Music Stars Who Went Bankrupt
Yahoo! On the Road is full of bright young stars and amazing music talent (you can catch the concert live streams and tune in to score tickets — check out the schedule here). And while life on stage may sound like champagne and private jets and exciting tours, even mega…
Most Unusual Things in Concert Riders
John Legend As a former McKinsey management consultant, John Legend might very well know how to negotiate some deals. The Grammy award winner, who kicked off the Yahoo! On the Road tour, is also a bit of a gourmand, favoring his neighborhood hotspots in New York City, like Momofuku Noodle…
Old Spice Ads Clean Up in Ode to the ’80s [Video]
Come to think of it, there does seem to be fewer people taking showers in TV commercials these days. Way back when, people showered all the time during program breaks, showcasing Nair ripping unsightly hair out from its very follicles (but painlessly of course) and men with brogues soaping up…
SPORTS: How to get away with watching March Madness in the office
March Madness Sure, your workplace will let you do an NCAA tournament office pool. Allow a little bit of smack talk about Notre Dame’s leprechaun camouflage uniforms. Maybe some gung-ho boss will go as far as corralling saggy-bottomed minions to a game of after-hour hoops, in the misguided spirit of…
Tuning into Black History Month specials
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 12: (L-R) Lisa Leslie, T.D. Jakes, Halle Berry, Clarence Avant and Chaka Khan onstage at BET Honors 2013 at Warner Theatre on January 12, 2013 in Washington, DC. Black History Month specials are under way, although the angle on “black history” gets some loose interpretation:…
Linda Pugach, star of tabloid tale “Crazy Love,” dead at 75
Was it a love story about unfathomable forgiveness or a tale about obsession? Few could grasp the story of Linda Pugach, who died this week at age 75. She made media headlines, blinded in 1959 by a man hired by her former lover, who would later marry her after his…
Another memorable Sally Field acceptance speech includes pelican love scenes
Sally Field in Palm Springs on Saturday (Photo: John Shearer/Invision/AP Images) Sally Field has romanced the best of them onscreen — James Garner, Paul Newman, Burt Reynolds, Daniel Day-Lewis — but a pelican? Field — whose weepy “Norma Rae” acceptance speech lives in Oscar history — scored another memorable one…
Top Searches: #1 Elections
Year in Review 2012: Top 10 Searches The United States is sometimes criticized for its citizens’ apparent lack of interest in politics, at least beyond the celebrity angle. But “elections” was this year’s most-searched term on Yahoo!, even though the long campaign probably made a lot of people weary…
Top 10 Lists-O-Rama
Getty Images/Getty Images – WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 15: In this handout image provided by The White House, U.S. President Barack Obama jokingly mimics U.S. Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney’s “not impressed” expression while greeting members of the 2012 U.S. Olympic gymnastics teams in the Oval Office November 15, 2012…
Yuletide eats across America
Prime rib’s a Christmas favorite Ho ho yum, what’s on your Yuletide table? The turkey may be the culinary centerpiece for Thanksgiving, but Christmas entree options are broader. A Dickensian-style Christmas goose? Ham, with all its trimmings? A nicely steamed crustacean? Judging from recipe searches on Yahoo!, Americans have been…