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Inauguration offers brief pause from TV bickering
The second inauguration of President Barack Obama gave television networks a chance to bask in the majesty of a Washington event that unites Americans ...
Inaugural poet pays homage to American experience
Poet Richard Blanco has delivered an inaugural poem paying homage to the American experience. Blanco, at age 44 the youngest ever inaugural poet, ...
Iris Van Herpen electrifies haute couture
Iris Van Herpen's electrifying haute couture show should have come with a warning sign: Danger High Voltage. A mysterious black statue in a dimly lit ...
Filmmaker Michael Winner dies at 77
"Death Wish" director Michael Winner, a British filmmaker, restaurant critic and bon vivant, died Monday. He was 77. Winner's wife, Geraldine, said ...
'Big Truck' details disastrous Haiti aid effort
"The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster" (Palgrave Macmillan), by Jonathan M. Katz After two and ...
First lady wears Thom Browne coat and dress
First Lady Michelle Obama is wearing a navy Thom Browne coat and dress. The fabric for the first lady's Inauguration Day attire was developed based ...
The Obamas' new inaugural arrival - in wax
Renowned wax museum Madame Tussauds has decided its figures of the presidential pair needed a makeover in the nation's capital.
New documentary targets critics of fracking
"FrackNation" is a new documentary that attacks opponents of fracking for oil and gas, but it also raises a bigger question: Is it possible to ...
Obama on Michelle: Love those bangs
President Barack Obama has rendered his opinion on what he called the most significant event of inaugural weekend: his wife's new haircut. Said Obama: ...
Manti Te'o to be interviewed by Katie Couric
Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o will be interviewed by Katie Couric, the first on-camera interview given by the All-American since news broke about ...
ABC News' Barbara Walters hospitalized after fall
Veteran ABC newswoman Barbara Walters has fallen at an inauguration party at an ambassador's home in Washington and has been hospitalized.
Michelle Obama wears bangs, Krakoff to swearing-in
Michelle Obama showed off her new bangs and a royal blue dress and cardigan by American designer Reed Krakoff at Sunday's swearing-in ceremony.
Chastain films take top 2 spots at box office
Jessica Chastain easily outmuscled Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mark Wahlberg over the weekend, topping the box office with both her supernatural horror ...
Catdance elevates the cat video to Sundance level
Everyone's favorite Internet meme — the cat video — has hit the big time. Behold the Catdance Film Festival, a one-night celebration of camera-worthy ...
A look at Schwarzenegger's box-office clout
"The Last Stand" could very well be just that for Arnold Schwarzenegger as a box-office draw. Though Schwarzenegger was for years a generally ...
Kardashian's LA home target of fake 911 call
Los Angeles County sheriff's officials are looking for the person who called 911 and falsely reported an emergency at a former Malibu residence of the ...
'Twilight' creator Meyer makes Sundance debut
Stephenie Meyer knows all about obsessive fans. So it makes sense that the "Twilight" author should produce a movie about a woman who takes another ...
Former Secretary of State Rice joins CBS News
Just in time for inauguration coverage, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has joined CBS News as a contributor. Rice, who served as secretary ...
Legal fight over calming technique lacks harmony
The followers of a meditation practice that has roots in ancient India say it's simple: Close your eyes, silently repeat a mantra and relax. But a ...
NHL returns with strong television rating
NHL fans have tuned in to hockey's return to television. NBC's broadcast Saturday earned the highest preliminary rating for a non-Winter Classic ...
King 'content of character' quote inspires debate
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content ...
Lanvin plays on proportions, as snow quilts Paris
The snow fell in Paris all day, blanketing the left bank's grand Fine Arts School, the stage for Lanvin's fall-winter 2013 show. The snowy cover saw ...
Alex Pelosi's Sundance debut has political angle
Alexandra Pelosi was beaming: She had just made her Sundance Film Festival debut with the HBO documentary "Fall to Grace," about former New Jersey Gov
Digital age prompting closure of base theaters
Stacey Darling loves watching family movies at the Ellsworth Air Force Base theater in South Dakota because it's so much more affordable than taking ...
''Holy windfall": Batmobile sells for $4.2M
"Holy windfall, Batman!" The Batmobile just sold for $4.2 million. The original 19-foot-long black, bubble-topped car used in the 1960s "Batman" TV ...