Since filing for divorce from Tom Cruise early this month, Katie Holmes has been working overtime to make sure her darling daughter Suri stays busy and active! The newly single mom showed off her incredible legs in a red and blue stripped dress, while the stylish 6-year-old looked pretty in an orange dress and red ballet flats, as she clutched one of her many stuffed animals while on her way into an art studio in NYC on Saturday morning, with bodyguards in tow.
It's recently been reported that Holmes has enrolled Suri in the prestigious $38,000 a year Catholic all-girls school in Manhattan, Convent of the Sacred Heart, once attended by Lady GaGa, Paris and Nicky Hilton and Caroline Kennedy. The move to put Suri in school most likely could not have happened, if the former Dawson's Creek star hadn't filed for sole custody in her divorce from the dedicated Scientologist. Holmes now has primary custody of Suri under the terms of the settlement and the Mission: Impossible star will have visitation rights, but the actress was given the lead role in choosing how Suri will be educated. Her parents may have officially split, but Suri's life appears to be taking a turn for the best!

The CEO of Denver-based internet start-up FullContact API said in a market that is competitive for top talent, he wants to keep his employees happy and refreshed.

The flip-flop wearing founder offers his employees $7,500 for what he calls "paid, paid vacation," however there are rules.

"One, you actually have to take a vacation to get the money," Lorang said. "Two, you have to disconnect from work, so that means no calls, no emails, no tweets, no work of any kind."

Even Lorang admitted he has trouble following his rules.

"I suck at it," he said.

A picture of the CEO and his fiancee Sarah at Egypt's great pyramids captured Lorang checking his email.

Not surprisingly, employees said they loved having the company pick up the tab for their vacations.

"It's a real break for your brain," said Robbie Jack, a FullContact API employee. "You come back refreshed and reinvigorated and more excited about the stuff you were working on when you left."

If the idea of having a boss pick up the tab for a dream vacation is tantalizing, good news: Lorang is hiring.

"We're probably going to hire about 12 folks in the next six months," he said.

Tech companies have become known for their extravagant perks, and FullContact is no exception. Google offers on-site health care and pays for college degrees. At Facebook, employees with new arrivals get $4,000 in "baby cash."

Geraldo Rivera stuck his foot in his mouth again on Friday while discussing Chicago murders on Fox & Friends. He said that some of the homicides occurred because victims wore "thug wear." He then patted himself on the back and resurrected his controversial comment that unarmed Florida teen Trayvon Martin's hoodie was as much to blame for his death as the man who shot and killed him, according to Mediaite.
"I was right about the hoodie wasn't I," said Rivera. "I hate to brag, but I got criticized by every pundit in America when I said Trayvon Martin would be alive today but for the fact that he was wearing thug wear -- he was wearing the hoodie. Turns out now that we look at George Zimmerman's interviews with the police; he didn't profile Trayvon Martin because he was black, he profiled him because he was wearing a hoodie."

Salma Hayek plays a ruthless drug cartel queen in Oliver Stone's "Savages," and the director says that she brought some of that intensity to the set of the film as well.

"This woman gets what she wants. She knows what she wants," Stone said of Hayek during a press conference in Mexico City. "She told everybody on the set, 'I want a blue dress. I want it to be pinned this way. I'm not going to go on the set unless my dress is right.' She was tough. And sometimes we had to wait in the sun."

Hayek normally brings her daughter, Valentina, on to film sets, but she didn't for "Savages."

"This was the only movie that she was not on the set,” Hayek told Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show." Based on Don Winslow's novel of the same name, "Savages" is filled with violence and sex, things not necessarily appropriate for a 4-year-old like Valentina.

“I usually bring her on the set and she always likes to sit right next to the monitor and she bosses everyone around," Hayek joked.

Not that Valentina's behavior would have been tolerated. Stone runs a tight ship, as co-star Blake Lively told David Letterman. The actress bought the crew "I Survived Oliver Stone" t-shirts when the shoot ended, because "they needed something nice after working with him for that long."

Police in India have recovered the skeletal remains of half-a-dozen people from a pit at missing Bollywood starlet Laila Khan's luxury Igatpuri farmhouse.

