What is it with Hollywood marriages? They seem to fail more often than marriages between regular people. The latest example is Sandra Bullock and Jesse James, who look to be splitting up after he allegedly had an affair with Michelle McGee.

Poor old Sandra Bullock. Two weeks ago she won the Best Actress Oscar for her role in The Blind Side. Among the people she thanked in her acceptance speech was he husband, Jesse James.

Unfortunately, according to claims in a magazine, while she was away in Atlanta filming The Blind Side, he hubby was filling his time by having an affair with underwear model Michelle McGee.

Bullock and James wed in 2005 but the marriage now seems to be over. Bullock moved out of the family home a few days before this story broke, no doubt tipped off that it was about to go public. I doubt she’ll move back in.

I live in “The Bible Belt” of the United States. Even so, I still haven’t seen homosexual hatred as much as this video clip shows in Africa.

And, is it just me, or does the Ugandan pastor make a reference to 2 Girls 1 Cup at the 2:30 mark?

Even though Obama has expressed his disdain for the anti-homosexual bill, there continues to be support from certain Christian conservatives like pastor Scott Lively- who claims that all of the hatred was there in the first place.

For hundreds of years, extreme Christian groups have been imposing their ideologies on African countries. Why no one notices the pattern is beyond me.

Barack Obama knows there are serious problems at the heart of America, and is trying to fix those that need fixing the most. However, not everyone agrees with his methods, and they aren’t afraid to voice their oppositions in public.

The one issue which has really divided the United States people is the proposed healthcare bill. The Republicans really don’t like the bill, and they have plenty of supporters eager to get out and show their opposition to it as well.

That’s why yesterday saw a Code Red Rally converge on Washington D.C., with people making clear their opposition to the healthcare bill. The so-called Tea Partiers chanted “Kill The Bill” in an effort to sway voters in the House from voting for the bill to pass.

The healthcare reform bill is expected to be voted on by the end of this week, with Obama and the White House expecting it to pass. If it does, then expect more of these kinds of protests from the right wing.

I love most ONN “news” stories, and this one is no exception. This is perhaps the most ironic short they’ve ever done- making fun of useless news stories.

“Now is a desperate attempt to fill up 24 hours of programming, here’s some bullshit that happened somewhere today…”

Every day, reporters have to act like they care about a story that doesn’t affect them. But what if they really said what was on their mind? It would probably turn out a lot like this.

Fox, CNN and MSNBC have to have interesting stories to gain advertising revenue, but sometimes there isn’t anything really interesting going on. So they’ll have book plugs, man-on-the street opinion pieces, and random chase stories that stretch for hours.

And as long as they keep airing those bullshit stories, I’ll stick to my trusty laptop for any news I really care about.

Presidential candidate John Edwards’ mistress, Rielle Hunter, talks about everything from her first night with John to their love child Quinn. She pairs the interview with a slightly strange and revealing photo shoot.

While Hunter may claim that she received no money for the interview, there is no way to tell (unless someone else spills) if she is lying or if she received money for the photos as well.

Why she feels the need to come out now and rub the gruesome details of the affair in everyone’s faces remains to be seen. If not money, revenge?

In the end, who knows. Hopefully it will all die down.

The top 12 American Idol contestants have been decided on, with four more singers that just weren’t good enough to stick around being sent home, back to their humdrum lives where no one knows who they are.

This video shows some of the Idol top 12 talking about their experience in getting through at a party in Los Angeles held in their honor.

The final 12 are Lee Dewyze, Tim Urban, Mike Lynche, Aaron Kelly, Andrew Garcia, Casey James, Katie Stevens, Didi Benami, Paige Miles, Siobhan Magnus, Crystal Bowersox, and Lacey Brown.

I have to that this line-up looks a little weak from where I’m sitting. There are a couple of good singers in there, but even they aren’t world class. And as for the rest? They stand little chance of having long and fulfilling careers.

The worst season of American Idol ever? Possibly.

Corey Haim has died at the tender age of just 38 after suffering what is being described as an “accidental overdose.”

