Jackie Bargas

If you're one of those people who scoff at the saying, "the early bird catches the worm," you might want to take a look at these examples.

It's been said that the two most important words in the English language have to do with appreciation: thank you. For years, experts have been trying to study the positive emotional factors of staying grateful.

Barney's New York is definitely getting Gagafied. In the spirit of the season, the store launched Gaga's workshop n Monday-a veritable place where Santa Claus let the Mother Monster herself run wild.

The Thanksgiving rush has begun; millions of Americans are now on their way to families and friends for the traditional feast of pumpkin pies and turkey.

Even the president's past can be found on the internet, well, parts of it at least. This week a minute video of a 29-year-old Barack Obama spoke about Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and Brown versus Board in a TBS segment called "Black History Minute" filmed in 1991.

Hugh Grant and Milly Dowler's parents are standing up against the invasive measures by which British tabloids get exclusive stories.

Seems like everything isn't over for Jennifer Lopez and her estranged husband, Marc Anthony-the couple who were married for 7 years announced their separation July of this year have been seen together in the same hotel while shooting their new reality show, "Q'Viva! The Chosen," in Puerto Rico, Nov. 8.

After Thursday's statement that Demi Moore was definitely divorcing husband Ashton Kutcher, it seems that someone's backpedalled a bit.

Disney has been on a nostalgia trip since the rerelease of “Lion King” in 3D. This week, they’ve announced that the 1991 classic was to be released in 3D and have released a teaser trailer of sorts.

Most of us don't relish the thought of Mondays specifically because the thought of going to work is exhausting; it represents so many negatives that by the time we get there, we're so often in a bad mood that we can't do our work properly.

On the last leg of his tour around Africa, Pope Benedict XVI celebrated and open-air mass in Conotou, Benin and touched heavily on how authentic rule should never be a show in power but in servitude.

It was like something out of a movie: After 30 years, a case reopens after new information just came to light.

Michelle Williams is Hollywood's best kept secret. The 31 year old has been playing strong and yet vulnerable female types for years, and is yet to have her big screen moment and she doesn't seem to mind.

The Gamburtsev Mountains have long baffled geologists. Discovered by a Soviet geophysicist of the same name in 1958, the year of the first International Polar Year exploration, their origins have been a matter of obscurity in the geological field.

Most everything you do is a manifestation of who you are. Even the most ordinary and commonplace such as writing in cursive can be a revelatory experience.

Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore are cutting their losses and calling it quits. Moore released a statement confirming the divorce rumors that have been dogging the couple in the recent months.

It's certainly a delicious twist of events when not 1 but 2 movies with the same subject matter release trailers within days of each other.

Just as the Conrad Murray trial comes to a close, the Jacksons have another case on their hands.

All children get photographed but a child of a celebrity will always have even bad times captured on cam. Suri Cruise, for example, has had paparazzi hounding her since she was a baby. But then again, who can help it? Suri is one of the most adorable kids in the public eye right now—always impeccably dressed in a cute dress and fun flats. She’s even cuter when she’s a little peeved! It shows that she’s still a little kid and gets a little tantrum throwing moods sometimes.

Once, this nation practiced traditions like burying their dead and visiting their graves but due to influences from the West coupled with government urging to cremate (in order to save space in the densely populated country), South Koreans are looking towards new age ways to commemorate their dead loved ones.

Ever since Tarsem Singh, director of "The Fall" and "The Cell," was announced to direct a version of Snow White, fans of his work have been looking forward to seeing the trailer. And with some luck, the trailer for "Mirror, Mirror" coincided with the release of another Snow White based film, Rupert Sanders' "Snow White and The Huntsman."

With both of their biographies coming out, Joe Paterno can really use a few of the life lessons that Steve Jobs left. The comparisons cannot be more contradictory-the former used to a life of being adored and adulated, the latter an orphan who set out do to things his way.

The winter months are harsh on everyone's skin and it doesn't help when so many people think that you don't' have to modify their skin care regimen according to the seasons.

The tennis pro will not be returning for another season, her rep confirmed.

The latest in this year's string of earthquakes hit Turkey with a 5.2 magnitude, the epicentre of which can be traced to the village of Mollakasim.

One would think that after all the Steve Jobs' memorials and cenotaphs that Walter Isaacson's biography would laud the Apple visionary as some sort of god, but that couldn't be further from the truth.

It's a pattern that most go through in order to have a comfortable life-get good grades in high school, get accepted into college, make exceptional marks and go on to have a long and prosperous life via a high position in a company, etc. But lately, an extraordinary few have been bucking the trend and making a name for themselves even after dropping out of high school.

One of Michael Jackson's closest friends, Frank Cascio, is releasing a tell-all of sorts. Starting from his position as a personal assistant up to his former post as personal manager, Cascio tells of his familiar relationship with the king of pop. The clincher: taking a step back from the stance adopted by the Jackson family, Cascio says that the singer actually really was prone to drug abuse.

While Japanese students rally round to rebuild the country literally from March's tsunami, the All Hands Volunteers from Massachusetts are restoring Japan in a smaller, but no less personal, manner-for the past few months.