Gilbert Gottfried is the king of it. When I approached him a few years ago at the Friars Club about how more fans are bothering celebrities to get pictures on their phones, here's how the encounter went down. (This never made it to print. You'll probably see why.) Mandy: "What do you think of people who ask to take pictures with celebrities? I mean I've done it with you." Gilbert: "I beg your pardon. You've done it with me? I should've remembered!" Mandy: "Every which way. But no. In the age...

I was working full time (and then some) in advertising sales and had racked up $40,000-$50,000 in debt from student loans, car loans and credit cards, not to mention my mortgage. But it didn’t really worry me at the time -- I thought it was just how life worked. image Then I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. It was the last thing I was expecting. It never crossed my mind that I could get diagnosed with something like MS. In fact, when I was diagnosed, I was training for a bike ride to raise...

“Now, we’re using your eggs,” Dr. Waller points his pen at Dashiell. “Am I right?” Dashiell nods. I feel that Dashiell is probably biting back a “Yes, sir.” Dashiell talks like someone from another era. He’s so polite, it’s like he’s fucking with you, but he’s not. Once a car almost hit us, and he yelped, “Criminy!” “’Criminy?’” I repeated for blocks. It was more of a surprise than almost getting run down. “When your life flashes before your eyes, that is the word that just comes out? ‘Criminy?’”...

It was announced Tuesday that Disney had purchased Lucasfilm, and thus the "Star Wars" franchise. While reactions to the deal have been mixed, one thing that is universal is the buzz surrounding the 2015 release of "Star Wars: Episode VII." Who better to get an opinion from than Mark Hamill himself? The Playlist posted a clip Saturday from a 1983 interview with the Luke Skywalker actor discussing the future of the films. "It's the last one for everyone except for the two robots - they're the...

President Obama and Republican Mitt Romney entered the final days of the presidential race tied in a state that the campaigns only recently began contesting, a Tribune-Review poll shows. The poll showed the race for Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes locked up at 47 percent in its final week. Romney was scheduled to campaign in the Philadelphia area on Sunday, and former President Bill Clinton planned to stump for Obama on Monday. The campaigns have begun to saturate the airwaves with millions...

Though Sean Connery is solidly cemented in cinematic history as the original 007, it's become a well-known bit of Bond lore that some legendary actors were initially considered for the part, including Cary Grant, David Niven, and Richard Burton. However, not so well-known are the talented actors that current Bond Daniel Craig beat out to become the fresh new face of the aging franchise. In a casting process that lasted nearly two years, Craig beat out over 200 would-be Bonds before officially...

Christie’s New York featured exceptional diamonds and pearls in their fall jewelry auction on October 16. It was Christie’s first auction of the autumn season and featured a dazzling array of magnificent jewels from rare gemstones to flawless diamonds, natural pearls and signed pearls, considered some of the best to come up for sale in the last five years. Rahul Kadakia, Head of Jewellery for Christie’s America and Switzerland, explained: “Our team of jewellery specialists has spent the summer...

If you were wondering where Nicki Minaj gets her English accent from, you can look no further than Scary Spice and Hermione Granger. Speaking to The Gaurdian, Minaj says she perfected her British tone by listening to Mel B from the Spice Girls and "Harry Potter" star Emma Watson. Though she was born in Trinidad, Minaj has been working on her accent for years and credits U.K. celebrities for giving her the perfect model to follow. "There are so many, but one person was Scary Spice. I used to listen...

Dr. Charles Eugster, a 93-year-old British bodybuilder, did not begin weightlifting six years ago as a way to stay in shape or to occupy his time. No, Eugster had a more, shall we say, ambitious rationale. "The idea is to turn the heads of the sexy young 70-year-old girls on the beach," Eugster told BBC News. After an athletic youth in which he was a competitive rower, Eugster lost his sturdy physique during 30 years as a dentist. In his late 80s, he noticed the complexion of his body had changed,...

आंखों का आम इस्तेमाल देखने के लिए होता है। शायरों की राय में आंखों से कत्ल भी हो सकता है। लोग आंखों ही आंखों में संवाद भी कर लेते हैं, लेकिन अब वैज्ञानिक आंखों को सौ ताले की एक चाबी बनाने में जुटे हैं। घर का बंद दरवाजा खोलना हो, बैंक खाते में पड़े पैसों की जानकारी करनी हो या कंप्यूटर लाग आन करना हो, अब इसके लिए किसी कोड या खुफिया चाबी की जरूरत नहीं होगी। यह काम चुटकी बजाते हमारी आंखें कर दिया करेंगी। यह किसी साइंस फिक्शन फिल्म की पटकथा नहीं, बल्कि क्विंसलैंड यूनिवर्सिटी आफ टेक्नोलॉजी की शोधार्थी...