Haim was found unconscious by his mother at her apartment in California, and rushed to hospital in Burbank. Unfortunately, he was pronounced dead on arrival.

This video is a fan-made tribute to the actor and recalls a happier time in his life when he was one of a new breed of child and teen actors on the scene.

The cause of death hasn’t officially be announced yet but it’s believed to be due to an accidental overdose, with four bottles of prescription drugs found recovered at the scene.

Haim is known to have had serious drink and drug addiction problems over the years, allegedly entering rehab 15 times. But it looks as though it’s a combination of legal medicine which got him in the end.

Haim will hopefully be remembered for the good times rather than the bad, with memorable performances in films such as The Lost Boys being his lasting legacy.

Doug Stanhope has been called the “modern day Bill Hicks” for a good reason. While what he says may offend some people, it gets even more people to laugh and think.

Here’s a funny segment (which he ironically did for a BBC news piece) where he explains that late night talk-show hosts and fear-mongering news networks are in the same bed together.

I don’t know why I never realized this obvious observation before. I’ve been watching Letterman and Leno for years thinking that they were polar opposites of the news networks that they make fun of, but now I realize I was wrong.

The next time you watch Leno or Letterman spout out a “current event joke” notice how they never form a serious opinion or bash the actual news network it came from. Why? Because they don’t really care- it’s just filler for them.

It’s that time of the year again when celebrities walk the red carpet and eagerly await to see if their Oscar nomination will lead to an award.

While I can’t be bothered to quite translate the US show time to Australian show time, I have read that the Oscars start at 8pm EST.

After some interesting turns at the Razzies – complete with Sandra Bullock receiving ‘worst actress’ for her role in All About Steve – I wonder who will be a little nervous coming into this year’s Oscars.

To be completely honest with you, I don’t really care. I haven’t seen many of these movies, and I haven’t even heard of others.

I just hope everyone has a good, fun time.

The Academy Awards are being held tonight. This annual love-in celebrates the best movies and acting performances of the previous year. All with a completely straight face.

The Razzies, meanwhile, are the antidote to the Oscars. This annual hatefest celebrates the worst movies and acting performances of the previous year. All with anything but a straight face.

The Razzies were held last night (March 6) and the full list of winners is now available. Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen won ‘Worst Picture’, the Jonas Brothers won ‘Worst Actor’, and Sandra Bullock won ‘Worst Actress’.

However, Bullock actually took it on the chin, turning up to accept her Razzie in typical good-humored style. She gave a long speech and handed out DVDs of All About Steve, the film she won for.

Good on her. It shows she has a sense of humor.

Scientists are now reporting that the magnitude of the Chile earthquake has shifted the Earth’s axis and caused our days to get shorter.

While the day getting shorter by just over one microsecond may not seem like a big deal, think about it in terms of a single earthquake at a single point influencing the entire planet.

Seems a bit more powerful now, doesn’t it?

There is no doubt that the harbingers of doom and gloom with bring this up as a sign that the end is near. However, I choose to take it as a reminder that, for as powerful as we are, there is nothing we can do if Earth throws a tantrum.

Nick Waters is the kind of guy other men hate, probably because he makes them look bad. While they were watching sports on the television and playing computer games in the den, he was watching chick flicks.

Nick decided to watch 30 chick flicks in 30 days in efforts to become a better husband and get in touch with his feminine side.

Most girls could easily complete the challenge, but put yourself in his shoes for a while. That’s an awful lot of kissing, a whole lot of tears, and plenty of gooey sentimentality.

But Nick survived, and probably earned a lot of brownie points with his wife as a result! Now I wonder whether she will return the favor with those action movies!

Photographer Stanley Tunick strikes again with his stunning photos of thousands of nude people – this time in front of Sydney’s opera house.

While I don’t think I would do it until I lose these last forty pounds, I think this concept is amazing.

There isn’t much in the world that can bring people together like stripping away all the labels and accessories to leave people completely naked.

While others may argue that it is sick or wrong, I think it is beautiful. I admire all the people who take part, and I feel this is a true expression of photographic art.

Marie Osmond and her family are in shock over the suicide death of her son, 18 year old Michael Blosil – who leaped to his death.

