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It must have seemed like a warm and timely tribute – a little girl born last week in southern Japan and christened Charlotte, after Britain’s new princess. But the charming gesture has provoked an ugly row – because the baby in question is not a human, but a monkey.

Natalie Portman Doesn’t Know Where Her Oscar Is, Calls It ‘False Idol’. In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the 33-year-old actress admits that she doesn’t feel comfortable admiring her Oscars statue.

Megyn Kelly on Tuesday took apart a guest who claimed the Texas “draw Muhammad” exhibit that resulted in a failed attack by two gunmen somehow exceeded the limits of free speech because of its offensive nature. Kelly said the relevant question wasn’t whether the organizers “said something offensive,” but “what do we want to do about a group that wants …

Irina Shayk and Bradley Cooper were spotted Sunday night taking in a show and then indulging in a little post-theater make out on a gorgeous spring night stroll. Last month the American Sniper star and the Russian beauty were seen on Broadway, sitting together in the audience of Finding Neverland. Bradley, 40, and Irina, 29, have apparently known each other …

Taylor Clark, Student found dead after disappearing while trying to sell car on Craigslist. Taylor Clark was last seen by his girlfriend at about 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 4, 2015, at a business in Glen Carbon, Illinois, according to a report from our sister station KTVI. Clark reportedly took his last exam of the semester, and turned in his textbooks, …

An international team of researchers said Wednesday they have developed a mobile phone microscope that can rapidly and accurately detect parasitic worms in the blood, an advance that may aid efforts to eradicate neglected tropical diseases such as river blindness and elephantiasis in Africa.

An Arizona school bus driver is under investigation for allegedly locking rowdy kids on board. KPHO in Phoenix reports the driver didn’t allow students to leave a bus from Dysart Elementary School in nearby El Mirage because the kids were misbehaving.

A Florida woman being held hostage by her boyfriend used Pizza Hut’s website to submit an order where she secretly added a comment telling workers she was being held hostage.

Keith Ablow, Fox News expert shocks viewers as he says: ‘Men should VETO women’s abortions’. In an interview with radio host Howard Stern this week, actress Sofia Vergara broke her silence on ex-fiancé Nick Loeb’s lawsuit to take control of her frozen embryos. Vergara said that Loeb should not have the right to use her embryos to become a single …

A Sudbury man stabbed his parents to death in the U.S. Virgin Islands before fleeing back to the United States, authorities said Tuesday. Mikhail Young, 24, reportedly stabbed his parents, Kenneth Young, 73, and Jane Young, 66, to death on Sunday afternoon.

Ashton Kutcher surprised his mom Diane before Mother’s Day by remodeling his childhood home in Homestead, Iowa. Kutcher remodeled the house with the help of the online home-remodeling site Houzz. He documented the remodeling process in a series of videos called “My Houzz” for the site. The actor of “Jobs” also revealed that he and his stepfather Mark worked together …