TAYLOR SWIFT: Ex Arrested

Taylor Swift's ex Conor Kennedy was arrested Wednesday at the White House.

He was among 44 activists cuffed for civil disobedience while protesting the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, claiming it will add to the economic crisis and environmental problems. Conor was in good company -- also arrested were Robert F. Kennedy Junior and Darryl Hannah. 

ADELE: Rolling in the Comics

Adele is about to become a comic book character.

She'll be part of Bluewater Comics' Fame series, which tells the stories of musicians in illustrated form. Bluewater has also done volumes on Nicki Minaj, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and a slew of others. No publication date has been announced yet for the Adele book.

Source: Billboard

THE BAND PERRY: New Album Coming!

The Band Perry have a new album coming out, and they took to YouTube to announce it. It's called Pioneer and it comes out on April 2nd.

WEIRD NEWS: Oh Baby!

A Michigan woman's baby was born the same day she learned she was pregnant.

Linda Ackley, 44, went to Allegiance Health to receive a CT scan for a suspected hernia, but doctors soon discovered she was pregnant.

The 10-pound baby girl, Kimberly Kay Ackley, was delivered via emergency C-Section. Mother and baby are doing great.

“She is our miracle baby,” said Ackley, who thought she was unable to get pregnant after undergoing extensive abdominal surgery for an infection two years ago.

Husband Mike Ackley said he was overjoyed by the birth, which he said was the second miracle after Linda’s survival two years ago. “First my wife came back to me, and now, I have a baby girl,” he said. (UPI)

PHILLIP PHILLIPS: JFK on Presidents Day

Phillip Phillips will be the latest artist to perform in Jet Blue's Terminal 5 at New York's JFK Airport, and fittingly, it'll take place on Presidents Day.

Phillip will hit the stage at 3 p.m. on Monday. The concert, which is held past the terminal's security check-in, is open only to ticketed passengers and contest winners. If you'll be in the New York area, you can enter for a chance to attend via Phillip's Facebook page. He says, "I spend so much time running through airports. It will be nice to stop and perform and meet some fans."

Artists who've performed at Terminal 5 include Sarah McLachlan, The Wanted, Taylor Swift, Ellie Goulding, James Blunt and Daughtry.

WEIRD NEWS: Man Almost Eaten by Aliens

A shirtless Florida man was arrested after running into a convenience store, desperate to get away from aliens that were trying to eat him.

Police say 34-year-old Corey Joe Stump was waving two large knives and pleading with people not to eat him. Witnesses say it was apparent that he was on drugs and hallucinating. It took cops a while to get him out of the store as he kept trying to get away from imaginary aliens.

He was taken to a local hospital and then later arrested on charges of disorderly intoxication and possession of a dangerous weapon. (Naples News)

FOOD & DRINK: Cheeseburger is a Whopping 5100 Calories!

Jake's Wayback Burgers, a restaurant chain on the East Coast, has a Triple Triple Burger on its menu that should be called "Triple Bypass Burger."

The nine-patty burger comes with nine slices of American cheese, lettuce and tomato, costs $12.99 ... and weighs in at a whopping 5,100 calories and 117 grams of fat. That's as many calories as six buckets of KFC Chicken or five Pizza Hut "Meat Lovers" Pizzas! One faithful fan has actually eaten the entire leaning tower of cheeseburger in less than two minutes! (HuffingtonPost)

WEIRD NEWS: Death by Coca-Cola?!

A 31-year-old New Zealand mother died of a cardiac arrhythmia, which the coroner blamed on her 2.2-gallon-a-day Coca-Cola habit.

Nicole Harris' family called her excessive soda drinking an "addiction," and said she would go through withdrawal symptoms if she didn't have it.

All that Coke meant she consumed more than two pounds of sugar and 970 milligrams of caffeine a day – which caused her to have an enlarged liver, low potassium levels, rotten teeth and a child born with no tooth enamel.

A Coca-Cola spokesperson said the company was "disappointed" in the coroner's emphasis on Coke in causing Harris' death, though the doctor's report said that the company "cannot be held responsible for the health of consumers who drink unhealthy quantities of the product." (Newser)

SURVEY: San Francisco Is America’s Happiest City

According to a new global survey, San Francisco is America’s happiest city – but it’s the only city in the U.S. that even cracks the Top 10.

Here’s a rundown of the Top 10 happiest cities in the world:

10. Buenos Aires

9. Paris

8. Rome

7. San Francisco

6. Madrid

5. Melbourne

4. Amsterdam

3. Barcelona

2. Sydney

1. Rio de Janeiro (FastCoexist.com)

PHILLIP PHILLIPS: Mom Arrested for DUI   

Phillip Phillips' mother was arrested early Thursday for driving under the influence.

The stop came in Albany, Georgia, where police arrested Sheryl Phillips after they spotted her van cutting across traffic lanes. TMZ reports that police had reason to suspect that drugs or alcohol were involved and that she was unable to complete a field sobriety test. They say Phillip's parents split up last week and that his relationship with his family is known to have been strained.

