WWE is gearing up for their June pay-per-view Payback. The event is taking place June 16 in Chicago and there are two matches already confirmed. CM Punk will be making his return to face Chris Jericho, while John Cena faces Ryback in a Three Stages of Hell match for the WWE Championship. July's Money in the Bank pay-per-view poster was just released. Also, there is news and rumors on young superstars Curtis Axel and Fandango. Read More »
San Antonio Spurs All-Star forward Tim Duncan is in the middle of a championship run and is dealing with some off the court drama as well. The likely future NBA Hall-of-Fame player known as the "Big Fundamental" is currently resting up with his Spurs teammates to face either the Indiana Pacers or Miami Heat in the 2012-2013 NBA Championship. At the same time, Duncan is going through a divorce with his wife Amy Duncan. According to the Associated Press, Spurs spokesman Tom James confirmed recently that Duncan's wife Amy has filed for divorce. Read More »
Former NBA All-Star Mookie Blaylock is in critical condition following a car accident in Georgia on Friday afternoon. According to The Atlanta-Journal Constitution, Daron Oshay Blaylock, who played most of his career with the Atlanta Hawks is one of two people in critical condition following a head on collision Read More »
Finally, after a seven-year hiatus from television, "Arrested Development" returned for season 4 on Netflix. Every single one of the new season's episodes premiered on Netflix early Sunday morning at 3am Eastern, 12am Pacific. The shows return to TV has been heavily promoted by Netflix over the past few weeks. The famous Bluth Banana Stand even made stops in major cities around the world. Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, Tony Hale, Portia De Rossi and others made the usual rounds to promote season 4. So far, reviews have been mixed with some loving the new season and some not impressed. However, one big question still remains, will there be an "Arrested Development" movie? Read More »
Legendary rocker John Fogerty has a highly anticipated new album coming out. "Wrote a Song For Everone" is set to be released May 28, 2013 with a number of high profile collaborations. Fogerty re-records a number of his Creedence Clearwater Revival hits with the likes of Kid Rock, Bob Seger, the Foo Fighters, Miranda Lambert and more. As is the case with anytime Fogerty comes out with a new project, his relationship with his CCR band mates comes up. Fogerty recently discussed why he doesn't see a CCR reunion ever happening. Read More »
Daft Punk's 2013 album "Random Access Memories" was one of the most highly anticipated albums of the year. Ever since Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter started releasing teaser videos of their single "Get Lucky," fans have been craving more. The record setting album features collaborations from the likes of Pharrell Williams, Niles Rodgers, Panda Bear and others. "Get Lucky" quickly began setting records and many predicted "Random Access Memories" could do the same. Well, according to The Independent, Daft Punk's 2013 album has become the fastest selling record this year. Read More »
Hip hop mogul and former minority owner of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets, Jay-Z, made an interesting career move when he decided to become a sports agent. It seems that his new career may be causing some controversy within the NFL. According to the NFL.com, the NFL players union is investigating Jay-Z's recruitment of New York Jets rookie quarterback Geno Smith. The NFLPA reportedly is sending a letter to Roc Nation Sports agent Kim Miale to find out more about Jay-Z's possible involvement in the recruitment of the former West Virginia quarterback. Read More »
There is some happy news from the sports world this Memorial Day weekend. Former Super Bowl winning head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers received great news last week when he found out his daughter got engaged to former Duke forward Ryan Kelly. The Duke basketball player helped lead his team to the NCAA championship game against Louisville this past season after returning from an injury. Kelly announced the engagement to the world on Twitter last week. Along with a picture of the engagement ring, @RyanKelly34 tweeted, "The love of my life @lindsaycowher said yes! #sohappy #blessed." Kelly and Lindsay Cowher have been dating since they went to high school together in Raleigh, NC. Read More »
50 years after surviving a deadly B-52 bomber crash in northern Maine, retired Air Force captain Gerald Adler met up with the man that saved his life. On January 24, 1963 a B-52 bomber suffered turbulence that snapped off the plane's vertical stabilizer, causing it to crash on Elephant Mountain. Seven people on that plane died, but Adler along with the pilot, Lot. Col. Dan Bulli were able to survive. Bullie and Adler had to endure more than 20 hours in five feet of snow in below freezing temperatures. They were both saved by medic Eugene Slabinski, who dropped down from a helicopter to pull the men to safety. Read More »
Legendary performer Billy Joel sat down for an interview with the New York Times and he made some interesting comments. Among the revelations from the "Piano Man" were that he used alcohol to treat his depression, he still drinks now and again, and he suffered from depression after the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks. The 64-year-old also gave his side to his feud with Sir Elton John along with opening up about his music career. Read More »
Getting away from all the Justin Bieber off stage drama like his on-again off-again relationship with Selena Gomez and getting booed at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards, there is actually some news about a possible new collaboration with Miley Cyrus. Could it be for a new Justin Bieber album? Also coming up is the North American leg of Bieber's "Believe" tour, as well as the DVD documentary "Justin Bieber: Always Believing" which hits store shelves June 18. Read More »
With his highly anticipated new 2013 album set to be coming out any day now, Detroit rapper Eminem is setting his sights on Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook. According to the Detroit Free Press, Eminem's song publisher is suing Facebook and its ad agency for infringing on “Slim Shady's” copyright. According to the complaint, Eminem's song publisher claims that a Facebook ad titled "Airplane" used music from Eminem's 2000 "Under the Influence" song. Read More »
"American Idol" is about to go through some major changes heading into season 13. After disappointing ratings during season 12, the show will reportedly be bringing on all new judges for the next season after the Nicki Minaj, Keith Urban, and Mariah Carey judging experiment failed. Jennifer Hudson was rumored to be the first judge on season 13 and now E! Online has confirmed these reports. In fact, it sounds like FOX wants to bring back a number of "Idol" alums with names such as Clay Aiken, Adam Lambert, and Kelly Clarkson being floated around. Read More »