Cassandra Rose is a freelance writer and an avid bibliophile with a B.A. from Rutgers University in English and Medieval Studies. On the rare occasion that real life isn't getting in the way, she spends her free time being snarky under the Twitter handle yrchmonger and contributing to the literary blog Bibliomantics. She currently lives in New Jersey where she was raised on a steady diet of Mel Brooks, British comedies and pop culture.
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The History Channel Denies Any Similarities Between President Obama + Satan in ‘The Bible’
After receiving some judgment for seemingly styling their character of the devil after President Barack Obama, people behind the History Channel's mini-series 'The Bible' are denying any similarities between the leader of the free world and their depiction of Satan.
NBC Might Be Prepping Howard Stern to Take Over for Jimmy Fallon
With the news that Jimmy Fallon will soon take over 'The Tonight Show' so Jay Leno can finally retire (again), someone will have to fill Fallon's time slot.
Who will it be? If insiders are to be believed, none other than shock-jock and 'America's Got Talent' host Howard Stern.
After all, he's proven he can be on a major network without swearing (much), talking about breast implants ad nauseum, or
Harry Styles Is Hit in the Groin With a Shoe, Goes Down Like a Fainting Goat [VIDEO]
One Direction member Harry Styles obviously angered someone at their concert in Glasgow, Scotland on Tuesday (Feb. 26) when not one but two shoes were thrown at the singer, hitting him in the crotch.
Who throws a shoe? Honestly? (Sorry if references to 'Austin Powers' are no longer de rigueur these days.)
Carrie Fisher Hospitalized After Supposedly Bizarre Cruise Ship Performance [VIDEO]
Princess Leia herself, Carrie Fisher, was hospitalized after a "strange" performance last week aboard a cruise ship -- something her rep blames solely on Carrie's bi-polar disorder.
2013 Oscars – Daniel Day Lewis Unsurprisingly Scores Best Actor Win [VIDEO]
Daniel Day-Lewis won the Best Actor Oscar for 'Lincoln' -- his third such trophy, which set a new record.
John Mayer Gave Katy Perry an Ugly Ring + Now They Might Be Engaged [PHOTOS]
Katy Perry stepped out on Valentine's Day with a gift from her boyfriend John Mayer: a heart-shaped ruby ring that she wore on her left ring finger to make the paparazzi explode. TROLOLOLOLOLO.
Now rumors are flying that the couple plans to wed, despite their reps neither confirming or denying an engagement.
Kate Middleton Officially Shows Off the Royal Baby Bump [PHOTOS]
Duchess Kate Middleton was out and about in public on Feb. 19, visiting the addiction treatment center Hope House in London and simultaneously showing off the royal baby bump -- aka the burgeoning womb of the future King or Queen of England, assuming that Queen Elizabeth isn't actually immortal.
Double-Amputee Olympian Oscar Pistorius Charged With Murdering His Girlfriend
Happy Valentine's Day, guys. Here's a morbid way to start a holiday centered around depictions of anatomically incorrect human hearts: Let's talk about Olympian Oscar Pistorius, who was just charged with shooting and killing his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in his South African home.
See, members of the Lonely Hearts Club? It's not so bad being single. At least your beloved won't kill you toda
2013 Grammy Award Winners
In between all the great performances at the 2013 Grammys, they even handed out some awards. And while we did disagree with a few of the winners, nothing made us scream RECOUNT! or anything.
Thanks to our friends at PopCrush, here's a line-up of many people who took home Grammy hardware on Sunday, Feb. 10.
Whitney Houston’s Brother Says He’s the One Who Got Her Hooked on Cocaine [VIDEO]
Whitney Houston's mother Cissy Houston is making the rounds to promote her lip-twitching memoir about her daughter -- this time on 'Oprah's Next Chapter,' where she brought along her son Michael Houston to divest himself of a secret.
In the episode, Michael admits to Oprah Winfrey that he (and not Bobby Brown) was the first person to introduce his baby sister to drugs.
Barbara Walters Is Experiencing a Second Childhood, Complete With Chicken Pox [VIDEO]
Barbara Walters is having one hell of a month. Just over a week after falling and cutting her head, she's now been diagnosed with chicken pox. Did we mention she's 83?
Beyoncegate – So Did She Lip-Sync the National Anthem or Not? [VIDEO]
Yesterday (Jan. 21) the world was wowed by Beyonce's performance of 'The Star-Spangled Banner' during President Obama's second-term inauguration -- ear-piece-throwing, Broadway arm gestures and all. So get ready to have that happy memory destroyed.
It's now being reported that the performance was pre-recorded and Beyonce, President of the World, was lip-syncing. But even then the story isn't entir