MOVIE REVIEW ‘Shotgun Stories’ – Aeschylus in Arkansas

Shotgun Stories is the directorial debut from Jeff Nichols that plays out like a Greek tragedy set in the modern-day South. Vengeance, violence and family honor steamroll the small town of England, Arkansas as two sets of brothers clash after their mutual father’s death. Nichols does a masterful job of handling the age-old themes with a rare quietness and absence of sentimentality that left me knowing I had just watched a great film. Keep reading for the full review with clips!

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HBO’s movie about autistic Temple Grandin sweeps the 2010 Emmys

The HBO movie Temple Grandin staring Claire Danes swept the 2010 Emmy Awards in almost all movie and mini-series categories. Every acceptance speech included mention of Temple, who was in the audience wearing her signature flashy cowgirl shirt and western belt buckle and she proudly stood up almost every time. She was even able to…

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The Apprentice 10 contestant and former synchronized swimmer Poppy Carlig is gainfully employed

Trump and the folks at NBC are giving regular folks as opposed to celebrities a chance to compete for the upcoming 10th Season of The Apprentice. One of the contestants is 24-year-old former synchronized swimmer Poppy Carlig from Richmond, California.

See a great personal photo of Poppy, videos from her swimming days and spoiler information that I found that lets us all know if she is in fact the next apprentice or not!

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Something was missing in the Restoring Honor rally crowd, anything but white people

Glenn Beck has a dream, or at least a 100-year plan to return America back to God. He sort-of let America know about this plan of pulling the U.S.A. out of its darkness during his “Restoring Honor” rally held at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

After reviewing the crowd photos one major thing appeared to be missing from this rally; anything but white people! Check out this “a bunch of white dudes hangin’ with Glenn” photo gallery and then let us know if you think it even matters.

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VIDEO Jimmy Fallon’s Green Day farewell to “Lost” with altered lyrics

Watch Jimmy Fallon’s hilarious musical tribute to the passing of the television show Lost from the 62nd Prime Time Emmy Awards show. Jimmy impersonates Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong and does a parody of “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life).” Altered lyrics included!

Jewel performs unrecorded “The Shape of You” for 2010 Emmys’ In Memorium

For the 2010 Emmy Awards In Memorium Jewel Kilcher performed the unrecorded song “The Shape of You,” a tune she wrote for a friend who died of cancer. It was a song that sounded like old-school Jewel, who admitted to NBC’s preshow that it was a difficult song to sing because it was so personal….

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Anna Paquin wears an Egyptian warrior style Alexander McQueen at 2010 Emmy Awards

Newlywed Anna Paquin graced the 2010 red carpet in a show-stopping Alexander McQueen. The black dress was cut high in the front, short in the back, and the collar and shoulders are  embellished gold to create a military-like Egyptian look. The True Blood star was there with her new husband and co-star Stephen Moyer. The…

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VIDEO Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Jane Lynch perform “Born to Run” by Bruce Springsteen

There had been a great deal of speculation over what the grand opening number would be for the 62nd Prime Time Emmy Awards. All we knew is that it involved dancing and an ensemble cast that included Jimmy Fallon, John Hamm, Jane Lynch and others.

While folks tossed about Glee-inspired renditions of Lady Gaga or perhaps a Dancing With The Stars spoof, Jimmy and the crew took everyone by surprise with a hilarious rendition of Bruce Springsteen’s classic rock anthem “Born To Run!”

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True Blood’s Rutina Wesley wears a hand-painted Douglas Hannant dress at 2010 Emmy Awards

True Blood’s Rutina Welsey is wearing a hand-painted Douglas Hannant gown paired with Louboutins at the 2010 Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. Wesley is making good use of the sexy slit and deserves props for going with a daring design in a sea of navy and dark colors, but this almost…

PHOTOS Maria Menounos’ revealing 2010 Emmys red carpet gown

The stars are still arriving at the 62nd Annual Prime Time Emmy Awards but I think we can safely go ahead and hand out the statuette for raciest red carpet look to Today and Access Hollywood correspondent Maria Menounos who wore a revealing backless jewel-encrusted gown that came very close to providing everyone in attendance a place to put there coins!

