American Idol alumna Kelly Clarkson and her boyfriend of 1-year Brandon Blackstock (a.k.a. Reba McEntire’s stepson) are gettin’ hitched!The 30-year-old singer made the announcement via her Twitter account yesterday saying,    I’M ENGAGED!!!!!  I wanted y’all to know!! Happiest night of my life last night! I am so lucky and am with the greatest man ever. Awww.  We could not be happier for the “Catch My Breath” singer, who totally stole our hearts during the very first...

In Gujarat assembly elections the question was hardly about whether Narendra Modi would win a third term in office, it was always about the margin. And, it was about the X factor in the elections this time: Keshubhai Patel of the Gujarat Parivartan Party. If Modi manages an emphatic victory here — seats in the region of 130 or beyond — the intra-party challenge to his ascendance in national politics withers away. If the tally falls behind 117 seats, which the BJP won in 2007, it won’t hurt his...

After India's crushing series defeat against England on Monday, former chief selector Krishnamachari Srikkanth called for MS Dhoni's removal as Test captain, stating that he is no more effective as the leader of the team. "Dhoni's become stale and doesn't know what to do when things go out of the way. He shouldn't be the Test captain anymore. Had I been the chairman of selectors, I would have picked Dhoni as a wicketkeeper batsman but it is time to look beyond him as a Test captain," Srikkanth...

 Long before Christopher Chaney made headlines by hacking into the email accounts of such stars as Scarlett Johansson and Christina Aguilera, two other women say he harassed and stalked them online. The women, who both knew Chaney, say their lives have been irreparably damaged by his actions. One has anxiety and panic attacks; the other is depressed and paranoid. Both say Chaney was calculated, cruel and creepy: he sent nude photos they had taken of themselves to their family members. Their...

Sunday night's WWE TLC 2012 results have brought early championship match winners as well as some new top contenders for other championships. So far a variety of matches have taken place with at least one surprise during the latest pro wrestling Pay-Per-View event. There's still plenty of great action on the way, which could have WWE surprising its fans even more in the last PPV event of the year. The WWE TLC results started with a live stream pre-show featuring the divas in action. The special...

Prior to speaking at a vigil for victims of Friday's massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, President Obama met with the families of those killed in the mass shooting. Among those family members were the daughter and granddaughter of Dawn Hochsprung, Sandy Hook's principal who was killed in the shooting. Hochsprung's daughter, Cristina Hassinger, captured a touching moment between Obama and her daughter. Friends and family of Emilie Parker, a 6-year-old victim of the shooting, were also...

After a huge Friday opening, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" continued to shine at the box office, making $84.7 million across 4,045 theaters this weekend. THR reports that this total makes "The Hobbit" the highest December weekend gross ever. The Peter Jackson film beat out former record holder, "I Am Legend," which made $77.2 million over its opening weekend in 2007. Starring Martin Freeman and Ian McKellen, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" also received an A CinemaScore from audiences ."Rise...

 Jason Sudeikis and Olivia Wilde (above in October) had a dispute over her text messages, a source says. Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis’ relationship is better suited for a funeral pyre than a wedding aisle. Despite rumors that the comedic couple are secretly on their way to the altar, a well-placed source tells Confidenti@l that Wilde and Sudeikis are on “a rocky road” after more than a year together. The insider says around Thanksgiving weekend, when the couple were in New York City together...

Anne Hathaway forgot an important essential for her Dec. 10, 2012 "Les Miserables" premiere in New York ... underwear! The actress ended up flashing a bit too much of herself while arriving at the Ziegfeld Theatre.She dreamed a dream all right — that she remembered to wear panties. But superstar Anne Hathaway didn’t and her “Les Misérables” premiere turned into a nightmare after the paparazzi caught an embarrassing Britney-type wardrobe malfunction.The “Full Hathaway” revelation was a shocking break...

Amy Winehouse made a point of never drinking in front of her family. She knew she was an alcoholic and hated the fact. She told them she couldn’t bear how it made her feel, and what it was doing to her — but she promised them that she was going to stop. Just as the 27-year-old-star had, in 2008, seemingly single-handedly conquered her life-threatening addiction to drugs, so she seemed determined to do the same with drink. But she made it clear she wanted to do it on her own terms and in her...