The motion picture academy calls "extremely troubling," the possible visa ban of Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, whose feature film "The Salesman" is nominated for a best foreign language OscarMore>>
Following the Trail Blazers' 112-109 victory over the Grizzlies, a Twitter skirmish broke out between Memphis forward Chandler Parsons and Portland guard CJ McCollumMore>>
The woman at the center of the trial of Emmett Till's alleged killers has acknowledged that she falsely testified he made physical and verbal threats, according to a new bookMore>>
Protesters rallied in St. Petersburg on Saturday against plans by the city authorities to give a landmark cathedral to the Russian Orthodox Church amid an increasingly passionate debate over the relationship between the church and the Russian stateMore>>
An enormous cache of historical documents from Britain's royal archives detailing the reign of King George III is going online as part of the royal family's effort to rehabilitate the legacy of the monarch widely regarded as having been insaneMore>>
Wondrous athletes and incredible achievements were in abundance Friday night in downtown Los Angeles, the site of Sunday's NHL All-Star Game and the celebration of the league's centennialMore>>
Stevie Wonder, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Maroon 5 and Dave Matthews are among some of the big names playing at this year's New Orleans Jazz & Heritage FestivalMore>>
Police in North Carolina say former North Carolina State basketball star Charles Shackleford has been found dead in his home at age 50. Kinston police say the cause of death hasn't been determined and an investigation is underwayMore>>
President Donald Trump never said he intends to ban shows with gay-themed content from television, including Fox's "Empire," despite a story shared on social media which claims he plans to institute such a banMore>>
Advertisers from first timer 84 Lumber to veteran Hyundai are ramping up the marketing stunts in hopes of standing out from the crowd during the Super BowlMore>>
Academy Award-winning actress Octavia Spencer, fresh off her nomination for a second Oscar, has picked up yet another award: Woman of the Year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding TheatricalsMore>>
Former Vice President Al Gore, Harvard and others are resurrecting a U.S. conference on climate change and health in Atlanta that the top public health agency had canceledMore>>
Academy Award-winning actress Octavia Spencer, fresh off her nomination for a second Oscar, has picked up yet another award: Woman of the Year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding TheatricalsMore>>
Phil Dunphy from "Modern Family" can't understand why the University of Wisconsin would invite a guy named Steve Levitan to deliver its commencement addressMore>>
Actor Shia LaBeouf has been arrested on camera after he got into an altercation with another man during a performance art project in New York CityMore>>
A court has ordered a scrapyard to remove the remnants of a Russian submarine once used as a set for a Harrison Ford movie from the Providence RiverMore>>
Producer Kevin McCollum said Thursday that Elton John, the composer of Broadway hits "The Lion King" and "Aida," will supply the music for a stage adaptation of "The Devil Wears Prada."More>>
Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti, star of the Oscar-nominated "The Salesman," says she won't attend the Academy Awards in protest of President Donald Trump's immigration plansMore>>
India.Arie has come to the defense of fellow singer Chrisette Michele, who was criticized for singing at President Donald Trump's inauguration last weekMore>>
The director of a museums' association has urged the Russian Orthodox Church's patriarch to recall its bid to take control of St. Petersburg's landmark cathedral, a move that has inflamed public passionsMore>>
Mary Tyler Moore, the star of TV's beloved "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" whose comic realism helped revolutionize the depiction of women on the small screen, died Wednesday, said her publicist, Mara BuxbaumMore>>
Angered with her publisher for giving a platform to the "blunt, inelegant hate" of far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos, Roxane Gay has withdrawn a planned book with Simon & SchusterMore>>
A "Saturday Night Live" writer has been suspended indefinitely after tweeting a poorly received joke about Donald Trump's 10-year-old youngest son, BarronMore>>
Film Review: "Gold," starring Matthew McConaughey, is a fictionalized account of the notorious Bre-X Minerals swindle of the 1990s in which a Borneo prospector falsified core samples of an Indonesian site's richness in goldMore>>
Carnegie Hall's 2017-18 season will be highlighted by "The '60s: The Years that Changed America," a festival that Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert A. Caro helped programMore>>
Television's Brent Musburger, the folksy voice behind the mike at many memorable sports events, says he'll call his last game later this month for ESPNMore>>
All eyes in Paris were on the debut solo couture display from Valentino designer Pierpaolo Piccioli following the move of his design partner to DiorMore>>
Notes that Mark Twain jotted down from a fairy tale he told his daughters more than a century ago have inspired a new children's book, "The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine."More>>
With "alternative facts" the latest catchphrase, George Orwell's "1984" is No. 1 on Amazon.com and the publisher has ordered an additional 75,000 copiesMore>>
Octavia Spencer, nominated for an Oscar for "Hidden Figures," will join Gloria Steinem in a talk about the recent Women's March and women of color in HollywoodMore>>
Bruno Mars will bring his upbeat, funky swag to the Grammys stage: The Recording Academy announced Wednesday that the singer-songwriter-producer will perform at the Feb. 12 show at the Staples Center in Los AngelesMore>>
For 'Tanna' directors Bentley Dean and Martin Butler, their film's evolution from a tiny production in the South Pacific to an Oscar contender for best foreign film is as thrilling as it is inconceivableMore>>
Pennsylvania's highest court is reviewing the conviction of a Pittsburgh man for making threats against police in a rap song after he was charged with drug offensesMore>>
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer took the first question at his briefing Tuesday from a reporter who works for LifeZette, a website founded by Donald Trump supporter Laura IngrahamMore>>
For 'Tanna' directors Bentley Dean and Martin Butler, their film's evolution from a tiny production in the South Pacific to an Oscar contender for best foreign film is as thrilling as it is inconceivableMore>>
George Orwell's "1984" has hit No. 1 on Amazon.com following incorrect or unprovable statements made by Republican President Donald Trump and White House aides, including the instant catchphrase "alternative facts."More>>
