An Australian publishing company must fork over a large amount of cash for a typo that appeared in one of its recently released cookbooks. Penguin Group Australia had to reprint its "Pasta Bible" last week after one recipe listed "salt and freshly ground black people" instead of pepper, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.
Penguin had to cook up $18,000 to reprint 7,000 copies of the recipe book.
CARACAS, Venezuela – Suspended WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero was detained on suspicion of killing his wife on Sunday, police said.
Venezuelan Federal Police Chief Wilmer Flores said Valero was arrested after police found the body of his wife in a hotel in the city of Valencia.
Flores said Valero left the hotel room around dawn on Sunday and allegedly told the hotel's security personnel that he had killed… Continue
Scott Storch is quickly getting back into swing of the music game by lending his hit-making skills to the highly anticipated Dr. Dre single “Under Pressure,” a song that features Jay-Z.
The song, which has yet to leak, is a huge move for the Philadelphia-bred musician, according to a company working closely with Storch.
"To see Scott Storch and Dr. Dre back together, signifies the change in the music industry climate as we know it. This… Continue
Jake Shields' win at the Strikeforce World Championship Saturday night was overshadowed by a brawl that was never meant to happen.
CBS' telecast of the mixed martial arts competition ended in an unscheduled fight that broke out after Shields defeated Dan Henderson.
The fight started when Jason "Mayhem" miller called for a rematch. Shields started to pummel Miller, only to be separated and have his spot taken by fans.
Shaquille O'Neal's estranged wife claims the basketball star recently ordered their son to deliver death threats to her new boyfriend ... this according to documents obtained by TMZ.
Shaunie O'Neal's lawyers just fired off a letter to Shaq's people, claiming the bball star "interrogated" the couple's children to tell him everything they knew about her new man ... "to the point that they felt intimidated and scared of him."
BET put their footdown and banned a new video from Teairra Mari and Soulja Boy called “Sponsor.” Basically the video is about a girl that gets money and stuff from a man…the “sponsor.” According to theybf.com, the video was sending a bad message to kids - mainly girls. Well, it is what it is if you ask me. I’m going to go farther and say ban all the… Continue
Yonkers, New York native Jadakiss is launching the new Kiss for Kids Foundation in support of the local community. The platinum selling rapper will be on hand during the opening of a new Boost Mobile retail store in Yonkers. Boost will donate $10,000 to the Kiss for Kids Foundation during the event, which will feature music courtesy of Hot 97’s Funkmaster Flex. The event takes place Saturday (April 17th) from 12pm -… Continue
Rick Ross is proclaiming victory over a verdict where he was ordered to pay $300,000 in punitive and compensatory damages to DJ Vlad (Vlad Lyubovni). The case was resulted in a August 2008 incident where members of Ross’ entourage assaulted DJ Vlad at the Ozone Awards over the deejay posting comedic images of Ross dressed as a correctional officer.
The attack left Vlad with 7 stitches below the eye, fractures to the face, a corneal… Continue
Following her sisters who recently posed nude in bodypaint for an ad, Kim Kardashian is also shedding her clothes to celebrate her body.
In the May issue of Harper's Bazaar, the reality star bares all to flaunt her famous physique in a pictorial that is not airbrushed.
"I think the message is embrace your curves and who you are," Kardashian, 29, says. "I feel proud if young girls look up to me and say, ‘I'm curvy, and I'm proud of it… Continue
A drug kingpin has lost quite a few kilos.
Jorge Paredes-Cordova - nicknamed Gordo - looked much thinner than his top weight of 330 pounds as he was sentenced Friday to 31 years in prison.
Paredes-Cordova was convicted of heading a drug-trafficking syndicate that smuggled tons of cocaine into the United States.
But he still insists he's innocent.
"I am willing to go through a lie detector test and if I don't pass… Continue
A massive gang takedown in Queens uncovered a rare alliance between Bloods and Crips and a ruthless plot to assassinate cops, authorities said Friday.
The revelations came as law enforcement unveiled the chilling results of long-running "Operation Under Siege" - 104 suspects, dozens of guns, two slayings and piles of drugs and cash.
The sprawling case was built on wiretaps - including… Continue
FISTS were flying and bottles were busting last night at Atlanta's hottest new club Wet Willie's.
Details are just coming in now. But the streets are saying that some dude approached NBA baller Allen Iverson claiming that Allen owed him money over a gambling debt.
Word is that the dude came at Allen kind of sideways and his goon squad (AKA security) didn't like the way he was talking to AI. So they proceeded to lay hands on ole… Continue
Beyonce was thrilled to see her man Jay-Z perform at Coachella last night -- Maria Shriver, however, looked less than enthused. She was probably thinking to herself, "Jigga what? Jigga… Continue