Carrie Underwood toured the world and starred in the TV production of The Sound of Music in 2013, but her 2014 is off to a much less glamorous start. Carrie has spent the past few days volunteering at an animal shelter, where one of the puppies left her a little surprise on her sweatshirt.

Naya Rivera took to Instagram to show off her Christmas gift from her rapper fiance, Big Sean. The “Glee” star showed off her new bling on social media for her fans. According to US Weekly, the 26-year-old starlet got the jewelry, and revealed it on Wednesday. Rivera, who stars alongside Lea Michele, Melissa Benoist, Blake Jenner and guest star Demi …

US stage hypnotist Scott Lewis has plunged to his death from the balcony of a Sydney apartment. Lewis was in Australia to perform at the Sydney Opera House. A police spokeswoman said that officers found his body on an apartment balcony yesterday morning.

Christmas finally arrived for the six space station astronauts Sunday. A privately launched supply ship reached the International Space Station on Sunday morning, three days after lifting off in Virginia. The space station crew used a hefty robot arm to capture the Cygnus capsule.

Authorities say two young children unresponsive when they were found trapped inside a chest in a Franklin home have died. The Norfolk district attorney’s office confirmed the deaths on Monday. Investigators believe the children were found by family members inside a hope chest that could only be opened from the outside. The chest was in close proximity to a television …

The Dallas Safari Club auctioned off a black rhino hunt in Namibia for $350,000 Saturday night. The winning bid was placed by a well-known safari booking agent at the auction. Several hunters bid for the chance to go on the historic hunt. A generous donation of $100,000 was given before the bidding began by a well-known Texas hunter and conservationist. …

Police have identified and arrested seven suspects in connection with the murders of former Miss Venezuela Monica Spear and her ex-husband — and investigators say it’s all thanks to her camera. The head of Venezuela’s national crime investigation agency told CNN Thursday authorities found a camera Spear had been using to photograph the Venezuelan countryside inside one of the seven …

80-year-old Haji believes that “cleanliness brings him sickness.” That’s why he hasn’t bathed at all in the past 60 years. He lives in isolation in Dejgah village, in the Southern Iranian province of Fars. Haji hates contact with water. Even the suggestion of a bath makes him very angry. And all these years of escaping bath time have taken their …

Former ‘Baywatch’ star Pamela Anderson has remarried her ex-husband Rick Salomon in Los Angeles on Sunday. The 46-year-old actress flaunted her big wedding ring at Sean Penn’s Help Haiti Gala in LA on January 11 and confirmed that she and Salomon tied the knot for the second time after their first try in 2007, lasted for two months, online web …

“The Addams Family” will take the stage at the North Iowa Area Community Auditorium on the NIACC campus at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Jan. 22. Tickets are $55 rows A-V and $40 rows W-Z in advance. All tickets purchased the day of the show are $65. This performance is presented by Henkel and Alliant Energy Foundation as part of the 2013-14 …

Pop star Rihanna has got a new tattoo, a cross, on her right wrist. The 25-year-old, who already has more than 20 tattoos, got a large ornate cross, surrounded by designs, at Bang Bang Tattoos here, where she went at midnight and stayed until 5 a.m., reports dailymail.co.uk.