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Super Bowl falls short of ratings record
With a partial power outage, an overly excited quarterback and a game that suddenly turned from snoozer to sizzler, CBS had its hands full at the ...
LB prospect commits to Bama, with Auburn tattoo
Five-star linebacker prospect Reuben Foster says he'll play for Alabama after a recruiting process that left him torn between the state's two rivals ...
NJ Gov. Christie, Letterman laugh about fat jokes
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and David Letterman have shared some laughs about the many fat jokes the comedian has made about the lawmaker's ample ...
'Warm Bodies' tops box office with $20.4 million
The zombie romantic-comedy "Warm Bodies" topped the box office with a debut of $20.4 million. The film for Lionsgate's Summit Entertainment proved a ...
NBCUniversal gathers cable channels under 1 exec
NBCUniversal has united its cable channels under the command of long-time executive Bonnie Hammer, leaving Lauren Zalaznick, who previously controlled ...
Sites let you see Super Bowl ads you missed
If you missed any of the Super Bowl ads your friends and co-workers are talking about, Hulu, CBS and YouTube are among the websites that let you watch ...
Pakistan plans park where bin Laden was killed
Pakistani officials say the government plans to build a recreation complex in the town where al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S.
Review: Lisa Gardner's 'Touch & Go' is a winner
"Touch & Go" (Dutton) by Lisa Gardner Lisa Gardner, the master of the psychological thriller, has delivered another tour de force with "Touch & Go," ...
Kitty Kelley writing book on women in Congress
Kitty Kelley's next book will be short on celebrity gossip and long on gender and politics. Kelley has a deal with Grand Central Publishing for a book ...
Beer will help power Alaska brewery
The Alaskan Brewing Co. is going green, but instead of looking to solar and wind energy, it has turned to a very familiar source: beer.
Review: Captivating, eloquent 'Women of Will'
Tina Packer's eloquent discourse on Shakespeare's female characters, "Women of Will," is a long-time labor of love, and in this case, Packer's labors ...
Joy Division bassist delivers 'Pleasure'-able read
"Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division" (It Books), by Peter Hook Joy Division played only three years' worth of gigs and released a whopping total ...
Chastain's 'The Heiress' recoups on Broadway
The play "The Heiress" ends sadly for almost everyone, but the producers of the Broadway revival starring Jessica Chastain are happy: They'll make ...
'Pippin' cast for Broadway has familiar faces
The folks who brought magic to the new "Pippin" in Massachusetts are coming south to Broadway. Producers on Monday said Matthew James Thomas will star ...
Cairo's musical heart, Mohammed Ali Street, fades
During its heyday, it was famed as the lively and romantic heart of Arabic music — a Cairo street modeled after Paris' boulevards, home to musicians, ...
Oh the drama! Super Ads go epic
Super Bowl ads this year morphed into mini soap operas. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson shrugged off aliens so he could get more milk for his kids in a ...
Not the same old song-and-dance as 'Smash' returns
On with the show! "Smash" is back for its second season of sassy, sexy (and musical!) Broadway derring-do, both on stage and behind the scenes.
Final Sendak book a tribute to his brother
The last completed book we are likely to get from Maurice Sendak remembers a man he often insisted was the real genius of the family, his brother Jack
No director Oscar nod? No problem says Hooper
If director Tom Hooper, who won the best-director Academy Award in 2010 for "The King's Speech," is bothered by not getting a nomination this year for ...
Russia mulls resumption of Georgian wine imports
A Russian official said Monday that Moscow may soon resume imports of Georgian wine, mineral water and fruit after a seven-year ban, the first ...
Bolshoi ballet chief heads to Germany after attack
The artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet said he knows who ordered an acid attack that left him with severe burns to his eyes and face but won't ...
How did 'Little House' sister really become blind?
Any fan of Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved "Little House" books knows how the author's sister Mary went blind: scarlet fever. But turns out that ...
Power outage electrifies CBS Super Bowl broadcast
When the lights went out at the Super Bowl, CBS' telecast got a jolt. The power outage in the Super Dome in New Orleans sent the network scrambling ...
Rio Carnival goes to dogs at canine street party
The crowd at the Blocao Carnival street party Sunday was a decidedly mixed one. Roughly half the revelers were humans, the other half dogs, though the ...
'Warm Bodies' heats up box office with $20 million
The love-struck zombies of "Warm Bodies" swarmed the box office on Super Bowl weekend with a $20 million opening. On a weekend that Hollywood largely ...