Turns out the Falcon never left the nest.
A 6-year-old Colorado boy, believed lost aboard a UFO-shaped homemade balloon designed by his dad, was found hiding inside his family's garage after a dizzying day of highs and lows.
Falcon Heene was as terrified as the national television audience riveted by the modern-day Dennis the Menace's escapade.
"I thought I would get in trouble," the 40-pound boy told reporters outside the… Continue
Whitney Houston won't be sitting down for a chat on the "Wendy Williams Show" anytime soon: A source says she's still steamed about the infamous on-air confrontation she had with Williams back when the host was a radio shock jock.
Houston isn't the only one holding a grudge. In what talent bookers for the talk show are calling the "Wendy BLACK-lash," a slew of A-list African-Americans — including Mariah Carey, Usher, Tyler Perry and Diddy — have… Continue
A Louisiana justice of peace refused to issue a marriage license because the couple trying to wed was interracial.
Keith Bardwell, a justice of peace in Tangipahoa Parish, cited concern for children that the couple might have as one of his reasons.
Bardwell, who claims most interracial marriages do not last long, came to the conclusion that offspring from those relationships are discriminated against.
Kanye West has lived up to the mantra that in fashion, one day you're in, the next day you're out.
Just two days after pieces from the rapper's clothing line Pastelle appeared online, the plug was unceremoniously yanked on the fashion project, according to EOnline.com.
West, a self-admitted clotheshorse, had reportedly been working on the clothes for years and had even given sneak peeks of a few pieces at various award… Continue
The live from the 305 album release party went down the other night and T Pain arrived driving a hearse bumping Death Of Autotune. He also lets us get a lil sneak peak in the coffin to see the BIG ASS CHAIN a grill and some… Continue
At the beginning of the show, Diddy and members of his new hip-hop group, Dirty Money, could be seen prancing around the stage tossing wads of fake $100 bills.
But once the crowd saw there was real cash mixed in, a free-for-all erupted.
"The audience went wild," said BET spokeswoman Marcy Polanco. "We were like, 'Oh, my God!' "
Sources said there were about $25 to $100 in singles mixed in with the funny money.
Wale, who's managed by Jay's Roc Nation, says Hov's rollout for Blueprint 3 has been impeccable.
"He's the best to do it on the rap level and business side," Wale said about Hov. "I saw it coming, I'm around that office a lot. But the fact he can pull it off so easily — he's the best to do it."
Wale was part of the VH1 celebration for the Jiggaman's former recording home, Def Jam Records. Wale covered Roc-A-Fella staple Kanye West at… Continue
Floyd "Money" Mayweather is not someone you want to trade blows with — in the ring or over the radio.
As a professional boxer, he has 40 wins under his belt. As a business mogul, Mayweather lives up to his nickname "Money Mayweather" — his last three title fights generated close to… Continue
All week, gossip sites have been abuzz with rumors that two of the fiercest divas in the game — Beyoncé and Lady Gaga — had joined forces on a super-secret video for B's "Video Phone."
It was a fairly big deal, and accordingly there's been much quoting of "insider" sources and "my boy [who] worked as a stylist for [Gaga's] dancers," but no confirmation from any major contributor to the project — until now.
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is launching a new version of its touchscreen Storm smartphone, marking its latest move in the fight with Apple's iPhone.
The Storm2, as the device is known, is "a biggie for us," RIM co-Chief Executive Jim Balsillie said in an interview.
The smartphone retains the original Storm's clickable touchscreen interface, but improves upon it with faster typing and "multitouch" capabilities, which allow… Continue
A sibling's corpse on the floor apparently didn't stop one drug-addled woman from being the life of the party.
When 50-year-old Sindi Lee Baker died of an apparent heroin overdose Oct. 7, Michigan cops say her sister and a male friend kept partying - and didn't stop for two days, the Detroit News reports.
Baker's sister, who cops declined to identify, and paroled felon Joseph Loehnis initially thought Baker had passed out at the home… Continue
French Vogue has gotten into some more haute controversy.
This month's issue of the fashion magazine features a photoshoot with white supermodel Lara Stone in blackface, according to Jezebel.com.
No stranger to shocking shoots — it recently featured a faux-pregnant model smoking a cigarette— the magazine enlisted photographer Steven Klein to shoot the 14-page spread, styled by editor Carine Rotifeld.
Everyone's heard of Persians and poodles, but a pet show in Manhattan this weekend will also showcase some of the more obscure breeds - like a cat that resembles an owl and a dog that looks like a teddy bear.
The "Meet the Breeds" extravaganza at the Javits Center aims to introduce the public to the cats and dogs recognized by the American Kennel Club and the Cat Fanciers' Association.
"Everybody loves cats and dogs, and people are… Continue
There are limits to being a crime victim, as a woman who called Saginaw County sheriff's deputies to report the theft of marijuana found out.
Detective Sgt. Randy F. Pfau (FOW) says the 54-year-old woman was arrested early Sunday after reporting two men had broken into her home in Brant Township, 80 miles north-northwest of Detroit.
Pfau says the woman told deputies the men fled after one of them demanded her marijuana plants. He says… Continue
Republican firebrand Meghan McCain’s skimpy pajamas have her conservative followers all atwitter, forcing the daughter of failed 2008 presidential candidate Sen. John McCain to apologize for posting a racy photo of her décolletage.
The trouble started around 8 p.m. Wednesday when The Daily Beast columnist uploaded a photo of herself in a low-cut tank-top reading a biography of Andy Warhol.
"[My] 'spontaneous' night in is my Andy Warhol… Continue
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A woman being driven around in a rented limousine pulled up at a coat store and announced she'd won the lottery and would pay for everyone's purchases, police said, but she ended up causing a riot when customers realized it was a hoax.
Angry customers threw merchandise around and looted, leaving the store looking as though a hurricane had passed through it, police said.
Linda Brown was arrested Tuesday after an… Continue
We couldn't help but help but be reminded of the Svedka robot when the voluptuous Amber Rose hit the VMAs red carpet in this curve-hugging snakeskin onesie. Perhaps our memory was triggered by the sight of Kanye West swigging straight from a bottle in the background ...
An experimental runaway balloon that was thought to be carrying a 6-year-old boy through the Colorado sky landed Thursday afternoon - but without the child inside.
Falcon Heene was missing from the flying saucer-shaped balloon when it wafted gently to earth in the middle of a field, according to reports.
The empty craft suggested the child might have fallen from the balloon as it sailed wildly for more than an hour - or that he never… Continue
LOS ANGELES - A former bodyguard for Anna Nicole Smith testified Wednesday that he saw Smith's lawyer-boyfriend Howard K. Stern cook a crushed Valium pill on a spoon and suck the liquid into a syringe for the Playboy pinup in October 2006 -- four months before her fatal overdose.
Maurice Brighthaupt said the episode unfolded in Smith's Bahamas bathroom as the tragic model rested naked in the adjoining bedroom. He said Smith had been "begging" for… Continue