Fiona Xie Wan Yu (born January 24, 1982) is a Singaporean actress, model and television host. Spotted by a talent scout at the age of fifteen while was studying in St. Hilda’s Secondary School, she modeled for numerous print and television commercials in Singapore and Hong Kong before joining MediaCorp Studios. Fiona made her acting debut in 2000 as a ...

Say a big hello to World Peace. Nay, I am not an ambassador of world peace. I’m taking about Ron Artest. The Los Angeles Lakers star is now legally “Metta World Peace.” The most ballyhooed name change of the year became official Friday morning when a Los Angeles County Superior Court commissioner granted Ron Artest’s name change petition to become ...

Emmanuel Kelly, an Australian originally from Iraq, moved judges to tears with his rendition of John Lennon’s classic ‘Imagine’ during his September 8 audition on ‘The X Factor’. Emmanuel is 17 years old even though he doesn’t actually know the exact date he was born. Emmanuel and his brother Ahmed were adopted by Children First Foundation boss Moira Kelly from ...

A calico cat named Willow that disappeared from her Colorado home five years ago has been found nearly 3,000km away from its home on a Manhattan  street on Wednesday. A man found Willow wandering down East 20th Street and sent her to the Animal Care & Control (ACC) – an animal rescue and shelter in New York City.  A scanner ...

An internet newbie elderly couple from northwestern Oregon, struggling to learn how to use a webcam, has become accidental celebrities after a video of them went viral, thanks to their granddaughter who posted the fumbling footage online. ” Webcam 101 for Seniors” featuring Bruce and Esther Huffman has received over 3 million page views since it was uploaded on YouTube ...

Today is Malaysia Day. To all fellow Malaysians, Happy Malaysia Day! On this day in 1963, the formation of Malaysia which consisted of the Federation of Malaya, Sarawak, North Borneo (which was renamed Sabah) and Singapore was formally promulgated. The formation of the new federation was initially scheduled to take place on June 1, 1963, but was later postponed to ...

Oh no, we have lost track of Happy Feet! For those of you who have been following the odyssey of Happy Feet, the news about him is not looking too good. After showing up on Peka Peka Beach, north of Wellington on the North Island’s western coast, in New Zealand on June 20 and being nursed back to health by ...

On shows like The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent, there has been contestants who looked like they were going to be hopeless but had stunned both the judges and the audience  when they opened their mouths and turned out to be really amazing singers. Following one such performance last week by Jade Richards on X Factor, a buxom 31-year-old ...

A couple of months ago, I watched a very poignant Thai commercial for a Thai life insurance company that really touched my heartstrings. I forgot about it but I came across it again today. I just have to share this commercial with you all.  Thailand has been cranking out commercials that are really  heart-warming. The commercial, “Silence of Love”,  by ...

When artists get waxworks right, the results can be so stunning it’s almost impossible to tell them from real people. One such artist is American hyper-realistic sculptor Carole A. Feuerman, widely acknowledged as one of the world’s most prominent hyper-realist sculptors. The models created by Carole are so realistic that people sometimes think they’re alive. Looking at some of her ...