SEOUL (Reuters Life!) – Thursday was not a good day to be a dog in South Korea. That’s because it was one of the three hottest days according to the Korean lunar calendar — and dog soup is one way to beat the heat. On "Chobok," people seeking to protect the body from [Continue]
• Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton sought a little alone time during a party for pal Kid Rock at the Hotel on Rivington. The newlyweds mingled with the crowd of nearly 200, before sneaking out, hand-in-hand, to a rooftop terrace to take in views of the New York skyline. Inside the bash, man-of-honor Kid [Continue]
A man navigates through the new iPad 2, April 2011. An enterprising Chinese man has … An enterprising Chinese man has come up with a solution for gadget-crazy people who desperately want Apple’s popular iPad tablet computer but cannot afford it — DIY. In a 20-minute video posted on Youku — the Chinese YouTube equivalent [Continue]
Winning a new role … Charlie Sheen TROUBLED Charlie Sheen is planning his TV comeback in a show based on the 2003 Jack Nicholson comedy movie Anger Management. Sheen, 45, has not worked since being sacked in March from hit CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men. He was the highest-paid TV actor, earning £1.1million [Continue]
Marge Simpson … nope, it’s Lady GaGa Yesterday Gaga sported a similarly baggy beige outfit with platforms and green hair for a press conference in Singapore. She has been credited with helping give the US music industry a boost after it was announced album sales had risen over the past six months, the first time [Continue]
Chaka Khan hasn’t been paying the rent on her New Jersey home and now she’s facing legal action over her missed payments. According to reports the singer and her sister Tammy McCrary signed a contract to lease a mansion in Watchung for two weeks during June but failed to pay for their time at the [Continue]
Yao Ming has announced his decision to retire from the NBA at the age of 30. Yao was the No. 1 overall pick in 2002 by the Rockets. Yao was a dominant center when healthy, as evidenced by his career averages — 19.0 points, 9.3 rebounds, 1.6 blocks, and just 1.4 turnovers per [Continue]
Fashionista Pippa Middleton knows what she likes and sticks with it, whether it’s dresses or dates. Like her stylish sister the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton, Pippa has started recycling outfits, showing off her tanned and toned legs at Wimbledon in a black knit Tania dress, the same dress she wore in white knit [Continue]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Six weeks after Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed he had fathered a child out of wedlock, his wife Maria Shriver filed divorce papers Friday to end their marriage of 25 years. The former television journalist and Kennedy family heir cited irreconcilable differences but offered no additional details about the breakup. She also did [Continue]
Anna Chapman got her revenge yesterday against the double agent in Moscow who betrayed her and nine fellow Russian spies in the United States. The flame-haired ex-agent testified against Col. Alexander Poteyev, who was tried in absentia for tipping off US intelligence about the spy ring and prompting their arrest in June [Continue]
