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Michelle Obama spiced things up in Dallas Friday as she judged a cooking competition with “Top Chef’s” host Tom Colicchio and White House chef Sam Kass.

General Idea Fall 2012 collection was inspired by winter athletic wear made for street wear chic. Designer Bumsuk Choi took inspiration from hockey players participating in the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

Indonesian volcano Mount Lokon erupted on Friday, spewing ash over a mile high into the sky.

Suge Knight, forty-six-year-old rap kingpin, has a criminal record goes back over twenty years, running the gamut of illegal possession of weapons and controlled substances, assault charges, breaking parole and, of course, traffic violations. Of note is his long affiliation with the Mob Piru gang (allied with the Bloods) that has its origins in Compton, Calif.

The U.S. State Department issued a new travel warning for Mexico Wednesday that is broader, more detailed, and more alarming than previous versions.

Mila Kunis may have been named as GQ’s Knockout of the Year, but her former boyfriend of eight years can’t say the same. “Home Alone” star Macaulay Culkin was recently seen looking emaciated and scruffy, although his reps insist that he is in perfect health. Could Culkin’s broken heart be the reason his looks are so unkempt? Kunis isn’t reported to have been officially dating anyone since their breakup in early 2011, but the “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” star has been upholding her flirty romant...

Gender-bending bra model Andrej Pejic is in New York for Fashion Week 2012, and although it's still unclear what role, if any, he will play in the week's events, Pejic did have time for a photo shoot with the Associated Press and an accompanying video interview.

Karl Lagerfeld has apologized to Adele for calling the singer a little too fat earlier this week, but the British import doesn't care what the fashion designer has to say about her body. I represent the majority of women, and I'm very proud of that, she said. Adele told reporters she avoids people who make weight a life-consuming issue, and tries not to let her insecurities weigh her down.

Korean pop music stars are touring Japan, North America and Europe in 2012.

Kate Middleton has become the first person to top Hollywood's Fashion Buzzwords for a second consecutive year.

Kate Upton, who is one of the most famous faces in bikini modeling, will likely be chosen as the cover girl for the famous Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition 2012.

Jennifer Aniston turns 43 on Saturday, and it seems as if she couldn't have asked for a better year.

Samuel Aranda took top honors in the 2012 World Press Photo contest with a photo of a veiled woman holding her wounded relative during the 2011 protests in Yemen.

Dujardin is moving on to villain roles, according to a new video from Funny or Die.

The 2012 Grammy Awards are Sunday night. Here's all the information about what time and TV channel music's biggest night is on.

Through the first half, Shakun Batra's romantic comedy Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu follows an entirely predictable path - boy and girl meet, get drunk, get married and realise they don't want to stay married. Circumstances dictate they must spend time together while waiting for their marriage to get annulled. At the interval, one of them even has the I'm in love epiphany.

Europe’s bitterly cold weather has claimed hundreds of lives so far, and has left many cities and villages without water and electricity.

North Korea's Ryugyong hotel, described the worst building in the history of mankind, by Esquire magazine, is set to open partially for business this spring, 23 years behind the schedule, Yonhap news agency in Seoul reported.

British-Australian actress Naomi Watts will play the lead role in a movie which will focus on the last two years of Princess Diana, producers announced Thursday.

California Attorney General Kamala Harris, a veteran prosecutor with acute political instincts and a reputation for thick skin, gambled big in the settlement negotiations with banks over illegal foreclosures.

There's a whole lot of box-office promise in The Vow -- a romantic drama starring Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams on track to gross more than $30 million in North America this weekend.

Britain's Kate Middleton and her sister Pippa have bumped Lady Gaga off the international fashion map.

A Different Kind of Truth is a pretty ponderous name for a not very ponderous album -- Van Halen's first in 28 years with David Lee Roth as frontman. If they'd been in as cheeky a mood titling it as they were in recording it, maybe they could have gone with: 1985.

Adele may be a safe bet to clean up at Sunday's Grammy Awards, but if music fans think that means a night of few surprises, they should ask Justin Bieber.

Angry musicians will protest outside Sunday's Grammy Awards ceremony over a decision to cut 31 ethnic and minority musical categories from the music industry's top awards.

The Grammys in recent years have targeted young audiences even as older acts won key awards to the surprise of some music fans, but this Sunday's honors will shine its spotlight on Adele, whose popularity crosses all age boundaries.

Paul McCartney finally got his own star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame on Thursday, becoming the last of the four Beatles to get the honor.

Lady Gaga: Singer. Songwriter. Pioneer in meat-based attire. General curiosity. And now, social-media mogul in training.

Emily Cho Fall 2012 line of handbags will be everything you expect - luxurious, funky and multi-colored cool.