Fan sells rare Archie comic for $40K to protest Archie’s proposal to va-va-voomy Veronica

October 10th, 2009 Harvard to digitize 51,000 rare Chinese booksBOSTON — One of the most extensive collections of rare Chinese books outside China will be freely available as Harvard University has agreed to digitize the titles. Representatives from the Harvard College Library and the National Library of China signed a deal Friday to digitize more than 51,000 volumes in the Harvard collection.

September 30th, 2009 Daughter: Newman liked being on Nixon enemies listHARTFORD, Conn. — Paul Newman's daughter says her father liked to joke about his trademark blue eyes, musing that if they turned brown his career might be in jeopardy.

September 29th, 2009 TV stuntman STEVE-O is spearheading a new campaign to urge American students to stop cutting up frogs. The animal lover is fronting a new peta2 ad aimed at highlighting Cut Out Dissection Month, which begins on Thursday (01Oct09).

September 21st, 2009 BEYONCE is facing controversy for scheduling a concert in Malaysia - just two years after she was forced to cancel a show in the country following protest threats. The Crazy In Love hitmaker is taking to the stage in Kuala Lumpur in October (09) as part of her I Am...

September 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - An exhibition for paying tribute to the late 'Beatles' star George Harrison in his hometown has been cancelled after a rare signed photograph of the star was stolen. The 'For George' tribute opened in early August in his native Liverpool, England.

September 1st, 2009 The California wildfires have forced animal rights activists to scrap a McDonald's protest, which was to be led by rocker CHRISSIE HYNDE. The Pretenders star was hoping to launch her 'I'm hatin' it' vegetarian campaign against the fast food chain in Los Angeles on Monday (31Aug09), but organisers have cancelled the event - because so many of those involved are too busy trying to rescue animals caught up in the fires blazing near Los Angeles.

August 25th, 2009 Crypt above Marilyn Monroe sells for $4.6 millionLOS ANGELES — The price for spending eternity above Marilyn Monroe is more than $4.6 million. That's how much the crypt directly above the actress went for in an online auction that ended Monday.

August 22nd, 2009 LON - Spider-Man creator Stan Lee will come up with an animated comic book, which will be available online and on mobile phones. His company Purveyors Of Wonder has linked up with Disney to produce Time Jumper, which he says is "a comic, but it has sound, it has music, it has some motion, although it isn't fully-animated." Lee has further plans to turn the comic into a film if it does well.

July 15th, 2009 NEW YORK - Czech supermodel Karolina Kurkova is six months pregnant with fiance Archie Drury's child. Drury is a former Marine and Scientologist who made the documentary "Voices of Iraq".The couple have been together for a little over a year.

July 4th, 2009 LONDON - A jumper from the days when late King of Pop Michael Jackson used to be a part of 'Jackson 5' has fetched a whopping 36,000 pounds on eBay. Fans have been flocking the online auction site to bid for exclusive Jacko memorabilia.

June 23rd, 2009 Ryan Reynolds gives co-star White comedy pointsLOS ANGELES — Ryan Reynolds says his co-star in "The Proposal" really knows how to deliver a ribald joke — and he's talking about Betty White, not Sandra Bullock. Reynolds says the 87-year-old White had the best exit line when shooting wrapped.

June 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Sandra Bullock's romantic comedy The Proposal, co-starring Ryan Reynolds, has topped the weekend box office after raking in 34.1 million dollars. According to studio estimates, 'The Hangover' landed the second with 26.9 million dollars.

June 16th, 2009 Former Nirvana bassist ends Wash. protest campaignCATHLAMET, Wash.

June 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - First pictures of John Lennon, Yoko Ono's "bed-in" protest have been unveiled at the museum on the site of the Woodstock festival. The exhibition called John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Bed-In For Peace celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock festival at Bethel Woods in New York, reports Contactmusic.

May 14th, 2009 Hockney painting sells for record $7.9 millionNEW YORK — David Hockney's painting "Beverly Hills Housewife" sold for a record $7.9 million after fierce bidding Wednesday, a sign that collectors are eager to buy rare and high-quality works despite the recession, the Christie's auction house said. A Claes Oldenburg sculpture "Typewriter Eraser," from 1976, also set a record, selling for $2.2 million at the auction of post-war and contemporary art.