$400M Powerball Jackpot

Winning Ticket for $400M Powerball Jackpot Sold in South Carolina

Sept. 19, 2013

The winning Powerball ticket for the estimated $400 million jackpot was sold in South Carolina, according to lottery officials.

The winning numbers are 7, 10, 22, 32, 35, and Powerball 19.

There were two Match 5 winners from Florida and Pennsylvania, who will each win a cool $2 million and six additional $1 million winners. Wednesday night's drawing for the $400 million jackpot was considered the fifth largest in U.S. history. A $656 million Mega Millions ticket sold in March 2012 still stands as the largest jackpot of all time.

Odds of matching all six numbers are about 1 in 175 million, according to the game's website, which means you're 25 times more likely to win an Academy Award in your lifetime.

Gloria C. Mackenzie, 84, of Zephyrhills, Fla., was named the winner of the largest Powerball jackpot in history. Mackenzie won the $590 million Powerball bonanza last May after she bought her ticket at a Publix Supermarket. The second-largest grand prize of $587 million was split by two ticketholders from Arizona and Missouri last November.

Powerball, ticket prices doubled from $1 to $2 in January 2012, which has accounted for the swelling jackpots and tons of media attention.

Powerball is played in 43 states, Washington and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 

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iTunes

iTunes 11.1 ships with iTunes Radio, Genius Shuffle, Podcast Stations and better iOS 7 sync

Summary: Although iOS 7 is getting all the hype, Apple also released iTunes 11.1 today with support for iTunes Radio and several other noteworthy new features.

Apple today released iTunes 11.1 as a direct download from its website. The biggest new feature is iTunes Radio, Apple's brand-new music streaming service that competes directly with Pandora and others.
Here's what's new in iTunes 11.1:
iTunes Radio allows you to stream over 250 DJ-curated, genre-based radio stations or create your own from an artist or song. Adding artists, songs and skipping tracks make stations more intelligent and refined to your taste. Stations are stored in iCloud allowing you to switch devices and keep listening without having to sync. iTunes Radio is free (with ads) and an ad-free version is available to subscribers of iTunes Match. iTunes Radio is only available to U.S. account holders at launch and is also available in iOS 7.
Genius Shuffle is a smarter shuffle that picks songs that go together. It replaces the iTunes DJ feature that Apple removed in iTunes 11 in favor of the Up Next feature.
Podcast Stations allows you to create custom stations of your favorite podcasts that update automatically with new episodes. Your stations, subscriptions, and current play position sync over iCloud to the Podcasts app for iOS.
iOS 7 Sync has been improved. If you still sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to iTunes on the desktop (via USB cable or Wi-Fi) iTunes 11.1 features a better app-management UI (below) that displays multiple home screens in a re-sizable grid that makes it much easier to drag and drop apps between home screens. In addition, iOS folders are now represented as their own home screens in iTunes making it easier to move apps between folders.

iTunes 11.1 is currently available for download from the Apple product page and should be arriving in the Mac App Store soon. (Oh, and it's also available for Windows users, too.)

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Middle Eastern prince pays $500,000

Did you know? Middle Eastern prince pays $500,000 to meet Stewart
  

News has just emerged that actor Kristen Stewart was apparently paid a gigantic sum of $500,000 in exchange for a 15-minute meeting with a Middle Eastern prince. The Twilight star received the full amount in cash when she met the unidentified prince, along with his team of bodyguards, at Madison Square Garden in December 2012, the Mirror reported.

However, Stewart didn’t keep the money. It was donated to help raise funds for Hurricane Sandy’s relief efforts. Hollywood movie executive Harvey Weinstein revealed that he was the one who helped negotiate the deal between the prince and the actor, according to the Times of India.

Weinstein, who is currently promoting a documentary based on the Hurricane Sandy benefit concert at the Toronto Film Festival, said Stewart’s immediate response was, “How much?,” when he revealed the offer.

The prince apparently had to shell out over $33,333 a minute, which is around $555 a second, to interact with Stewart.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 16th, 2013.


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RoboCop

RoboCop Trailer Unleashed! Here Are Five Things You Need to Know About the Cyborg Reboot

He's part man, part machine and all remake.

