Richard Branson

Ashton Kutcher Is Blasting Off Into Space

• Mar 20, 2012 09:19 AM ET
• by Joyce Eng

And you thought Charlie Sheen was out there.

Ashton Kutcher has signed up to go to space as the 500th "astronaut" of Sir Richard Branson's forthcoming Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, the billionaire founder announced on his blog Monday.

Two and a Half Men bosses, Ashton Kutcher vague about returning next season

"I gave Ashton a quick call to congratulate and welcome him," Branson wrote. "He is as thrilled as we ...
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Kate Winslet Safely Escapes House Fire

• Aug 22, 2011 03:26 PM ET
• by Robyn Ross

Kate Winslet and her children escaped a fire while vacationing on Richard Branson's private island, the Los Angeles Times reports.

"We had a really bad tropical storm with winds up to 90 miles per hour. A big lightning storm came around 4 a.m. and hit the house," Branson said in a statement Monday.

Casting Call: Who Wants to Live On Mars?

• Apr 3, 2008 02:17 PM ET
• by gdinunno

It was bound to happen sooner or later—it was just a matter of someone with a vision (and a whole lotta money) to take this adventure on. Virgin founder Richard Branson and Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have officially begun the mission of creating the first human colony on Mars—and they are asking for volunteers to submit a thirty second video for a chance to become a part of "one of the grandest adventures in human history": Project Virgil!Your take: What do you think of the plan to colonize another planet? Think we’re ready to take something like this on? Would you want to be one of the first? read more