Film & TV
Men dominate late-night shows, will that ever change?LOS ANGELES — Men have historically dominated late-night talk shows, and...
Roger Ebert, dead of Cancer at 70
CHICAGO — Roger Ebert, the nation’s best-known film reviewer who with...
Magic Johnson supports son EJ’s Gay lifestyle
WEST HOLLYWOOD — Basketball legend Magic Johnson takes the lead in the pro-LGBT...
Roger Ebert takes leave after cancer returns
Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. film critic Roger Ebert says he is battling cancer again...
MTV’s ‘Buckwild’ star Shain Gandee, dead, carbon monoxide likely
Shain Gandee, the star of MTV’s West Virginia-based reality TV series “Buckwild,”...
‘Olympus Has Fallen’ Review
“Olympus Has Fallen,” Antoine Fuqua’s latest, supplies non-stop action. It...
Will Scorsese’s ‘Gangs of New York’ show be racially diverse
NEW YORK – Martin Scorsese is developing a TV series based on “Gangs...
India Arie, charged with lightening her skin, shoots back
NEW YORK — India Arie’s critics have charged the Afro-centric American...
John Charles Upton Jr, filmmaker, killed in shrubbery dispute
ENCINITAS, Calif. — A documentary filmmaker known for helping rescue children...
Dallas Roberts talks ‘The Walking Dead’ Secrets
Dallas Roberts talks ‘The Walking Dead’ Secrets on Vh1′s Big Morning Buzz...
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Politics
61 Chicago public schools to closeCHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanual’s latest move in privatizing public...
Pelosi discusses marijuana legalization, HR 499 sent to DHS
WEST HOLLYWOOD — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke candidly about marijuana...
Racist tweets tar EMT Joseph Cassano, FDNY Chief Salvatore
NEW YORK — One might expect an emergency responder, like a policemen, paramedic...
Mayor Nutter calls for probe into ‘Being White in Philly’
PHILADELPHIA – A controversial article published in Philadelphia Magazine, ‘Being...
Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick convicted of racketeering
DETROIT — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was convicted on Monday on...
NYPD patrols private buildings to prevent crime
The New York Police Department has added a new beat to its foot patrol. It now patrols...
‘What’s wrong with Blacks’ asks Adam Carolla of Gavin Newsom
California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom unwittingly found himself in a tense...
U.S. probes racial disparities in Seattle school discipline
SEATTLE — The U.S. Department of Education is investigating whether Seattle’s...
White House: unlocking of cellphones should be legal
Cellphone users looking to unlock their devices have found an advocate in the White...
Bradley Manning pleads guilty, faces 20 years to life
FORT MEADE, Md. — Bradley Manning, the Army private arrested in the biggest...
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News
Matisse painting in Norwegian museum was Nazi lootOSLO, Norway — A family is demanding that a Norwegian museum return a Henri Matisse painting seized from Jews by Nazis under the direction of Hermann Goering in World War II. [More] Related posts: Twitter bans neo-nazi tweets in Germany Greek Anti-Austerity Protesters in Nazi garb greet Germany’s Angela Merkel Dem Likens Paul Ryan to Nazi... [More]
Roger Ebert, dead of Cancer at 70
CHICAGO — Roger Ebert, the nation’s best-known film reviewer who with fellow critic Gene Siskel created the template for succinct thumbs-up or thumbs-down movie reviews, died Thursday. He was 70. [More] Related posts: Roger Ebert takes leave after cancer returns E. Roger Mitchell Cast in Hunger Games: Catching Fire Michael Clarke-Duncan... [More]
Anonymous ‘hacks’ North Korea social network accounts
Internet Hacking collective Anonymous has said it has infiltrated and vandalized social networking profiles in North Korea. [More] Related posts: Anonymous plans massive cyberattack against Israel Hackers attack Twitter user accounts Suicide bombers hit cellphone firms in north Nigeria Hackers breach Burger King’s Twitter account Twitter Targets... [More]
Lollapalooza 2013 lineup announced, The Cure, Killers headline
CHICAGO — Lollapalooza has released its official lineup list for the 2013 outdoor music festival. [More] Related posts: 2013 Athena Film Festival lineup Gambia finds herbal cure for AIDS New Halo Novel Announced, Artwork Revealed Depeche Mode to kick off 2013 world tour in Tel Aviv Jay-Z, Coldplay rock Brooklyn, NY in big New Years Eve 2013 bash... [More]
Lego pulls ‘Star Wars’ Jabba’s Palace after anti-Muslim row
Lego, accused of making fun of Muslim culture with its Star Wars/Jabba the Hutt Palace Lego, which bears a likeness to some iconic Muslim mosques in Istanbul, has decided to pull the toys from store shelves. [More] Related posts: US Urges UN to Address Muslim Relations Anti-Islam cartoons in French weekly sparks unrest Anti-Islam Filmmaker’s... [More]
Texas DA, wife and prosecutor killed in targeted attack
A Texas D.A., his wife and a prosecutor have been gunned down in what Forney Mayor Darren Rozell calls a targeted attack after an Aryan Brotherhood investigation. [More] Related posts: John Charles Upton Jr, filmmaker, killed in shrubbery dispute Jesse Jackson Jr. and wife Sandra cop plea in campaign fraud case Hague prosecutor urges Libya not to... [More]
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