According to Mumbai's Joint Commissioner of Police, Himanshu Roy, the pit containing the human remains -- a pit they believe was initially intended for an underground water tank -- was 12 feet long, 8 feet wide and 6 feet deep. Inside it, three sets of remains were found covered with mud and stones on top of a blood-soaked mattress. Beneath the mattress, authorities recovered three additional sets of skeletal remains, another mattress, and possible murder weapons.

"We recovered one iron rod with blood stains on it and two knives with bloodstains on them," Roy said at a Thursday press conference.

Roy added that "substantial injuries, including head injuries" were observed on the victims.

A positive identification of the victims -- one male and five females -- is pending DNA testing; however, Roy said it is "reasonably likely that these skeletons belong to Laila Khan and her family."

Laila Khan, born Reshma Patel, was best known for her role opposite Rajesh Khanna in the 2008 Bollywood film, "A Deadly Love Story." At the time of her disappearance, she was in the process of shooting a film with Bollywood film director Rakesh Sawant.

Khan, 30, her mother Saleena Patel, older sister Hashmina, twin siblings Imran and Zara, and cousin Rehshma have been missing since February 2011. The family had been staying at Khan's farmhouse -- a holiday home -- since late the previous month.

The family was reported missing by Sawant and Patel's ex-husband, Nadir Shah Patel. Authorities were unable to find any trace of Khan or her family and the case soon went cold.

On June 21 of this year, authorities got their first break when they questioned Khan's stepfather, Parvez Iqbal Tak. During the interview, Tak allegedly told police several stories, including one that he and the house watchman, Shakir Hussain, had killed Khan and her five family members and buried their bodies behind her holiday home.

Tak, who claims to be Patel's third husband, allegedly said he was jealous of her second husband, Asif Sheikh.

Dwight Howard isn't the only big man on the minds of the Los Angeles Lakers' front office staff these days.

One source familiar with the trade negotiations said Thursday that calls between the Houston Rockets and Lakers discussing a three-way trade have cooled, while the Atlanta Hawks appear to be gaining steam in their pursuit of Howard.


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With Howard's eventual destination still anybody's guess, the Lakers are turning their attention to adding a backup big man or two.

The Lakers remain in negotiations with Jordan Hill, who averaged 4.7 points and 4.4 rebounds in seven regular-season games with L.A. after being acquired from the Houston Rockets at the trade deadline in March. Hill's agent, Bill Duffy, told ESPNLosAngeles.com on Wednesday that there was still some distance between the two sides, but he planned to circle back with Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak before Hill made his final decision. The Lakers hold partial Bird rights to Hill and can offer him a maximum of $3,632,450 per season for up to five years.

Aside from Hill, appearing on the Lakers' "short list" of names they are hoping to add to the roster for the veteran's minimum are Antawn Jamison, Elton Brand and Jermaine O'Neal, according to a source familiar with the team's thinking.

The Lakers also have the "mini" mid-level exception available to them, beginning at $3 million a season, but prefer to hold off on using that in case a Howard deal goes down involving multiple players and they are left needing to fill a glaring void.

Not only is adding a backup big man a priority because signing Hill might not work out, but because Josh McRoberts and his expiring $3.1 million contract have drawn interest from other teams in potential Howard trade scenarios.

Jamison, 36, averaged 17.2 points and 6.3 rebounds last year for Cleveland in his 14th season in the league, but shot a career-low 40.3 percent from the field.

He was acquired by the Cavaliers via trade in 2009-10, the last season Lakers coach Mike Brown was at the helm for the Cavs. The Lakers are in competition with several other teams for Jamison's services, including Brooklyn, Golden State and Charlotte, and a source close to Jamison said on Thursday the Nets appeared to be his preferred destination at the moment.

The final one-year, $18 million remaining on Brand's contract was amnestied by Philadelphia on Thursday. Brand, 32, averaged 11.0 points and 7.2 rebounds for the 76ers last season. Brand will be first made available to teams under the salary cap through the waiver process, with under-the-cap teams able to bid on him. Dallas is under the cap and has interest in Brand, according to ESPN.com's Marc Stein.

