Marilyn Monroe: the star among stars who brought ‘new radiance’ to the concept of celebrity. Photograph: SAM SHAW / Rex Features Academics today are required to be popular: new funding criteria for universities measure the “impact” of their staff. What better way for academics to generate star-status than to direct their scholarly labours to the [...]

Reuters Oksana Grigorieva and Mel Gibson in happier times earlier this year. In yet another shocking rant caught on tape, embattled actor Mel Gibson tells ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva that he will burn down her house after demanding sex from her. In the tape obtained by RadarOnline.com, an incensed, out of breath Gibson chides Grigorieva for [...]

© PNP/WENN Dutch mixmaster DJ Tiesto is the latest celebrity to deny false death rumors after internet gossips reported he had died in a car crash. On Wednesday, July 7, links on Twitter.com claimed the DJ had passed away in an horrific road accident in California. But hours later, after being made aware of his [...]