Lady Gaga has claimed her controversial “meat” dress worn at the MTV Video Music Awards was intended to make a statement. The glam pop singer won eight prizes at Sunday’s ceremony and donned the raw, red meat dress with a matching purse to accept one of her statuettes. It became one of the most debated [ Read More ]
Lady Gaga won eight prizes at last night’s MTV Video Music Awards, including video of the year. The haul saw her end the night as the second most honoured act of all time, putting her on a par with the big winners of 1986, Norwegian rock group a-ha. British rocker Peter Gabriel still holds the [ Read More ]
George Clooney topped the box office over the Labor Day holiday weekend in North America with a mediocre opening for his latest movie, “The American”. The assassin drama earned $13 million during the three-day period beginning 3 September and took $16.1 million since Wednesday, where it benefited from a two-day head-start on competing movies. It [ Read More ]
Former Knight Rider and Baywatch star David Hasselhoff will compete in the 11th season of “Dancing With The Stars”. The 58-year old actor recently quit his role on “America’s Got Talent” after four years and a public struggle with alcohol abuse. He will be joined on the show by 19-year-old Bristol Palin, daughter of Conservative [ Read More ]
Liver cells have been created in the laboratory for the first time by scientists using reprogrammed cells from human skin, potentially enabling the way for the development of new treatments for liver diseases that kill thousands each year. Embryonic stem cells are seen as the most powerful type of cells but are controversial due to [ Read More ]
Lady Gaga is set to become the world’s most popular Twitter user by taking over fellow pop star Britney Spears as the website’s most followed. Gaga recorded 5,635,460 followers earlier today, while Spears had 5,646,028, according to Famecount.com, a social media statistics service. If this trend continues, the singer of hits such as “Poker Face” [ Read More ]
Nicole Polizzi, star of “Jersey Shore”, lost a legal hold on her famous “Snooki” nickname after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rejected her trademark application because a similar character already registered it, according to The Smoking Gun website. The publishers of a book featuring a cartoon cat going by the name of “Snooky” have [ Read More ]
Certain proteins measured in spinal fluid can help to diagnose Alzheimer’s accurately and predict which patients suffering memory problems will go onto develop the fatal disease, according to researchers in Belgium. The team based at the Archives of Neurology also said it may also be possible to help identify the early signs of the disease [ Read More ]
Duo Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg snatched the box office crown from Leonardo DiCaprio on Sunday as brand new cop comedy “The Other Guys” sold approximately 35.6 million in tickets according to the film’s distributor. The opening marks the second-highest of Ferrell’s career and a huge turnaround from “Land of the Lost” which flopped last [ Read More ]
Concerns were raised on Wednesday as the yen climbed towards a 15-year high while benchmark bond yields tumbled under one percent, doubting whether policymakers are making an effort to recover the economy and keep deflation under control. The currency’s strength is causing fear among some policymakers that it could damage the exports industry that has [ Read More ]
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