
The 50th Super Bowl goes to San Francisco Bay Area
The NFL will celebrate its 50th Super Bowl in northern California, where its newest, most high-tech venue is being built. That makes South Florida, ...
Clippers won't offer Del Negro new deal as coach
Vinny Del Negro is out as coach of the Los Angeles Clippers after a season in which the team won its first division title but lost in the first round ...

Golf adopts rule to ban anchored putting stroke
Golf's two governing bodies outlawed the anchored putting stroke used by four of the last six major champions, approving a new rule that starts in ...

Experienced Heat, upstart Pacers ready to go
Dwyane Wade's rookie season ended with a playoff loss to the Indiana Pacers. The next year, the Miami Heat were headed to the Eastern Conference ...

Sorrentino, Bruni Tedeschi bring Italy to Cannes
La dolce vita came to Cannes on Tuesday, thanks to a pair of films set in Italy exploring lives of affluent ennui. Paolo Sorrentino's "The Great ...
Chelsea tops AP poll after winning Euro title
Chelsea surged to the top of the weekly Associated Press global soccer poll after winning the Europa League and qualifying for the Champions League ...

Toback, Baldwin eye Cannes movie-making underbelly
A phrase you will hear often at Cannes is: "Let me run the numbers." The commercial underbelly of the Cannes Film Festival is a nonstop frenzy of ...

SAfrican court acquits brother of Oscar Pistorius
One Pistorius brother is free of charges — acquitted Tuesday of culpable homicide in the death of a woman in a road accident. The famous younger ...

Jersey shore readies for 1st post-Sandy summer
The boardwalks are back, and so are most of the beaches, even if some are a little thinner this year. The smell of funnel cakes, french fries and ...
Chris Harrison to host Miss America Pageant
"The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" host Chris Harrison will again emcee the Miss America Pageant this September in Atlantic City, N.J. Harrison has ...

In Coens' Cannes hit, Oscar Isaac gets his break
Joel and Ethan Coen had almost given up on casting the lead for their film "Inside Llewyn Davis." The part, a folk musician in early 1960s Greenwich ...

Ari Folman animates Robin Wright in 'The Congress'
Hollywood is hell. That's an idea to set tongues wagging at the Cannes Film Festival, and it's the distinct impression left by Israeli director Ari ...

O'Malley using agenda, fundraising to explore 2016
His latest legislative achievements put him in the vanguard of his party's liberal base. He's been a top fundraiser for President Barack Obama.
Red Wings beat Blackhawks to take 2-1 series lead
The Chicago Blackhawks were controlling the puck and dominating play early in the second period. It took all of a half-minute for the Detroit Red ...

Red Wings top Blackhawks 3-1, take 2-1 series lead
The young Detroit Red Wings have made the mighty Chicago Blackhawks look vulnerable, beating them two straight times to gain an advantage in their ...
Bosh aiming to be impactful against Pacers
This is the matchup Chris Bosh wanted in the Eastern Conference finals. No, he might not necessarily enjoy going head-to-head with 7-foot-2 Roy ...

Seth MacFarlane won't return as 2014 Oscar host
Seth MacFarlane is too busy to host the Oscars in 2014. The multitalented comedian says on Twitter that he "tried to make it work schedule-wise, but ...

Democrats strike back at GOP voting measures
In a bitter fight, Colorado Democrats recently muscled through the Statehouse a massive elections reform bill that allows voters to register up until ...

Cannes rolls out red carpet for Indian movies
Indian cinema is being feted in Cannes on its 100th birthday. But amid the celebrations, the B-word — "Bollywood" — remains controversial. The French ...

Russian oligarchs foot most of 2014 Sochi Olympics
The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of ...

Chinese 14-year-old will tee it up in Memorial
Guan Tianlang, the 14-year-old Chinese amateur who made history at Augusta National, is bringing his game to Jack Nicklaus' backyard. Guan, who last ...

Super Bowl 50 site to be decided Tuesday
Where the Super Bowl will celebrate a half-century of existence will be decided this week by NFL owners. They have two choices for the 50th ...

AP Interview: Soderbergh on quitting movies
Steven Soderbergh is working on a new currency. In his Chelsea studio, among various film posters and piles of moviemaking mementos, he has a few ...

Japan's 'Shield of Straw' an action pic in Cannes
Director Takashi Miike says shooting an action movie in Japan is a lot harder than it looks. His Cannes Film Festival entry "Shield of Straw" is a ...

Amalric plays a Frenchman in America in 'Jimmy P'
Playing a Freudian analyst helped Mathieu Amalric overcome his fear and loathing of psychotherapy. The French actor depicts a maverick academic ...