Dooooooooood, Leonardo. I get that charity is awesome and everything, but are you aware of what you just signed up for? You know when you're stuck on a two-hour plane flight next to, like, an evangelical baby with diarrhea who sells P90X subscriptions (child prodigy) and it is literally the worst thing ever? NOW… Read… 5/23/13 8:00pm 5/23/13 8:00pm

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - MAY 12: Sir Richard Branson serves drinks to Tony Fernandes prior to their flight to Kuala Lumpur at Perth International Airport on May 12, 2013 in Perth, Australia. Branson lost a friendly bet to Fernandez after wagering on which of their Formula One racing teams would finish ahead of each other in … Discuss… 5/12/13 2:00pm 5/12/13 2:00pm

Richard Branson, the perpetually grinning billionaire founder of Virgin, has expressed his dismay on the Virgin blog that a Virgin Mobile US rape-joke advertisement was allowed to run. Though Branson made clear he doesn't own Virgin Mobile US, the company carries the Virgin brand, which means that the company has the… Read… 12/09/12 4:15pm 12/09/12 4:15pm

You know what happens when the government de-funds its space program and encourages private sector entrepreneurs to lead the way to the next frontier? People decide to build space station strip clubs, capable not only of orbiting the earth but also, according to Playboy writers A.J. Baime and Jason Harper, traveling… Read… 2/26/12 3:30pm 2/26/12 3:30pm

You probably heard that Kate Winslet managed to save her two children and Richard Branson's 90-year-old grandmother when a fire broke out on Branson's Caribbean island this summer. However, initial reports failed to note that sometimes heroes must overcome bouts of underwear indecision. On The Graham Norton Show,… Read… 10/23/11 8:04pm 10/23/11 8:04pm

Wow, it must be nice to have a spare Caribbean island lying around. Sir Richard Branson — known for Virgin Atlantic Airways, Virgin Mobile and space tourism company Virgin Galactic — has come up with a "radical idea" to save lemurs. The only place the endangered primates live in the wild is Madgascar, and illegal logging … Read… 4/19/11 4:45pm 4/19/11 4:45pm

• Lindsay Lohan is on the cover of Elle UK — the shoot where jewelry went missing! — and here's what Editor-in-Chief Lorraine Candy writes in her Editor's letter:
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• Kate Moss has signed on with Virgin Books to pen a presumably un-virginal "no holds barred" autobiography. Says publisher Sir Richard Branson, "It's going to make an exciting read." [Telegraph]
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