Tobey Maquire settles poker lawsuit

Tobey Maguire settles poker lawsuit

Tobey Maquire settles poker lawsuit. Tobey Maguire, 36, has agreed to fork over a large chunk of change in a settlement over earnings won at high-stakes poker games. The “Spider-Man” actor participated in underground tournaments involving a convicted Ponzi schemer.

Museum puts humans on display

Museum puts humans on display

Museum puts humans on display, An unusual museum exhibit examines a demeaning colonial-era tradition by displaying disturbing imagery. The museum’s curator hopes the exhibit causes people to think hard about their own prejudices.

The Sith who Stole Christmas

The Sith who Stole Christmas

The Sith who Stole Christmas, 'Star Wars,' 'Grinch' mashup goes viral. In a new holiday-themed viral video, Darth Vader from "Star Wars" is put in place of the Grinch from the Dr. Seuss classic "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." The video showcases Vader set to the song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"

TLC T-Boz bankruptcy

TLC T-Boz bankruptcy

TLC T-Boz bankruptcy, TLC's T-Boz files for bankruptcy, again--T-Boz from the girl group TLC has reportedly filed for bankruptcy, for the second time. According to court papers, the singer claims the source of her problem is the $250,000 she's owed in back child support

2011 Famous December Birthdays

2011 Famous December Birthdays

2011 Famous December birthdays, 'Tis the season for celebration, and these celebrities will celebrate with another candle in their cakes. A game show host, a crime investigator and a television producer are among those with birthdays this month.

$2 million Christmas tree

$2 million Christmas tree, It’s a Christmas tree fit for a king — King Midas, that is.
An 8-foot-tall dazzler of a tree, festooned with 60 heart shapes and 100 ribbons all made of pure gold, made its $2 million debut last week at the ultra-pricey Ginza Tanaka jewelry store in Tokyo.
The tree certainly has Japan dreaming of a gold Christmas — citizens are lining up to take snapshots of it in the storefront window of Tanaka’s in Tokyo’s tony Ginza district. But it also some people crying foul that it corrupts the true meaning of the season.

Seeking to top the $850,000 “Gold Christmas” tree it created in 2006, Tanaka teamed up with floral arrangement artist Shogo Kariyazaki to create an even more opulent tree. Using more than 26 pounds of pure gold, 15 craftsmen spent four months fashioning the tree to its brilliant sheen.

The value of the gold used in the tree comes to $750,000, but the store’s marketing manager, Naoto Mizuki, told London’s Daily Mail newspaper that “considering the time it took to make, the designer and the hard work put into it, we can assume that the cost of this tree would be approximately ($2 million).”
The solid gold tree is not for sale, but it seems to be doing a great job at its intended purpose of drawing people to the store. One window-shopping housewife, Kisoko Sakabe, told the Daily Mail: “When you’re looking at the tree, it really jumps out at you.”
The tree now vies to be listed as the most expensive Christmas tree ever created. But it’s also drawn some negative feedback from people who say it’s another example of yuletide overkill.

“Sure, that money could have gone to something trivial like feeding and clothing the needy, but no, a solid gold Christmas tree is much more important,” Mark Berman sniffed on the Opposing Views website.
Others, writing on the Daily Mail website, were no more generous: “I think when the Three Wise Men delivered Gold, Incense and Myrrh….this abomination would not have been top of their list as gift!” poster filmex wrote.
Added another poster, Roger Hampton: “I wonder what Jesus would think of this?”
Via: Msn

Biggest Toy Recalls

Biggest Toy Recalls

Biggest toy recalls, Are the toys your children play with safe? Although most toys are perfectly fine, some prove dangerous once they reach the hands of children. Scroll through to see some of the biggest toy recalls of 2011.