On first (second, third and umpteen) listen of Katy Perry's "Prism," three themes begin to emerge: (1) Katy Perry has some lingering feelings about Russell Brand, (2) Katy Perry likes singing songs that would bring the house down at bar mitzvah receptions circa 1992, and (3) Katy Perry really loves being in love with John Mayer. Perry wants to sing about their relationship from the mountaintop, guys, an enthusiasm that comes through on songs like "Legendary Lovers," "This Moment," "Walking On Air,"...

Controversial godman Asaram Bapu was on Wednesday subjected to a potency test in connection with a sexual assault case lodged against him and his son Narayan Sai by two Surat-based sisters. "Asaram was taken to civil hospital for potency test in connection with the sexual assault case lodged against him," a senior police official said. Asaram, 72, was brought to Ahmedabad on Monday evening on a transit remand from a court in Jodhpur where he was lodged in a jail since August in another sexual...

Ahmedabad, Oct 16: The BJP's prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat's Chief Minister Narendra Modi will share dais with the party's patriarch L K Advani in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.  Advani will be hosted by Modi in Ahmedabad today to jointly inaugurate the gardens built by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) along the Sabarmati river under the Riverfront Development Project. The AMC invitation cards mentioned that Advani would dedicate the gardens to the people in the presence of Modi....

When the threatening phone calls demanding $20,000 in protection money began in December, Dr. Roman Gomez Gaviria shrugged them off, believing his clinic on the outskirts of Mexico City couldn't possibly be of interest to criminal gangs. A few months later, his sense of security was shattered when three armed men barged into his office screaming "Dr. Ramon, you bastard, where are you?" "They tried to tackle me, to take me out of the clinic, when I saw that each one had a pistol tucked into his...

Across North America — in places as far-flung as Montana and British Columbia, New Hampshire and Minnesota — moose populations are in steep decline. And no one is sure why.  Twenty years ago, Minnesota had two geographically separate moose populations. One of them has virtually disappeared since the 1990s, declining to fewer than 100 from 4,000. The other population, in northeastern Minnesota, is dropping 25 percent a year and is now fewer than 3,000, down from 8,000. (The moose mortality...

 Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday began an indefinite fast in the capital against the Congress government's proposal to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh and create a Telangana state. The former Andhra Pradesh chief minister termed the centre's move "political match fixing". "The Congress party did not follow any procedure. It took this decision for political gains. The Congress party is responsible for what is happening in Andhra Pradesh," Naidu told reporters. Earlier...

Kim Kardashian took a trip to France for Paris Fashion Week for a few days, leaving her 3-month-old daughter, North West, at home for the first time. There's nothing like the bond between a mother and child, and not surprisingly, the 32-year-old reality star missed her baby. On Friday, Kardashian shared the second known photo of North with the public via Instagram and wrote, "I missed waking up with my little angel." North is just too cute with those humongous eyes, and we can't wait to see...

Madonna penned an essay in Harper's Bazaar's "Daring Issue" for November, and in it, she recounts a horrifying story about her early years in New York. In the essay, Madonna conjures up her early years as a daring nonconformist, attests to her "strangeness" and says she didn't have very many friends. She then explains she moved to New York to become a "REAL artist ... To be able to express myself in a city of nonconformists. To revel and shimmy and shake in a world and be surrounded by daring...

Katy Perry has said that she will “turn into more of a Joni Mitchell” as her career progresses. The singer is set to release her new album ‘Prism’ on October 28 but, in an interview with Billboard, she claimed she was planning on swapping her trademark pop sound for a folkier direction in the future. “I love Madonna to death, but she’s never going to give me that damn baton,” she said. “I’ll probably turn into more of a Joni Mitchell. As I inch towards my 30s, I think my fourth record will be...

Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse are often hailed as music legends whose lives were taken from us far too soon. Gene Simmons begs to differ. The Kiss frontman says just because Cobain and Winehouse were acclaimed musicians who died young does not mean they're icons. His remarks, made during an interview with UK's Team Rock Radio, were part of a larger tirade bemoaning the state of rock music. "Let me see -- Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, The Who and just on and on,"...