BUSINESS
February 15, 2013 | By Salvador Rodriguez
Sony is set to make a PlayStation announcement next week, but a picture of what's believed to be the controller for the rumored PlayStation 4 has already hit the Web. A photo posted on video game news website Destructoid shows a controller similar to the PlayStation's DualShock control, which has been used since the late 1990s. But there's one key difference: The controller in the picture seems to have a touch screen. Other differences include a blue pad or light at the top of the controller, which some believe could be a motion sensor.
ENTERTAINMENT
February 14, 2013 | By Christie D'Zurilla
You know the Hugh Jackman rumor: The married, muscled actor is supposedly gay, according to - well, according to your friend who has a friend who is certain he's gay. Jackman sang a different tune to the Hollywood Reporter in an article published Wednesday that goes into detail about the actor's life, weight, work, friends and more. It also mentions the gay rumors. Turns out the person most upset by the rumors is Jackman's wife of 16 years, Deborra-Lee Furness. "Just recently, it bugs her," he told the mag, explaining that she uses the Internet more than he does.
NEWS
February 12, 2013 | By Susan Denley
Rihanna wore lots and lots of rings at the 55th Grammy Awards on Sunday, but the one on the third finger of her left hand set off alarm bells in some quarters. That and the fact that she was snuggling with Chris Brown. Could she be engaged to Brown, her sometime boyfriend and one-time abuser? No, apparently this ring was just a ring, part of more than $2 million worth of baubles on loan from jeweler Neil Lane for the occasion. [E!] Energetic fashion designer Betsey Johnson is known for performing cartwheels at the end of her shows.
SPORTS
February 11, 2013 | By Chuck Schilken
Percy Harvin wants to get paid. And judging by the way folks on the Internet reacted to rumors that the Minnesota Vikings receiver is on the trading block, he probably will get big money somewhere. But will it happen before or after things get ugly -- or uglier -- in Minnesota. According to Pro Football Talk, Harvin is prepared to stay away from off-season workouts and training camp if he doesn't receive a contract extension, which would presumably pay him a lot more than the $2.9 million he is slated to make in the final year of his rookie contract next season.
SPORTS
February 9, 2013
Either way, he won't make the playoffs Dallas forward Shawn Marion , on the possibility of being traded to another bad team: "If I'm going to get traded, they're going to tell me what's going on and where I'm going. Because if I'm going to a . . . situation, I'm not going. It's just that simple. " Waiting to exhale Miami forward Chris Andersen , on the all-out effort he gives the Heat: "No matter the situation, I'm just going to keep on playing until I'm out of breath.
SPORTS
February 4, 2013 | By Houston Mitchell
May May Ali, Muhammad Ali's daughter, said that contrary to reports, her father is not near death and that he watched the Super Bowl on Sunday. "He's fine; in fact, he was talking well this morning," she said in a telephone interview with the Associated Press on Sunday. "These rumors pop up every once in a while but there's nothing to them. " The rumors were started by a report in a British tabloid quoting Ali's brother, Rahman, as saying the former heavyweight champion was near death.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
February 1, 2013 | By David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Friday that he plans to stay mayor until the end of his term June 30, an announcement aimed at ending talk of him taking a post as President Obama's secretary of Transportation. "I have said many times that I will be focused on my job as mayor of Los Angeles until 11:59 and 59 seconds on June 30, 2013," Villaraigosa said in a prepared statement. "I am flattered and humbled by the speculation that has included my name for a possible Cabinet secretary position, but I am firmly committed to remaining in L.A. and finishing my term.
ENTERTAINMENT
January 31, 2013 | By Nardine Saad, This post has been updated. See note below.
Beyonce is previewing her Super Bowl halftime show Thursday but she's likely to face a different kind of music over her alleged lip synching performance at the presidential inauguration earlier this month. The "Single Ladies" singer will be involved in a pre-game press conference at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans on Thursday where she'll likely address claims from the Marine Band that she wasn't actually singing her rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" live, according to the Associated Press.
ENTERTAINMENT
January 31, 2013 | By Nardine Saad
Sharon Stone and her boyfriend confused quite a few gossip watchers Thursday. The "Basic Instinct" actress, 54, and Martin Mica, 27, were said to be heading to splitsville but showed up all smiley and holding hands despite breakup rumors. Life & Style reported exclusively Thursday that Stone and her much younger Argentinian beau split, according to an unnamed source. The couple, who were photographed over the summer getting hot and heavy on Venice Beach, had been dating for eight months.
SPORTS
January 28, 2013 | by Houston Mitchell
Bradley Cooper says all that talk of him playing Lance Armstrong in a movie version of the disgraced cyclist's life is just that, talk. “Oh my God, that's so nuts!” he said. “I was in Manchester, doing the BBC morning show . . . I had no idea what [the interviewer] was talking about. I didn't even know that J.J. [Abrams] has the rights, I had no idea. I don't know anything about it.” Last week, he told BBC News that he was interested in playing Armstrong in a movie version.