According to a new study conducted by King's College in London, along with a slew of other health risks, it's now proven that smoking actually rots the brain by damaging memory, learning, and reasoning. The new study was conducted with 8,800 people over 50 years of age, and initially set out to prove how one's lifestyle could directly impact the mind as well as the body. Researchers were out to investigate the links between the likelihood of a heart attack or stroke and the brain from smoking, and ended up discovering that habitual cigarette inhalation also leads to certain unhealthy neurological effects. Now researchers are left wondering, could such cognitive decline lead to serious dementia? Read More »
Actor Angus T. Jones stars as teen wise guy Jake Harper on the popular comedy sitcom "Two and A Half Men" - and the 19-year-old absolutely hates it. In a recent "testimonial" interview with Forerunner Christian Church, Jones discusses his strong commitment to faith and God - and totally rips on "Two and a Half Men." Jones goes so far as to beg viewers to stop watching such "ungodly filth," because negative effects of television definitely include rotting the brain. Read More »
Hoping that the holiday shopping season may draw attention to Nicki Minaj's rerelease of her April, 2012 hit album "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded" (now deemed "The Re-Up"), the "Starship" songstress had the record (which now includes eight new songs) hit shelves Nov. 19. Even so, first week sales were rather low and below-par - and who did Minaj ultimately place the blame on for the less-than-stellar sale numbers? The big-names over at Walmart and Target, of course! According to the Young/Cash Money songstress, if the multinational retail corporations had just given the album more of a hopeful chance, sales probably would have gotten off to a much better start. Is it true, Mstarz readers - did fans not purchase "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, The Re-Up" because the album was just too hard to find on sale in stores throughout shopping on Black Friday? Read More »
SMTown, the popular K-pop sensation made up of individual S.M. Entertainment artists lauded for their vacation compilation albums, performed a successful show in Singapore at the prestigious "The Float at Marina Bay" in front of a crowd of 26,000 fans on Friday, Nov. 23. The show was part of the highly-anticipated "Live World Tour III" and the band's first ever performance in the popular Asian city-state Singapore. Read on to catch an extended-length video of SMTown's stellar "Float at Marina Bay" performance! Read More »
What happens when comedian Jenny Johnson takes a jab at R&B crooner Chris Brown's age and looks on Twitter - a full-out, vulgar tweet feud that results in the "Don't Wake Me Up" singer permanently deleting his Twitter account, of course! The rather offensive Twitter rant between the Texas comedienne and the Grammy Award-winning artist kicked-off Sunday evening (Nov. 25) and quickly brewed into a heated war of hateful words. Check out the aggressive Twitter exchange below (followed by a number of death threats sent to the confrontational Johnson). Read More »
One Direction heartthrob Liam Payne recently hit up Twitter to deny a bunch of dating, solo-career searching, and reality starlet-bashing rumor hoopla. According to the popular 19-year-old boy band crooner, he is not currently romancing British songstress Leona Lewis OR attempting a YouTube solo career. Oh, and he doesn't hate Kim Kardashian. That's a whole lot of info to tweet through 140 characters or less! Read More »
Pop star Miley Cyrus turned the big 2-0 on Friday (Nov. 23), but instead of being showered with lavish gifts from admirers, the "Hannah Montana" starlet asked her devoted fans to help raise money and donate to her two favorite organizations, the Starkey Hearing Foundation and Saving SPOT! Dog Rescue. During the birthday weekend festivities, Cyrus hit up Twitter to thank her thoughtful fans for their generous contributions. And in return for her diehard support and allegiance to animal rights, PETA decided to thank Cyrus with one rather unique and adorable gift - a rescue pig named Nora! Read More »
It's official - K-pop sensation Psy is the viral King of YouTube! His horse-riding summer dance hit "Gangnam Style" has finally beat out Justin Bieber's mega-hit "Baby" to claim the title for the most-viewed music video on YouTube. Psy personally announced the victory on Twitter on Saturday (Nov. 24) - as of this writing, "Gangnam Style" has accrued over a whopping 826 million views, approximately 20 million more than the Biebs' popular 2010 tune! Read More »
Sports Illustrated confirms that 23-year-old Alexandra "Sasha" McHale, the daughter of popular Houston Rockets basketball coach Kevin McHale, died on Saturday (Nov. 24). The cause of the young Minnesota Duluth student's death has yet to be revealed, although Alexandra was recently forced to take a leave of absence from college following an unexpected illness. She was then hospitalized in Minneapolis for treatment of the auto-immune disease lupus. Her father promptly took a leave of absence from the NBA stating "personal family matters" - there is no set time for coach McHale's return to the Rockets following the devastating news of his daughter's passing. Read More »
Popular comedian and rapper Katt Williams is currently being sued by livid California fans over a rather bizarre and non-existent Live Nation performance in Oakland on Friday, Nov. 16. According to the civil class action lawsuit filed in Alameda County on Nov. 21, Williams showed up to the show and remained onstage for a mere 10 minutes. And instead of actually performing a comedic act, the "Wild 'n Out" host ended up stripping onstage, verbally confronted a heckler, and even attempted to start a fight with at least three audience members. Just another legal problem to add on to the "Friday After Next" star's already growing list. Read More »
The Green Bay Packers vs. the New York Giants battle it out on the turf at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, Nov. 25 at 8:20 p.m. E.T. in week 12 of the NFL regular season. Read on to see where fans can watch and listen to a live stream of the football game online and catch up-to-date feeds and coverage on highlight plays and scores. Read More »
The St. Louis Rams vs. the Arizona Cardinals battle it out on the turf at the University of Phoenix Stadium on Sunday, Nov. 25 at 4:25 p.m. ET in week 12 of the NFL regular season. Check below to see where fans can catch a live stream of the Monday Night football game and up-to-date feeds and coverage on highlight plays and scores. Read More »
The San Francisco 49ers vs. the New Orleans Saints battle it out on the turf at Mercedes-Benz Dome on Sunday, Nov. 25 at 4:25 p.m. ET in week 12 of the NFL regular season. Check below to see where fans can catch a live stream of the football game and up-to-date feeds and coverage on highlight plays and scores. Read More »