The trailer for the long-delayed RoboCop reboot has finally hit the web, and by the looks of it, MGM and Columbia's 2014 version is taking its cues right out of the Christopher Nolan playbook.

E! News runs down the five biggest differences between the new, José Padilha-directedRoboCop—as seen here—versus Paul Verhoeven's 1987 sci-fi pulp classic:

1. RoboCop Begins: By putting an up-and-coming star into the main role, surrounding him with an all-star cast of acclaimed character actors and shooting for an expected PG-13 rating, Padilha apparently hopes to replicate the massive critical and commercial success Nolan earned with his Dark Knight trilogy. While that may win the franchise a wider, more family-friendly audience, a watered-down, less bloody RoboCop runs the risk of alienating the diehards that found the Rated-R original such a guilty pleasure and made it a box office hit. Already, Netizens are slamming the reboot as an uninspired Hollywood retread and it will be up to the Brazilian filmmaker best known for the foreign documentary Bus 174 to prove them wrong.

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2. Murphy Lives! In the first film, Peter Weller starred as Detroit police officer Alex Murphy, who in the year 2028 is pronounced dead after being brutally attacked by crime boss Clarence Boddicker and his thugs, only to be resurrected as the robot crime fighter. In this one, Murphy is portrayed by The Killing's Joel Kinnaman, but this time, his character survives a car bombing. Murphy's fate is also a subtle allusion to the current plight of many American servicemen injured in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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3. It's Got Batman! Furthering the Batman analogy, Padilha casts Michael Keaton in the role of villain Raymond Sellars, the CEO of OmniCorp., the all-powerful corporation that creates our cyborg hero. Of course, Sellars aims to use Murphy to his own nefarious ends by turning him into a weapon he can deploy at his disposal. Fanboys have decried the filmmaker's decision to lose the old school silver metal armor suit in favor of all-black "tactical" look. And who better to give RoboCop that big-screen makeover than the guy who played the original Dark Knight in Tim Burton's 1989 Batman?

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4. Did We Mention Gary Oldman?! The erstwhile Commissioner Gordon plays the pivotal role of Dr. Dennett Norton, the scientist who puts humpty dumpty Murphy back together again after the latter sustains "4th degree burns over 80 percent of his body," as he notes. Once again, Oldman is seemingly playing a good guy, who we imagine will likely serve as a father figure/mentor for our protagonist's journey (which the 1987 version didn't have).Morgan Freeman, alas, isn't in it, but joining Oldman is Samuel L. Jackson as a media mogul and the ever-creepy Jackie Earle Haley playing Maddox, a military man who trains RoboCop. And based on this teaser, we've a gut feeling the latter's character is going to be doing Sellars' dirty work the way Kurtwood Smith's Clarence did the same for RonnyCox's OCP President Dick Jones in the original.

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5. So Long Anne Lewis: The new RoboCop also gets rid of Murphy's female partner, Officer Anne Lewis (Nancy Allen) in favor of a male one in the form of Michael K. Williams. Presumably that's because the film delves into the family drama more with the addition of Abbie Cornish as his wife, Clara, and John Paul Ruttan as his son, David.

Despite these differences, if the 2014 RoboCop has one thing going for it in the vein of its predecessor: there's plenty of action to be had as the robot cop battles a slew of fellow Iron Men in crime-ridden Detroit (which, by the way, just filed for bankruptcy in real life). No word however if the clunky ED-209 will be back (could the below pic be it?).

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Whether moviegoers buy the reboot for a dollar—or pony up full price admission for that matter—we'll have to wait and see when RoboCop hits theaters on Feb. 7, 2014

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Jacoby Jones

How Jacoby Jones' Injury Impacts the Baltimore Ravens Offense

former Baltimore Ravenslinebacker Ray Lewis truly believes there was a blackout conspiracy during last year's Super Bowl, I wonder if he also believes that rookie Brynden Trawick was paid to take out Ravens wideout Jacoby Jones on Thursday night.

Jones was a thorn in the side of the Denver Broncos in last year's epic divisional round playoff game, catching a 70-yard game-tying touchdown pass just before the end of regulation. He would not receive an opportunity to repeat such acts during Thursday's season opener, thanks to Mr. Trawick and a bizarre special teams mishap.

