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Monday is National Cheesecake Day and you can celebrate this momentous (and delicious) occasion by stopping by The Cheesecake Factory, where the restaurant is debuting its Oreo Dream Extreme Cheesecake and slicing the prices of all their cheesecake desserts in half.

After considering formation of a strategic relationship for over a year now, Apple and Twitter are reportedly back in talks about Apple investing in the short-messaging service, Twitter, to gain a toehold in the social-media world. According to the New York Times, Apple is reportedly considering an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars in Twitter, which would raise Twitter's value to $10 billion -- more than $1.5 billion more than its valuation last year.

Even as NBC claimed that it registered record audience for its prime-time TV coverage of Olympic Games, the Twitter was flooded with complaints about the U.S. network's streaming efforts and broadcast delays of key competitions.

Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of online retailer Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN), and his wife Mackenzie Bezos have pledged $2.5 million to help defend same-sex marriage in Washington state. Will this move affect Amazon as did forays into the culture wars made by Chick-fil-A Inc., Kraft Foods Inc., and other companies?

When Brandi Chastain, a two-time Olympic gold medalist as a soccer player and the current color commentator on coverage of the U.S. women's soccer team, criticized player Rachel Buehler, there's no way she could have known she'd be entering a bit of a battle.

Jordyn Wieber, the defending world champion, was knocked out of the competition to win the all-around final in the women’s gymnastics event at this year's summer Olympics in London.

Just in case fans of "Arrested Development" feared they'd never see the Bluths in action again, the show's stars have taken to Twitter with photos to allay those fears.

Tech giant, Apple launched a new ad campaign during the Olympics 2012 Opening Ceremony featuring three separate commercials that seem to have earned more criticism than goodwill.

Brad Pitt dead? No, the actor was not killed in a snowboarding accident -- he's just the latest victim of a celebrity death hoax.

For better or for worse, Leryn Franco may be the best-known athlete to ever come from Paraguay. The 30-year-old is an accomplished javelin thrower who is competing in the 2012 London Olympics, but she's probably better known for her appearances atop so many "Hottest Athlete" lists.

After Odd Future member Frank Ocean came out with an account of his first love, a male, this month, responses to the rhythm-and-blues singer's acknowledgment of his sexuality have been overwhelmingly positive. With one notable exception: Chris Brown, another R&B singer.

As the sales of recorded music plummets with the rise of media piracy, the artist-fan relationship is getting personal.

Want to really understand the post-revolution process in Egypt? Look to the men who are passing judgments behind everyone's back.

Rowan Atkinson, who may be best known as the character "Mr. Bean," was the talk of the 2012 London Olympic opening ceremony after he sneezed, texted, prodded, and daydreamed his way through playing "Chariots of Fire."

Sir Kenneth Branagh dressed as Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the 2012 Olympics in London and read Caliban's speech from "The Tempest," but Americans who are unfamiliar with Isambard Kingdom Brunel got him confused with one of the most famous of U.S. presidents, Abraham Lincoln.

Comedian Dane Cook performed a set at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles on Thursday, when he made a joke about the movie-theater shootings in Aurora, Colo. The joke led to significant online criticism of Cook, even though he eventually apologized with a statement of remorse for his words.

The most popular thing in London right now -- besides the 2012 Olympic Games, of course -- is British Olympic diver Tom Daley, who just turned 18. Girls, mostly, have taken to Twitter to show their appreciation for the diver's skill set, as well as his physical assets.

Just when it appeared as it the Boston Red Sox season couldn't get any worse, it seems the costume of Fenway Park's beloved mascot "Wally the Green Monster" has been stolen. CBS Boston reported the theft occurred Friday between 2 and 3 p.m. EDT, and police think the suspect is wearing the costume.

Danny Boyle was in charge of the much anticipated opening ceremony for the 2012 London Olympics. The acclaimed director describes himself as a "just a story teller" on his Twitter page, but he had quite the story planned for the opening ceremony.

Tyler Perry paid tribute to trailblazing actor and "The Jeffersons" star Sherman Hemsley by posting a montage of clips of the groundbreaking thespian on his YouTube account following Hemsley's death.

Ever since the head of Valve slammed Windows 8 in a recent interview, content creators have questioned Microsoft’s upcoming operating system. But Valve isn’t the only video game industry force to feel opinionated on the matter. An executive at Blizzard Entertainment recently endorsed statements made by Gabe Newell that describe Windows 8 as “a catastrophe for everyone in the PC space.”