Month: February 2014

Ashley Wagner Gets Through To The Women's Free Skate

Olympic figure skater Ashley Wagner will represent the United States in the women’s free skate at Sochi 2014 after her…

11 years ago

Dong Nguyen, 'Flappy Bird' Creator, Pulls Game From iOS & Android Stores After Media Frenzy

Dong Nguyen, the creator of Flappy Bird, a game app which recently took the iOS and Android app stores by…

11 years ago

Maggie Voisin, U.S. Olympic Freestyle Skier, Won't Compete After Injuring Ankle

U.S. Olympic skier Maggie Voisin won’t be able to compete in the 2014 Winter Olympics after suffering an ankle injury…

11 years ago

Olympic Rings Have Mishap During Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremonies

The five Olympic rings became four after one of the rings failed to open at the opening ceremonies for Sochi…

11 years ago

Thiago Silva Allegedly Threatens Estranged Wife With Gun; UFC Fighter Arrested & Jailed

UFC light heavyweight fighter Thiago Silva was arrested after he allegedly threatened his estranged wife and her current boyfriend at…

11 years ago

Sage Kotsenburg, U.S. Snowboarder, Wins First Gold Medal Of Sochi 2014

U.S. snowboarder Sage Kotsenburg was the first athlete at the Sochi 2014 Olympics to win a gold medal. Kotsenburg, 20,…

11 years ago

Maria Sharapova Led Russian Athletes In Olympic Opening Ceremony Torch Lighting

Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova led five other athletes from the Olympics host country to light the torch at the…

11 years ago

Russian Police Chorus Sings Daft Punk'€™s '˜Get Lucky'™ At Sochi Games

The chorus for the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs performed “Get Lucky” by Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams prior to…

11 years ago

Woody Allen Defends Himself Against Daughter Dylan Farrow'€™s Claims Of Sexual Abuse

Woody Allen’s alleged molestation of his adopted daughter with Mia Farrow, Dylan Farrow, reemerged in the headlines after 21 years…

11 years ago

Leonard Nimoy Announces He Has Pulmonary Disease Thirty Years After He Quit Smoking

Leonard Nimoy announced he has been diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) – three decades after he quit smoking…

11 years ago

Jay Leno Says Goodbye To 'Tonight'™; Stars Give Him Warm Sendoff

Jay Leno, after hosting The Tonight Show for 22 years, officially bid his goodbyes on Thursday night surrounded by a…

11 years ago

Google Takes Stand Against Russia’s Anti-Gay Law With Rainbow Olympics Google Doodle

The Google Doodle on Google’s homepage clearly shows the company taking a stand against Olympic host Russia’s stance on the…

11 years ago

Yevgeny Plushenko, Russian Figure Skater, Steals The Show During Sochi's Team Figure Skating Competition

Yevgeny Plushenko, the Russian figure skater, stole the show on Thursday at the first team competition of the Sochi Winter…

11 years ago

Dakota Johnson Covers ‘Elle’ As ’50 Shades’ Character Ana Steele

Dakota Johnson, who was tapped to take the female lead in the Fifty Shades of Grey movies last year, covered…

11 years ago

Conan O'Brien Pokes Fun At Jay Leno On Leno's Last Night Hosting 'The Tonight Show'

In honor of Jay Leno’s last night as the host of The Tonight Show, his rival late night hosts joked…

11 years ago

Channing Tatum: 'I'™m Very Fat And Happy'

Channing Tatum appeared on Ellen Thursday, where he admitted that he’s packed on some pounds since the birth of his…

11 years ago

U.S. Olympic Skier Heidi Kloser Injures Knee Before Qualifying Round

Heidi Kloser, a U.S. Olympic skier who was ranked second in America before the Winter Games, crashed prior to the…

11 years ago

Director Ron Krauss On '€˜Gimme Shelter,'™ Vanessa Hudgens, Rosario Dawson

Director Ron Krauss came to the idea of making Gimme Shelter, a movie about a New Jersey women’s shelter, by…

11 years ago

Sochi Olympics Opening Ceremony Kicks Off The 2014 Winter Games: Recap

The Sochi Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony took place Friday, Feb. 7, with an elaborate show that took viewers through Russian…

11 years ago

Attempted Hijack Of Plane To Sochi Foiled; Aircraft Lands In Istanbul

A commercial airline flight heading to Turkey from Ukraine became the target of a hijacker who wanted to bring the…

11 years ago