Royal Wedding Coverage

Royal Wedding Coverage is the Overblown

Everything is way too focused on Royal Wedding right now. The coverage by outlets like CBS News, ABC and NBC is off the charts ridiculous. They’re analyzing Kate Middleton’s dress, talking about the crazy hats and how beautiful everyone looks. Except here’s the thing: it doesn’t matter at all.
 

Technology has helped make the Royal Wedding one of the most talked about events of the recent memory. You can just follow along on Twitter without watching a second of it and know what’s going on. You can get visuals on what Kate’s dress and the crazy hats look like. But does America really care?

Ron Paul

Ron Paul: Donald Trump is ‘desperate’

Rep. Ron Paul said Monday that Donald Trump is the ‘desperate’ for attention.

Mr. Paul, who is expected to announce the formation of a presidential exploratory committee Tuesday, said Monday that Mr. Trump’s pursuit of the President Barack Obama’s birth certificate shows how “desperate” he is for attention.

“I understand he has sent out some detectives to find out,” Mr. Paul said. “I haven’t invested in any of that, so I guess I’ll have to see what he does.” Mr. Paul added that Mr. Trump’s speculation over Mr. Obama’s birth certificate is likely a bid for attention as the NY Republican considers a run for president.

No Strings Attached

No Strings Attached is a 2011 American romantic comedy film starring Academy Award winner Natalie Portman and the Ashton Kutcher. The film is directed by Ivan Reitman. Emma (Portman) and Adam (Kutcher) are friends who have sex one morning and worry about their friendship being ruined. They make a pact to have "no strings attached", to have casual sex without falling in love with each other. The film was released in the US and Canada on January 21, 2011.

Peeps

Peeps are marshmallow candies, sold in the US and Canada, that are shaped into chicks, bunnies, and the other animals. There are also different shapes used for various holidays. Peeps are used primarily to fill Easter baskets, though recent ad campaigns tout the candy as "Peeps - Always in Season". They are made from marshmallow, corn syrup, gelatin, and carnauba wax.

Nola

Nola is a city and comune of Campania, southern Italy, in province of Naples, situated in the plain between Mount Vesuvius and the Apennines. It is served by the Circumvesuviana railway from Naples.

Nola in Bronze Age times was the site of a settlement that has yielded evidence of the destructive power of an eruption by the Mount Vesuvius between 1700 BC and 1600 BC the Avellino eruption. Excavations revealed extensive evidence of a small village abandoned quickly by its occupants at the time of the eruption so that a wide range of pottery and other artifacts were left behind to survive with the imprint of buildings in the mud from the eruption.

Hard Boiled Eggs

Boiled eggs are eggs cooked by immersion in boiling water with their shells unbroken. Eggs cooked in water without their shells are known as poached eggs, while eggs cooked below the boiling temperature, either with or without the shell, are known as coddled eggs. Hard-boiled eggs are either boiled long enough for the egg white and then the egg yolk to solidify, or they are left in hot water to cool down, which will gradually solidify them, while a soft-boiled egg yolk, and sometimes even the white, remains at least partially liquid.

Carol Burnett

Carol Burnett born April 26, 1933 is an American actress, comedienne, singer, dancer and writer. Burnett started her career in NY. After becoming a hit on Broadway, she made her tv debut. After successful appearances on The Garry Moore Show, Carol moved to Los Angeles and began an eleven-year run on The Carol Burnett Show which was aired on CBS television from 1967 to 1978. With roots in vaudeville, The Carol Burnett Show was a variety show which combined comedy sketches, song, and dance. 

Dukan Diet

'Dukan Diet': Eat Meat The Lose Weight

The new diet craze -- the Dukan Diet -- claims dramatic results without requiring dieters to the count calories or go hungry.  In fact, the diet is so promising it may be fit for a future queen.

Kate Middleton -- who will marry Britain's Prince William on April 29 -- has lost so much weight, tabloids speculate she's been shrinking not from pre-wedding jitters, but the Dukan Diet.  Buckingham Palace denies the report.

Gonorrhea

Gonorrhea is a common sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The usual symptoms in men are burning with urination and penile discharge. Women, on the other hand, are asymptomatic half the time or have vaginal discharge and pelvic pain. In both men and women if gonorrhea is left untreated, it may spread locally causing epididymitis or pelvic inflammatory disease or throughout the body, affecting joints and heart valves.

Gretchen Rossi

The Real Housewives of Orange County

The 5 original housewives were Kimberly Bryant, Jo De La Rosa, Vicki Gunvalson, Jeana Keough and Lauri Waring. Season 1 consisted of eight episodes, including the reunion. The show's second season premiered on January 16, 2007. Four of the five original housewives returned, with the exception of Kimberly Bryant who was replaced by Tammy Knickerbocker. 

