The Rev. Al Sharpton believes the world needs more fathers like Joe Jackson - a man the King of Pop said routinely beat him and his siblings when they were children.
The civil rights leader heaped praise on the dad's parenting skills at the National Action Network in Harlem Saturday.
"The arrogance of [people] attacking a man for being a stern father," Sharpton said. "I wish we had more stern fathers - then we wouldn't be shooting each… Continue
A pair of suicide bombs ripped through key government offices in downtown Baghdad Sunday, killing 136 people and injuring nearly 600 more.
The explosions - which targeted the Justice Ministry and Baghdad provincial administration - were the most deadly attacks so far this year.
Among the dead were at least 25 staff members of the Baghdad Provincial Council, which runs the city, officials said.
Shiloh Pepin, a girl who was born with fused legs, a rare condition often called "mermaid syndrome," and gained a wide following on the Internet and national television, has died.
She was 10.
Doctors had predicted she would only survive only for days after her birth at the most, but the girl, described by her mother as "a tough little thing," died at Maine Medical Center on Friday afternoon, hospital spokesman John Lamb… Continue
The longtime church janitor confessed to the brutal murder of a beloved New Jersey priest whose body was found in the rectory kitchen, authorities said on Saturday.
Jose Feliciano stabbed the Rev. Edward Hinds 32 times with a kitchen knife after an argument at St. Patrick's Church in Chatham on Thursday evening, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi said.
Police suspected Feliciano from the beginning, Bianchi said. The 64-year-old… Continue
The mother of a 4-year-old Brooklyn boy brutally beaten to death was arrested with her boyfriend Saturday night for the savage slaying of her child, police said.
Myrna Chen Phang, 25, and her beau, Steven Dadaille, 26, were charged with pummeling Jayden Lenescar with blows during a two-day beatdown that left him dead Friday afternoon, law enforcement sources said.
The 3-foot-9, 54-pound preschooler was pounded on his slight torso, his… Continue
Courtney Love has moved back to New York - driven out of Los Angeles by double-crossing employees she says "tried to take me to the loony bin."
Love tells us she's sought refuge here after people on her payroll enlisted off-duty, gun-wielding cops to stage bogus "raids" on her Malibu home in a bid to help themselves to the fortune of her late husband, Kurt Cobain.
Rehabbed rocker Love, who was ordered to have a hospital observation in… Continue
During an interview with Playboy magazine, the interviewer asked whether he and his girlfriend engaged in anal sex. He said the following:
Here's his exact quote:
"I like f*cking a*s! Ain’t nothin’ like the butthole. The a*s is a delicacy, goddamn it. I’d put hot sauce on it.
When you eat the brown hole, that’s when her toes do this. [sticks legs out and curls toes] You got to be willing to do anything to please your woman,… Continue
TMZ has learned Brad Pitt was involved in a minor motorcycle accident in Los Angeles.
A witness at the scene tells us Pitt was trying to weave in between cars while at a red light -- but he lost control and fell off the bike.
We're told he got up and moved the motorcycle to the side of the road then ran into an apartment building.
Our witness says he waited for someone to come pick him up and now he's no longer at the scene. Pitt left his motorcycle… Continue
At least he was in a comfy chair.
A Minnesota man has pled guilty to driving while drunk. The only hitch - he was driving a La-Z-Boy.
According to the Duluth News Tribune, Dennis LeRoy Anderson departed from a bar in Proctor, a town in northern Minnesota, and started to drive his chair home one night in August 2008.
However, the 62-year-old crashed the La-Z-Boy into a parked car. He was not seriously injured, but police… Continue
Jessica Gil Ortiz’s Gymnastics Headplant Every wonder what would have happened if you hadn’t given up your gymnastics dream as a kid, if you had been able to go all the way at the international level, if you had achieved fame and fortune in one of the world’s biggest sports? Watch this video, and you’ll never think about it again.… Continue
“I’m a Beautiful Black Butterfly”
On Tuesday, Matt Lauer had to contend with the force of nature that is Tracy Morgan on The Today Show on Tuesday. The comedian talked about Lorne Michaels (his “Obi-Wan Kenobi”), dished on former Saturday Night Live cast members, and discussed “coming into” his “manhood,” and, apparently, his butterflyhood. “If Tracy Morgan can make it,” said the Jedi butterfly, “so can…
Michelle Obama went 10 rounds on "The Jay Leno Show" Friday night, but the First Lady reserved all her punches for President Obama - and her own mom.
Appearing on "10 @ 10" - a comedy bit during which Leno asks 10 rapid-fire questions - the First Lady was asked to name the President's most annoying habit.
"Ohhh - we don't have enough time," Obama said before riffing on her hubby's Mr. Cool image. "He has no annoying habits. Right, Jay?… Continue
You're in rehearsals for "Race," which will be your Broadway debut on Nov. 19. Excited about that?
AIt's ridiculously cool. I grew up in the Bronx, and I wanted to do theater long before I wanted to be in a movie. I've never done Broadway before, but I had been longing to return to the theater. Originating a role in a play by David Mamet, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, is just an incredible opportunity.
A group of prominent artists are moving forward with a lawsuit against the U.S. government for using music as a means for torture at Cuba’s controversial Guantanamo Bay facility.
Last December, news hit media outlets about how military personnel were using music to humiliate and demoralize detainees.
Rage Against the Machine member Tom Morello is participating in the suit, and revealed that reports have shown the music was played just… Continue
Michael R. Bloomberg, the Wall Street mogul whose fortune catapulted him into New York’s City Hall, has set another staggering financial record: He has now spent more of his own money than any other individual in United States history in the pursuit of public office.Newly released campaign records show the mayor, as of Friday, had spent $85 million on his latest re-election campaign, and is on pace to spend between $110 million and $140 million before… Continue
A shot from a BB gun fired at a rookie cop at a Brooklyn housing project led to the arrest of 15 people on gun and drug charges, police said Friday.
The officer, who escaped the Thursday night incident with a minor bruise, was patrolling Bedford-Stuyvesant's Louis Armstrong Houses with his partner when he felt a sting, police said.
The officer saw a pellet and realized he had been shot in the hat.
McDonald’s Corp., Burger King Holdings Inc. and Friendly Ice Cream Corp. were accused in a lawsuit of selling chicken they know contains a chemical that can cause cancer even in small amounts.
McDonald’s, the world’s biggest restaurant company, and the other dining chains were sued Wednesday in state court in Hartford, Connecticut. The complaint, filed by Washington-based Cancer Project on behalf of two Connecticut residents, seeks class-action,… Continue