STUDY: Green Tea and Red Wine Can Prevent Alzheimer's

According to a new study, an antioxidant called EGCG, which is found in red wine and green tea, could reduce your chances of getting Alzheimer’s.

This is a huge deal because health officials believe the number of people with Alzheimer's could triple by 2050.

So, start your day with some green tea – and end your day with some red wine. Alzheimer’s or not, at least you’ll live a tasty life. (HuffingtonPost.com)

GO GREEN: NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Is Banning Styrofoam Containers

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is continuing his crusade for a healthy lifestyle, as he is now targeting Styrofoam containers as the next thing to be banned in the city.

• He first banned smoking in all indoor establishments and parks.
   
• He then went after large sodas.
   
• Now, Bloomberg is now looking to rid his fine city of Styrofoam cups, explaining, “We can live without it. We may live longer without it.”

TEXTING: Now It's a Sleep Time Thing

When you go to sleep, you might want to store your cell phone away from your bed.

Health experts say that sleep texting is on the rise. The beep of a cell phone lightly awakens a person so he or she will reach over and respond to a message (sometimes with complete nonsense). But the person has no memory of having done so in the morning.

Dr. Elizabeth Dowdell, a professor of nursing at Villanova University, says she initially heard about the practice from one of her students. When Dowdell went on to bring the subject up in one her classes, many students admitted having done the same. People said they learned about their behavior either from friends who were perplexed by their messages, or by reviewing their texting history themselves. (Huffington Post)

THIS KISS: Longest Kiss Contest Taking Place in Thailand

Nine couples in Thailand are trying to break the Guinness World Record for the longest kiss. The couples have been smooching it up since Tuesday, in an effort to break the current record of 50 hours, 25 minutes, and 1 second. 

The favorites to win are a couple in their 70s who have been married for 50 years. The event's guidelines allow couples to drink water out of a straw as long as their lips remain sealed, and referees accompany them to a special bathroom throughout the competition (in case you were wondering). (HuffingtonPost)

FUN: Grammys Won't Help Jack Land Role on Girls   

Fun guitarist Jack Antonoff has been dating Girls creator and star Lena Dunham for over six months now and -- as everyone who watched the show knows -- she was his date at Sunday's Grammy Awards. But when Antonoff was asked if the band's Grammy wins would help get him a guest shot on Girls, he insisted it wouldn't, then quickly changed the subject to what the Grammy win actually does mean for him.

"These moments, whether it's drawing big crowds or winning a Grammy, everything lately is a culmination of what we've been through," Antonoff said, referring to the scuffling he and his bandmates had been over the past dozen years -- together and separately -- to get where they are today.

OLYMPIC "BLADE RUNNER": Arrested for Girlfriend's Murder

Oscar Pistorius, the Olympic track star who wowed us at the Summer Games as the first Olympian to compete without legs, has been arrested in South Africa and charged with the murder of his girlfriend.

Authorities believe that Pistorius shot Reeva Steenkamp, his 30-year-old aspiring model girlfriend, in the hand and the head with a 9 millimeter pistol. South African media outlets are reporting that Steenkamp was trying to surprise Pistorius for Valentine's Day, but he thought she was a burglar and fired at her. Police are investigating that claim, but also noted that there have been "previous incidents" of domestic disturbances reported at Pistorius' home.

The 26-year-old got the name "Blade Runner" for his use of prosthetic blades made of carbon fiber.

Following his arrest, the ad that Nike built around him that reads, "I am a bullet in the chamber" was pulled from his website. The slogan referred to Pistorius' quick starts in his races, but now has another unfortunate connection.

Sources: Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune

TRENDING NOW

Valentine’s Day sex and Fast and Furious 6 top trends on Google and Twitter.

• #IWanttoHaveSexWith: It was the number-one trender on Twitter on V-Day.
• #AskPW: Paul Walker got a barrage of questions about Fast and Furious 6, hitting theaters in May.
• President Obama: He hit a Georgia classroom to talk about education reform.
• Reeva Steenkamp: The 29-year-old was a law school graduate and model was gunned down on Valentine’s Day, allegedly by her Olympic double-amputee boyfriend Oscar Pistorius.

KRIS HUMPHRIES: Divorce Lawyer Dumps Him

Kris Humphries' divorce case just took a big hit. His lawyer has quit on him.

In court documents, legal eagle Marshall Waller says there's been an "irremediable breakdown of the attorney-client relationship." Waller says he's tried to talk to Kris about his objections, but Kris won't listen.

Kris's divorce from Kim Kardashian has been going on for a year and a half. Their marriage, of course, lasted only 72 days.

SOURCE: TMZ

HUGH JACKMAN: Gay Rumors "Bug" His Wife

Hugh Jackman doesn't mind those persistent gay rumors, but his wife does. 

The actor tells The Hollywood Reporter, "Just recently, it bugs her. She goes: 'It's big. It's everywhere!'"

Hugh, who has been married for 17 years to Deborra-Lee Furness, has been hounded by the rumors since he played the openly gay Broadway icon Peter Allen in the Broadway musical The Boy From Oz a decade ago.

