If you didn’t know, today is National Read Across America Day. It is a day meant to encourage children to read and to even dare to develop a love of reading.
Parents are encouraged to take the time to read to their children. Not just today, but as often as possible.
Kim Kardashian may not have been a happy camper yesterday.
On a team that has had its ups and downs over the course of the 2013-2014 season, Joakim Noah continues to deliver with big time performances. The New York Knicks have now lost now lost six games in a row after being crushed by the Bulls.
Billionaires are becoming more and more common, as evidenced by the latest newbie coming on the scene, Facebook’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, who fit nicely into Forbes list as #21- boasting a net worth of $28.5 billion.
The top of the list, Bill Gates – at not just the nation’s richest man – but richest in the world – worth a cool $76 billion. Gates made his green in the computer industry – namely Microsoft and is consistently at the top of list of the worlds richest people.
Executions in the United States are becoming increasingly controversial. While accusations of cruelty and racism play a major part in opposing capital punishment, some also feel that special attention must be paid to sentencing mental ill or handicapped individuals.
One man is claiming that the state of Florida should not be able to put him to death because an intellectual disability.
Chris Brown’s temper tantrums and violent past now has a classification.
According to E! News, the singer-actor has reportedly been diagnosed with bipolar and post-traumatic stress disorders. The publication also obtained legal documentation, which confirms Brown’s condition, explaining his notable behavioral problems.
The letter from Brown’s Malibu rehabilitation facility gives an account with details about his diagnosis.
One Direction–Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik–made the list of nominees for the 2014 Radio Disney Music Awards. The nominees were announced on Sunday. One Direction was also named last week as one of the major nominees for the upcoming Kids’ Choice Awards, too.
Chrisann Brennan, author of The Bite in the Apple, and mother of Steve Jobs’ daughter Lisa Brennan-Jobs, recently gave an “At Google” talk about her memoir of her life with Jobs.
On March 3rd, Forbes, the well-known American business and financial information magazine, released its yearly tally of the 500 richest people that the magazine has been closely following. The list was first published in 2000 and includes various well-known names, such as: Prince Al-Waleed, Warren Buffet, various members of the Walton family, Michael Dell, and Paul Allen; however, this year, former Microsoft CEO and philanthropist Bill Gates wins the #1 slot on Forbes’ “500 Richest People” list.
Brooke Burke-Charvet opened up today on “Good Morning America” about her surprising termination from “Dancing With The Stars”, saying that finding out she’d been let go just a few weeks before the show’s premiere was “shocking”.
“The only shocking thing about it, really, is the way that it went down. Finding out just several weeks before the premiere was a little bit tough, but I’m good. I’m happy,” she said.
