The woman responsible for setting off major fashion and musical trends in the early and mid-1980s is releasing a new acoustic album entitled, "The Body Acoustic. "The Body Acoustic will be released on Daylight/Epic Records on November 8th. The CD revisits songs like "Time After Time," "True Colors," "She Bop," "Shine," and more giving them a modern day extreme makeover.

Prisoners in Australia are showing a penchant for the gourmet in the items they are choosing to sneak in. Instead of drugs or ice picks, a recent crackdown saw prison authorities intercept packages filled with lamb chops, steak and rice cookers.

Australia - land of sun, sand and. . . a few surfing mice? Australian surfing enthusiast Shane Willmott is training three mice by the names of Harry, Chopsticks and Bunsen, to surf small waves on tiny mouse-size surf boards at beaches on Australia's Gold Coast. The mice are put through some tough training in a bathtub first and then have their fur dyed when it is time to hit the beach.

Regis Philbin will be performing the voice of a woman for the upcoming "Shrek 3. " Philbin recited all two of his lines for the character, named Mabel, on Tuesday.

A man who told to police he was kidnapped and put into the trunk of his car, has confessed that he actually was in a local strip club with a friend. The Times-Picayune