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Broadway's 'Newsies' recoups its investment
The boys from "Newsies" now have one more thing to dance about — they've made their money back. Disney Theatrical Productions said Thursday that the ...
Broadway musical 'Chicago' to enter history books
The musical "Chicago" is about to swagger into the history books again. Thursday night's performance of the edgy musical will be its 6,681, meaning ...
Scarlett Johansson tones down the sex as Maggie
In a decision that will make many a man sigh unhappily, Scarlett Johansson won't be bringing sexy back to Broadway. The actress with the pouty lips ...
Fox's 'The Following': bloody, ghastly, ill-timed
I got a look at the first episode of "The Following," Fox's upcoming crime thriller, a few weeks ago. Its level of graphic violence left me disgusted ...
Renowned opera singer in Vienna going strong at 95
It was 1947 in post-war Vienna, and Hilde Zadek remembers taking a deep breath behind the curtain. A rookie on her first opera gig, she was about to ...
Miss USA Olivia Culpo is crowned Miss Universe
An American university student is the new Miss Universe, defeating dozens of contestants from six continents to bring the crown back to the U.S.
China's airing of 'V for Vendetta' stuns viewers
Television audiences across China watched an anarchist antihero rebel against a totalitarian government and persuade the people to rule themselves.
Senators write Sony, criticize 'Zero Dark Thirty'
The movie "Zero Dark Thirty" is misleading and "grossly inaccurate" in its suggestion that torture produced the tip that led the U.S. military to find ...
'Lincoln' at the Capitol draws director and star
Today's lawmakers might be excused for thinking they've seen this movie: A recently re-elected president spars with a quarrelsome Congress over an ...
Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2012
Neil Armstrong would always be taking that first step onto the moon, and Dick Clark was forever "the world's oldest teenager." Some of the notables ...
To honor the fallen: 26 acts of kindness proposed
A new movement has taken off to honor the 26 people killed at a school in Newtown, Conn. The campaign sparked from a question NBC News correspondent ...
Ex-ABC News veteran Sam Donaldson charged with DUI
ABC News veteran and former correspondent Sam Donaldson is facing a drunken driving charge in Delaware. Police in the southern coastal town of Lewes ...
Dr Pepper maker fills out 10-calorie lineup
When it comes to the calories in diet soda, Dr Pepper thinks 10 is the new zero. Starting next month, the country's No. 3 soft drink company plans to ...
Al Pacino wins as 'Glengarry Glen Ross' recoups
The Al Pacino-led revival of "Glengarry Glen Ross" on Broadway has plenty to be happy about this Christmas. Producers said Wednesday that the show, ...
Nintendo's TVii a replacement for the remote
Nintendo is switching on a television service that transforms the tablet-like controller for its new Wii U game console into a remote that changes the ...
Musical about rise of a superstar heads to Vegas
Some key figures who helped manage Michael Jackson's career are teaming up to create a stage musical about the behind-the-scenes making of a superstar ...
'Breakfast at Tiffany's' added to US film registry
"Breakfast at Tiffany's," ''Dirty Harry" and "A League of Their Own" will be preserved for their enduring significance in American culture by the ...
Artisans are thriving again in post-quake Haiti
The sharp tang of varnish hangs in the air as a dozen women and a few men cut and scrape logs into bowls destined for U.S. department stores. In other ...
'The Grandmaster' to premiere at Berlin festival
Chinese director Wong Kar-wai's martial arts epic "The Grandmaster" will have its international premiere at next year's Berlin Film Festival.
Dee Snider promises a very twisted nightclub act
Some classic Broadway show tunes will soon be getting the headbanging treatment. Dee Snider, lead singer of the '80s heavy metal band Twisted Sister, ...
Review: Secrets swirl in 'The Great God Pan'
Suppose you found out something terrible might have happened to you, yet you still couldn't remember it. Amy Herzog's thoughtful new play, "The Great ...
Newsman's disappearance largely kept secret
NBC was able to keep the abduction of chief Middle East correspondent Richard Engel in Syria largely a secret until he escaped late Monday because it ...
McCain rejects torture scene in 'Zero Dark Thirty'
The movie "Zero Dark Thirty" suggests the CIA's harsh interrogation techniques led the U.S. to Osama bin Laden. Sen. John McCain watched the movie ...
Arbitrator: Beauty queen defamed pageant, owes $5M
A beauty queen who claimed this year's Miss USA contest was fixed has been ordered to pay the pageant organization $5 million for defamation. In a ...
Justice reaches settlement with Penguin on e-books
The Justice Department announced Tuesday it has reached a settlement with Penguin Group (USA) Inc. in its lawsuit accusing the nation's largest book ...