Abstract expressionist painter Helen Frankenthaler died in her home on Wednesday after a long illness. The famous painter behind 'Mountains and Sea' was 83.
At midnight on Thursday, Dec. 29, Samoa’s calendar will leap ahead to Saturday Dec. 31 as it redraws the international dateline to move to the western side after over a century on the east.
Katy Perry dominated this year and had the whole world seeing Fireworks. Here is a look back at the singer's style evolution in 2011.
It seems actor Jim Carrey, 49, has gotten over his creepy crush on actress Emma Stone, 23. Perhaps a young Russian blonde named Anastasia Vitkina had something to do with it.
Katy Perry and Russell Brand's marriage might be on shaky ground. The couple, who have been married since October 2010, was seen apart during the Christmas holidays this year. Are the couple headed for divorce after an alleged massive fight?
Pop icon Lady Gaga will join Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the 2012 countdown taking place in New York City's Times Square.
Rumors of a potential spilt between Twilight stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson have been crushed, after US Weekly revealed the actress bought her on-screen boyfriend two vintage guitars worth $12,000 for Christmas.
The ballots are in the mail.
Fast Five, Hangover II and Thor were among the most-pirated movies of 2011, according to a new list from the blog TorrentFreak. But some of the year's other biggest grossers at the global box office -- including the latest Pirates movie -- are notably absent from the top 10.
Despite the fact that The Darkest Hour was smuggled into U.S. theaters on Christmas Day with no advance press screenings, I went in full of residual holiday good cheer, prepared to give this sci-fi movie the benefit of the doubt that all B-movies deserve.
Actor Jeremy Renner scuffed around Hollywood for a decade before his career took off in 2009 when he was nominated for an Oscar in his starring role in the bomb-disposal war drama The Hurt Locker.
If you've ever been to a gay and lesbian film festival, you've seen the story a million times -- teen hides sexuality from closed-minded parents, sneaks into a gay bar, finds true love, moves to the big city, dances to house music under the closing credits.
Cheetah the Chimp, co-star of the 1930s Tarzan films with Johnny Weissmuller and one of the world's oldest chimpanzees, has died in Florida. He was thought to be about 80 years old.
Victoria's Secret supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio is pregnant again with her second child. She is reportedly four months along, which means she was pregnant while working the Victoria's Secret runway last month.
Snooki took time this holiday season to flaunt her new 98-pound figure with a series of glamor shots for her Twitter fans.
Around this time of year, wanderlust travelers raise a Champagne glass and spin the globe in search of the next great destination for the coming year. What will be the top destinations in 2012? Have a look:
Shriver is reportedly having difficulty with the idea of breaking her marriage vows.
U.S. painter Helen Frankenthaler, who poured thinned pigments directly onto untreated canvas to create ethereal fields of color seen as seminal works in the development of abstract expressionism, died at her home in Darien, Connecticut, on Monday evening at the age of 83.
VH1's Love & Hip Hop 2 took a turn for the worse in the sixth episode when the show's newest star, Erica Mena, broke into a vicious fight with Kimbella Vanderhee. Mena blames VH1 for the incident and believes it will hurt her future career.
Topshop previews the eight top trends for spring 2012.
The next group of movers and shakers also include Felicity Jones, Andrew Garfield and Juno Temple.
Reports of Beyonce giving birth are now everywhere. Several news reports are that nurses and security at New York's St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital have been alerted that they need to prepare for a high-profile client.
The Muslim Brotherhood's party, leading in a parliamentary election, wants to boost tourist numbers to Egypt and will not take steps that would harm the industry, a party official told a rally in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
Legendary singer Barbara Cook, 84, was among the five artists who received a 2011 Kennedy Center Honors this week. The other recipients include Neil Diamond, Yo-Yo Ma, Sonny Rollins and Meryl Streep.
Australian supermodel and Victoria's Secret angel Miranda Kerr looks stunning in a new fashion ad campaign by Swiss fashion brand Bally.
Abercrombie and Fitch's Ashley Push-Up Triangle bikini has been dubbed the worst product flop of 2011.
Oh Baby! A very pregnant Beyonce is reportedly getting ready to check in to a New York Hospital to give birth any minute now, according to multiple reports. Beyonce confirmed in September that she was six months pregnant, so she would be due around this time.
Pakistani model and actress Veena Malik has reportedly admitted that her nude FHM photoshoot was a mistake.
Kate Moss, Milla Jovovich, Lara Stone and several other models have posed topless for 2012 Pirellie Calendar.
A herd of Siberian tigers chased and snatched away live chicken fed to them from a tourist safari bus at the Siberian Tiger Forest Park in Harbin, China on Tuesday.