Hi I’m back with ya today. Thanks for your well wishes about my hubby who comes home from the hospital after back surgery today. —- You are probably aware of the devastating shootings at fort hood in texas. The latest is the alleged gunman is ALIVE. What we still don’t know is WHY he did it. • Why would a fellow soldier open fire on comrades, killing at least 13 and wounding so many more. • Why would a guy, who is supposed to help fellow soldiers cope, be the one to allegedl... Read Full Story

The long-awaited launch of Oprah’s cable network is set for early 2011, and her syndicated talk show will move to the new Oprah Winfrey Network—and from Chicago to Los Angeles. The switch from Discovery Health Channel to OWN was originally set for mid-2009, and Discovery threatened to rescind the… Read Full Story

Who says a blog can’t change anything? Not the folks at Shakesville , who assembled a petition opposing actress Emma Thompson’s decision to sign a petition of her own opposing Roman Polanksi’s arrest. Somehow, one member of the community finagled a meeting with Thompson, presented the document…and actually changed her mind…. Read Full Story

Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ song “Empire State of Mind” is everywhere, even at the World Series. But do you know what the lyrics mean? If not, Rap Exegesis can clue you in the way it educated Nick Antosca of the Huffington Post. Some of the explanations the site offers: Jay-Z… Read Full Story

Mickey Mouse is going back to his papered-over roots as a mischief-maker as Disney reimagines its core property for a new generation, and perhaps a new revenue stream. The first vehicle is “Epic Mickey,” a video game for the Wii console in which players can choose to play Mickey as… Read Full Story

Levi Johnston has stopped bragging about his upcoming Playgirl shoot and started worrying about it. He’s concerned about how his privates will appear in the pictures, sources tell the New York Post , and the fact that he’ll be shooting in an ice rink isn’t helping. Manager Tank Johnson denies it—… Read Full Story

Rihanna returned to Chris Brown after he assaulted her Feb. 8, telling Diane Sawyer, “I fell in love with that person. That’s embarrassing. So far in love, so unconditional, that I went back.” Responding to Sawyer’s estimate in an interview airing tonight and tomorrow on ABC that, “on average, I… Read Full Story

Only a day after Carrie Prejean dropped her lawsuit against the Miss California Pageant, she’s ready for another. The dethroned Miss California’s lawyer says, thanks to sex tape rumors, they may sue for breach of contract. “It seems as if someone has acted in an unethical and unlawful manner by… Read Full Story

Verne Troyer, better known as Mini-Me from Austin Powers , has already had a sex tape leaked—now he can add restraining order to his list of scandals. Ex-galpal Yvette Monet got the order last month after claiming she believes Troyer has a gun and she fears for her life, Radar… Read Full Story

The death toll from yesterday’s shootings at Fort Hood hit 13 early this morning after a woman died of her injuries, a military spokeswoman says. A SWAT team and FBI agents raided the Killeen, Texas, home of suspected shooter Nidal Malik Hasan overnight in an effort to learn what could… Read Full Story