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Hillary Clinton joins Twitter
Twitter, meet (at)HillaryClinton. Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton joined Twitter on Monday, describing herself with a dash of humor ...
'Iron Man 3' star Rebecca Hall heads to Broadway
Rebecca Hall, who plays a brilliant biologist in "Iron Man 3," will soon get to play a murderer onstage. The Roundabout Theatre Company said Tuesday ...
Affleck gets honorary doctorate from Brown
Academy Award-winning actor and director Ben Affleck has received one of six honorary doctorate degrees from Brown University. Affleck was among ...
Franklin gets ready to walk down high school aisle
Missy Franklin is starting to feel like a grown-up. "I don't know where the time went," she said, breaking into a bubbly laugh. "We just went to the ...
Kristen Wiig to return to 'SNL' as host
A year after leaving "Saturday Night Live," Kristen Wiig is coming back to host the show. NBC announced Friday that Wiig will host the May 11 episode.
For bombing suspects, question may be who led whom
Tamerlan Tsarnaev ranted at a neighbor about Islam and the United States. His younger brother, Dzhokhar, relished debating people on religion, "then ...
NY authorities deal Russian mob a losing hand
It's a case teeming with colorful characters: a reputed Russian mob boss once accused in an Olympic scandal, a wealthy art world impresario who hung ...
Boston bombing suspect captured, brother killed
Lifting days of anxiety for a city and a nation on edge, police captured the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect, found bloodied in a backyard ...
Hollywood business continues after Boston bombing
While entertainers share their horror over the Boston Marathon bombings, Hollywood as a whole presses on. There was no mention of the deadly blasts ...
'42' scores at home, Cruise dominates overseas
Baseball has scored a rare hit in Hollywood, while another American institution — Tom Cruise — has delivered his latest hit overseas. The Jackie ...
Matt Damon, wife to renew vows in St. Lucia
A former top government official in St. Lucia says actor Matt Damon and his wife, Luciana Barroso, are renewing their wedding vows of eight years with ...
Affleck reflects on Oscar speech
Ben Affleck took home the best picture Oscar at this year's Academy Awards for his Iran hostage drama "Argo." But what everyone really remembers is ...
Passing reference in 'Argo' rankles New Zealand
Thirteen minutes into the Oscar-winning movie "Argo," CIA agent Tony Mendez asks supervisor Jack O'Donnell what happened to a group of Americans when ...
Jennifer Garner loves pictures of bearded Affleck
Jennifer Garner tries not to look at reviews of the outfits she wears because, inevitably, someone isn't going to like it. "It's not good for my ...
Ex-Canada ambassador pleased Affleck thanks Canada
The former Canadian ambassador to Iran who protected Americans at great personal risk during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis said Monday it was good to ...
SHOW BITS: A bump in the night for Kim K.
Show Bits brings you the 85th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter where ...
Affleck's 'Argo' wins best-picture Oscar
Ben Affleck's "Argo," a film about a fake movie, has earned a very real prize: best picture at the Academy Awards. In share-the-wealth mode, Oscar ...
Armani, Dior rack up fashion wins at Oscars
Forget glamour girls Jessica Chastain versus Jennifer Lawrence. By the end of a long Oscars telecast, the only person who could have stolen the ...
'Argo' takes best picture at the Oscars
If Ben Affleck was snubbed by the Oscars, everyone should be so lucky. His Iran rescue thriller "Argo" has won best picture from the Academy Awards.
Ang Lee wins best director Oscar for 'Life of Pi'
Ang Lee has won the Academy Award for best director for his "Life of Pi." It's the second Oscar for Lee, who won in 2005 for "Brokeback Mountain." He ...
MacFarlane doesn't mince words at Oscars
With jokes about domestic violence, breast-baring actresses, picking up Sally Field and a presidential assassination, Seth MacFarlane certainly didn't ...
Waltz wins supporting-actor prize for 'Django'
Christoph Waltz really owes Quentin Tarantino. Waltz won his second supporting-actor Academy Award on Sunday for a Tarantino film, this time as a ...
McCarthy's 'Identity Thief' tops box office again
Hollywood's latest films performed tepidly at the box-office on Oscar weekend, with Melissa McCarthy's "Identity Thief" returning to the top spot in ...
Dozens of stars spend Saturday at Oscar rehearsals
Some dressed down in jeans and hoodies. Others looked camera-ready in suits or chic dresses and spiky stilettos. But all of the stars who rehearsed ...
'Silver Linings' leads Spirit Awards with 4 prizes
The oddball romance "Silver Linings Playbook" was named best picture Saturday at the Spirit Awards honoring independent film, Hollywood's last ...