As Jones was readying to field the fair catch on a second-quarter punt, Trawick collided with Jones at near full speed. Jones remained on the ground in pain for an extended period and apparently suffered a knee injury. Mike Klis of The Denver Post tweeted:



Jones, who became the Ravens' No. 2 receiver following the offseason departure of Anquan Boldin, had caught three passes for 24 yards before exiting the game.

With Jones out, the Ravens will likely look to rookie receiver Marlon Brown to complement Torrey Smith and Brandon Stokley in multiple-receiver sets.

Brown, a 6'4", 213-pound undrafted rookie out of Georgia, will now have an opportunity to make a name for himself, but he may have a difficult time replicating the dynamic Jones in the offense.

The 29-year-old Jones is the only proven deep threat, aside from Smith, currently on the Ravens roster, and Baltimore may be forced to rely on a more conservative offense with him out of the lineup.

Of course, the Ravens can always lean on Ray Rice, Bernard Pierce and the running game to move the football. However, Brown is going to have to find a way to deliver if the team is to have any realistic chance against some of the league's top offenses.

Hopefully, Jones' injury will not become a long-term setback and Trawick's mistake won't be sparking any new conspiracy theories.

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Floyd Mayweather

Floyd Mayweather Jr. to earn record $41.5 million for fighting Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez 

Mayweather's payday is the largest since Evander Holyfield pocketed $33 million for his rematch with Mike Tyson in 1997. Earlier this year, Mayweather took home $32 million after easily defending his WBC welterweight title against Robert Guerrero.

Win or lose against Saul Alvarez, Floyd Mayweather Jr. will make a record $41.5 million.

Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. will make more guaranteed money than anyone in the history of boxing when he faces Saul “Canelo” Alvarez on Sept. 14, proving his nickname is more fact than fiction.

For less than an hour of work, Mayweather will pocket a record $41.5 million for his junior middleweight title bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, a total that could go up, provided he gets a cut of the Pay-Per-View profits, according to Forbes.com. The 36-year-old, who often plays the heel in his bouts, was already the highest paid athlete for any sport over a 12-month period last year, according to Forbes, and he could claim that mantle again after his earnings are tallied up against Alvarez.

Mayweather, who often travels with large wads of cash and wagers big on sports, took home a guaranteed purse of $32 million for easily out-boxing Robert Guerrero this past May (though Mayweather fought with a sore hand), making his earnings for 2013 a whopping $73.5 million for just two bouts. Not bad work if you can get it.

Mayweather's payday is the largest since Evander Holyfield netted $33 million for his rematch against Mike Tyson in 1997. Mayweather also took home a guaranteed $32 million against Miguel Cotto last year.

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Organizers put together an 11-city tour to promote the fight.

The bout with the 23-year-old Alvarez is Mayweather's second since leaving HBO and signing a lucrative 30-month deal for six bouts with Showtime/CBS that could give him hundreds of millions of dollars. Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, was traveling on Thursday and couldn't be reached immediately. Mayweather also wasn't available. Schaefer and Mayweather advisor Leonard Ellerbe visited the Forbes.com offices on Wednesday in Manhattan to disclose the milestone.
In recent weeks, Schaefer has suggested the Sept. 14 show could surpass the all-time pay-per-view record of 2.44 million buys and generate profits greater than the previous high of $130 million. Those were both achieved when Mayweather beat Oscar De La Hoya in 2007.

Schaefer has tempered those expectations a bit, saying the PPV record might be a bit of a stretch, but he's still optimistic.

The availability of high-def broadcasts has allowed some carriers to raise the price tag of the Showtime PPV to $74.95, according to Forbes.com.

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Saul Alvarez will fight for the WBC middleweight belt.

"With the pay-per-view numbers, is it going to break the record? I hope so," Schaefer said on Wednesday during a business summit in Manhattan to discuss the various marketing strategies and advertising muscle involved in the promotion.

"I think it has an opportunity, but if it's going to happen in the end, I don't know. But one thing I know- it's a big fight."

Organizers have spared no expense to make sure of it, orchestrating an 11-city tour in the run-up. Demand for tickets has been rabid with the 16,200-seat MGM Grand selling out within hours, breaking the all-time live-gate record for a fight card with $19.1 million, exceeding the previous record of $18,419,200, according to ESPN.com. Mayweather could claim a share of the PPV revenue depending on the overall numbers at the end of the night.

