Beanie Babies is making a special toy modeled after Cecil the lion, a lion that was killed in Zimbabwe last month by a Minnesota hunter sparking mass international outrage. The profits from the toy, being sold as a fundraiser, will go to the researchers who had been tracking Cecil. All profits from sales of the Beanie Babies will go to the WildCRU, the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit of University of Oxford in England. WildCRU had been tracking Cecil since 2008. Read More »
Supermodel Naomi Campbell has been found guilty of assault in a Sicilian court and given a six-month suspended prison sentence. The charge was related to her hitting a paparazzo in Sicily with a purse. Her lawyer says they will appeal the ruling. Read More »
James Harden of the Houston Rockets was offered $200 million over 13 years to endorse Adidas. Nike, who Harden had previously signed with, has until the end of next week to match the deal or let him go to their rival. Read More »
Slipknot bassist Alessandro "V Man" Venturella was rushed by ambulance to the hospital on Sunday night in the middle of a concert in Hartford, Connecticut. At this time, it is unclear exactly what happened but the band finished their set after Venturella was taken away. Read More »
Ronda Rousey is set to play herself in a movie based on her autobiography, "My Fight/Your Fight," according to "Variety." It's been a big week for Rousey, who knocked out Bethe Correia in 34 seconds on Saturday night to remain and undefeated star. Read More »
Presidential candidate Donald Trump got his karma. Last month, he announced Senator Lindsey Graham's cell phone number during a speech. Doling out justice, Gawker just published Trump's cell phone number on Monday. Read More »
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl responded to a viral video from Cesena, Italy. Fabio Zaffagnini organized 1,000 musicians to perform the Foo Fighters' "Learn To Fly," in a massive attempt to get the band to come and play in Cesena. It appears their plan has paid off. Read More »
Following in the tradition of Drake, Lady Gaga, Sam Smith, Iggy Azalea and 5 Seconds of Summer on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Bill Nye the Science Guy recorded a video of himself reading mean tweets written about him. He's doing it to support the Kickstarter campaign for a potential documentary about his life. Although he didn't create the Kickstarter campaign or documentary about himself project, Nye is trying to promote the idea. Read More »
The NBA hosted their first ever exhibition game in Africa on Saturday. Team World played against Team Africa in Johannesburg, South Africa. Basketball Hall of Famers Dikembe Mutombo and Hakeem Olajuwon even made surprise appearances to play on the court. Read More »
An Irish model trained as a primary school teacher flew out to Los Angeles and got a dream job as Kim Kardashian's body double. Shahira Barry fills in for Kim as lighting and cameras are set up for E!'s Keeping Up With The Kardashians. Read More »
New York Mets reliever Jenrry Mejia has been suspended for performance-enhancing drugs, again. This suspension comes about 20 days after the pitcher's return from an original PED suspension in April. Read More »
Paper Town actress Cara Delevingne was not having it during an interview for Good Day Sacramento. The model-turned-actress was clearly annoyed at the hosts, who weren't acting so cheerily themselves. Now a debate is raging: Should Delevingne or the hosts be criticized for their behavior? Read More »
Conan O'Brien is being sued in a lawsuit by Robert "Alex" Kaseberg, who claims O'Brien used four of his jokes without permission, violating copyright. The jokes were posted on Kaseberg's personal blog and Twitter, and O'Brien allegedly used similar versions on Conan. Meanwhile, Twitter has been cracking down on plagiarism, deleting copied tweets. Read More »