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Can you really freeze your fat off? Jonathan Cheban tries out “Coolsculpting” by Zeltiq

You can “burn” off fat cells through strenuous exercise, or you can just have it excruciatingly “frozen” through a new procedure and then have it gradually leave your body over a series of weeks or months. Last week’s The Spin Crowd saw product publicist Jonathan Cheban of Command PR get his fat frozen off as…

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VIDEO – The Spin Crowd’s Jonathan Cheban and Kim Kardashian help Kelly Osbourne host a clothing drive for homeless charity My Friend’s Place

On tonight’s The Spin Crowd, Jonathan Cheban says he doesn’t usually do charity, but he made an exception for television, his good friend Kelly Osbourne. Kelly came to Jonathan and his partner Simon Huck to put on a red carpet clothing drive event for My Friend’s Place, a Hollywood homeless youth center. Being a publicist…

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Paris Hilton’s boyfriend Cy Waits mug shot photo

Knife attacks, big business deals and spending a little time in the slammer – that’s just a week in the life of a Paris Hilton boyfriend! Fidn out what Paris and her man Cy Waits were celebrating the night they were both arrested in Las Vegas and see Cy’s studly booking photo for his DUI arrest!

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Paris Hilton busted in cocaine scandal; denies ownership

Paris Hilton has another drug scandal. After being arrested twice internationally this summer for pot possession (she was let off both in South Africa and France after she claimed the drugs weren’t hers), the socialite was arrested in Las Vegas last night for possible cocaine possession. The SUV she was in was pulled over because…

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Farrah Abraham opens up about improved relationship with mom Debra Danielson

Teen Mom‘s Farrah Abraham has been forced to grow up fast since becoming pregnant in 2008 as a 17-year-old high school student. In addition to the struggles of being a teen mom, her child’s father, Derek Underwoood, died in a car accident just two months prior to daughter Sophia being born, and a strained relationship with her mother, Debra Danielson, culminated with an assault charge and Danielson’s arrest in January.

Farrah, along with Teen Mom‘s Maci, Amber and Catelynne, opened up to Us Weekly about her struggles in an exclusive interview that will hit newsstands August 30. Here is some of what Farrah had to say about her mother, dealing with Derek’s death, daughter Sophia, and her future as a single teen mom. Keep reading for details from the interview!

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Two more Vampire Diaries promo photos!

I posted a number of Vampire Diaries Season 2 promotional wallpapers yesterday and The CW has followed those up with two more!

The first batch also featured cast members Sara Canning, Zach Roerig, Candice Accola, Katerina Graham, Steven R. McQueen and Matt Davis, but these two focus in on the undead trinity of Paul Wesley as Stefan, Nina Dobrev as Elena and Ian Somerhalder as Damon.

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PHOTOS VIDEO Katy Perry performs “California Gurls” on the Today Show

Katy Perry took her sugary pop to the streets of New York City this morning performing her smash hit “California Gurls” as part of the Today Show Toyota Concert Series. Not only was the vivacious singer’s “pop” sugary, so was her fashion and set! Katy Strawperry Shortcake brought the sugary sweet themes from the “California Gurls” music video along with her to create the illusion of a Candyland fantasy world – the perfect backdrop for her song and for her yummy good looks! Watch the video and see perhaps too many photos from the performance!

Glenn Beck and the Tea Party plan Lincoln Memorial rally on MLK speech anniversary

Saturday, August 28 marks the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s historical “I Have A Dream” speech, but if you show up on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial tomorrow you may be in for a big surprise! Glenn Beck will be holding his “Restoring Honor” Tea Party rally with speeches by Sarah Palin, Dr. Alveda King and Marcus Luttrell as well as a musical performance by Jo Dee Messina. Find out Beck’s rationale for the date and the inevitable outrage from opponents of the decision!

