TV queen (not the drag kind)Oprah Winfrey said that she was” profoundly disappointed” after a Johannesburg court exonerated a former employee of Oprah Winfrey ’s school based in South Africa facing prosecution for abusing young girls. Virginia Makopo was facing charges of sex abuse of minors, reportedly having assaulted numerous kids.
Oprah Winfrey set up the school, named after her ,to promote the education of impoverished girls. Her dream institution, the Girls Leadership Academy, is now under a cloud over the Virginia Makopo case. Oprah applauded the …

In a series on jinxes that brought to mind the build-up to Casino Royale when piles on Aston Martins took a bashing when they plunged to the water in accidents, or suffered a crash, the shooting ofTransformers 3 suffered another setback. Some are calling it the star struck Megan Fox syndrome.
The Bumblebee stunt car crashed into a police car in a SUV accident in the latest accident, prior to which Gabriella Cedillo , a 24 year old actress who was a stuntwoman extra on the sets, was reportedly forced …

If looks like the Friends gang all have their fairytale marriages in tatters. Years after Jen Aniston had her home with Brad Pitt gatecrashed into by pouty siren Anjelina Jolie, Courteney Cox, after 11 years of being married to David Arquette, called it quits acknowledging that their relationship has had more than its fair share of rough patches.
Courteney Cox conceived what was hailed as miracle-baby Coco with Arquette, and the youngster is all of 6 years now. The Hollywood pair admitted in a statement that they had been …

Remember the 1492 etching by artist Jan van der Staert which had ‘Columbus discovering America’? Here the body of primeval America is offered up as a body to be possessed, sprawled on a hammock before conquistador Columbus, manfully dressed head to foot . The man widely credited as having discovered America never foot on it, but claimed Bahamas for the Spanish crown on a loot trip funded by Spain’s Ferdinand …

48-year-old former NFL running back Herschel Walker who has always been a physical specimen has recently bared all and posed nude for ESPN the Magazine’s “Body Issue.”
Herschel Walker is a winner of the Heisman Trophy, two- time awardee in Pro-Bowler, Hall-of-Famer in College Football, an undefeated Mixed-Martial-Artist, track-and-field start and also an Olympic Bobsledder.
Walker has maintained his terrific physique by consistently continuing with his tenacious workouts and the outcome is evident in the recent bare all photo. The daily workouts of Walker include 750 to 1,000 sit-ups and 2,000 push-ups …

Columbus Day Parade NYC 2010: New York will be having a parade as part of the annual Columbus Day celebrations on October 11, 2010 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. It will mark the 66th anniversary of the Columbus Day parade which will take place from the 47th street to the 72nd street.
Around 35,000 marchers and 100 bands will participate in the parade. Different kinds of music and entertainment will take part in the parade featuring floats, folk dancers and singers and many things to eat and drink.
Vintage car lovers …

With red tags of “It’s all about me/ I mean you / I mean me” strategically placed over her nude pic, Kim Kardashian has posing nude for W. It was not a case of once bitten twice shy for the curvy starlet who had earlier regretted being a Playboy centrefold in the buff. No wonder she calls herself the mose indecisive person ever to have walked the earth. And the most dishy, may we say.
Kim Kardashian says that it is all in the name of art, with this …

Columbus Day is celebrated in the memory of Christopher Columbus, who according to the Europeans discovered America. Every year the second Monday of October is celebrated as Columbus Day, this year that being on October 11. Some banks and offices remain closed on this day providing party time and vacation to many people while others remain open. So the obvious question in everyone’s mind is whether banks are open on that day.
Some banks remain open on this day in spite of Columbus Day being considered to be a “bank holiday”.
The …

Reports from a website (Deadspin) that Brett Favre had sent nude pictures to Jenn Sterger, the then sideline reporter with the Jets when Favre was the quarterback has spread like wild fire. Though Favre refused to comment the NFL decided to investigate into the matter. The scandal investigation headed to new directions after revelations of two other women who happened to be the Jets’ massage therapists to whom Favre had allegedly sent lewd messages.
Reportedly, Favre had apologised to his teammates when he met them at the team hotel in New …

Whoever said “Stick and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me” needs to do a serious rethink. At a Philadelphia rally this weekend, a naked author lobbed his own book at President Obama , who appeared to be unaware of the missile that just missed him by inches, on the Vernon Park stage.
After an amazingly agile duck from Prez Bush in Iraq when an irate man hurled a shoe at him( not the kind of sprightliness you expect from a man who needs an instruction manual …