Stevie Nicks has confirmed that Fleetwood Mac will get back together in 2013. During a segment on "CBS This Morning," the Fleetwood Mac frontwoman revealed that everyone was on board.

"It's the plan," she added. "Because that's what we do. I do my thing. And Lindsey [Buckingham] is out doing his thing now." Fleetwood Mac's last tour, 2009's “Unleashed,” featured a set of the band's greatest hits.

Nicks also opened up about the recent suicide of Fleetwood Mac guitarist Bob Welch. She said she was shocked to learn of his death last month, adding, "I can't even tell you what in the world would have pushed him to do something that crazy."

If you don’t want to wait until 2013 for your Fleetwood fix, a Fleetwood Mac tribute album, featuring artists from MGMT and Karen Elson to The Kills, will be released on August 14. "A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac" is available for pre-order now. You can stream the album on Soundcloud.

Latex pillow are becoming more popular now.
Latex - a milky sap of rubber trees. It is an aqueous dispersion of globules of natural rubber, which also contains proteins, salts, etc. Latex has a long life, today’s most popular orthopedic pads – pillows made of latex. A lot of small holes made in the latex pillow to improve ventilation.
Anatomy of our bodies is such that in the recumbent position the head for comfortable sleeping necessarily require elevated support, not to the spine is curved. And so the ancient Egyptians invented a rectangular wooden base, which put his head during sleep.
Latex cushion higher in the neck and hollow for the head. Anatomical shape of these bags is just ensures the correct position of the neck and head, so to minimize decreases muscle tension. This cushion have orthopedic properties, it helps to avoid distortion of the cervical spine and promotes healthy sleep.

What you need to know when choosing a latex pillow

• If you have broad shoulders, then you will approach a high cushion for good night’s sleep;
• If you sleep on your back, you’ll need a lower pad, than if you sleep on your side;
• If you have a soft mattress, a pad should be lower than if you slept on a hard surface;
• If the hand is always arranged under the cushion or under your head, your cushion is too low and you need a cushion for the above;
• If there is a feeling of discomfort, it might be too high pillows;
• If a sore neck this morning, and the shoulders numb, then the cushion is too low, and the mattress is too hard;

Hello there, Lady Gaga's butt. It's been a while. How've you been?
But seriously. We've recently felt that Lady Gaga's been eclipsed by Nicki Minaj, Rihanna and a slew of women lesser-known yet equally audacious in the style department (e.g. one Micaela Schaefer). But all Gaga needs is just a single paparazzi moment to remind us that she's the queen of the costume-as-clothing, inventor of the wardrobe malfunction-as-fashion statement, leader of the little monster pack.
Which is all to say that Gaga arrived at LAX Airport today wearing nothing but a black bra, an open leather jacket, sheer black tights and a black thong. When paparazzi snapped pictures of her, she gleefully flipped them off.
Welcome back, Gaga. It's nice to have you.

A first-time kayaker had a close encounter with a great white shark off the coast of Massachusetts over the weekend.


Sunbathers first spotted the shark following two kayakers on Saturday afternoon off Nauset Beach, the Cape Cod Times reported, and yelled to the men offshore.

One of the kayakers saw the shark and quickly paddled in, while it took the other one, Walter Szulc Jr., of Manchester, N.H., a little while longer to notice the dorsal fin just feet away from him.

“There were hundreds of people on the beach, and they were all at the edge, yelling paddle paddle, paddle!” Dave Alexander told the NBC News affiliate in Boston, WHDH.com.

Szulc said when he looked behind him, the shark "was pretty much right there."

"It was good-sized, it had a fin sticking out, so I just turned and paddled," he told WHDH.com. It was the first time Szulc had kayaked.

Since June 30, three sharks have been seen plying the waters off Cape Cod for food, the Cape Cod Times reported. The large number of seals in the area is believed to be drawing the sharks.

Orleans Harbormaster Dawson Farber said he and his team went out in a boat to confirm the sighting – he noted the shark was an estimated 12 to 14 feet long -- and they had all bathers get out of the water. The beach was also closed.