Meanwhile, Danny Garcia and Lucas Matthysse are facing each other in the co-feature in a bout that's equally as exciting but that's been overshadowed by Mayweather and his money.

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Mariano Rivera

Mariano Rivera blows save, Red Sox beat Yankees, 9-8, in extra innings 

The Yankees' six-run seventh inning rally was all for naught as the Red Sox tie the game off Mariano Rivera in the ninth and win in 10 innings.

Mariano Rivera stands on the mound stunned after the Red Sox rally to tie the game with two outs in the ninth.

This would’ve been the best retaliation of all for those fireworks at Fenway last month. But the Yankees’ remarkable comeback against Boston Thursday night crumbled when Mariano Rivera blew a save in the ninth inning and the Red Sox won in the 10th.

Along the way, there was a disputed check-swing call that allowed Shane Victorino to then single in the winning run in Boston’s 9-8 victory, a poor throw by Austin Romine on Quintin Berry’s key steal, a bizarre baserunning sequence for Alfonso Soriano, a bummer of a start by Ivan Nova and no payback for last month’s Ryan Dempster flap.

And, oddly, swaths of empty seats at the Stadium for the opener of a crucial four-game series loaded with playoff implications for two bitter rivals.

It all added up to a night of temporary euphoria that soured into angst for the Yankees, who are desperately seeking a route into the playoffs. They started the night hoping they could still be a factor in the division race, although they are now nine games behind first-place Boston. They remain 2.5 games behind Tampa Bay in the race for the second wild card.

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Austin Romine's throw gets away from Derek Jeter into centerfield, allowing the game-tying run to reach third base.

“It’s a tough loss, there’s no doubt about it, but we’ve got to bounce back,” Joe Girardi said. “You can’t feel sorry for yourself. I like the way our guys fought back and if we continue to play like that, we’re going to win a lot of games.”

The Yankees had rallied from a 7-2 deficit with a six-run seventh inning and seemed a lock to win after David Robertson threw a scoreless eighth and Rivera came jogging in from the bullpen for the ninth.

“At that point, I think we got the game, but they never gave up,” Soriano said.

But Rivera, pitching for the third consecutive day, suffered his sixth blown save of the season after getting the first two outs of the ninth. He allowed a single to Mike Napoli and then saw pinch-runner Berry steal second and go to third on Romine’s throwing error. Romine later blamed himself for the steal, saying he held the ball too long.

Stephen Drew followed with a broken-bat RBI single to right that tied the score at 8.

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Quintin Berry celebrates after scoring the game-tying run in the ninth.

Rivera, who had gotten four outs in Wednesday’s win over the White Sox, said his recent workload was not a factor. “I was fine, it wasn’t an issue,” he stressed. “A broken bat over (Robinson) Cano’s head, you can’t do nothing. It’s part of the game.

“It was a tough one. We just have to forget about it and come in tomrorrow.”

Victorino’s winner came after he had checked his swing on what would’ve been strike three. Television replays showed he broke his wrists, but plate umpire Rob Drake did not call it, and when Drake asked first-base ump Joe West for help, West said Victorino didn’t swing, too.

The Yankees, not surprisingly, thought differently, and pitcher Joba Chamberlain was ejected by West after expressing his opinion. “I do (think he swung),” Girardi said. “It’s frustrating, because I thought he went. But you have to be able to overcome things.”

Added Romine: “I thought he swung. That was a pretty big key moment in the game, that he swung.”

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Lyle Overbay hits a two-run single to give the Yankees an 8-7 lead.

On Victorino’s hit, the Yankees had a potential play at the plate, but Ellsbury scored. Romine said he didn’t get a good glove on the ball.

“Those are tough plays,” Girardi said.

Nova, who was the AL Pitcher of the Month for August, didn’t resemble that pitcher Thursday night. His pitch count soared so quickly — he threw 47 pitches in the third inning alone — that he lasted only four innings, giving up three runs. He was replaced by Preston Claiborne to start the fifth, but Claiborne was awful, allowing three runs without retiring a batter.

