After a tumultuous three-year celebrity marriage, actress and singer Jessica Simpson filed for divorce on Friday from her husband, former pop star Nick Lachey, citing irreconcilable differences. The 25-year-old Dukes of Hazzard star, whose split with Lachey, 32, late last month triggered a tabloid frenzy, filed divorce papers in Los Angeles Superior Court under her married name, Jessica Simpson Lachey, and asked that her name be changed back to Simpson.
Grammy-winning singer Lou Rawls has been diagnosed with cancer and was being treated at a Los Angeles hospital, his spokesman said on Friday. "He was diagnosed with cancer a while back and he's undergone various treatments," Paul Shefrin said, adding that the illness became public in an Arizona court where the 70-year-old crooner was seeking an annulment of his marriage.
Actress Teri Hatcher won substantial libel damages on Friday from a British newspaper that alleged she used a camper van outside her home to have sex with a series of men. The Desperate Housewives star, 41, who first found fame as Lois Lane in the 1990s television show The New Adventures of Superman, will also receive a public apology from Britain's Daily Sport tabloid which published the story.
Echoing their song You Never Give Me Your Money, The Beatles have sued record company EMI Group, claiming that they are owed $53.1 million in royalties after negotiations broke down. Apple, the company owned by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and the families of John Lennon and George Harrison, said on Friday that an audit determined that EMI had not been fulfilling the terms of its contract.
Rock 'n' roll iconoclast Prince, who spent years clashing with the music establishment, has signed a recording deal with the world's largest record company, proudly noting last week that he wrote up his own agreement without legal advice. Universal Music Group will release his next album, 3121, sometime next year through its Universal Records imprint, the parties said.
Celebrity hotel heiress Paris Hilton has won the worst-dressed woman of the year award given out annually to fur-loving celebrities by the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
"Now we know what happens to all of Paris Hilton's cast-off pets," the animal-rights group said of the fur-wearing, partying heiress in its annual worst-dressed list.
Hilton's little dog, a Chihuahua called Tinkerbell, went missing last year for a week.
Other celebrities on the list included Kimberly Stewart, Tara Reid and reality-show stars Lisa Gastineau and Victoria Gotti.
George Michael said Thursday he will attend next week's wedding of fellow gay pop icon Elton John and will probably tie the knot himself in June under Britain's new civil partnership law.
In a new gesture of conciliation since a public spat, the British singer said he and his fiance Kenny Goss will take part in Wednesday's small wedding reception in Windsor, west of London, between John and David Furnish.
As for his own marriage plans, Michael said he and Goss had not set a date.
"I don't want a wedding as such but I think we will probably sign the papers on our 10th anniversary which is in June," Michael, 42, told a news conference in Tokyo with Goss watching on.
John last year openly criticized Michael for not performing more, leading to a testy feud between two of the world's most prominent gay entertainers.
Under the Civil Partnership Act, British gays and lesbians can enter civil partnerships from December 21 that give them the same rights as heterosexual couples.
Michael saluted both the law and the growing number of openly gay entertainers as a sign of greater tolerance in Britain.
Filipino superstar Nora Aunor, who was arrested in Los Angeles earlier this year for methamphetamine possession, has asked to enter a drug diversion program to clear the charges, prosecutors said on Thursday.
Aunor sought permission from a judge earlier this week to enter the one-year program, which calls for a judge to dismiss the charges if a defendant fulfills certain requirements, which typically include substance abuse treatment.
When nature calls, Masana Izawa has followed the same routine for more than 50 years: heading out to the woods in Japan, dropping his pants and doing as bears do. “We survive by eating other living things. But you can give faeces back to nature so that organisms in the soil can decompose them,” the 74-year-old said. “This means you are giving life back. What could be a more sublime act?” “Fundo-shi” (“poop-soil master”) Izawa is something of a celebrity in Japan, publishing books, delivering lectures and appearing in a documentary. People flock to his “Poopland” and centuries-old wooden “Fundo-an” (“poop-soil house”) in
Jan 13 to Jan 19 Yang Jen-huang (楊仁煌) recalls being slapped by his father when he asked about their Sakizaya heritage, telling him to never mention it otherwise they’ll be killed. “Only then did I start learning about the Karewan Incident,” he tells Mayaw Kilang in “The social culture and ethnic identification of the Sakizaya” (撒奇萊雅族的社會文化與民族認定). “Many of our elders are reluctant to call themselves Sakizaya, and are accustomed to living in Amis (Pangcah) society. Therefore, it’s up to the younger generation to push for official recognition, because there’s still a taboo with the older people.” Although the Sakizaya became Taiwan’s 13th
Earlier this month, a Hong Kong ship, Shunxin-39, was identified as the ship that had cut telecom cables on the seabed north of Keelung. The ship, owned out of Hong Kong and variously described as registered in Cameroon (as Shunxin-39) and Tanzania (as Xinshun-39), was originally People’s Republic of China (PRC)-flagged, but changed registries in 2024, according to Maritime Executive magazine. The Financial Times published tracking data for the ship showing it crossing a number of undersea cables off northern Taiwan over the course of several days. The intent was clear. Shunxin-39, which according to the Taiwan Coast Guard was crewed
For anyone on board the train looking out the window, it must have been a strange sight. The same foreigner stood outside waving at them four different times within ten minutes, three times on the left and once on the right, his face getting redder and sweatier each time. At this unique location, it’s actually possible to beat the train up the mountain on foot, though only with extreme effort. For the average hiker, the Dulishan Trail is still a great place to get some exercise and see the train — at least once — as it makes its way
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