Sahara Davenport, one of the popular drag queen reality stars on the hit Logo show "RuPaul's Drag Race," has died at the age of 27. Although no details have been released and Davenport's cause of death is still unknown, RuPaul, the Logo network, and other celebrity friends publically expressed their sorrows and condolences in regards to their "Drag Race" loss on Tuesday. Read More »
American track and field athlete Lolo Jones' insensitive Twitter comment to paralyzed former Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand may have been unintentional, but that hasn't stopped fans from criticizing Jones' tweets as totally unacceptable and offensive. The Twitter controversy all began when LeGrand good-humoredly tweeted Jones, challenging her to a friendly race. Jones (apparently not knowing LeGrand is a quadriplegic) shot back with a tweet about how LeGrand should get his head checked, because he'd never beat her out on the track. She's been under fire for her ongoing "insensitive" and still unapologetic Twitter comments ever since. Read More »
The New York Yankees battle longtime MLB rivals the Boston Red Sox Tuesday night (Oct. 2) at Yankee Stadium at 7:05 p.m. E.T. (weather permitting). Check out where you can watch a live stream of the game online (free) to see if the Yanks keep hold of their current AL East lead. Read More »
During a New York City performance at the Global Citizen Festival on Saturday, Sept. 29, longtime Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl hinted to the crowd that this might be the rock band's last live show for quite some time. Grohl confirmed a 2012 band hiatus with an open letter to fans released on Tuesday, insinuating that a Foo Fighters break doesn't necessarily mean a perminant band breakup. 43-year-old Grohl would like to focus some more time on his upcoming documentary, "Sound City." Read More »
Lena Dunham, the quick-witted writer/producer/star of HBO's hit show "Girls," has unveiled details about her first book - a collection of seemingly autobiographical, "advice" essays. Dunham's literary agents are supposedly shopping U.S. rights to the book for "an in-house floor of $1 million." In an email sent out to potential bidders, Dunham presents the presumed title, "Not That Kind of Girl: Advice by Lena Dunham." Rumors have it that the first batch of bids is due by the end of the day tomorrow (Oct. 3). Read More »
The final movie poster for the "Twilight Saga" - "Breaking Dawn, Part 2" has finally been unveiled. The poster lauds the film as "the epic finale that will live forever" and features Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart reunited, along with werewolf heartthrob Taylor Lautner. Read More »
19-year-old Ukrainian Anastasiya 'Fukkacumi' Shpagina has been lauded as the ultimate "Real-Life Anime Girl" - with her dainty frame, silky long hair, smooth complexion, and big pouty eyes, she looks exactly like one of the characters taken from the popular Japanese animated cartoons. But what happens when it seems reality-based-on-fantasy is taken too far - or when cosmetic treatments and trends are taken to the extremes (Tokyo's highly-controversial bagel-head phenomenon, for example)? Makeup and hair products are one thing, but now the young Shpagina is contemplating undergoing eye surgery to enhance her Anime-physical features. So the question remains - are some "beauty" transformations getting a little too out-of-hand? Read More »
Anastasiya Shpagina - the 19-year-old Ukrainian woman recently labeled by popular media as the "Real-Life Anime Girl," the "New Barbie," and even "Real-Life Barbie Doll Valeria Lukyanova's New BFF." While Shpagina enjoys her international status and fame as the "real-life anime girl" living life as her fantasized Japanese moniker Fukkacumi, she hates being referred to as a "living doll." According to Shpagina, "I am not like a doll, a doll is like me." Read More »
"American Idol" songstress Jessica Sanchez is full of Filipino pride, and she's not afraid to flaunt it. Following the final performance on the "American Idol" season 11 summer tour, 17-year-old Sanchez stuck around the Philippines to learn more about her heritage and take advantage of a number of big-name endorsement deals. After receiving a warm and exciting welcome from the Filipino community, Sanchez is now ready to put Filipinos on the map in the States through her music, fashion, and presence on popular American radio airwaves. Read More »
A vomiting virus outbreak has come to affect thousands of German school children over the past few days, and although the exact cause of the outbreak is still unknown, the sickness has been linked to the consumption of cafeteria food products. Germany health authorities now believe that approximately 8,400 children experiencing symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea have been affected by the norovirus. Read More »
Some die hard Anime fans enjoy transforming themselves into their favorite Japanese cartoons and characters, but none look as eerily authentic or anime-like as Facebook's real life "Anime Girl," 19-year-old Anastasiya Shpagina. With her silky bright hair, pale and flawless skin complexion, and large dramatic eyes, the young Ukrainian woman looks like one of the "magical girls" who could have just stepped out of an episode of "Sailor Moon." Read More »
Lenovo Group Ltd, the popular Chinese computer-making company, plans on expanding and setting up a PC (personal computer) plant in the U.S. sometime next year. The world's second-most popular PC-maker hopes the effort will prove permanent, with a production line in Guilford County, NC manufacturing the company's signature Think-brand notebook (ThinkPad) and desktop personal computers. Read More »
Former "American Idol" contestant Brittany Kerr sparked controversy last week when she was spotted making out and hooking up with supposedly "boozed-up" married country singer Jason Aldean. Now the young blonde beauty has issued an official apology, contributing her seedy actions to a complete "lapse of judgment." Supposedly Kerr had no idea at the time that Aldean was actually married (if that's the case, why a "lapse of judgment?" hmmm...). Read More »