The Yankees trailed, 7-2, entering the seventh, and many fans from the announced crowd of 40,481 had already left. But the Yanks erupted for six runs. Lyle Overbay, dumped by the Red Sox in spring training, delivered the go-ahead hit, a two-run single.

In the ninth, the Yanks had a final chance when Soriano walked and was credited with a stolen base after foiling a pickoff. But he was picked off second.

Heading into the game, most of the baseball world was wondering whether the Yankees would retaliate for Dempster’s actions, including Major League Baseball.

Nothing happened, other than another tight rivalry game.

“It’s a little tough,” Soriano said of the loss. “But we don’t have to put our heads down. There are three more games left, and I hope we come with the same energy and same attitude.” 

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Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian goes blond: The reality star's style transformation.

Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian has a new man, a new baby and a whole new wardrobe. The reality star's usual flashy party girl style took a strange turn when she started dating Kanye West, who famously emptied out her closet in favor of a "full clothing makeover" for the whole world to see on an episode of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians." Then came her over-the-top and incredibly skin-tight pregnancy style. Check out her bizarre style transformation ... You can call her a blond bombshell now. Kim Kardashian's post-pregnancy style has been topped off with a hint of blond. North West's mom stepped out over the Labor Day holiday toting her little girl and a new hairdo for the occasion.

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Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan dons revealing black dress as she supports sister Ali Lohan during New York Fashion Week

The 27-year-old star shows off her fashionable side in a long black dress as she watches her little sister walk in a runway show.

Lindsay Lohan supported her sister Ali Lohan at Wendy Nichol's Saints of the Zodiac fashion show at the Elizabeth Street Sculpture Garden in SoHo.

Lindsay Lohan is out and about in New York City for Fashion Week.

The 27-year-old starlet was seen strutting the streets in the Big Apple Wednesday as she supported her younger sister Ali Lohan, who modeled in Wendy Nichol's Fall 2013 fashion show.

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Lindsay Lohan struts her stuff in New York City for Fashion Week.

Lohan, who is looking happy and healthy after her 90-day stint in rehab, wore a black cleavage-baring black sheer, flowing dress and a pair of sky-high Christian Louboutin booties.

She accessorized her look with a black leather clutch and gold headpiece.

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Actress Lindsay Lohan is in town to support her sister Ali Lohan as she walked in a show Wednesday.

The red-headed star greeted her 19-year old sis with open arms after the show, and the two were all smiles as they were spotted chit-chatting.

Lohan reportedly opted out of a scheduled appearance at the Venice Film Festival to promote her movie, "The Canyons," but took to her blog to explain she was never supposed to to attend the event in the first place.

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Sister, sister. Lindsay Lohan chats with Ali Lohan at Wendy Nichol's Saints of the Zodiac fashion show.

"I was never confirmed to attend. Of course, I would have enjoyed returning to that wonderful city and being a part of this amazing event, but my focus is on my health and well-being," she wrote to her fans.

Lohan is really maknig an effort this time around to put her partying days behind her and stay on the sober track. 

Daily News' Confidenti@l reported she was slated to attend a post-VMAs bash on Aug. 25, where she’d pose on the red carpet and would be required to stay until the wee hours of the night.

She was offered $10,000 for the appearance but turned it down lat the last minute after having a heart-to-heart with her coach, who advised her that partying was not the best idea.

“She was all set to go, and her coach called last-minute to say she wasn’t going to be able to make it,” a source said.

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Snooki

Snooki strikes back at critics of her weight loss: ‘I don’t look emaciated; I look healthy!’

The reality TV star lost 50 pounds and is now feeling the heat for being ‘too skinny.’

‘Too skinny" my a--. #FIT' Snooki posts a workout photo on Instagram.

Snooki is fighting back against critics of her weight loss.

Once 146 pounds during her days on MTV’s “Jersey Shore,” the reality TV star is now a slimmed-down 96 pounds. But she feels like she’s the healthiest she’s ever been, not skinny or sick.
“People are jerks,” she told InTouch. “I don’t look emaciated; I look healthy!”

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Polizzi’s weight loss in recent months has led to some critics to say the former ‘Jersey Shore’ star is now too thin....

She credits her fit physique to intense workouts at the gym alongside a personal trainer. Still, she finds things she can improve upon.

