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View ArticleA Huge Clothing Factory Fire In Bangladesh Is Leading To Pressure On P Diddy
Activists urged US rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs Tuesday to push for better working conditions after revealing clothing for his fashion line was made in a Bangladeshi factory where 110 staff died in a...
View ArticleThe Fabulous Life Of Superstar Fashion Mogul Michael Kors
The name Michael Kors has been widely celebrated in the fashion industry for nearly three decades and shows no signs of falling out of vogue.In 2010, he received a lifetime achievement award from the...
View ArticleHere's How Tom Hardy Perfected Bane's Voice In 'The Dark Knight Rises'
As we revealed late last week, we've been making our way through the awesome "The Dark Knight Rises" Blu-ray special featuresOne favorite from the disc was finding out more about the origins of Tom...
View ArticleJon Stewart Called Warren Buffett One Of The 'Nicest Communists' You'll Ever...
Billionaire Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, and Fortune's Carol Loomis, the author of "Tap Dancing to Work," were on Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show" last night. Admittedly, we thought the...
View ArticleJeff Zucker Reportedly To Take The Reigns At Struggling CNN
A major shift is about to occur at CNN.Amid struggling ratings, the network is set to appoint a new leader of CNN Worldwide for the first time in a decade.Cue former NBCUniversal CEO and current...
View ArticleThe Artist Formerly Known As Snoop Dogg Plays Scrooge In An Adidas Ad [THE...
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:The artist formerly known as Snoop Dogg (he recently changed his rap surname to Lion) plays Ebenezer Scrooge in a new Adidas holiday campaign....
View ArticleWendy Williams' Massive Shoe Bill Allegedly Led To A Kidnapping In China
Wendy Williams, a radio personality who hosts a talk show on BET, allegedly failed to for pay for 12,140 pairs of shoes bearing her logo, the New York Daily news reported Monday.And the shoe factory...
View ArticleA 'Real Housewife Of Miami' Is Selling Her Gaudy Mansion For $10.75 Million
"Real Housewives of Miami" star Lisa Hochstein and her husband Lenny have listed their Miami Beach house for $10.75 million, according to celebrity real estate blogger The Real Estalker.The home has...
View Article'Price Is Right’ Model Wins $8.5 Million Prize In Pregnancy Lawsuit
A former model on the Price is Right won $8.5 million in a discrimination lawsuit that claimed the show refused to take her back after she returned from maternity leave.Along with several other sparkly...
View ArticleAdele's '21' Just Joined The Elite Diamond Status After Selling 10M...
Adele Has Sold 10 Million Copies of "21" — bringing the album to the very rare Diamond status. Only eight albums have gone Diamond within two years of release; the last to do so was 'N SYNC's "No...
View ArticleThe 40-Year Transformation Of How TLC Went From The Learning Channel To Home...
When did The Learning Channel stop teaching? We asked ourselves that after seeing a clip for the network's recently aired "Extreme Cougar Wives."The latest show from "The Learning Channel" follows...
View Article'Two And A Half Men' Teen Finally Apologizes For Slamming His Show
After "Two And A Half Men" star Angus T. Jones' remarks slamming his hit CBS show went viral earlier this week, the 19-year-old is finally apologizing for telling fans to stop watching his "filth.""I...
View ArticleEXPOSED: Here Are The Tricks That Fox News Uses To Manipulate Statistics On...
Jeff Leek at Simply Statistics has a great post that explains how Fox News presents data in a really tricky way.A lot of the issue comes in the way the data is presented. While most of the time the...
View ArticleSelita Ebanks Auditioned For The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show But Didn't...
Model Selita Ebanks is putting her past as a Victoria's Secret Angel behind her.Ebanks told New York Magazine that she tried out for the annual Fashion Show but didn't make it, despite recently being a...
View ArticleNielsen: This Is The Golden Age Of Television
The so-called Golden Age of Television technically started in the 1950s when droves of people started transitioning from radio to television.But at Business Insider's IGNITION conference today, Nielsen...
View ArticleMichelle Obama & Madonna Among GQ's 'Least Influential People Of 2012'
GQ magazine has just announced their list of "The Least Influential People of 2012" — "a collection of people so uninspiring that we should round them all up and stick them on an iceberg."While some,...
View ArticleMark Burnett's Former Business Partner Is Being Sued For Millions In...
Layne Leslie Britton, a financial consultant for "Survivor" filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court against friend and former show producer, Conrad Riggs. In the complaint, Britton...
View ArticleMeet The Rich And Famous Residents Of Malibu's Exclusive 'Billionaire's Beach'
Nicknamed "Billionaire's Beach," the Carbon Beach section of Malibu is home to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, entertainment mogul David Geffen, former Dodgers CEO Jamie McCourt, and other business...
View ArticleThe Rise of Gay Villains On Screen
Meet the new gay villains of television and film: If their wrists are bent, it's probably to cut someone's throat.Far from their limp-wristed, lisping predecessors, the modern-day villains of "Skyfall"...
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