Michelle Loeb

Michelle Loeb

Health and Wellness

Fist bumps Healthier Than Handshakes

While the fist bump may not be quite as accepted as a handshake in most social situations, those who wish to live a healthier life may wish to reconsider. David Whitworth, a senior lecturer in biochemistry at the UK’s Aberystwyth University-Ceredigion, studied the various greetings and, in a study published …

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Sports

Baseball Hall of Fame Welcomes Class of 2014

Some of baseball’s greatest legends descended upon Cooperstown, NY on Sunday July 27 as a new class was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. This year, an estimated 50,000 people attended the ceremony as the Hall of Fame welcomed three players–Frank Thomas, Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux–and three managers–Bobby …

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TV

NBC Looks to Brooklyn to Find its Peter Pan

Following the success of last year’s live musical adaptation of The Sound of Music, NBC announced that they will once again stage a beloved musical live on TV. This year’s show is Peter Pan and its cast is starting to shape up in exciting ways. NBC has previously announced that …

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Music

Hilary Duff is Chasing the Sun in Music Return

  Former “Lizzie McGuire” actress Hilary Duff is flexing her vocal chords for the first time in six year. The mother-of-one released the video for her comeback single, “Chasing the Sun,” which features Duff at an office where, while trying to work, she’s busy daydreaming about having fun on the …

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Books

Joan Rivers Lets the Insults Fly in New Book

When it comes to celebrity gossip, no one tells it like it is quite like Joan Rivers. The comedienne and TV host has unleashed a new round of brutally-honest opinions in her latest book, Diary of a Mad Diva. Rivers doesn’t hold any punches. She flings some truly nasty insults …

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Health and Wellness

Rocco DiSpirito Shares New Miracle Diet

Celebrity Chef Rocco DiSpirito has found a way to combat his high blood pressure, high cholesterol and chronic fatigue, not to mention drop a reported 50 pounds! How did he do it? It’s a diet he calls The Pound A Day Diet. “The Pound A Day Diet is as high-velocity …

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Sports

McIlroy British Open Win Means Big Bucks for Dad

Rory McIlroy’s British Open win has made his father a very rich man. According to British betting firm Ladbrokes, McIlroy’s dad, Gerry, placed a bet with them back when Rory was only 15 years old that he would win the British Open before he turned 26. At odds of 500 …

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TV

Four Cast Members Not Returning to SNL

NBC’s Saturday Night Live is turning the big 4-0 this year and it seems the show is getting a bit of a facelift ahead of that milestone. The show recently announced that four cast members will not be returning when the next season kicks off in the fall. Three of the ousted …

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Music

Trouble in Paradise for Jay-Z, Beyonce

  Could one of music’s most powerful couples be headed for Splitsville? The New York Post is reporting that Jay-Z and Beyonce are planning to dissolve their marriage at the end of their current On The Run Tour. The couple, who are parents to daughter Blue Ivy, have reportedly been …

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Latest News

Babalu Executive Celebrity Chef Alex Garcia Visits Good Day New York

 Celebrity Chef Alex Garcia, the executive chef at popular Bronx-based Latin restaurant Babalu, recently paid a visit to Good Day New York, where he shared some of Babalu’s most popular dishes with Greg Kelly and Rosanna Scotto. Chef Garcia prepared Babalu’s famous seafood ceviche live on the show, demonstrating a …

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Latest News

The Cristian Rivera Foundation Hosts Successful First Annual Freestyle Flashback Benefit Boatride

  On Saturday July 19, the Cristian Rivera Foundation hosted its first Freestyle Flashback Benefit Boatride in New York City on the world-famous Circle Line. The crowd danced to music from some of freestyle’s most famous divas, Lisette Melendez and Fascination, and enjoyed sets from two of New York City’s …

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Movies

Kunis Plans to Be a Full-Time Mom

Bad news for fans of actress Mila Kunis. The “Ted” star told W Magazine that she plans to take a break from acting once she gives birth to her first child with “That ‘70s Show” co-star Ashton Kutcher. “I have never wanted to be the person who only has business …

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