Cristiano Ronaldo got the better of Lionel Messi on Tuesday, scoring twice to lead Real Madrid to a 3:1 win at Barcelona and a spot in the Copa del Rey final. After salvaging a 1:1 draw in the first leg, Madrid neutralized Barcelona’s passing game and counterattacked to perfection at the Camp Nou to hand […]
After Janet Jackson announced her engagement to then-boyfriend Wissam Al Mana last December, rumors quickly followed of her lavish wedding plans. But according to Entertainment Tonight – the 46-year-old pop star and her 37-year-old Qatari billionaire fiance already tied the knot “last year” in what they described as “a quiet, private and beautiful ceremony,” dispelling […]
Ben Affleck’s Iran rescue thriller “Argo” has won best picture from the Academy Awards. It’s the first best picture winner not to be nominated for best director since 1989′s “Driving Miss Daisy.” But despite the omission of Affleck – or perhaps buoyed by it – “Argo” emerged as the Oscar favorite, winning top honors from […]
Prince Harry and Cressida Bonas have already discussed a marriage. As they prepare to attend her half-sister’s wedding. Cressida seen canoodling with the 28-year-old Prince on a Swiss ski slope this week, will jet to South Africa to see Isabella Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe wed Sir Richard Branson’s businessman son Sam. Harry, a pal of Sam, is due […]
Since Kurt Cobain committed suicide on Apr. 5, 1994, Hollywood studios have released rock biopics based on the lives of Ray Charles, Johnny Cash, Ian Curtis, Notorious B.I.G. and Bobby Darin – and yet not Cobain. Save for “Last Days,” Gus Van Sant’s 2005 film about a singer not unlike Cobain (played by former “Boardwalk […]
Her hump, her hump, her lovely lady lump: Fergie is pregnant with her first child. A representative for the Black Eyed Peas singer confirmed the news Monday. Fergie’s actor husband Josh Duhamel tweeted about the news with joy, saying – “Fergie and Me and BABY makes three.” The 37-year-old Fergie and 40-year-old Duhamel married in […]
Jerry Buss, who bought the Los Angeles Lakers in 1979 and turned them into the N.B.A.’s glamour team, winners of 10 league championships and the cornerstone of his Southern California sports empire, died on Monday in Los Angeles. He was 80. His death was announced by the Lakers. He had been hospitalized with cancer for […]
Many folks will pamper very unconventional valentines today: their pooches. And their felines. And even their feathered friends. One in five Americans will show their non-human companions some love, spending a collective 815 million dollars on Valentine’s Day goodies for their pets, according to a new survey from the National Retail Federation. In another survey, […]
Authorities say the death of a businessman featured on A&E’s “Storage Wars” has been declared a suicide. The Ventura County medical examiner’s office determined Mark Balelo died after inhaling carbon monoxide and car exhaust fumes. His body was found Monday morning in a business warehouse in Simi Valley, Calif. “Storage Wars” followed Balelo as one […]
With a star-stuffed evening heavy on performances – it’s hard to know where to start when compiling the hottest Grammy Awards moments. Was it the surprise rainstorm during Fun.’s “Carry On”? Jack White showing up with both of his solo bands? Or watching Drake score his first Grammy after a dozen nominations and celebrate by […]