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CNN's 'The Point' gone quickly
We'll get to the point quickly: CNN's new prime-time talk show is gone after a week. CNN described "(Get to) The Point" as a one-week experiment in ...
Thatcher biography due out after funeral
The first volume of Margaret Thatcher's authorized biography will be published immediately after her funeral. Allen Lane, which is part of Penguin ...
It's hard to resist the sunny Lilly lifestyle
You can spot a Lilly lady from what seems like a mile away. She is wearing that rainbow of color, a cheeky print and, most likely, a smile on her face
Koolhaas unites architecture, design and fashion
Shedding his "puritanical" attitude against architects designing objects, Rem Koolhaas has shifted scale to create 11 pieces of furniture for the U.S.
Joe Flacco to portray Johnny Unitas in movie
Joe Flacco as Johnny Unitas. The Ravens' quarterback says he'll play the part of Baltimore's greatest quarterback, former Colts star Johnny Unitas, ...
Montana pet owner to feds: The dog ate my money
A Montana man whose 12-year-old golden retriever ate five $100 bills hopes to be reimbursed by the federal government. Wayne Klinkel tells the ...
Acclaimed documentary maker Les Blank dies at 77
Les Blank, an acclaimed documentary maker who focused his camera on cultural corners ranging from blues music, to garlic lovers, to shoe-eating ...
Singapore living, all under one roof
With their unique designs, these traditional shophouses represent the perfect work-life balance.
Fashion designer Lilly Pulitzer dies at 81
Lilly Pulitzer hosted parties in her bare feet and wasn't afraid to get a little messy — just as long as she looked good and had fun, too. In the late ...
Mom: 'BUCKWILD' star a Christian, now in heaven
For all his on-camera carousing and cussing, "BUCKWILD" reality TV star Shain Gandee was a publicly proclaimed and baptized Christian, and his mother ...
Broadcasters worry about 'Zero TV' homes
Some people have had it with TV. They've had enough of the 100-plus channel universe. They don't like timing their lives around network show schedules
Tributes pour in for Spanish filmmaker Bigas Luna
Spaniard Josep Joan Bigas Luna was lauded as a brilliant and "truly special" filmmaker a day after his death, with some of the highest praise coming ...
'Evil Dead' rises again with $26M box-office stake
Resurrected demons and resurrected dinosaurs are helping to put some life back into the weekend box office. The demonic horror remake "Evil Dead" ...
Irish character actor Milo O'Shea, 86, dies in NYC
The Irish actor Milo O'Shea, whose many roles on stage and screen included a friar in Franco Zeffirelli's "Romeo and Juliet," an evil scientist in ...
Matisse in Norwegian museum was once Nazi loot
The family of a prominent Parisian art dealer is demanding that a Norwegian museum return an Henri Matisse painting seized by Nazis under the ...
Egyptian court drops lawsuit to ban comedy show
A Cairo court on Saturday dismissed a lawsuit filed by an Islamist lawyer demanding that a popular Egyptian satirist's TV show be banned for allegedly ...
Warsaw ghetto survivor in Israel recalls uprising
Two days before her comrades embarked on an uprising that came to symbolize Jewish resistance against the Nazis in World War II, 14-year-old Aliza ...
Robert Remini, Andrew Jackson scholar, dies at 91
Robert V. Remini, an award-winning scholar of Andrew Jackson and 19th century politics who viewed Washington firsthand in the 21st century when he ...
Chile seeking answers in death of poet Neruda
The body of Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda is being exhumed this weekend in an effort to clear up four decades of suspicion about how he died in the days ...
Robert Downey Jr. promotes 'Iron Man 3' in Beijing
Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr. has traveled to Beijing to promote "Iron Man 3," which was filmed partly in China and features well-known Chinese ...
AP PHOTOS: 6-year-olds chase their ballet dreams
Performing on pointed toe, scores of 6-year-olds auditioned Friday for coveted slots at the city's School of American Ballet. It's one of seven ...
Ebert showed willingness to adapt to new media
Roger Ebert started out as an old-school newspaper man, the kind that has all but vanished: a fierce competitor who spent the day trying to scoop the ...
High-skilled visa requests exceed supply in 1 week
The Homeland Security Department has received more applications for high-skilled immigration visas than are available and will use a lottery to select ...
Comedy on Mexico income gap a big screen hit
A construction magnate's preppy son is forced to drive one of Mexico City's battered green buses, while his spoiled sister waits tables at a cantina ...
Texas court says bereaved dog owners can't sue
Man's best friend is priceless. But a dog gone is worth nothing in Texas. The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that bereaved dog owners can't sue for ...