X-Men producer Lauren Schuler Donner says the gossip is nonsense. "I have seen him with Deborra since the beginning of their trip to Hollywood, and I've been on five movie sets with him and have never seen him stray, have never seen him eye anyone."

TOP CELEBRITY TWEETS

Valentines top celebrity tweets.

• Rainn Wilson: "‘Roses are Red, I break up with you.’ -my Taylor Swift Valentines card."
• Conan O'Brien: "Show her you care by grabbing anything off the CVS shelf with a heart on it."
• Joan Rivers: "I don’t mind being hit by Cupid’s arrow…as long as the tip has been dipped in Botox."
• Roseanne Barr: "Valentine's Day is now a day about men raping [and] beating and generally disrespecting women worldwide, rather than men's 'love.’”
• Dane Cook: "I believe everything on Craigslist leads to you being murdered."
• Lisa Lampanelli: "Kim and Kanye sneak past security, delay their JFK flight by an hour. Only illegitimate thing being smuggled onto plane is in Kim’s belly!"
• Ricky Gervais: "Got this text from Karl [Pilkington]: 'Still in Banglodore. Missed your call as I was letting my lunch leave my arse. It seemed to be in a rush.'"
• Donald Trump: "If US Air and American Airlines are allowed to merge, we are back to the days of monopoly.”
• Jay Leno: "A couple in Florida claims that they are addicted to coffee enemas. I guess the best part of waking up is Folgers in your butt."
• Bill Maher: "Mississippi pronounced most religious state -- 58-percent, 'very religious' (ie, seen Mary in dorito while handling snake); also last in education: hmmmm."

NIGHTMARE CRUISE: Finally Docks in Alabama   

The nightmare on Carnival Triumph cruise has finally docked after it was extended again on Thursday. It was initially expected to arrive at a port in Mobile, Alabama in the afternoon, but then a tow line snapped as it was entering the channel near Mobile Baby.

It finally reached port at about 9:30 p.m. Central Time, but the bad news for the 3,142 passengers and the 1,000 crew members is that officials said it would take up to four-and-half hours to get them all off the ship, since there was only one functioning elevator. Terry Thorton, senior VP for Carnival, said, "This is going to be a long day. There is no way we can speed up the process."

A fire on Sunday in the ship's engine room left it without power, adrift in the Gulf of Mexico with no air conditioning, sewage backing up in the toilets and flowing into the rooms and hallways, and little food.

Passengers took their mattresses out of their rooms and onto the ship's deck to sleep, while others held signs from the balconies of the 14-story ship pleading for help. One passenger suffered a stroke on Thursday and had to be evacuated via helicopter.

Source: USA Today

DA14 ASTEROID: Will Come Close to Earth   

On Friday the planet Earth will get a fly-by from an asteroid known as 2012 DA14 that's about half the size of a football field. At 2:25 Eastern Time, the asteroid will come within 17,000 miles of Earth, flying over Indonesia. It's the closest recorded brush with an object of this size.

It's a good thing it's not getting any closer. In 1908, an asteroid about the same size hit Russia and knocked over millions of trees over an 820 square mile area. Scientists say another asteroid, about six-miles in diameter, hit Earth about 66 million years ago and wiped out the dinosaurs.

If you're concerned about such things, you can rest a bit easier. The United Nations has been working on a plan against such space threats for a dozen years and suggests that if any future orbiting objects put earth in jeopardy, they'll put together a space mission to destroy any asteroid headed for Earth. Sounds like a Bruce Willis movie.

Source: Bloomberg

METEORITE: Hits Russian Region of Chelyabinsk

Maybe the 2012 DA14 asteroid isn't a threat, but there are other things from space that are. Officials in Russia said that Friday morning a meteorite hit the region of Chelyabinsk, which is about 930 miles east of Moscow.

The blast caused by the impact broke windows, but there were no confirmed initial reports of injury. However, Russian news agencies have quoted unnamed sources who claim several people were injured at a school in a scarcely populated section of the region.

Source: Associated Press

$1 MILLION REWARD: Now That Dorner's Dead, Who Gets It?

The question whether that was Christopher Dorner's body in that burned-out cabin has been answered, but there are still questions about who will get that $1.1 million reward for tipping off authorities about his whereabouts. The answer may be no one, since the reward language stipulated that it was for the capture and conviction of Dorner.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck issued a joint statement regarding the reward on Thursday, but it didn't exactly clear things up. The statement says, “Now that the search for Christopher Dorner appears to have concluded, we are addressing the issue of the $1 million reward. More than 20 jurisdictions and entities are involved in this reward, so all of them will be coming together to collectively determine whether any individual or individuals qualify for it. Our personal hope is that the reward will be distributed, but we must follow the rules and respect the procedures of each entity.”

Source: KTLA-TV

BIRTHDAY SHOUT-OUTS

Celebs with birthdays today: Amber Riley, Jaromir Jagr, Matt Groening, Jane Seymour, Melissa Manchester