How did Brooklyn Decker react when she learned that she landed her first-ever Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover? “I burst into tears like a child,” she said on Monday’sToday show. “It’s really exciting. It’s just now hitting me, so I am really happy.” See amazing celeb bikini bods The 22-year-old North Carolina-raised model – who has posed for the magazine for the past five years (last year, she wore nothing but body paint) – said she feels like “the New Orleans Saints did Sunday night.” Landing the coveted cover is “   read more

“Jersey Shore” is hitting the beach again – and not everybody is thrilled with the situation. According to Usmagazine.com, an organization miffed at the way the MTV reality show portrays Italian-Americans said it has “continued concerns” about the hit series, which is coming back for a second season. Joseph Del Raso, president of the National Italian American Foundation, called “Jersey Shore” a “disgrace,R 21; and the behavior of its gel-haired cast members as “outrageous 221; and “laden with promiscuity, debauchery and violence   read more

This week, Apple unvieled the long anticipated iPad. While there were many rumors and hype surrounding the product, the overall concensus is that they merely created a huge version of the iPod touch. There is nothing special about the iPad other than it looks really cool and it costs an arm and a leg. But it’s not the first time Apple has been unsuccessful at winning the public’s hearts. Take for example these 8 products: 8. Macintosh TV The limited edition Macintosh TV introduced in 1993 was one of only a few Macs to come in black, it came with a cable-ready TV tuner card, and included   read more

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former child television star Gary Coleman spent the night behind bars after being arrested at his Utah home on domestic violence charges, according to Utah County jail records. Police in Santaquin, Utah, where the former “Diff’re nt Strokes” actor has a home, said they arrested Coleman on Sunday on a previous warrant after responding to a phone call reporting a disturbance at his residence. “During the course of the investigation we found a failure to appear (on a) misdemeanor warrant and we simply booked him into jail,” Sergeant Kris Johnson   read more

MTV Star: I Never Attacked My Baby Posted Jan 20th 2010 1:14PM by TMZ Staff The MTV reality star accused of brutally attacking his one-year-old daughter claims he’s not the “monster” ; he appears to be — and insists he never once laid a hand on his child. TMZ spoke with Markice “Kesan” Moore — who’s currently wanted by Georgia police — and the former “From G’s to Gents” star claims he plans on turning himself in to authorities some time this afternoon. Moore claims the only thing he should be held accountable for is the broken   read more

By THOMAS FLEMING On Dec. 5, 1933, Americans liberated themselves from a legal nightmare called Prohibition by repealing the 18th Amendment to the Constitution. Today most people think Prohibition was fueled by puritanical Protestants who believed drinking alcohol was a sin. But the vocal minority who made Prohibition law believed they were marching in the footsteps of the abolitionists who sponsored a civil war to end another moral evil—slavery. At least as important was the belief that Prohibition would produce health and wealth. Yale economist Irving Fisher, the best-known economist in the   read more

A New Jersey mother said her 8-year-old son faces extra scrutiny from TSA agents when he flies because his name appears on a “selectee̶ 1; list, The New York Times reported. Najlah Feanny Hicks said her son, Michael Hicks, a Cub Scout who travels often with his family, has had to go through extra security screening for most of his young life, receiving his first invasive pat-down at the age of two. The trouble began even before that: when Michael Hicks was a baby, Najlah Hicks said she was told by airplane officials that her son “was on the list,” The Times reported. The   read more

Talk about a serious case of hat hair. On Thursday Lady Gaga unveiled one of her most outlandish styles to date: a blonde sunhat made entirely of her own hair, reports the U.K.’s Daily Mail. The 23-year-old singer appeared in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show where Polaroid announced her as their new Chief Creative Officer. Lady Gaga said she will create fashion, technology and photography products. The Grammy nominated songstress did not offer any specific products that were in the works, but she did talk about being a “Polaroid girl,” reports MTV News. “I really   read more

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