Michael, one of Marie’s eight children, had long dealt with depression, but his suicide still came as a total shock. According to some reports, he seemed to be looking forward to the future.

The Osmonds have ever been a family to bond together during the tough times, so I have no doubt there will be plenty of support going around during this difficult time.

It’s never easy to lose someone, especially to suicide. My heart goes out to them.

Arianna Huffington discusses the ‘move your money’ project, which is picking up steam as more and more supporters take their money out of the big banks in favor of local banks and credit unions.

Well, as Keith Olbermann said himself, it’s a simple idea with far-reaching consequences.

I would really like to see this take off in America. To see the big banks get nervous and to see citizens do something about the way they are being treated would be awesome.

People are being screwed in big and bad ways, so it’s about time people started fighting back. Hopefully it will make positive things happen.

Another day, another earthquake. And another tsunami warning as fears build that offshore quakes will lead to huge waves crashing into the coastlines of Pacific nations.

Yesterday saw residents of coastal cities anxiously watching and waiting to see if a tsunami would hit the shore. Luckily, the threat now seems to have passed, with the U.S. and Japan both downgrading their tsunami warnings.

The Chilean earthquake wasn’t the only to have hit the planet in the last couple of days, with a quake measuring 6.9 on the Richter Scale hitting off the coast of Japan as well.

As with Hawaii and the other countries fearful of a tsunami from the Chile earthquake, so Japan was worried about the effects of a tsunami hitting along its eastern seaboard.

The threat now seems to be over, or at least not as big as first thought. And thank God for that, as 200,000 people were killed by the tsunami in the Indian ocean in 2004.

In the early hours of Saturday morning, a huge earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter Scale hit Chile near the port town of Concepcion. The epicenter also wasn’t far away from the capital of Santiago.

At least 64 people are known to have died, and there are now fears of aftershocks to come and the possibility of one of these causing a tsunami.

Although this is a powerful earthquake and one which has killed several dozen people, this is nowhere near as bad as the Haiti earthquake from a few weeks ago.

Not only was the earthquake spread out over a longer fault-line, meaning less power being dissipated in one spot, but the buildings and infrastructure are more solid in Chile.

Chile is also much more able to cope with the aftermath of such a quake.

A trailer at Sea World in Orange County, Florida, has sadly been killed by one of the killer whales in her charge.

Some people are now calling for the whale to be put down, but I don’t understand that logic because it’s a Killer Whale’s nature to kill, be it seal or human. Surely the best thing would be to now set these wild animals free.

Dawn Brancheau had just finished hosting the ‘Dine With Shamu’ (Shamu is the stage name given to all killer whales at Sea World) show when a whale named Tilikum killed her.

Some eyewitnesses claim that Tilikum grabbed Brancheau’s ponytail and dragged under the water, drowning and killing her. But Sea World is maintaining that Brancheau slipped and fell into the pool before the whale did what comes natural to it.

Either way, I feel sad for Brancheau and her family. But I think this tragedy should serve as the impetus to stop these kinds of shows happening. Set the creatures free, and then trainer will ever share a similar fate.

The owners of Poppy, an English Springer Spaniel, always knew she was something special. But now that she’s survived an amazing fall, the rest of the world does too.

Poppy was chasing seagulls when she fell from an East Sussex cliff to the sea some 300 feet below. Remarkably the dog swam to shore and waited patiently until lifeguards could come to her rescue.

They found that Poppy suffered a partially collapsed lung in the fall, but after a visit to the vet she’s ay-okay.

What an incredible story of survival! I’ll bet she resists the urge to chase seagulls in the future!

A Pennsylvania school has been sued over the issue of using remotely activated webcams on school-issued laptops to spy on students while the students are at home.

Wow. It is hard to know where to start with this one. I am in shock that these webcams are able to be activated remotely, not to mention the fact that they actually were.

This is so disgusting. I hate to assume the worst of people, but the young girl who talked about changing while her laptop was open?

I think the student confronted with ‘photographic evidence’ thought to have come from the webcam says it all about how these cameras are really being used.