“My arms still jiggle when I wave!” she added. “I’m 4-foot-9, which is the size of a third-grader, so weighing 96 pounds is normal for me.”

Feeling good about herself, the mother of one son, Lorenzo LaValle, with boyfriend Jionni LaValle previously posted an Instagram photo showing off her bicep muscles after she was slammed for being too skinny.

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The slimmer Polizzi attends the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center last month.

“Too skinny’ my a--. #FIT,” she wrote.

Snooki will soon be cha, cha, cha-ing all the negative things the critics have to say away, as it was recently announced that she’ll be on the 17th season of “Dancing With the Stars.”

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Lamar Odom

Lamar Odom is NOT in rehab despite report and Khloe Kardashian's ultimatum: source

'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' star spotted wearing wedding ring despite husband's DUI arrest and alleged drug addiction issues.

A source close to NBA athlete Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian says the basketball player didn't enter rehab, despite a report to the contrary.

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Odom, 33, was arrested last week under suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol.

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Robin Thicke

Robin Thicke’s cheeky fan Lana Scolaro says singer cheated on wife Paula Patton at VMAs after-party: ‘He started making out with me’  

A picture is worth a thousand words. Thicke's blonde fan from butt-grabbing viral photo claims she and the singer did more than just pose for pictures together.

Lana Scolaro posted a picture of herself with R&B singer Robin Thicke to her Instagram on Monday after the MTV VMAs

The plot continues to thicken.

In a scandalous new interview, Robin Thicke's cheeky fan Lana Scolaro revealed to Life & Style Magazine that the 36-year-old “Blurred Lines” singer really crossed the line.

Allegedly Thicke not only grabbed her behind in a photo from a VMAs after-party that went viral last week, but the pair also made out while his wife, Paula Patton, was just a few feet away.

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Lana Scolaro posted another picture of herself with Robin Thicke at the same after-party at 1 Oak on Sunday night.

"I don't think he cared what she thought," Scorlaro told Life & Style.
"I was with him the whole night!"
Thicke met the blonde the week before at a friend’s party, and Scolaro said he immediately approached her at New York City nightclub 1 Oak just hours after his salacious duet with Miley Cyrus that has since caused a mega-media uproar.

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Did Robin Thicke cheat? Lana Scolaro revealed: 'We were making out'  while his wife, Paula Patton, was close by at the same party.

“I just love the fact that you’re so young," Thicke reportedly used as his pick-up line to the 20-year-old New York-based student. 

"His hands were everywhere," she added.

Scolaro told the mag that at first she pushed him away because she knew he was a married man, however, Thicke assured her that his 37-year-old actress wife was "chill" and had even encouraged him to talk to Scolaro during the post-VMAs festivities.

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Singer Robin Thicke and actress Paula Patton at the MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 25. The pair has been together since they were teenagers.

His pursuit did not end there as the two left the nightclub together. Oddly enough, Patton joined them at another party at a suite in the Greenwich Hotel.

"I went to the bathroom, and when I came out he was standing there," she continued to Life & Style.

"He turned off the lights so no one could see us, and he started making out with me. He was grabbing me. He was like, 'I want to get you into bed!'"

Scolaro said things did not go any further because the two were repeatedly interrupted.

The after-after party broke up around 8 a.m. and Scolaro claimed Thicke then gave her his number and said he would see her during New York Fashion Week.

Thicke and Patton have been dating since their teens and went on to marry in 2005, they have a 3-year-old son together, Julian.

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Redheads

Redheads gather in the Netherlands to break world record
Thousands attended the annual Redhead Days festival in Breda, and 1,672 gingers got together to set the Guinness World Record for the most redheads in one place.

On Sept. 1, 1,672 gingers helped set the Guinness World Record for the most natural redheads in one spot.

Copper-haired attendees of the 2013 Redhead Days festival helped set an impressive world record on Sunday.

Thousands of gingers went to the three-day festival, but when 1,672 of them gathered in the Dutch city of Breda on Sept. 1, they broke the Guinness World Record for the most redheads in one place.

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Famous redhead Ronald McDonald hung out with his flame-haired brethren.

Ronald McDonald, a famous redhead himself, mingled with his fellow flame-haired festival goers and acted as the ambassador of the McDonald-sponsored event.

