Hannah Simone was born on August 3, 1980. Former fashion model and television host was raised in Calgary, Alberta before moving to Saudi Arabia with her family when she was 7. They moved constantly then, and she has stayed in places like India and Canada. While in Cyprus, she worked as a fashion model at the age of 13. She studied at the University of British Columbia, got her degree in International Relati ...

President Barack Obama learned on Monday what can happen to presidents caught up in allegations of scandal: they have to address them instead of anything else. It happened when the president had to interrupt his news conference with Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain to answer questions about the widening investigation into the Benghazi attacks in Libya and the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of T ...

Amazon is rumored to be developing two high-end smartphones, as well as an audio-streaming device, broadening its range of branded hardware products well beyond its current Kindle e-readers and Kindle Fire tablets and its expected -- though as yet unconfirmed -- TV set-top box. The big surprise in the latest rumor is that one of the smartphones might actually support 3D video, using retina-tracking technolo ...

At 7,500 feet, Chile's Atacama desert is the driest place on Earth, its dramatic landscape surreally beautiful. There are fiery red canyons, grassy gorges, turquoise thermal lakes, cerulean lagoons, and geysers. Yet some parts of the region have never received a drop of rain, or at least not as long as people have been keeping track of such things. Here, bare volcanoes rise some 20,000 feet into azure skies ...

The company that gave America the Bacon Sundae opened with a big splash in South Africa – but no bacon. Burger King South Africa CEO Jaye Sinclair says people lined up for hours at the weekend launch in the coastal resort of Cape Town. But a few customers called Talk Radio 702 Monday to complain there were no bacon dishes and ask why the company was catering to a minority. Sinclair said the company respects ...

According to a new study, although the brain's frontal lobes are believed to be critical for high-level thinking, they are not the sole source of human intelligence. Researchers from the University of Reading and Durham University in the United Kingdom found other regions of the brain, such as the cerebellum, played an unexpected but essential role in the expansion of the human brain. These areas of the bra ...

Designer Adrien Lefebvre created the most versatile shower ever. This ingenious device  called the Air Shower transforms from shower head to heat dryer after you’re finished rinsing off. Dry off your bod, stay warm, and keep water from collecting on the floor! What better tech company to tackle the solution than Dyson with their patented air taps? ...

Kate Middleton's due date has been revealed. Friends of the couple are said to have overhead that Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge speak about their first child plans while at a barbecue, reports the Daily Mail. Buckingham Palace have so far only confirmed that the royal baby is expected in July. A source is quoted as saying: 'Some of Kate and William’s closest pals were at a barbecue hosted by a ...

Already planning for the next couple of awards seasons, CBS and the Recording Academy scheduled the 2014 and 2015 Grammy Awards. Both taking place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the 56th annual event will happen on Sunday, January 26th, at 8:00pm ET on CBS, with eligibility going from Oct. 1, 2012 to Sept. 30, 2013. The next year, the 2015 Grammy Awards will be moved up to February 8th, 2015. Billed ...

Celebrating an evening with the arts, Uma Thurman and Ashlee Simpson attended the American Ballet Theatre’s Opening Night Spring Gala on Monday (May 13) in New York City. Uma looked dazzling in a floor-length white gown as she stopped to pose for photographers stationed outside of Lincoln Center, while the Ashlee wore a gorgeous black frock with lace overlay. Held at the Metropolitan Opera House, the night ...