Television

Oregon national guardsman Alek Skarlatos will reportedly join the new season of “Dancing With the Stars,” the US ABC announced Wednesday.

Skarlatos, the last celebrity to be announced, was one of three Americans to neutralize a suspected terrorist on a Paris-bound train last month.

The body of a 23-year-old man on Crete was found on the grave of his grandfather over the weekend, with a shotgun by his side.
Authorities believe the man took his own life, especially since he phoned family members the previous evening to tell them he was going to take his own life!

Sarah Jessica Parker was ‘caught’ vacationing on Ibiza, Spain and looked in great shape. The 50-year old American actress was on a luxury yacht in her one piece swim suit which brought out her slim physique. With her were CNN anchor and author Anderson Cooper and his boyfriend Benjamin Maisani, owner of a gay bar.

A group of protesters read a press statement near the Rize Governor?s office against the decision to resume the construction of a road project in the Black Sea region.

The group named F?rt?na Initiative protested the construction of the ?Green Road,? a controversial 2,600-kilometer road project to connect highland areas in eight provinces in northern Turkey. 

Fitch Ratings said it has expected that increased focus on bundled services within the Turkish telecoms market could lead to an increase in content costs, especially for live football broadcast rights in a note on Aug. 24. 

It’s long been an “open secret” on the Internet, yet as the BBC writes, a former Russian internet “troll’s” court case has exposed a propaganda machine for the Kremlin and Vladimir Putin.
Lyudmila Savchuk was awarded one ruble in damages after she sued her ex-employer to expose it as a propaganda “factory”.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree that extends the list of countries that fall under Russian counter-sanctions, TASS is reporting.

The list now includes Albania, Montenegro, Iceland and Liechtenstein, "as well as Ukraine, under special conditions," the agency said.

Jon Stewart wrapped up his long-running "The Daily Show" on Aug. 6 with effusive tributes to his show's staff, many on hand to see him off while political and media luminaries who served as some of the satirist's favorite targets, from Bill O'Reilly to Hillary Clinton, appeared on tape.

Not even Barack Obama wants to see him go. But after informing and entertaining American viewers for 16 years, Jon Stewart will present his final episode of "The Daily Show" on August 6.

Lindsay Lohan went from darling to persona non grata at a Mykonos restaurant after refusing to pay the bill. Dinner consisted of a scrumptious feast of exotic crab legs and lobsters but when the bill came, the famous movie star refused to foot the tab.

The staff was not amused. After a few moments of looking at each other, a member of Lohan’s party finally paid for the bill.