After months of speculation, Sir Elton John has confirmed that Lady Gaga is godmother to his son Zachary. In his first TV interview following Zachary’s birth, Elton reveals he and partner David Furnish invited Born This Way singer Gaga to be more involved in their son’s life. Read More »
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Eva Longoria is Harper Beckham’s godmother
Eva Longoria has revealed she will play godmother to the latest addition to Victoria and David Beckham’s adorable brood, little Harper Seven. The Desperate Housewife and Victoria Beckham’s BFF gushed she is ‘thrilled’ to have landed the job, and can’t wait to get started. Confirming the celeb couple have asked her to take on the special role in their daughter’s ... Read More »
10 insanely delicious chip flavors from around the world
Forget Cool Ranch (oddly, renamed “Cool American” in Iceland) or sour cream and onion—these chip flavors will make you crave a salty snack … or just cringe. Bloody Mary Now here’s the kind of endorsement I like in a chip: “Won’t get you drunk, but certainly hits the spot!” Pop open a bag of these chips from Devon, England, for ... Read More »
Two California Girls Missing Since Sleepover Reportedly Found Safe
Two Southern California girls who vanished during a weekend sleepover were found near their hometown, police said late Monday. Raylynn Bolt, 12, and Diana Tourdot, 14, were found by police in San Bernardino, about 15 miles away, Riverside police Sgt. David Amador said in a statement Monday night. Read More »
KIEV: Ukraine’s parliament votes to repeal anti-protest laws
The Ukrainian Parliament has scrapped a set of wide-ranging laws meant to quell public protests. On Tuesday, less than two weeks after the parliament’s undemocratic passage of anti-protest legislation, it was voted down by 361 to 2. The parliament, known as Verkhovna Rada, held an emergency debate in an effort to resolve the stand-off with opposition. Read More »
Captain Compete (Will Ferrell) Saves USC Football (Video)
While watching USC football practice on Thursday, the Times’ Gary Klein gave me a heads-up. As he notes in today’s paper, a prank involving a stuntman falling from a platform and another running across the field on fire happened to provide what Trojans Coach Pete Carroll called “just a little Halloween spirit” during practice. Read More »
Penelope Cruz Talks About Johnny Depp’s Fart Machines (Video)
Did you know Johnny Depp owns a fart machine? We did not — though apparently he’s had it for at least a decade, and Penelope Cruz assumed everyone knew about it. She discovered it while working with Depp on ‘Blow’ in 2001. Read More »
Jewel Pranks brad paisley by having him fake arrested (Video)
Jewel had Brad Paisley fake-arrested as a prank. The joke was “the best I’ve ever been had,” claims the country star – devised by his current tour mate. After wrapping up the last concert date with her and Chuck Wicks in San Antonio, Paisley flew home to Nashville on his private plane Sunday. There, reports the news page of Great ... Read More »
35 Foods From Your Childhood That Are Extinct Now (Video)
Nothing engenders nostalgia like food, so BuzzFeed has rounded up a list of 35 much-loved food products that have gone the way of the dinosaur. The list includes: crispy M&Ms, French Toast Crunch, Oreo O’s, Surge that was a green-colored soft drink, sour Altoids, Butterfinger BB’s once endorsed by Bart Simpson!, P.B. Crisps, Sprite Remix, Clearly Canadian, 3D Doritos, Fruitopia, lime ... Read More »
Doctor stabs shark, stitches wound and heads to pub (Video)
New Zealand man James Grant didn’t panic when attacked by a shark while fishing on Saturday. Instead, he fought off the mammal, stitched his own wounds onshore and went for a pint before attending hospital. Grant, a 24-year old junior doctor, was spearfishing with friends on Saturday on the South Island when he was attacked by what appeared to be ... Read More »
300,000-year-old hearth Found In Qesem Cave (Photo)
A team of Israeli scientists have recently discovered in the Qesem Cave, near present-day Rosh Ha’ayin, the earliest evidence – dating to around 300,000 years ago – of unequivocal repeated fire building over a continuous period. The team is headed by Profs. Avi Gopher and Ran Barkai of Tel Aviv University. Dr. Ruth Shahack-Gross of the Kimmel Center for Archeological ... Read More »