Season 2 consisted of ten episodes, including the reunion. Season three opened with Tammy Knickerbocker's replacement Tamra Barney and consisted of 12 episodes, including the reunion. Additionally, midway through this season, a 6th housewife was introduced to the cast, Quinn Fry. With the introduction of Barney and Fry and Waring's move to San Juan Capistrano, the scope of the show widened its narrow focus that used to emphasize the privilege and exclusivity of living in gated Coto de Caza to purport the general luxury and materialism of living in the Orange County environment. 

Evangeline Lilly

Evangeline Lilly born August 3, 1979 is a Canadian actress, best known for her role as Kate Austen in the ABC drama, Lost.

Evangeline Lilly was born in the Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada, to a devout Protestant family. Her father is an economics teacher, and her mother is a secretary at Sandy Hill Elementary. Lilly also has 2 sisters. Her youngest sister, Andrea, has been described by Evangeline as "the actor in the family.

Living Social

LivingSocial is a privately run social commerce company, whose group buying program invites nearly 24 million subscribers to save at the least 50% percent each day at nearby restaurants, spas, sporting events, hotels and other local attractions in more than 250 markets and in 12 countries worldwide. The international brand and social buying company is based in Washington, D.C.. LivingSocial is the fastest growing company in the group buying space, close behind Groupon as social commerce leader.

LivingSocial was founded as Hungry Machine in 2007 by 4 employees from Revolution Health. The company first gained notoriety for their Visual Bookshelf application on Facebook which allowed users to catalog and share their favorite books with friends. Later, the company released Pick Your 5 and other Polls applications, making LivingSocial the number one application developer on Facebook as measured by page views. LivingSocial launched a daily deals business, which since has become its highest grossing venture to date. The company released its first daily deal on July 27, 2009, for the restaurant Zengo in DC’s Chinatown. LivingSocial is a deal-of-the-day website and is a key competitor to market leader Groupon.

Most recently, LivingSocial completed a $400 million round of funding. Investors said the latest round values LivingSocial at $3 billion. The company is currently booking $1 million a day and is projected to book in excess of $500 million in revenue in 2011 and nearly double its market presence.

Amazon On January 19, 2010 LivingSocial ran a deal with Amazon, which offered LivingSocial subscribers a $20 Gift Card for just $10. The deal was available nationwide and attracted 1.4 million purchases.

Fandango On March 2, 2011 Living Social offered two tickets for $9 via Fandango’s ticket service for any movie; LivingSocial sold 1 million tickets in 2 days, 780,000 tickets on the first day alone.

Windows Update

Windows Update is a service provided by Microsoft that provides updates for the Microsoft Windows operating system and its installed components the including Internet Explorer. An optional feature disables access to Windows Update, enabling instead access to the Microsoft Update, an expanded version of the service which provides updates not just for the operating system and Internet Explorer, but also for other Microsoft software running under Windows, such as Microsoft Office, Windows Live applications, and Microsoft Expression Studio. Updates are normally provided over an Internet connection, although there is provision for updates to be installed on computers without an Internet connection.

Capital One Online Banking

Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE: COF) is a U.S. based bank holding company specializing in credit cards, home loans, auto loans, banking, and savings products. A member of the Fortune 500, the company helped pioneer the mass marketing of credit cards in the early 1990s, and it is now the 4th largest customer of the US Postal Service and has the 8th largest deposit portfolio in the United States. It has its corporate offices in Tysons Corner, unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, near McLean.

Yuri Gagarin

First human space flight celebrated

Yuri Gagarin (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the 1st human to the journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961.

It will be marked by ceremonies and a 50-gun salute at the Kremlin in Moscow.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said it was a "revolutionary" event that changed the world.

Barracuda

The barracuda is a ray-finned fish known for its large size and the fearsome appearance. Its body is long, fairly compressed, and covered with small, smooth scales. Some species could reach up to 1.8m in length and 30 cm in width. The barracuda is a salt water fish of the genus Sphyraena, the only genus in the family Sphyraenidae, and is found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.

The Vault

From The Vault: Blu Cantrell – ‘Hit ‘Em Up Style (Oops!)’

Blu Cantrell born Tiffany Cobb on March 16, 1976 is an American R&B and the soul singer-songwriter.

This week’s From The Vault comes from one of the most notable 1-hit wonders of the US. Blu Cantrell released ‘Hit ‘Em Up Style (Oops!)’ as the first single from her debut album, ‘So Blu’, in 2001. Written and produced by Dallas Austin, the song remains her only top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #2.

Animoto

Animoto is a web application that produces videos from user-selected photos, video clips and music.

Animoto analyzes the provided photos, video clips and music, using them to the generate a video similar to a trailer. According to the website, the song is analyzed, producing a unique video every time. The site also claims that no two videos are ever the same.