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PHOTOS America’s Next Top Model legs swap Photoshop FAIL

Last week The CW released promotional photos of the 14 models that will be competing in the new season of America’s Next Top Model set to premiere September 8 at 8/7c. It was clear from the stylized photos that there had been some “alterations” done to the originals, but some observant folks at the RTV Games Forums realized the PhotoShopegery went beyond your regular smoothing and thinning – they actually replaced body parts! See the amazing PhotoSwapping and potential instances of other transgressions from the same shoot!

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Real Housewives of New York’s Alex McCord signed a modeling contract!

Take that Jill Zarin! Alex McCord now has a modeling contract! Bravo’s production team filmed Alex on the runway during Brooklyn Fashion Week, and now Zap2It reports she’s joined the celebrity division of New York Model Management. She’ll be managed by Corey Bautista who’s been featured as a judge on “Make Me  a Supermodel.” During…

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Does the Jersey Shore cast have herpes?

This June Jersey Shore creator (and fellow Jersey Girl) SallyAnn Salsano outed the cast as “herpes nest” and joked that they handed out herpes medication Valtrex like “M&Ms.” She was participating in a panel discussion of reality show producers hosted by The Hollywood Reporter. Here’s the context of her comments: SallyAnn Salsano: “I do a…

Jimmy Page’s autobiography will be worth the $688 price tag!

Jimmy Page is in the argument for greatest rock guitarist of all time. His work with the Yardirds and Led Zeppelin along with his solo pieces are a cornerstone of the whole genre. He is also one of the most eccentric men in the music world and this trait is on full display with the announcement of his upcoming photographic autobiography Jimmy Page. If you “gotta whole lotta love” for Page you better have a whole lot of money because a copy will set you back a whopping $688!

Find out how on earth I came to the conclusion that it’s worthy of it’s price tag including details and images.

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Big Brother 12 Lane Elenburg and brother Gunter involved in 2008 assault?

In Texas you don’t get a nickname like “The Beast” easily and apparently part of 24-year-old Lane Elenburg’s tough-guy nickname resume is participating in a 2008 beating of Texas State linebacker Brian Quackenbush! Lane and younger brother Gunter allegedly beat the daylights out of the Texas State linebacker after an argument involving a woman. Keep reading for all the details pieced together from various online sources!

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David Hasselhoff to hoof it on Dancing With the Stars

Us Magazine is reporting that David Hasselhoff will be one of the sort-of celebrities to compete on the upcoming season of ABC’s powerhouse show Dancing With the Stars. Find out who else is being rumored for the cast and catch a mind-blowing vintage clip circa 1976 of “The Hoff” cutting a rug from the movie Revenge of the Cheerleaders for a taste of what to expect!

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Heidi Montag regrets her DDD / G breast implants; wants to live in Costa Rice (with Spencer?)

These people are so confusing. They get attention for the constant antics, but it just leaves us all dizzy. It’s been about 10 months since Heidi Montag turned into Frankenheidi by getting 10 plastic surgery procedures done in one day by the late Dr. Frank Ryan. One of the most major parts of the ordeal…

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Elin Nordegren suffered insomnia, weight loss, disillusionment; was blindsided by affairs

Elin Nordegren has remained completely silent since news of her husband Tiger Woods’ multiple infidelities hit the world November 2009. Tiger has given a few interviews, made a disturbing Nike commercial, and got back into the game, but we could only speculate about what Elin was feeling and thinking. Did she already know her husband…

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VIDEO Danielle Staub performs “Real Close” on WPIX

Danielle Staub delivers a train wreck “dance” version of her single “Real Close” on the PIX11 morning show. Also sharing the stage is Danielle’s rumored lesbian love interest (and duet partner) Lori Michaels as well as the Jersey Shore male dance troupe from her 48th birthday party. Click to see the video and unleash your inner schadenfreude!

