CULTURE

Rapper 50 Cent is alive despite persistent rumors to the contrary on Twitter and throughout the Internet. The incorrect news that he had passed away came about in the wake of the death of his manager Chris Lighty.

The two-day Made In America Festival got off to a rocking start at the Philadelphia Museum of Art as Jay Z entered the stage bouncing up and down, mimicking artist Rocky Balboa, with whom he shares a rag to riches story.

Ever since Miss China Wenxia Yu was crowned Miss World Aug.18, she has come under flak for jury favoritism. Even the host city Ordos is not spared as reports of economic woes and subtle attempts to refurbish its image surface amid its ongoing attempts to win international recognition.

The much-hyped seventh season of "Doctor Who" premiers Saturday night on BBC America. And while fans across the globe are anxiously awaiting the return of Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor in "Asylum of the Daleks," finding a place to watch can be difficult for those without cable - or those who simply want to watch the show as it premiers in Britain.

Heidi Klum, who rose to fame as the host of "Project Runway," is reportedly dating Martin Kristen, her bodyguard, before her divorce with Seal is finalized. Seal told TMZ he wouldn't have expected Klum to "fornicate with the help."

Despite reports surfacing Saturday that 50 Cent was killed in a car accident the rapper is alive and well. 50 Cent has been in the news of late because of the suicide of his former manager, Chris Lighty. The fake news story comes just one day after actor Eddie Murphy was thought to have been killed in a snowboarding accident.

Stevie Wonder apologized today for his remarks about Frank Ocean. Wonder had said that Ocean was "confused" in regard to his sexuality.

Clint Eastwood speech endorses Mitt Romney, but has come under fire for the bizarre rant.

"Good Morning America" anchor Robin Roberts' mother died on the same day that the host took an early medical leave from the show, ABC News reported.

The hyperactive comic actor is in talks to team up with the master showrunner David E. Kelley for a single-camera comedy set in the advertising industry.

Bill Cosby is not dead. Neither is Eddie Murphy, Denzel Washington, or Bill Nye. But celebrity death rumors like this pop up all the time on sites such as Twitter, where false information can spread like wildfire.

Kristen Stewart has been experiencing a lot of relationship drama this summer. News broke Friday that her parents are divorcing, Perez Hilton blogged.

Justin Bieber is apparently having some fun on the set of Selena Gomez's latest movie, "Feed the Dog." The pop star appeared there Thursday night and took several photogragphs of himself brandishing a prop gun in wildly unsafe manners, seemingly pretending to look tough.

Rumors that Miley Cyrus was gay ignited on Twitter after actress Evan Rachel Wood made a joke about her hairdo that wasn't well received by the mini-blogosphere, celebrity blogger Perez Hilton wrote.

The Aug. 31 episode of Friday Night SmackDown was filmed on Aug. 28. The show featured Randy Orton beating Dolph Ziggler, Del Rio besting Kane, and Sheamus winning by count out.

Newsweek set off a firestorm earlier this month when it published a divisive cover story by Niall Ferguson entitled "Hit the Road, Barack," in which the author claims that the Romney/Ryan ticket is our nation's only hope for prosperity.

Rumors that John Travolta is gay are heating up again now that a man claiming to be the "Pulp Fiction" star's lover of six years is spilling the beans of their alleged relationship to the National Enquirer.

The 2007 suicides of Duncan and Blake posthumously captured the imaginations of countless people who had never heard of the couple but were haunted by images published in news stories and on the Web. Five years later, questions remain about the media coverage of their deaths,

National Football league player Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson recently expressed his feeling on Twitter after he allegedly head-butted his estranged wife, reality star Evelyn Lozada.

New York Fashion Week, one of the most highly-anticipated events of the year for fashionistas, begins Sept. 6 and runs until Sept. 13. With over 80 shows scheduled, where does the fashion maven begin? Here's your go-to guide for all things fashionable during the single largest biannual media event, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.

The latest trailer for dark ensemble comedy "Seven Psychopaths" was released Thursday.

Paul Michael Glaser, who played cop David Starsky on the 1970s show "Starsky & Hutch," is finding himself on the other side of the law in real life -- he pleaded not guilty to drug charges in Kentucky.

Yosemite National Park officials have closed 91 cabins in Curry Village that are at the center of a probe into how two people died and four others came ill with the rare mouse-borne hantavirus. Nevertheless, they are encouraging visitors to keep their Labor Day plans in the park.

By now everyone has heard about Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood's faux Q&A session with an empty chair at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday night. Taking the exchange at face value, here are five reasons why the furniture debate proved ineffective.

Despite reports surfacing Friday that Eddie Murphy was killed in a snowboarding accident in Switzerland the actor is alvie and well. His supposed death has been said to have taken place dozens of times throughout his career.

The iPad Mini is expected for an October release date, and yet another bit of evidence that it may launch soon has surfaced on the web. New iPad device codes have appeared on Instapaper developer?s Marco Arment?s logs, according to Mac Rumors.

"Tanning Mom" Patricia Krentcil got a little too toasted at a comic roast set up at a drag queen club for the tanorexic New Jersey woman who made national headlines for allegedly allowing her 13-year-old daughter to use a tanning booth.

It was 15 years ago today, viewers around the globe received the harrowing news that Diana Spencer, the greatly beloved Princess of Wales, had died after being fatally injured in a car crash in Paris; she was 36 years old at the time.

As Robin Roberts of "Good Morning America" begins her medical leave to undergo a bone marrow transplant, the Twitterverse and her "GMA" family are supporting the host of the morning program by using the hashtag #TeamRobin on Twitter.