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What Your Xmas Lights Say About You

Kevin Spak — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:16:00 CST

Your neighbor’s yard is strewn with lit-up Santas, blinking stars, and a waving snowman. Think he’s trying to tell you something? It turns out he is, psychologists tell the Chicago Tribune . They consider decorations a manifestation of our need to communicate. “It’s a very basic tendency to know others and...

Miss. Cops Bust Pap for Stalking Jamie Lynn

Elizabeth Wolff — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:09:48 CDT

A paparazzo who once photographed Britney Spears’ bare nether regions was charged Tuesday for stalking the pop wreck’s pregnant teen sister Jamie Lynn, the AP reports. Authorities say Edwin Merino wouldn't leave the ready-to-pop Jamie Lynn, 17, and her baby daddy alone; he says he was shooting from a gas...

Baby Diva? Mariah Reportedly Nesting

Elizabeth Wolff — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:33:24 CDT

Baby could soon make three for newlyweds Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon, the New York Daily News reports, after hearing from sources that Carey, 38, has commissioned celebrity baby boutique Petit Tresor to design a nursery around a butterfly theme. For inspiration, the store is sending the couple pics of...