Apparently, Hoda and Kathie Lee went west over the weekend, to the annual Food And Wine Classic in Aspen, Colorado. (It's the event that all the Top Chefs on "Top Chef" get to go to.)
On Monday, the "Today" co-hosts showed some footage from their pilgrimage to the decadent gathering. From what the cameras picked up, the whole trip was an excuse to drink and drink and eat and drink and drink and eat and drink and be fed grapes and drink. Hoda and Kathie Lee even had bottles of wine attached to their bicycles so they could have a glass at a moment's notice
A Brazilian woman listed by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest person has died - just weeks shy of her 115th birthday.
Maria Gomes Valentim died Tuesday morning in the southeastern city of Carangola. Helerson Lima of the Carangola senior home facility says Valentim died of multiple organ failure.
On May 18, Guinness determined that Valentim was 48 days older than the person previously considered the world's oldest human, Besse Cooper of Monroe, Georgia.
Guinness verified that Valentim was born July 9, 1896, in Carangola, where she lived all her life.
She married her husband, Joao, in 1913. He died in 1946.
Valentim is survived by four grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren. Her son died at age 75.
The larger arc of "True Blood" may see an epic love triangle and struggle for Sookie Stackhouse's love, but off the set, that battle was won long ago. And you just don't mess with Bill.
Stephen Moyer, in a cover story for the new issue of Men's Health, opens up about his relationship with co-star and now wife Anna Paquin, who plays the psychic object of bayou affection on the HBO show, now in its fourth season. The pair met during auditions, and at first, it was all professional. But as it so often happens, distance made the heart grow fonder.
"I did find love on set. We had met at the very first rehearsal before my screen test for HBO, for the network, for the pilot," Moyer remembered. "Our interest was piqued by each other but at that point it was like, we're about to work together for a long time, hopefully, you know, if the show gets picked up. So, there were no feelings at that point...they put us in a hotel, we were in the same hotel. We were having dinner every night. I got back to London and Anna got back to New York and I just missed speaking to her every day, which is what we had been doing up into that point. Bob's your uncle, Fanny's your aunt, and... you have a marriage."
Well, it took some romancing, including Skype calls that lasted two to three hours per night. Presumably, they weren't just going over lines.
Whether Bob or Fanny were invited, the pair were married last August.
The thing about a marriage between two stars of a massive TV show is that they have to share each other with the world. Especially with a rabid fan base like the one that obsesses over "True Blood." Which means there has to be some understanding -- sometimes.
"I get to sign boobs a lot. I get to bite boobs, occasionally, when I'm allowed. If my missus is there and she approves of the person I get to bite boobs...and necks," Moyer revealed.
China urged the United States on Wednesday to leave the South China Sea dispute to the claimant states, saying that U.S. involvement may make the situation worse, its most direct warning to Washington in recent weeks.
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai's comments to a small group of foreign reporters ahead of a meeting with U.S. officials in Hawaii this weekend come amid the biggest flare-up in regional tension in years over competing maritime sovereignty claims in the South China Sea.
Tension has risen in the region in the past month on concern that China is becoming more assertive in its claim to waters believed to be rich in oil and gas.
Part of the waters are also claimed by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.
"The United States is not a claimant state to the dispute in the South China Sea and so it's better for the United States to leave the dispute to be sorted out between claimant states," Cui said.
"While some American friends may want the United States to help in this matter, we appreciate their gesture but more often than not such gestures will only make things more complicated," he said.
Is Mark Zuckerberg getting married? The answer depends on who you ask.
Billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates might have bungled the engagement announcement of Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg, telling a British newspaper in an offhand remark that the young tech titan asked his girlfriend to marry him, the New York Post reported Monday.
The notoriously private Zuckerberg, 26, has been dating Priscilla Chan, also 26, since they were students at Harvard.
Gates, 55, spilled the beans on his friend's potential nuptials when talking about fellow philanthropist Zuckerberg's decision to give $100 million to the beleaguered school system of Newark, N.J., last year.
"His fiancee, Priscilla, thought about education, and he gave money to Newark," the loose-lipped Gates told the Mail on Sunday.
But that's news to Facebook officials. Business Insider's Henry Blodget ask Facebook spokesman Elliot Schrage about the announcement. And Schrage was in the dark.
"If [Mark is engaged, Bill Gates] knows something I don't know. Gates's communications guy just wrote to apologize for the misunderstanding," Schrage said.
In the rare, wide-ranging interview, Gates also offered a glimpse into his own home life, including how anything and everything Apple -- products of arch-rival Steve Jobs -- was considered contraband in his house. Gates' three kids -- Jennifer, 15, Rory, 12, and Phoebe, 9 -- are not allowed to own an iPad, iPhone or iPod, he said.
Last week, Miley Cyrus' brother Trace confirmed that his sister has gotten back with her ex Liam Hemsworth and no one seems to approve of the couple more that Miley's father Billy Ray Cyrus.
E! Online is reporting that Billy Ray was asked what he thought of Hemsworth and not only did the singer wholeheartedly approve of his daughter's boyfriend, he couldn't stop praising the 22-year-old actor, "He's a great guy. He's solid. He's got great character."
Billy Ray also added, "And I have to tell you, on or off the record, he's just a good guy. He's just a really good guy. I really like him a lot."
The 49-year-old singer/song writer/actor also gave his opinion on Hemsworth's latest project 'The Hunger Games' where he plays the character of Gale Hawthorne, "Have you read that script?" Billy Ray asked, "The script is killer, and Liam is going to knock it out of the park. He's a tremendous talent."
Billy Ray also revealed that he would not mind some more 'Hannah Montana' in his life, "You know, there's wonderful buzz right now for a prequel to Hannah Montana. I know Miley couldn't step back and be that little girl, but I could get my mullet back real quick."
The Disney show ended in January after four successful seasons and it looks like Billy Ray may be planning a prequel with one of his younger daughters.