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A look back: Dwight Yoakam’s ‘If There Was A Way’ 20 years later

Hard to believe, but it’s been 20 years since Dwight Yoakam released his classic album “If There Was A Way.” Read my retrospective on the record that turned my ear to country music and my argument that it’s the best main stream country album of the last 25 years.

Bonus: Check out videos for songs from the album including “The Heart That You Own,” “You’re The One” and “Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose.”

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Levi Johnston running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska for reality show

Levi’s bid for mayor of his baby grandma Sarah Palin’s old stomping ground is the plot of a new reality series titled Loving Levi: The Road to the Mayor’s Office being produced by Stone and Co., who have already begun shooting on the pilot episode. Find out details about Levi’s political aspirations, the show, his campaign poster and my idea for a reality show that could change the American political landscape forever!

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Chad Ochocinco is dating Basketball Wives’ Evelyn Lozada; VH1 is pissed

Chad Ochocinco currently has an excruciating dating elimination show airing called The Ultimate Catch but, spoiler alert, he’s not currently dating any of the women on the show. Instead he’s moved up the VH1 reality show ranks from unconsumable garbage to guilty pleasure by romancing Evelyn Lozada from Basketball Wives. Of course, VH1 producers are…

Man armed with two knives arrested after trying to break into Paris Hilton’s home
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Man armed with two knives arrested after trying to break into Paris Hilton’s home

A 40-something-year-old man wielding two knives named Nathan Parada was arrested at 6:30 a.m. this morning after allegedly trying to break into Paris Hilton’s house. She called the cops when she saw the man through the window, and police were able to arrest him before he entered the home. The socialite tweeted a pic she…

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RHOA Phaedra Parks’ husband Apollo Nida has a criminal record for racketeering and theft

The first episode of Season 3 of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta hasn’t even aired and new addition Phaedra Parks is already stirring up tons of controversy! The powerhouse entertainment lawyer from the ATL, who has worked with celebrities like Jermaine Dupri, Ludacris, Bobby Brown and Michael Jackson, got married late last year to Apollo Nida and it has since come to light that Nida is an ex-convict! See his mugshot and find out exactly what he was guilty of!

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PHOTO Rod Blagojevich and Princess Leia at Chicago Comic-con

Princess Leia takes a walk on the dark side with Rod Blagojevich at 2010 Chicago Comic-con! See a photo of the second most famous black-helmeted character in the universe posing with model Adrianne Curry in her slave Leia costume at the convention. Also, video of Blago amidst swarming fans at the con and a rare photo of his Star Wars casting photo!

PHOTOS Kim Kardashian camera shy?!?

The always lovely Kim Kardashian was uncharacteristically stingy with her awesomeness as she made her way to the gym in Studio City, California earlier today. In addition to hiding her face with her purse, she attempted to give photographers and the world the ultimate shun with her really, really small hand. Find out if her embarrassment stems from ratings on last night’s premiere of Keeping Up With the Kardashians or the Kim-produced new reality series The Spin Crowd!

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VIDEO PHOTOS: The Spin Crowd’s Lauren Stoner lingerie

I am not versed in the unspoken rules of the public relations field but I am certainly under the mindset that if you’re in a video prancing around sans a top and in the tiniest of g-strings you have an innate idea of what it means to relate to my kind of public! Such is the case for E’s new blond ambition PR star Lauren Stoner from their new show “The Spin Crowd.”

Check out Laura in a barely there SFW video as well as multiple stills that cover the three most important hot-TV-babe-that-used-to-model bases; high heels, g-strings and an absent top!

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PHOTOS VIDEOS: Oksana Grigorieva hires ABC News reporter Mary Fulginiti as new legal rep

Oksana Grigorieva has hired another attorney to represent her in her ongoing court battles with Hollywood megastar Mel Gibson. The newest shark in a suit is Mary Fulginiti, a former U.S. Attorney and ABC News reporter.

Check out numerous videos of Fulginiti from her days with “20/20” as well as multiple stills of the new lady lawyer who is looking to take Mel Gibson to the foul mouthed cleaners.

