Yearly Archives: 2013
Grammys 2013: Wardrobe Advisory bans buttocks and breasts
CBS sent a Wardrobe Advisory to all attendees and performers in advance of the 55th Annual Grammys, which will be broadcast this Sunday. Asking that...
June Shannon lost 100 lbs without dieting or hitting the gym
June Shannon has revealed that she's lost more than 100 lbs in the past two years without dieting or hitting the gym. Honey Boo Boo’s...
Chokri Belaid assassination sparks violent reactions in Tunisia
The assassination of Tunisian opposition leader Chokri Belaid outside his home this morning has prompted violent protests in Tunisia. Relatives say Chokri Belaid was shot...
Stuart Freeborn, Star Wars make-up artist, dies aged 98
British make-up artist Stuart Freeborn, who was renowned for his contributions to 2001: A Space Odyssey and the Star Wars films, has died at...
Picasso portrait of mistress Marie-Therese Walter sold for $45 million at Sotheby’s
Femme Assise Pres d'une Fenetre (Woman Sitting Near a Window), one of Picasso's portraits of his mistress, Marie-Therese Walter, has been sold for £28.6...
Beyoncé Super Bowl performance fails to overpass Madonna’s record breaking 2012 audience
Beyoncé's half-time performance at this year Super Bowl failed to pull in more viewers than Madonna's record breaking 2012 appearance. In fact, fewer people watched...Cissy Houston Thinks Whitney Houston’s Life Would Have Been Different If She Had Not Met Bobby Brown
Cissy Houston has opened up about daughter Whitney and her decision to write a book about the late superstar. Talking from New York to Daybreak...
Tatiana Kozlenko sacked by Aeroflot after picture showing her giving passengers the finger goes viral
Flight attendant Tatiana Kozlenko, who posted a picture of herself giving her passengers the finger, has been sacked by Aeroflot airline. Tatiana Kozlenko put the...
Kris Humphries accuses Kim Kardashian of using her pregnancy to speed up divorce settlement
Kris Humphries’ lawyer Marshall Waller has filed new divorce documents accusing Kim Kardashian, who is expecting her first child in June with boyfriend Kanye...
Disney plans stand-alone films derived from Star Wars characters
Films built around existing characters from the Star Wars universe are being developed alongside the new trilogy of films, the Disney studio has revealed. "We...
Nina Agdal shows off bikini body in Carl’s Jr. hamburger ad for Super Bowl
Nina Agdal stars in an advert for Carl’s Jr. which aired during the most coveted commercial slot of the year – the Super Bowl. Nina...
Britney Spears poised to sign with Planet Hollywood for Las Vegas show
Britney Spears is set to sign a deal for a Las Vegas residency as she has been in talks with two casinos. Sources say Britney...
Pink and Carey Hart in her new video for Just Give Me a Reason
Pink and husband Carey Hart smooch up a storm in a new video for her latest single Just Give Me a Reason. The song is...
RBS to be fined $625 million over LIBOR scandal
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is expected to be fined a total of about £400 million ($625 million) by UK and US regulators as...
Chokri Belaid shot dead outside his home in Tunis
Tunisian opposition leader Chokri Belaid has been shot dead outside his home in the capital, Tunis, his brother and officials say. They say that Chokri...
Felix Baumgartner space jump faster than first thought
Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner fell has been proved to be even faster during his historic skydive last October than was originally thought. Subsequent analysis has...
Annette Schavan: German education minister stripped of doctorate over plagiarism
University of Duesseldorf in Germany has voted to strip Education Minister Annette Schavan of her doctorate after an investigation into plagiarism allegations. The University of...
Stewie: world’s longest cat dies at the age of 8
Stewie, the world's longest domestic cat, a 48.5 in (1.23 m) Maine Coon, has died at the age of eight. Stewie's owner, Robin Hendrickson, said...
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attacked with shoe in Cairo
Security guards have seized a man who tried to hit Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with a shoe as he visited a mosque in the...
Solomon Islands earthquake triggers deadly tsunami
At least four people died after an earthquake hit the Solomon Islands triggering Pacific tsunami. The quake, with a magnitude 8.0, struck at 01:12 GMT...
New Jersey credit card fraud ring stole $200 million
Eighteen people have been charged with stealing at least $200 million in a credit card fraud ring, possibly one of the largest in US...
Michael Dell buys back Dell computers for $24 billion
Michael Dell has said that he will buy back the world's number three PC manufacturer that he founded and that carries his name for...
Burgas bus bombing linked to Hezbollah
The bus bombing that killed five Israelis and a driver in Burgas, Bulgaria, last year was most likely the work of Lebanon's Hezbollah militants,...
Kim Jong-un smartphone sparks international controversy
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been photographed with a smartphone beside him during a meeting. The mystery of what make of smartphone the ruler...
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