Sony seems to be geared up to officially launch another mid-range smartphone, the Xperia C for the Indian market. The device is currently available online for Rs. 20,490 on Saholic, while it is up for pre-order on Flipkart with the same pricing. Both the ecommerce sites have mentioned that the device will be available from second week of October. The Xperia C was officially unveiled earlier this year at the Mobile Asia Expo. The Sony Xperia C is the first smartphone from the Japanese handset giant...

The 81-year-old icon, who rose to fame as the host of the "American Top 40" countdown, has not had contact with family and friends in ages, according to TMZ. Kasem's children, Kerri, Mike and Julie, have purportedly tried to get in touch with him for three months, but to no avail. His wife, Jean, is reportedly behind the issue. On Tuesday, Oct. 1, Kasem's kids staged a protest outside his Holmby Hills, Los Angeles estate with his brother, friends and former business associates, KABC reported....

Perhaps no other beach in the world plays host to so much worldwide hotness as Miami Beach. I remain committed to getting my lazy, but avariciously ogling self down to the South of Florida quite soon to take in these international sights through my eye owns. Feast the peeps upon the likes of Brazilian model Danielly Silva preening about in her bikini on Miami Beach. She is just so wicked fine, a prime example of the Brazilian hot model factory works that seems to push out greater and greater...

Lorde took the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for her song "Royals" this week, making her the youngest artist to do so in 26 years. The 16-year-old singer, who was born in New Zealand, rose to the top of the chart from holding the No. 2 spot last week. She topped Katy Perry, whose "Roar" took the No. 2 spot this week, and Miley Cyrus, who came in third with her latest, "Wrecking Ball." According to Billboard, Lorde is the youngest singer to take the top spot on the Hot 100 since 1987...

International disarmament experts were to begin cataloguing Syria's vast arsenal of chemical weapons on Wednesday, checking a list of sites provided by Damascus and conducting on the spot tests ahead of its destruction. The 19-strong team from The Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) arrived in Damascus on Tuesday to implement UN security council resolution 2118 ordering the elimination of Syria's chemical arsenal by mid-2014. The mission was to begin work...

Everyone knows that when Bollywood stars are roped in to host or judge reality shows, they get paid hefty amounts. Mallika Sherawat, who is the latest actor to have joined this list, will also soon make her TV debut with the show, The Bachelorette India — Mere Khayalon Ki Mallika. And if sources are to be believed, she will pocket a whopping Rs. 30 crore at the end of her 30-episode stint. Industry insiders claim that Mallika is being paid Rs. 1 crore for each episode. "The budget of the show...

udge Majeke Mabesele gave Adriaan Netto, 37, and his girlfriend, 34, four years each for culpable homicide, three for child abuse, and 15 for rape. The sentences for culpable homicide and rape would run concurrently. Before sentencing the couple, the judge said he had a duty to send out a clear message to communities and parents that violation of children's rights would not be tolerated. The couple sat in the dock with their heads bowed as the sentences were read out. Mabesele said they had...

Angelina Jolie was spotted recently wearing not one, but two sparklers on her left hand. The double rings have some wondering if she has secretly married Brad Pitt. The gossip mill began churning with talk of a secret Pitt-Jolie wedding when the "Maleficent" star was spotted wearing a second ring on her wedding finger in Bondi Beach, Australia, on Sunday (Sept. 29), according to E! News. RadarOnline.com notes Jolie's new ring appears to be thicker and made of a lighter precious metal than the...

At least Farrah Abraham made major bank off her porn video with James Deen, right? Not quite, claim some in the adult industry. While the 22-year-old former "Teen Mom" star claims to have sold what would become "Farrah Superstar: Backdoor Teen Mom" to Vivid Entertainment for $1.5 million, a source close to the situation told FOX411, Abraham actually sold the tape for about $10,000. Meanwhile, professional sex tape broker Kevin Blatt told the website that former "Pippi Longstocking" star Tami...

If you and your partner are looking for ways to get creative as a couple this Halloween, we say, coordinate. Yes, weddings and prom may be appropriate times to wear matching outfits, but Halloween costumes seem to take things to a whole new level — you can get matchy-matchy with wigs, makeup and even share the same pants. Are you two really into food? Go as peanut butter and jelly. Are you obsessed with computers? Go as a USB key and port. Are you both always glued to the television? Go as...