By November 2009, 1 million users had registered at Animoto. Their iPhone application has been installed 300,000 times and two million Facebook users have used the Animoto Facebook application. One year prior, in August 2008.

Gerard Way

Gerard Arthur Way born April 9, 1977 is an American musician and comic book writer who has served as lead vocalist and co-founder of the band My Chemical Romance since its formation in 2001. He is also the writer of Eisner Award-winning comic book The Umbrella Academy.

As My Chemical Romance walked onto the stage, there were no large curtains shielding them from view.

Frontman Gerard Way was not wheeled out on a gurney, clad in a hospital gown with an IV in his arm. In fact, no member of the band was in a costume.

Tina Fey

Tina Fey Announces Pregnancy!

The women from 30 Rock are definitely in “the family way” and very talented Tina Fey is no exception! Tina announced the pregnancy of her second child and now joins the ranks of cast mates, Jane Krakowski who is due later this month and Elizabeth Banks who recently became a mom via surrogate.

When Tina appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show yesterday for a taping to air next Thursday, according to CTV News, she announced that she’s already 5 months pregnant! Timing couldn’t be more appropriate since the 40-year-old comedian has a five-year-old daughter and is currently promoting her new book, Bossypants.

Excerpts from the book show that perhaps having another child was already on her creative mind. As per CTV News, in the book Tina writes, “I thought that raising an only child would be the norm in Manhattan, but my daughter is the only child in her class without a sibling. Most kids have at least two.”

She adds, “Who will be my daughter’s family when my husband and I are dead from stress-induced cankers? She must have a sibling.”

Lebron James

LeBron obtains Liverpool shares in the marketing deal

LeBron James is getting into football, receiving a small piece of Liverpool after aligning with owners of the Boston Red Sox.

Fenway Sports Management signed James and the company he helped create, LRMR, to a long-term deal to secure marketing and sponsorship opportunities.

As part of the deal, the NBA's 2-time reigning MVP received an undisclosed percentage of Premier League club Liverpool.

Scrabble Word Finder

 Scrabble is one of the most beloved games in the history and a Scrabble word finder can increase the fun. Over 150 million Scrabble sets have been sold throughout the world as of 2009. The game is printed in 29 different language versions, and is sold in over 121 countries. Countless rainy afternoons have been filled with a good game of Scrabble by people the world over. 

However, while Scrabble can be fun and wonderful, it can also be challenging. This is especially true if you have those difficult letters, like the letter X, or if you have 7 consonants and no vowels. Fortunately, there are plenty of online resources that can help you deal with sticky Scrabble situations.

Long Island

'Craigslist killer' on the Long Island Beach prostitute murder spree

Police in New York are continuing their gruesome search for more possible victims of the 'Craigslist killer', following the discovery of 4 bodies in the last week.

The westernmost end of Long Island contains the NY City boroughs of Brooklyn (Kings County) and Queens.

In December the bodies of 4 women - Amber Lynn Costello, Megan Waterman, Maureen Brainard-Barnes and Melissa Barthelemy - were found on the north side of Ocean Parkway in Long Island.

Kate Upton

 Kate Upton models some dance moves (VIDEO)

Model Kate Upton has been making news this week, not for her catwalk jobs or magazine covers, but for the her dance moves.

The blonde model was spotted Saturday night at the Clippers game at the Staples Center in Los Angeles dancing to the hit "Teach Me How to Dougie" by the hip hop group Cali Swag District.

Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast Leader Cornered After U.N. and France Strike
The UN and France went on the offensive Monday against Ivory Coast’s strongman, Laurent Gbagbo, striking targets at his residence, his offices and 2 of his military bases in a significant escalation of the international intervention into the political crisis engulfing the nation.

The Band Perry

The Band Perry wins ACM's best new artist award

The Band Perry claimed the best new artist award at Sunday night's country music awards, moments after the performing its hit song "If I Die Young."

It was the trio of 2 brothers and 1 sister's second win of the night - they took home the top new vocal duo or group award before the live ceremony began.

Epsilon

Customers Warned After Breach at Epsilon

Epsilon Marketing warned its customers of an illegal entry into its email system, possibly exposing customers email account information. Epsilon launched an investigation into the situation which mainly affects banking system JP Morgan Chase and the Kroger supermarket chain.

    Epsilon only learned of the breach on Wednesday and it is unclear how serious the issue is. On Friday, spokespeople for Chase and Epsilon declined to say much beyond their prepared statements.

Leon Russell

Elton John...Hosts Saturday Night Live tonight! Leon Russell album collaboration!

When Elton John strolled onto the stage of the Jimmy Fallon show other night, the reaction from the adoring audience - totally in awe - was heartfelt.

Within minutes of alighting on the podium, fans and guests alike, were on their feet stomping and hollering.

And on the heels of the outpouring of love, there was a standing ovation!