After 39 days, Bob Crowley, The 58-year-old physics teacher from Gorham, Maine emerged as the winner of Survivor: Gabon.
“My plan was to fly under the radar as long as I could … and be a nice guy, so that people would like me,” Crowley summed up shortly after his name was announced by host Jeff Probst, on a post-game special aired live from Hollywood.

The Indiana Jones and Robinson Crusoe hybrid beat Susie and Sugar on Sunday in the final 3 to take home the million dollars and became the oldest …

A crowd of surprised bystanders gathered as Michael Jackson visited a Los Angeles antique shop wearing a black hat, slippers, a black scarf wrapped his neck, a light cyan colored tunic and a black eye mask that made him look like Zorro.

The 50-year-old has never been short of creativity when it comes to fashioning a disguise.
What do you think is he up to??
I guess that’s the consequence of being broke.
In an effort to make some extra money, Jacko is putting up for auction his stuff, including the famed glittery glove …

Authorities have arrested more than 170 people around the globe, including at least 61 in the United States on charges they were part of a worldwide network of child pornographers, officials said Friday.
According to CNN, 11 girls in the U.S. and dozens more in Europe were rescued in a joint effort between European and American agents called Operation Join Hammer.
The children were believed sexually molested by child pornography producers.
The investigation, code-named Operation Koala in Europe, was developed in 2006 when Australian police discovered a video that depicted a man abusing …

Summit Entertainment has formally named Chris Weitz to direct “New Moon,” the sequel to the box office hit “Twilight.”
He made clear in a press release Saturday that he would treat the next installment of the series with care and respect, preserving the story’s characters and themes.
The “Golden Compass” director has a proven track record working with a broad range of material dealing with youth-oriented characters, fantasy and action.
“Twilight” author Stephenie Meyer confirmed the news on her official website Saturday morning in a post intended to calm the growing distress among …

Two Hong Kong Airlines pilots have been dismissed after trying to take off from a taxiway rather than the main runway at the city’s airport.
According to the Taipei Times, the pair, an Indonesian captain and Argentinian co-pilot, were only stopped by a watchful air traffic controller who noticed them speeding on the taxiway and advised them to stop.
The Boeing 737 was carrying 122 passengers, the report said.
Indra Santrianto, an Indonesian, told his company he was merely travelling at speed on a taxiway on his way to the north runway and …

BAGHDAD–Just weeks before he leaves office, U.S. President George W. Bush made an unscheduled farewell visit to Iraq on Sunday.
Air Force One landed at Baghdad international airport for a visit that the White House said was for Bush to thank US troops, meet Iraqi officials and celebrate a new security pact.
The president was accompanied by his national security adviser Stephen Hadley and spokeswoman Dana Perino.
Unfortunately, during his visit, a man threw his shoes at the outgoing president and was dragged away by security officers during his farewell trip.
The incident took …

Do you use Twitter? Oh yes! I know you like it! But, do you think it’s a little restricting because of the 140 character limit? And you think it’s a little boring because you cannot add pictures and videos like a normal blogging platform can? Well, here comes Twitblogs and it’s currently on Alpha version.

The Golden Globe nominations is out but there’s another awards announcement making the rounds on the net, The “Urlies”. Urlesque blog is an AOL-owned meme-culture blog behind the “Urlies” and has announced the winners of its first ever annual awards.
Categories of the said awards include “Make It Stop” (winner: Rickrolling), “Breakout of the Year” (winner: the “Puppycam” craze), and the “WTF of the Year” (winner: the photo of the “Montauk Monster“) [via CNET].
They even created an Oscars-inspired tribute to the funny cats  videos (They won the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award!). …

On Saturday, Kseniya Sukhinova from Russia won the Miss World 2008 pageant held in South Africa.
Trindad and Tobago’s Gabrielle Walcott was second runner-up and India’s Parvathay Omanakuttan was first runner-up, from among 109 contestants.
The 21-year-old blonde beauty from the city of Tyumen, who was a crowd favorite, had won the Top Model award and stood third in the swimsuit competition. Miss Angola and Miss South Africa also made it to the top five.
She took over the title from Zhang Zi Lin of China to become the 58th Miss World. She …

Never before in NBA history have coaches fallen this early in the season in such numbers. Now, Maurice Cheeks became the NBA’s fifth coaching casualty of the season. On Saturday, Cheeks was fired as head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers.
With the off-season acquisition of Elton Brand, the 2008-09 season was supposed to be a good one for the Sixers. Unfortunately, it hasn’t played out that way to date.
Despite leading the team in scoring, Brand has not yet lived up to expectations and the rest of the team also has struggled.
The …