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About 5,000 redheads from all over the world attended the annual event in the Netherlands.

About 5,000 redheads from all over the world attended the annual event in the Netherlands. Thousands of blonds and brunettes also celebrated with their redhead friends and family.

In honor of the festival, regional airline FlyBe organized a special redheads-only flight from Inverness, Scotland, to Amsterdam. Ginger beer was among the themed refreshments on board.

Redheads are believed to make up a mere 1% of the world's population. Scotland is home to the greatest percentage of natural redheads (13% of the population), followed by Ireland (10%)

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Samsung

Samsung's new Galaxy Gear smartwatch is on the cutting edge of a growing trend of wearable technology.

When it comes to smartwatches, the future ain't what it used to be. Can Samsung change that?

A high-tech watch, such as the two-way radio and TV wristwatches used by Dick Tracy in the comics more than four decades ago, was among those futuristic devices foreshadowed in science fiction. But along the way, the smartphone became all-powerful.

Now Samsung, already a major smartphone power, has introduced its new Galaxy Gear smartwatch with hopes of making the watch a must-wear device again.

The tech giant revealed the watch and its new Note 3 big-screen smartphone Wednesday at the IFA electronics show in Berlin. Black-jacketed bouncers checked credentials of a few hundred journalists and industry affiliates who piled into the Tempodrom, a high-ceiling roundhouse auditorium near central Berlin.

Chamber music played before the new products were revealed on a really big screen stretched about 180 degrees around the center of the room. On stage, Samsung research team leader Pranav Mistry deemed the Galaxy Gear as "something out of science fiction .... (that) reinvents a centuries old product."

Perhaps, but it has some hurdles to surmount, says futurist Paul Saffo, who teaches long-range forecasting at Stanford University.

"At the moment, the only people who wear things on their wrist are people old enough to have an AARP card. Students look at wristwatches today the same way that their grandparents looked at pocket watches in the middle of the last century, as an unbelievably old-fashioned thing," Saffo says. "But that is about to change."
Samsung's Galaxy Gear, due to hit the market later this month for a reported $299, will let wearers access texts, e-mails, news, weather and music from their Samsung portable devices. That's similar to what you can do with the Pebble watch, released earlier this year. And the Galaxy Gear responds to voice commands as does the Martian Watch, released just over two months ago.

Sony has its own SmartWatch 2 out this month, and analysts expect Apple and Google to chime in on the category. Smartwatches fit into a growing wearable device market that research firm Gartner estimates will hit $10 billion by 2015.

Whether Samsung's device becomes a mainstream winner remains to be seen, Saffo says. But eventually, "A whole new generation is about to rediscover that a wrist is a useful place to put a device," he says.

Not all consumers will think it's time to rejoin the watch-wearing crowd, despite the new devices' features, says P.J. McNealy of Digital World Research.

"You already have multiple things you can check the time on," McNealy says. "Your smartphone, your iPad, your PC and the wall. Having another device such as a watch just means it's a more crowded field."

There will be those who like the idea of a smaller screen to use beyond the progressively larger options provided by phones, tablets and laptops, he says. "A 2- or 3-inch smartwatch screen is filling out the product portfolio."

Samsung is smart to tout how the Galaxy Gear can help users get more out of their larger-display devices, says Gartner research director Angela McIntyre.

"These larger devices are bulky to take in and out of bags to frequently check calls and messages," she says. "Smartwatches are accessories to smartphones and phablets."

However, McNealy notes, smartwatches have failed before. In 2004, Fossil and others teamed with Microsoft on new SPOT (Smart Personal Objects Technology) watches that displayed news, weather and messages. But time ran out on them four years later.

At the time, few consumers were ticked off.

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Romain Dauriac

Scarlett Johansson engaged to French guy, Romain Dauriac

Scarlett Johansson with Romain Dauriac at the 70th Venice International Film Festival Tuesday. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

Engaged: Scarlett Johansson to her boyfriend of ten months or so, Romain Dauriac — a Frenchman who has been described in various media as either a journalist or the director of a creative agency. Whatever: It’s sure hard to find any story about him that doesn’t also involved Scarlett Johansson. The 28-year-old actress — who spent a couple years married to Ryan Reynolds — kept the tabloids on their feet most of this year by wearing one dazzling ring or another. All decoys, it seems, but the diamond Art Deco piece she’s wearing now was the real thing, his engagement gift to her, reports the generally very cautious People.

