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Foster earns lifetime-achievement honor at Globes
Jodie Foster is adding a new trophy to her collection — a lifetime-achievement honor at the Golden Globes. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association ...
Barry Levinson picks his 5 favorite horror films
Barry Levinson, director of such modern American classics as "Diner," ''The Natural" and "Rain Man," makes a surprising venture into the horror realm ...
The Sandy 15? Superstorm comfort-eating on menu
Jamie Sanders went to the grocery store in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy with good intentions. Cucumbers and apples were on her list. But her ...
Netflix stock soars on news of Carl Icahn's stake
Netflix's slumping stock price and weakening financial performance has finally attracted an opportunistic and sometimes nettlesome investor in Carl ...
Review: 'Assassin's Creed' stumbles on Vita
There's never been a video game heroine quite like Aveline de Grandpre. The daughter of an African slave and a French shipping magnate in New Orleans ...
'Wreck-It Ralph' celebrates video-game nostalgia
In Disney's "Wreck-It Ralph" opening Friday, the title character is the bad guy from a fictional 1980s video game. Despite faithfully doing his job ...
High tide floods Venice, tourists don boots
High tides have flooded Venice, leading Venetians and tourists to don high boots and use wooden walkways to cross St. Mark's Square and other areas ...
Spears, Odom face test of live TV on 'X Factor'
Britney Spears was coolly composed on the first live episode of "The X Factor." The same can't be said for new host Khloe Kardashian Odom and her ...
Disney unlikely to change 'Star Wars' brand
Naysayers would have you believe Disney's purchase of Lucasfilm can only mean one thing: Bambi and Mickey Mouse are sure to appear in future "Star ...
Northeast travel slowly resumes
Travel in the Northeast creaked back into motion Wednesday as Superstorm Sandy receded, allowing workers to check runways and railroad tracks for ...
Big Apple improvises to reopen for business
Two days after Superstorm Sandy brought business in New York City to a standstill, stores that lost power are again serving customers, albeit by ...
Another Superstorm casualty: Trick-or-treating
Seventh-grader Samantha Bertolino was especially proud of her Halloween costume this year. She was going to be a vampire, and she really had it ...
Review: 'Details' says little new about suburbia
In "The Details," Dr. Jeff Lang (Tobey Maguire) lives in a charming suburban Seattle home with his beautiful wife, Nealy (Elizabeth Banks), and their ...
State says go home and sleep, 24/7 Egypt resists
Egypt's capital prides itself on being city that never sleeps, with crowds filling cafes and shops open into till the small hours. So, the government ...
Review: Denzel soars as troubled pilot in 'Flight'
If "Flight" weren't so exceptionally crafted and acted, this tale of self-destruction and eventual redemption might feel like the sort of feel-good ...
Despite volume, no plan to limit Sistine tourists
Five centuries after Michelangelo's ceiling of frescoes was inaugurated in the Sistine Chapel, Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday celebrated the "symphony ...
Museums, theaters among NYC attractions reopening
Museums, the Empire State Building, Broadway theaters and many stores reopened Wednesday to the relief of tourists who'd been stuck in hotel rooms ...
Young Fendi branches out with recycled material
Ilaria Venturini Fendi has translated the same attention to detail and craftsmanship she learned working over the years in her famous family's Italian ...
Smithsonian reopening in DC, no major storm damage
The Smithsonian Institution's museums and National Zoo are reopening in Washington after shutting their doors for two days because of superstorm Sandy
Sandy shuts down Northeast air travel
Superstorm Sandy grounded more than 18,000 flights across the Northeast and the globe, and it will take days before travel gets back to normal.
Police search for Chinese-food eating Pa. burglar
Eating Chinese takeout in front of a glowing fireplace is a pleasant enough way to spend an evening. But state police in northwestern Pennsylvania say ...
Penn gets multiple requests in Bolivia
It's not clear whether Sean Penn knew ahead of his visit to Bolivia of the missions he'd be asked to assume by President Evo Morales. Cabinet chief ...
Uzbek dictator's daughter has a role for Depardieu
French actor Gerard Depardieu will reportedly play a part in the film based on a script written by the daughter of Uzbekistan's authoritarian ...
Disney to make new 'Star Wars' films, buy Lucas co
A decade since George Lucas said "Star Wars" was finished on the big screen, a new trilogy under new ownership is destined for theaters after The Walt ...