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Elvis among new balloon shapes at New Mexico event
A giant Elvis, an ice cream cone and a child in a wheelchair are among the new shapes set to take to the sky at an annual hot-air balloon festival in ...
Report: Obama campaign outpacing Romney's in ads
A new report finds that President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has run more than twice as many TV ads in nine key states as has the campaign ...
Mel Brooks to receive AFI life achievement honor
It'll be springtime for Mel Brooks when the American Film Institute presents him with its highest honor, the Life Achievement Award. The writer and ...
Crickets, worms on menu for Philly museum event
When a natural history museum throws a party, it figures that some unusual food might end up on the menu. Interested in noshing on crickets, worms and ...
Study finds rise in gay characters on network TV
The number of gay and bisexual characters on scripted broadcast network TV is at its highest-ever level in the season ahead, according to the Gay & ...
Boston man named 1st 'Price Is Right' male model
A Boston man has won an online competition to become the first male model in "The Price Is Right" history. The long-running CBS game show said Friday ...
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei gets Smithsonian showcase
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who helped design Beijing's Olympic Stadium and has since drawn tough scrutiny for his political activism, is opening the ...
Video: Parasailing offers thrills despite risks
I'm not afraid of heights, or flying, or thrill rides. So I didn't hesitate to take a parasail ride for an Associated Press story about the activity's ...
Africa's oldest park threatened by rebels, now oil
Just a few weeks ago, rangers and militiamen were engaging in gunfights in Africa's oldest national park. Cannons boomed as Congolese army troops ...
Latifah, Woodard lead new 'Steel Magnolias' cast
The onscreen love between Queen Latifah, Alfre Woodard, Jill Scott and Phylicia Rashad in the updated version of "Steel Magnolias" is real.
SKorean torture film raises ghost of military past
A film based on the memoir of a democracy activist who was tortured in the 1980s by South Korea's military rulers is provoking discussion about the ...
Broadway producer says he was fraud victim
The psychological thriller "Rebecca" was a hit for author Daphne du Maurier and filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. Leave it to Broadway to one-up the master ...
Film dramatizing bin Laden raid airing Nov. 4
A film dramatizing the death of Osama bin Laden is set to debut next month on the National Geographic Channel, two days before the presidential ...
Kennedy unveils Picasso painting at JFK Library
A Picasso painting the famous artist created in denouncing war has come to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum to commemorate the 50th ...
Nielsen: 67M viewers for 1st presidential debate
The Nielsen ratings company says an estimated 67.2 million people watched the first debate between President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney, ...
Slain TV anchor's mom can sue hospital, workers
The mother of a slain Little Rock TV anchor can proceed with a lawsuit claiming outrageous behavior by a hospital and three workers who illegally ...
Debate thrusts Big Bird into presidential campaign
Big Bird has never been so hot. "Saturday Night Live," Jimmy Fallon, Piers Morgan, the "Today" show and "Good Morning America" all asked for ...
Ann Romney to guest-host 'Good Morning America'
Ann Romney is guest-hosting "Good Morning America" next Wednesday. ABC says the wife of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney will be on hand ...
Top designer labels abandon Argentina
Adios, Armani. Hasta la vista, Louis Vuitton. The world's most luxurious designer brands are abandoning Argentina rather than comply with tight new ...
Bosnia's National Museum closes after 124 years
It survived the breakup of the Austrian empire, two world wars, the longest city siege in modern history and a bloody war in the 1990s that killed ...
'Frankenweenie' joins reanimation of stop-motion
As far as Tim Burton's concerned, you can't keep a good dog down. And you can't keep a good, old-fashioned form of animation down, either.
Smithsonian lends Dorothy's slippers to UK
Dorothy's ruby slippers from "The Wizard of Oz" are leaving Washington on their first international journey to London's Victoria and Albert Museum.
'Jersey Shore' cast looks ahead as ending nears
The clock is ticking for "Jersey Shore." The boozy reality TV series about a group of self-proclaimed "guidos" and "guidettes" cohabiting in a ...
Low-cost flying arrives in luxury-loving Japan
Japan has a reputation for loving expensive things like overpriced real estate, gourmet melons and luxury brands. But the nation is finally ...
Frida Kahlo, her real look, on display in Mexico
The women on the cocktail circuit of the late 1930s were all curve-hugging dresses and gelled curls. Not Mexican surrealist painter Frida Kahlo.