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Meet the ladies from E’s ‘The Spin Crowd’

E debuted a reality show all about the public relations world last night called “The Spin Crowd” that follows the day to day operations of one of the hottest PR firms going, Command PR. Command is owned and operated by two young go getters Jonathan Cheban and Simon Huck but the real stars of the show are the office help in the form of four seriously delicious pieces of marketing savvy eye candy. So who are these gals that keep Command commanding and will keep viewers tuned in to the new show? Let’s find out shall we.

Bonus: We got one of ’em in a SFW topless situation!

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What is Big Brother slop?

On Big Brother every week the contestants compete in groups to determine who will be the Haves of the week and who will be the wretched Have-Nots. The Have get to dine from a well stocked pantry containing junk food, soda, fresh vegetables, and many other delectable foods. The Have-Nots get to eat some oatmeal-like concoction called “slop,” as…

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What did Courtney Love tweet for her daughter Frances Bean’s 18th birthday?

Part-time rock star and full-time crazy person Courtney Love lost custody of her daughter with Kurt Cobain, Frances Bean for the second time last December, and now Frances Bean is legal so there’s no chance in Hades she’ll be comin’ back home to mom. To help cement Frances’ distance from her, Courtney took to Twitter…

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VIDEO – Did Emilio cheat on Snooki, Snooki cheat on Emilio, or both?

Snooki found her dream guido this spring, but just for a minute. It seems like before we knew she was snookin’ up with juicehead Emilio Masella, it was over. Via Facebook. So what happened? Who cheated on who? Recently we saw Snooki sleep in the same bed with Vinny on Jersey Shore in Miami while…

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MTV surprises, selects Chelsea Handler to host VMAs

One of the few women to have a foothold on Late Night talk TV is now going to be one of the few ladies to host MTV’s Video Music Awards. Chelsea Handler, the host of “Chelsea Lately” on E has officially been announced as the host for the upcoming awards extravaganza to air September 12th. Read why MTV felt that this surprising choice was a good one and read how Handler is getting a handle on the whole idea.

Bonus: Try to guess the last woman to host the awards way back in 1994!

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Snooki’s new beau Jeff Miranda auditioned for Jersey Shore!

Despite Snooki’s new boy’s protestations that he isn’t into Snooki for the fame, the evidence is mounting against him. One of his friends has already ratted him out for “wanting to be a star” and posing as a guido to bag Snooki, but now Jeff Miranda has admitted to auditioning for Jersey Shore! Not only…

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Is Kat von D really dating Jesse James? A Twitter confession

A few days ago Kat Von D, the gorgeous reality tattoo pin-up girl, was spotted having dinner with the infamous Jesse James. Everyone jumped to the logical conclusion that they were dating based on Jesse’s tattoo fetish, and Kat’s bad-boy fetish. But Kat’s publicist was quick to tell the press it that they were just…

Tyra Banks and the 14 contestants from Cycle 15 of America's Next Top Model
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Meet the contestants from America’s Next Top Model Cycle 15

The wait is over! Or at least part of the wait is over.

The CW has revealed the 14 models that will be competing to impress Tyra Banks in the 15th cycle of America’s Next Top Model, set to premiere Wednesday, September 8 at 8/7 c. See photos and videos from all the girls and take the poll on who you think should be America’s Next Top Model!

Edward Furlong allegedly leaves Mel Gibsonesque voice mails for estranged wife

Edward Furlong, best known for his role as John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgement Day, has had another restraining order filed against him by his estranged wife Rachael Kneeland. This time it does not involve smoking cocaine but instead follows the current Hollywood trend of leaving totally whacked out, threatening and violent voice mails. These guys do know that the nature of a voice mail is that it is being RECORDED right?

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Danielle Staub fired from Real Housewives of New Jersey

Bravo has reportedly lowered the boom on their controversial convicted felon star of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Danielle Staub. Read the press release from Life & Style and Danielle’s response from PopEater, both of which hint at the possibility of a Danielle Staub spin-off show!

