Dmac/FAMEFLYNET PICTURES/Dmac/FAMEFLYNET PICTURES Actress Selena Gomez spotted without makeup heading to a friend’s house on a rainy day in Los Angeles, Calif. after canceling her tour. Selena Gomez is hanging up her dancing shoes —for the time being. The 21-year-old pop star, who was set to tour in Asia and Australia shortly after the New Year, has canceled her shows. ...
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Noodle company introduces ‘hangover taxi’
Paul Dazeley/Kabuto Noodles The seasonal service will get hung-over employees to work in slightly better shape the day after the corporate Christmas party. A noodle company across the pond has come up with a brilliant service for the holiday season: a “hangover taxi.” In early December, Kabuto Noodles, a UK-based instant ramen maker, introduced the Kab-U-To Work service to bring ...
Read More »Noble burglar reports suspected pedophile: police
National Police of Spain Police say they found dozens of videos of children being abused after searching the suspect’s home. A suspected pedophile soccer coach was arrested after a burglar broke into his home and found dozens of sick child sex videos on his shelves, police said. The shocked thief dumped three tapes, which allegedly contained footage of 10-year-old children ...
Read More »Struggling Nash takes center stage in attack for Rangers vs. Islanders
Howard Simmons/New York Daily News Rick Nash moves to the front of the net in the hopes he’ll regain his scoring touch. Rick Nash is paid a team-high $ 7.8 million per season to be front and center in the Rangers’ offense, so that’s exactly where Alain Vigneault put his slumping forward for Friday night’s rivalry match against the visiting ...
Read More »Why do electric cars suck in cold weather?
In hindsight, it’s not surprising the Mitsubishi MiEV EV I drove barely made it to 50 miles rather than its rated 62 miles (100 km). It was a dark and chilly if not stormy early December night and that killed the range. When you drive an EV, “your mileage may vary” includes cold weather as well as hard acceleration and ...
Read More »Santa Claus is coming to town: St Nick and Rudolph are launched into orbit
Santa and Rudolph fly 100,000ft above the earth’s atmosphere [SWNS] These incredible pictures show Father Christmas and Rudolph flying after a pair of science fans blasted them into orbit. Mark Ireland and Cassie Phelps attached a high altitude weather balloon to a model of the two characters. They launched the balloon and watched it disappear into the sky and within ...
Read More »‘Cirkopolis’ at NYU
VALERIE’REMISE The cast of Cirque Eloize knows how to juggle its various tasks. If you like a circus that balances “Holy Cow!” physical feats with Shakespearean poetics, step right up to “Cirkopolis.” The highly polished and stylish show is the latest work from Montreal’s Cirque Eloize, a troupe known for circus-dance-theater mashups. The company borrows thematic juice from Fritz Lang’s ...
Read More »Family wants Christmas with girl declared brain-dead after tonsils removal
Courtesy of KGO-TV Jahi McMath was declared brain dead last Thursday, three days after undergoing tonsil surgery at Children’s Hospital Oakland. She remains at the hospital on life support, even though its now considered a ‘coroner’s case,’ according to NBC. The family of a 13-year-old girl left brain-dead after tonsillectomy surgery want to celebrate Christmas with the teen in her ...
Read More »Finally, we get some promos to O-Bey on new CD
NC1/LNG/WENN Beyoncé’s album is a stealth smash, but get ready now for heavy publicity backing the new songs and videos, like the one above. Queen Bey has pulled off the biggest music heist in history – debuting her “secret,” self-titled album at No. 1 with 617,000 copies sold in just a few days, according to Nielsen SoundScan. But even though ...
Read More »City department is built to thrill
For decades, dozens of New York’s Finest would cram themselves each day into the 122nd Precinct House, a squat concrete box on Staten Island’s Hylan Blvd. With a blank exterior, few windows and low ceilings, it’s the kind of place neither the public nor the public servants wanted to spend much time in — the kind of cheap, bland government ...
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