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True Blood

'True Blood' will end in 2014 with close of seventh season, HBO announces

The vampy vampire series based on the books by Charlaine Harris has been one of network's most popular shows and show runner Brian Buckner promises 'we will do our very best to bring Sookie's story to a close with heart, imagination and, of course, fun.'

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‘True Blood,’ starring Anna Paquin, will wrap up with next year’s seventh season.



Put a stake in it, “True Blood” is just about done.

HBO announced Tuesday that the steamy vampire drama series will end its run in 2014 with its seventh season.


HBO says it will be ‘hard to say goodbye to the residents of Bon Temps,’ including trampy vamps, Alexander Skarsgard’s Eric and Kristin Bauer van Straten’s Pam.


“‘True Blood’ has has been nothing short of a defining show for HBO," Mike Lombardo, the nework’s head of programming said in making the annoucement. "Alan Ball took the books by Charlaine Harris, assembled a brilliant cast led by the magnificent Anna Paquin in the role of Sookie Stackhouse, and crafted a show that has taken its many devoted fans on an unforgettable journey.

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‘As we take a final walk through Bon Temps together, we will do our very best to bring Sookie's story to a close with heart, imagination and, of course, fun,’ says show runner Brian Buckner.

“Together with its legions of fans, it will be hard to say goodbye to the residents of Bon Temps, but I look forward to what promises to be a fantastic final chapter of this incredible show."


Deborah Ann Woll and Stephen Moyer on ‘True Blood.’

Even before series creator Alan Ball’s departure as show runner after the fifth season, however, some critics felt the once buzz-worthy show might be getting long in the tooth.

The season 6 finale, which aired two weeks ago, drew an audience of 4.1 million viewers, down from 5 million the previous season, according to Nielsen’s figures.

Current show runner Brian Buckner promised that the seventh season will wrap the saga of Paquin’s Sookie “with heart, imagination and, of course, fun.
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skyscraper

New London skyscraper blamed for scorching cars parked nearby

Rays that are reflected off of the $310 million 'Walkie Talkie' may be so powerful that they partially melted a Jaguar XJ. As a precautionary measure, parking has been suspended in certain areas.

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Tiling firm boss Martin Lindsay says his Jaguar was damaged by bright light reflected down from the 'Walkie Talkie' skyscraper in London.
A brand new British skyscraper has been blamed for scorching a car that was parked nearby.

The $310 million "Walkie Talkie" — which stands at 20 Fenchurch Str. in London — reportedly reflected blinding rays of light onto a Jaguar XJ.

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Rays from the new 'Walkie Talkie' tower in central London are so powerful that people have started calling it 'Walkie Scorchie.'

Tiling firm boss Martin Lindsay claims he'd only left his vehicle in Eastcheap for an hour on Thursday.

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Martin Lindsay said he smelled burnt plastic when he returned to his car.

But when he returned he allegedly found the panels buckled and a smell of burnt plastic.


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Parking has been suspended in the areas affected by the reflect sunlight.

"They're going to have to think of something," he told City A.M. "I'm gutted. How can they let this continue?"

His story prompted other similar tales of woe, with heating engineer Eddie Cannon coming forward to claim his Vauxhall Vevaro had suffered from the same fate.

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The business man's Jaguar apparently buckled in the heat from the 'Walkie Scorchie.'

"The van looks a total mess — every bit of plastic on the left and everything on the dashboard has melted, including a bottle of Lucozade that looks like it has been baked," he added.

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The carpet in a nearby barber shop has a burn mark on the carpet from sunlight reflected off the 'Walkie Talkie' tower.

Joint developers Land Securities and Canary Wharf has suspended parking bays that fall in the path of the reflected rays as they investigate.

"As a precautionary measure, the city of London has agreed to suspend three parking bays in the area which may be affected," a spokesman said.

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The light from the 37-story building is apparently more powerful than intended.

It's also led some to dub the 37-story, 525-feet building — which has a concave design and is due to be completed next year — as the "Walkie Scorchie."

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