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Who is Big Brother 12’s Britney Haynes engaged to?

The southern beauty queen from Arkansas, Britney Haynes, is quickly becoming one of the most popular house guests for Season 12 of Big Brother. She has a deadly combination of looks and biting humor that in my opinion is going to lead her on to other television opportunities. In fact, of all of this season’s contestants I think that Britney has the most star potential. Her wit and delivery are great and she’s a natural in front of the camera.

So who’s the lucky man that is engaged to Britney? Well his name is Nick Grisham and he’s a Medical Technologist from Little Rock, Arkansas. See a photo of Brit and Nick together and hear an incredible interview in which Nick reveals how the whole experience is wearing on his last nerve!

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PHOTOS Adrianne Curry dressed as Princess Leia; molested at ‘Star Wars Celebration V’

Model Adrianne Curry, winner of the first season of America’s Next Top Model and wife of Peter Brady actor Christopher Knight, is one of the biggest Star Wars fans in the universe! The sexy 28-year-old shares her passion by igniting the passions of fanboys dressed as Princess Leia or as an Imperial Officer at conventions around the world.

That’s exactly what she was doing in Orlando this weekend when she donned her famous Star Wars costumes for fans at Star Wars Celebration V. But her fun weekend turned horrible early Sunday morning when a man “molested” her outside of her hotel.

Napoleon Dynamite wasn’t kidding, ligers are real

A private zoo in Taipei, Taiwan welcomed three baby liger cubs, the mother being a tiger and the father a lion. One of the cubs died shortly after birth while the other two remain alive and are reportedly doing well. This is not the first combination of a lion and tiger but the birth is making news because the breeding of the two species is strictly forbidden.

See photos and a video of the ligers and find out why the zookeeper may face charges for the breeding of the hybrids.

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Is Steven Slater’s heroic quitting story a hoax?

When legacy flight attendant Steven Slater slid down Jet Blue’s emergency chute and into the hearts of the world with an quitting story of cinematic quality, we all saluted him. It may have been a foolish move to get on the P.A. system and curse everyone before stealing beer and damaging the emergency chute, but…

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Jersey Shore muscle man Ronnie Ortiz-Magro arrested in Seaside Heights

The Seaside Heights police department is staying pretty busy lately with all the Jersey Shore cast member arresting they have to do. The latest MTV reality star to be taken into custody is the otherwise unnoticeable Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, you know the one with a bunch of muscles that is unsure in-love and drops a truck-load of “C” bombs. No not that one, the other the one.

Find out what he went to the not-so-big house for and why I had to become an investigative journalist and call out the mayor of Seaside Heights in a pub seeking conspiracy!

Indian man, Krishnaiah, sells daughter to buy $21 of alcohol; police beat him

Alcoholism can be a desperate disease, but even the worst drunks would cringe at this news item from India. A 40-year-old man named Krishnaiah sold his 6-year-old daughter for the equivalent of $21 to buy booze after he was refused credit one morning at his favorite liquor store because of outstanding debt. His daughter was…

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PHOTOS Martin Kaymer’s girlfriend Allison Micheletti

25-year-old German golfer Martin Kaymer won the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits Sunday after defeating Bubba Watson in a three-hole playoff. The victory has been overshadowed Dustin Johnson’s controversial penalty on the 18th hole, which prevented Johnson from entering into a three-way playoff with Kaymer and Watson.

But that isn’t the only overshadowing that took place on Sunday! The famously ornate Wanamaker Trophy that Kaymer won was easily overshadowed by his trophy girlfriend, Allison Micheletti!

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VIDEO – Kanye’s secret concert at New York’s The Box: “Rosewood”

Thursday night Kanye West invited a select group of 200 people to a secret show at New York’s The Box. They were notified via email only a few hours before the event and were required to show up in formal wear. The rapper, who’s recovering from last year’s Taylor-gate, was joined by John Legend on…