CULTURE

As Indie labels attempt to grasp what SOPA means to them, there is an answer that lies along a polar divide.

Snooki is free to binge drink without worrying about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Frankie Cocozza, the runner-up of Celebrity Big Brother, has his sights set on certain blond starlet. Cocozza proclaimed to OK! magazine that he plans to make ex-Friends star his Jennifer Aniston his girlfriend.

After the shocking (or not so shocking) news broke that the singer would not be returning to the show, there have been debates over whether she really deserved to leave and why.

Newt Gingrich dreams of Brad Pitt playing him in a Hollywood movie one day.

You may be hearing Nicki Minaj's latest single on the radio, but don't count on catching the music video any time soon. At least not on BET, that is. TMZ reported that the network banned Minaj's Stupid Hoe video- dubbing it as just too explicit for TV.

Claremont McKenna College, a prestigious liberal arts school in California, has admitted inflating the SAT exam scores of students in order to boost its standing in national school rankings.

Don Cornelius, the creator of Soul Train, was found dead in his Sherman Oaks, Calif., home Wednesday morning. In the past few years the music-industry legend has faced a tumultuous time with his health and his personal relationships, including that with his second wife Viktoria Chapman-Cornelius.

Mike Kelley, a Los Angeles-based artist, was found dead at his home in South Pasadena on Wednesday, from an apparent suicide, according to reports. He was 57.

Suzanne Greenaway, the coroner who oversaw the Amy Winehouse death examination, resigned in November, after authorities found out she lacked the proper credentials. The resignation was made public Wednesday. Now the late star's family is thinking of asking for a new investigation.

Actor and author Hill Harper has a new gig: publishing executive.

Rivers visited a medical marijuana dispenser for help with her anxiety

Heidi Klum might regret dishing any info on her private life these days. An interview with InStyle magazine has just been released where Klum gushes about husband Seal and renewing their wedding vows. Even the cover headline reads, Seal knows how to handle me.

Drake did not apologize for dissing fellow rapper Common in “Stay Schemin,” but he did retract from some harsh words he said about Kobe Bryant’s soon-to-be-ex-wife, Vanessa Bryant.

Simon Cowell has reached out to Beyonce Knowles as well as Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry and others to be new judges on X-Factor.

Leslie Carter, 25, passed away on Tuesday.

Greg Brooks, a shipwreck hunter from Sub Sea Research, in Gorham, Maine, and his crew are targeting a $3 billion platinum treasure on a sunken World War II merchant ship destroyed by a German U-boat off Cape Cod.

30 Rock star Alec Baldwin showed off his dramatic weight loss at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles, shedding 30 pounds in four months through his new diet. But how did he do it?

A group of trekkers from South Africa reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro on Saturday ... barefoot.

Melanie Iglesias, a New York-native and winner of Maxim's Hometown Hottie in 2010, has tempted fans with a Valentine 's Day contest. On Wednesday the brunette beauty tweeted to her 83,000-plus followers Is anyone still without a Valentine? Let me know!

The Avengers are going to the Super Bowl.

The top 2012 concert tours have been announced, and ticket sales records may be broken with this year's line-up, which includes everyone from Bruce Springsteen and Van Halen to Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber.

While many celebrities like Kristin Cavallari, Hilary Duff, Jennifer Garner, and Alyson Hannigan are openly celebrating their pregnancies, some stars bellies are only rumored to be growing. Angelina Jolie, Snooki, Jennifer Aniston, Rosie O'Donnell and Catherine Zeta Jones are all celebrities whose pregnancy is purely speculation. So let's break down the invisible baby bump.

Leonardo da Vinci's ink drawing of 'Vitruvian Man' that is famed for its symbolic connection of man and universe, could have been copied from an earlier drawing by Da Vinci's associate Giacomo Andrea da Ferrara, according to an Italian architectural historian.

Last night the Korean Invasion picked up steam when the young Korean women who form Korean Pop (K-Pop) super group Girls' Generation sang and danced on David Letterman’s stage while computerized pop music and a flashy lights show accompanied them. This morning they performed on Live with Regis and Kelly!

The Portland, Ore. down-tempo art-pop quartet Blouse plays 285 Kent in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York on Jan. 31, 2012. It was the band’s third New York City-area show and the last U.S. stop before an extensive European tour. Blouse released a full-length record on boutique New York label Captured Tracks on Nov. 1 2011. The band has also released music with famed Seattle label Sub-Pop.

Snooki is pregnant? That is what a new report in Star magazine says. However, the Jersey Shore star denied all the rumors Wednesday morning.

Brand has reportedly had his eye on Zooey for a long time.

DC Entertainment announced Wednesday that it will publish a prequel series of comic-books that precede the Watchmen stories written by Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons, and now compiled as a graphic novel.