregonian Friday morning that Roy plans to retire because of degenerative knees, confirming a story first reported by ESPN. Roy made this decision, one of the sources […]
The Virginia Tech police officer who was gunned down in a campus attack joined the force six months after the university was the scene of the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history. He was a proud policeman who recently invited a friend to ride along with him, which made his death during a traffic […]
Harry Morgan, the actor best known for playing Colonel Sherman Potter in the US television comedy “M*A*S*H”, has died at his Los Angeles home aged 96. Morgan died after suffering from pneumonia, his son Christopher confirmed late on Wednesday. The Emmy award-winning actor appeared in more than 100 films in a prolific career on the […]