A team of astronomers that is led by a US graduate student has found a planet outside the solar system. The place where it is found is not the place where the planet should not be there. This raises questions regarding the planetary formation. On Thursday, as per a University of Arizona release, the huge planet is orbiting its star …

We all know for a fact that Christina Hendricks has a great rack. But the big reveal here is that the Mad Men bombshell also knows how to strut her stuff in the kitchen. Evidently, Nero is on a dark kitchen bender. As such, these juicy images of the sweet mother-daughter duo photographed in what appears to be Windsor Smith’s …

Barely out of her teens, singer, songwriter and classically trained pianist Alicia Keys stormed the pop charts in the early 2000s with a mature-beyond-her-age mix of soul, jazz and hip-hop. Thanks to an extra push from an appearance on Oprah the day before its release, her debut Songs in A Minor (Number One, 2001) sold 235,000 copies in its first …

“Making Hanukkah cookies is a tradition I began last year when [my daughter] Josselyn was 3 years old,” says ET correspondent Samantha Harris, a collaborator on the Samantha Jean for DL1961. “It’s a fun, hands-on experience for her that also promotes her artistic expression while allowing for bonding time. This year, she is so excited to do it again and …

The Cooking Channel is featuring a new holiday cookie recipe from Michelle. Learn how to make Cinnamon and Chocolate Spiced Mexican Wedding Cookies – a recipe Michelle and her family bake for holiday cookie exchanges. Get the recipe and read her blog here. What’s your favorite holiday cookie to bake? Have you tried one of Michelle’s recipes? Share your comments …

Carrie cooked up Ooey Gooey bars for Neil Patrick Harris. Since she made such huge batch, she sent him home with a bag of extras (mostly the edges, since those are his favorite). Mariana said that after her shoot was finished, Blair Underwood, his mom, and the rest of their family all sat down to eat the casserole that she …

“As a vegan, a chocoholic, and someone who likes the ingredients of pecan pie but not in a pie form, I love this recipe as the solution to all of my holiday problems,” says The Big Bang Theory star Mayim Bialik (who also has a Ph.D. in neuroscience and a parenting book being published by Simon & Schuster next spring). …

The Washington, D.C. City Council voted unanimously to raise the city’s minimum wage by 40 percent to $11.50 Tuesday — well above the federally mandated $7.25. The move came while D.C.’s unemployment rate hovers uncomfortably at nearly 9 percent — 1.5 points above reported national-unemployment levels. In collaboration with neighboring Maryland counties, which passed similar measures in the past 30 …

How much money would you need to never have to work again? Helping people like you answer that question is what I spent most of my time figuring out for clients as a financial advisor. With company pensions going the way of the dodo bird and Social Security feeling more and more like Social inSecurity, we’re increasingly responsible for creating …

Not to be outdone by The Amazing Spider-Man 2 trailer (complete with a tease of Doc Ock and Vulture), director Bryan Singer and 20th Century Fox have made a huge announcement for the X-Men franchise coming in the summer of 2016. By way of Twitter, Singer merely tweeted, “#Xmen #Apocalypse 2016” and then Box Office Mojo said the film would …

Actress Kaley Cuoco has been enjoying a loved up holiday this week with fiancé Ryan Sweeting in the Bahamas, ahead of their rumoured New Year’s Eve wedding. The Big Bang Theory star spent Thanksgiving with her beau in Florida last Thursday (28 November) before jetting off again for some fun in the sun in “paradise”, as Ryan wrote on his …