Mos Def protests Guantanamo force-feeding

Right now, more than 100 detainees at the US naval base on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are engaged in a months-long hunger strike. Many are being involuntarily fed through nasogastric tubes, a practice that rapper and activist Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) is protesting in a new video.

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Halle Berry describes daughter’s harassment terror

With dozens of journalists tailing her every move, Academy Award-winner Halle Berry appeared at the California Capitol on Tuesday (Wednesday NZ time) to testify for a bill that would limit the ability of paparazzi to photograph the children of celebrities and public figures. “My daughter doesn’t want to go to school because she knows ‘the men’ are watching for her,” the actor told the Assembly Committee on Public Safety

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Ariel Winters Mother Issues a Cease and Desist Notice to Publicist Saying She Was leaking Nude Photo’s of Her Own Daughter

  Ariel winters Mother Issues a Cease and Desist Notice to Publicist   Chrystal Workman Sends A Notice to Jonathan Hay   Ariel Winter’s mother, Chrystal Workman, has fired off a cease and desist letter to the publicist who claimed Chrystal demanded he leak nude photos of her eldest daughter — however she does admit sending […]

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Insiders Close to Spears Say Britney Will Cancel Her Wedding Plans

  Britney Spears may very likely be planning to cancel her wedding to Jason Trawick, say insiders.   Love or Business?  She is wondering if their “romance” is nothing but a business deal cooked up by her dad, and she’s going to pull the plug on their Decem­ber nuptials, the insiders  add. “I think Britney’s father hired […]

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Lady GaGa Says “I Gained 25 Pounds” And She Doesn’t Feel Bad About It

Lady Gaga’s revealing costumes during her Amsterdam tour this week have gotten some attention — but not for the clothes themselves.   Stunning Star Admits She’s Not Ashamed of Weight Gain  In a new interview with radio host Elvis Duran, the 26-year-old singer admits she’s recently gained some weight. “I’m dieting right now, because I gained, […]

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Did NATO Fail to Save African Migrants in Boat Off Libya?

Did NATO pilots allow 62 Africans fleeing Libya to perish on the high seas because their mission did not include saving desperate migrants or because NATO’s tangled bureaucracy had failed? That’s the allegation roiling Europe after some of the handful of survivors, who drifted for weeks after a harrowing escape from Tripoli, told of having been spotted and then ignored by Western forces

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