Shauna Wright

This summer has been unusually hot, with record-breaking temperatures all over the country. But in a few months, we may be wishing for a little of that heat — forecasters are warning we should brace for a particularly harsh winter.

If you thought the competition on ‘The Voice‘ was already fierce enough, wait until you hear about the changes being planned for the upcoming season.

Flamboyant singer Steven Tyler announced his exit from the judging panel of ‘American Idol‘ a few weeks ago, and now the Aerosmith frontman has gone on the record (so to speak) about what working on the show was really like.

There’s little that will make a lousy father rue his life choices more than having a child who winds up rich and famous — and wants nothing to do with him. But now that Adele has announced she’s expecting a little one of her own, the man who walked out on her when she was still a toddler now says he wants to be a doting grandpa.

Ever since Britney Spears joined the newly-revamped panel on ‘X Factor,’ reports have run rampant of her walking off the set during auditions. But when it happened on Monday, she wasn’t alone — in fact, it may have been her fellow judge, Demi Lovato, who was the first to hit the door.

An investigation into the Penn State child sex-abuse scandal involving former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky has revealed that legendary head coach Joe Paterno and other university leaders “repeatedly concealed critical facts” that could have stopped the abuse long before it was made public.

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1865 – The Salvation Army is founded in London (More info) 1937 – The luncheon meat SPAM is introduced by the Hormel Foods Corporation (More info)

The Obama administration got an enormous victory on Thursday when the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to uphold the President’s signature achievement: the 2010 health care law. And in a surprise to many court watchers, it was Chief Justice John Roberts who sided with the more liberal justices and wrote the majority opinion.

Because Americans just aren’t quite fat enough, we’ll soon have two new things to work off at the gym: pizzas dispensed via vending machines and ice cream sundaes with bacon.

Iggy Pop has never been much of a shy wallflower, and as an ambassador for Record Store Day 2012, he didn’t hold back when talking about today’s music — and the people who perform it.