Glamorous and elegant, Meghan Markle is set to freshen up the British royal family dress code, while tailoring her outfits to suit her new role. As she prepares to wed Prince Harry on May 19,…
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Disney eyes new app aimed at millennials
Disney announced Tuesday it was launching a free video app with original content aimed at millennials, who are targeted by advertisers. The app — called “Oh My Disney” — will be a variation of the…
Cosby’s wife Camille slams ‘mob justice’
The wife of Bill Cosby on Thursday slammed as “mob justice” her husband’s conviction by a US jury of sexual assault, attacking the media, prosecutors and his accuser in a tirade-laden statement. “This is mob…
After Obama, a Nobel prize for Trump — or not so fast?
A decade after Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize, could his White House successor Donald Trump follow suit for navigating the thorny North Korean nuclear standoff? The very idea, put forward by a handful…
SEC asks court to compel Jay-Z to testify in Iconix Brand case
Hip-hop megastar Jay-Z should be compelled to testify in an investigation into the sale of his Rocawear apparel brand, after he ignored an order to show up for questioning, US market regulators said Thursday. The…
Prince Harry, Meghan pick carriage for wedding procession
Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will ride in an open-top horse-drawn carriage through the streets of Windsor after their wedding later this month, Kensington Palace announced on Wednesday. The pair have chosen the Ascot…
Tokyo digital art museum looks to ‘expand the beautiful’
The waterfall appears to run down the wall of a room and across the floor, but the flow is an illusion — a digital exhibit at a new interactive museum in Tokyo. The flower-filled waterfall…
With 24-hour outrages, Kanye West masters media moment
Since re-emerging last month from a yearlong absence, Kanye West has sparked outrage by throwing his lot with Donald Trump and calling slavery a choice. Yet the rapper has succeeded spectacularly in one key goal…
Ecstasy may relieve the agony of PTSD: study
Better known to nightclubbers as ecstasy, the euphoria-inducing drug MDMA appears to alleviate Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in war veterans, firefighters, and police officers, researchers said Wednesday. In a trial in the United States, three…
Kanye West sparks new outrage in calling slavery ‘choice’
Rapper Kanye West, on the receiving end in the music world after backing President Donald Trump, sparked fresh outrage Tuesday when he called slavery “a choice.” The rapper, never shy about expressing himself, made the…