Like most of you, we were surprised to learn that rapper Nicki Minaj will be joining Mariah Carey as a judge on American Idol next season. With curt credentials like being Lil Wayne's protégé, we're not so sure the colorful lyricist has what it takes to be judge material.
Asian shares edged up Tuesday as investors held on to hopes the European Central Bank will act to soothe borrowing costs, even as officials denied a report about the shape of its planned bond buying strategy.
According to the New York Observer, three more writers have been cut from the Village Voice's already-skeletal staff, while one full-time editor was reduced to part-time status.
Mary Kate Olsen's romance with new boyfriend Olivier Sarkozy, the younger half brother of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, is reportedly getting more serious. Although the couple has a 17 year age gap between them - Sarkozy is 42, while Olsen is only 25 - they are apparently so serious about each other that Sarkozy recently purchased a $6.25 million townhouse in the east village, for the two to spend more time together in.
Just prior to its much-hyped stock market debut, Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) bought the photosharing website Instagram for $1 billion in cash and stock. Now, with the world's biggest social network trading at half its IPO price, Instagram's deal doesn't look as nearly as sweet.
Music and celebrity blog publisher Buzzmedia Inc. has hired digital veteran Stephen Hansen as its new president, the company said Monday, a month after it acquired Spin magazine and laid off its top editors.
A source close Tony Scott told ABC News on Monday that the 68-year-old director had inoperable brain cancer. The report has not been confirmed by authorities, and so far Scott?s family is not commenting.
Only one percent of the U.S. population serves in the military today.
New Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer appears to continue her housecleaning. U.S. sales chief Wayne Powers quit the search engine and media company Monday to become president of Parade Publications, the Sunday newspaper supplement published by privately held Advance Publications.
Unemployment is still well above 8 percent, the cost at the pump is rising and consumers are still wary and cost-conscious, but recent surveys indicate back-to-school buys and the upcoming holiday shopping season will be as good as or better than last year. Still, the theme of the season is cautious optimism.
Exchange operator CME Group Inc. (Nasdaq:CME) is opening a hot new table in the global financial casino, pushed to set up a derivatives exchange in London by clients who can't be bothered to comply with U.S. law.
Binge drinking may not be so bad after all, according to a recent study that found that binge drinkers are happier than those who do not binge drink
European rabbis as well as Israel?s Minister of Public Diplomacy have criticized Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) for publishing and selling an Arabic-language app of ?The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,? probably the best-known anti-Semitic forgery.
Gold prices continued to decline this week, dragging even lower due to unusually weak demand from China and India - the two largest gold consumers - that has extended for several months.
The same day as their one year anniversary of the "Fairytale Wedding" that lasted a mere 72 days, the ex-girlfriend of Kris Humphries Myla Sinanaj will testify in a deposition for his divorce to Kim Kardashian on Monday.
William Windom, the actor best known for his roles on "Star Trek" and "Murder She Wrote," died on Thursday at his home in Woodacre, Calif., of congestive heart failure. He was 88.
General Motors Co (NYSE: GM) will recall 249,260 mid-size sport utility vehicles to correct a potential fire hazard, a U.S. government safety agency said.
Colleen Shannon, who was a Playboy Playmate in 2004, was arrested on Thursday for allegedly smuggling a man across the U.S. border.
Kim Kardashian?s wedding anniversary marks a year ago that the reality TV star walked down the aisle with basketball player Kris Humphries before splitting up 72 days later.
By the time "Compliance" hit theaters on Friday, the film had already been labeled "disturbing" and "provocative."
Though he denies it today, presumptive Republican Party vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan?s primary economic and fiscal influence was Ayn Rand, an extremely conservative thinker whose flawed economic and social theories were only outdone in perniciousness by her utter disregard for society and the common good.
Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB), Germany's largest bank, is being investigated by U.S. officials over ties to Iran and Sudan.
