You were lucky enough to survive the 2012 Mayan Apocalypse but will you make it through the 2014 Viking Apocalypse? You only have a few days to prepare for it, as it is set to arrive on Saturday, February 22, 2014. Unlike the Mayan Apocalypse, which believers had warned about for years, the Viking Apocalypse comes with less warning.
After a long life, and musical career in Venezuela, renowned folk singer Simón Diaz has passed away. He was affectionately known as Uncle Simón in his homeland of Venezuela, and had released several albums during his lifetime.
He did not gain the fame that some foreigners do in the United States, but it is likely that some people in the US would still be able to recognize some of his music. He died this morning at the age of 85.
Tessa Virtue and dance partner Scott Moir from Canada won silver for their performance in the ice dance event in this year’s Winter Games in Sochi. In the free dance portion, they earned 114.66 points, their best for the season. American pair Meryl Davis and Charlie White scored 116.63 points. The Canadians had an overall score of 190.99, which was not enough to best the Americans, who got 195.52 and the gold. Taking the bronze are Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsapalov of Russia, who scored 183.58 overall.
If you were driving down the road and happened to see a reindeer with glowing, fluorescent antlers, you would probably think you were being pranked or that Santa parked his sleigh somewhere nearby. Although fluorescent deer antlers sound strange and maybe even like something out of a science fiction novel, they are actually real and could prove to be helpful in preventing car accidents related to deer.
Sixty-year-old supermodel Christie Brinkley recently attended the Barbie Celebrates The 50th Anniversary Of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit party where she looked like a real-life version of the internationally-celebrated Mattel doll. With long, blonde curls and a bright smile, Brinkley mirrored the image of the popular doll.
The Prince of Wales showed the Saudi Royal family his dance moves when he took part in the time-honored sword dance called the “Ardah” during his three-day tour of the Middle East. Dressed in traditional Arab clothing called a “thobe”, Prince Charles enthusiastically performed the dance along with other male members of the Saudi Royals to commemorate the warrior tradition of the Shammar Tribe.
Mark Kennedy and Jeffrey Reynolds, both 44, were found dead in one of the cabins of Maersk Alabama on Tuesday. The ship was docked in Seychelles’ Port Victoria. The two bodies were discovered by one of their colleagues who checked in on them on Tuesday afternoon.
Bright Eyes frontman Conor Oberst has filed a libel lawsuit against a woman who claimed he sexually assaulted her.
On Wednesday an attorney for the singer-songwriter filed the civil suit in a federal court in Manhattan. The suit claims that last December a woman made “despicable, false, outrageous, and defamatory statements” about Oberst.
Venezuelan beauty queen Genesis Carmona, 22, has become one of the latest victims in the continued unrest in the troubled country. The young college student was shot in the head at a protest Tuesday and died later in the hospital.
“How long are we going to live like this? How long do we have to tolerate this pressure, with them killing us?” a relative of Carmona’s said. He asked not to be named, but added, “She only needed one more semester to graduate.”
It is not often that a couple of celebrities decide to go off and have a secret wedding since most of them choose to make it into a lavish affair, inviting tons of other celebrities, and making a spectacle of it.
However, Leighton Meester and Adam Brody did just that, and were able to keep their wedding a secret for weeks, until yesterday, when the big news was finally revealed. Meester and Brody are both former stars of two hit teen drama television shows.
