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For most viewers, Breaking Bad’s mid-season premiere on Sunday, Aug. 11 was an intense episode, to say the least. But for the Cordascos of Calabasas, CA, the episode was also heartbreaking. The show was dedicated to their 16-year-old son Kevin Cordasco, a huge fan of the series who succumbed to neuroblastoma in March after a long battle with the rare …

Oliver Burton, a 10-year-old British boy with Downs Syndrome and terminal spine and bone marrow cancer, wanted nothing more than to have tea with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. But when asked, Her Royal Highness denied Oliver’s simple request. Though Oliver was not able to take tea with the real Queen, he was able to do arguably the next …

Justin Bieber’s once again making headlines – it’s been, what, all of two seconds since he was last in the news? – but this time, we’re glad to say, it’s for all the right reasons. Believe it or not, there was no spitting, crazy driving or exotic animal adopting going down this time around, just really positive vibes and a …

today announced its annual in-store fundraiser for the tenth year to support the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Thanks and Giving campaign, a unique holiday program to raise awareness and funds for the pioneering research and exceptional care provided at St. Jude. Since the campaign’s inception, CVS/pharmacy and its customers have raised more than $37 million to support St. Jude, …

Last year, we ran a story about Erik Martin, of Bellevue, a young boy with cancer who was literally transformed into his self-created superhero persona Electron Boy by the Make-A-Wish Foundation in Washington which created a day for him to save people in distreess in full Electron Boy costume, and to defeat his nemesis Dr Dark and his sidekick Blackout …

Bethany Fenton, who had an inoperable brain tumour, was granted her wish to visit his TV studios on Saturday. She sang Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star to the judge in his dressing room after afternoon rehearsals. But she became poorly on Monday and, in the early hours of yesterday, she was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford where she …

Tom Cruise and John Travolta, along with church head David Miscavige have launched Scientology’s new building worth 145 dollars in Clearwater. The building covering 377,000 square ft will host the faith’s ballyhooed “Super Power” program, Radar Online reported. According to documents filed with the city and on the church’s website, the building includes an atrium, bookstore, chapel, dining facility, offices, …

Tesla models and environmentally friendly vehicles in general (especially the Prius), are some of Hollywood stars’ favorite cars. While many of these celebrities choose green cars from conviction, others simply do it because it’s trendy, but we won’t get into that discussion right now. One of the movie stars who owned a Tesla is George Clooney. As a matter of …

Clear your calendar, bust out your leopard-print boxing robe, and give Juicy J a call; Katy Perry is coming to a town near you in 2014. Following the release of her latest album, Prism, Perry is hitting the road early next year for what she is calling the Prismatic World Tour. So far, only a handful of dates in the …

If there’s one thing men (and let’s face it, women) from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, pretty much anyone who grew up with MTV/has ever had access to the Internet can agree on, it’s that Bobbie Brown is a babe. The model, who’s best known for starring in the music video for Warrant’s “Cherry Pie” and this sentence doesn’t really need …

While claims are being made that Taylor Swift’s upcoming stadium tour will be the biggest event of the year, Beyonce Knowles has made a $40 million statement of her own. Knowles’ The Mrs Carter Show played to more than 200,000 people across Australia in 10 shows, and four more in Auckland. The tour, which wrapped up in Perth at the …