Oscar nominees for best foreign film include an Iranian psychological thriller, a German comedy with political overtones, dramas from Denmark and Sweden, and a film on tribal love, shot on an island in VanuatuMore>>
Anquan Boldin would absolutely welcome and appreciate the chance to sit down with new President Donald Trump and exchange thoughts and ideas and discuss concerns for minoritiesMore>>
Singer-model Vanessa Paradis was the image of the doting mother at Chanel's Art Deco-inspired spring-summer collection, looking on proudly as daughter Lily-Rose Depp emerged as the star of the showMore>>
Anthony Quinn was a good-natured Greek, an angry Bedouin, an impoverished old fisherman and a two-time Oscar winner during one of the most illustrious film careers in Hollywood historyMore>>
History was made across Tuesday's 89th annual Academy Awards nominations, where the retro musical "La La Land" reaped a record-tying 14 nominations, and a wave of African-American films resoundingly toppled two straight years of "so white" OscarsMore>>
Johnny Manziel deleted his Twitter account after the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback sent some expletive-laden messages telling President Donald Trump to ignore comments about him on the social media siteMore>>
The Latest: For many Oscar nominees, the joy of having their name called quickly comes with a dose of reality _ it's a workday on their next projectMore>>
Matthew VanBesien will resign as president of the New York Philharmonic on May 1, the third executive to depart this year with the orchestra in the midst of fundraising to renovate its Lincoln Center homeMore>>
A judge has sentenced a Chicago man to nine months in prison for hacking electronic accounts of 30 celebrities and stealing nude videos and photosMore>>
Fun facts and trivia about this year's Oscar nominations, including a record-breaking documentary and with Matt Damon and Denzel Washington joining some special categoriesMore>>
A cake cut by President Donald Trump at one of his inaugural balls Friday night was a replica of one served at an inaugural ball in 2013 for former President Barack ObamaMore>>
Filmmaker Roman Polanski has decided not to preside over the French equivalent of the Oscars, after protests from France's women's rights minister and feminist groups because of decades-old U.S. sex chargesMore>>
Actor Ewan McGregor was a last minute no-show on the Good Morning Britain show because of a dispute with host Piers Morgan over recent women's marchesMore>>
Kerry Washington on Monday spoke to a group of women at the Sundance Film Festival's annual Women in Film Brunch, telling guests that it's going to take "courage on all of our parts."More>>
Dozens of children wearing blue T-shirts with the name "Ventura" emblazoned on the back have gathered around a coastal home to pay their respects to their idol: Kansas City Royals pitcher Yordano VenturaMore>>
White House press secretary Sean Spicer, under fire for an angry statement that contained falsehoods over the weekend, tells reporters at his first briefing that he intends not to lieMore>>
More women are entering the field of animation, and one of their goes is to create more realistic female characters _ not just the sex bombs, gray-haired villains and shy nerds that dominate nowMore>>
Rapper Soulja Boy has pleaded not guilty to felony weapons violations stemming from a police search of his Los Angeles home last month that found an assault weapon and a stolen police handgunMore>>
The internet went wild after a top Trump adviser said the administration was supplying the media with 'alternative facts' about the size of the inauguration crowdsMore>>
More women are entering the field of animation, and one of their goes is to create more realistic female characters _ not just the sex bombs, gray-haired villains and shy nerds that dominate nowMore>>
The Museum of the Second World War, an ambitious project under creation for nine years, has opened its doors for a day to historians, museums and reportersMore>>
A song by a Los Angeles singer-songwriter that was performed by a flash mob of women in pink, pointy-eared hats at the Women's March on Washington is being heralded as the anthem of the movementMore>>
Fox News is paring its list of paid contributors, with former 'Clueless' actress Stacey Dish and conservative columnist George Will not getting their contracts renewedMore>>
Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich says Madonna "ought to be arrested" for telling the crowd at the women's rights march in Washington that she's "thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House."More>>
The much-derided superhero clash "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" and the far-too-late comedy sequel "Zoolander 2" are the leading nominees for the 37th annual Razzie AwardsMore>>
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivered a speech without sex jokes and expletives _ telling the gathering of Miss Universe contestants that he was told to watch his languageMore>>
Authorities in the Dominican Republic say that Kansas City Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura and former major leaguer Andy Marte both have died in separate traffic accidentsMore>>
Colson Whitehead's latest honor is a thank-you from the country's libraries: Whitehead's novel "The Underground Railroad" has won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, a $5,000 prize presented by the American Library AssociationMore>>
Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura, whose electric arm helped his team win the 2015 World Series title, was killed in a car crash in his native Dominican Republic early SundayMore>>
Actress Chante Adams had just graduated from Carnegie Mellon University when she got a call from a casting agent who wanted her to audition to be the lead in the Roxanne Shante biopic "Roxanne, Roxanne."More>>
M. Night Shyamalan's psychological thriller "Split" blew away box-office expectations, earning an estimated $40.2 million in ticket sales over inauguration weekendMore>>
More women are entering the field of animation, and one of their goes is to create more realistic female characters _ not the nerds, sex bombs and villains that dominate nowMore>>
Country music legend Crystal Gayle has been inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, nearly a half-century after she first walked onto its stage to perform as a teenagerMore>>
Representatives for the Sundance Film Festival say that their network systems were subject to a cyberattack that caused its box office to shut down Saturday afternoonMore>>
Celebrities from Madonna to Julia Roberts to Cher to John Legend have turned out en masse for anti-Trump women's marches in Washington, New York and around the worldMore>>
Wayne Rooney has become Manchester United's record scorer after moving onto 250 goals by netting an injury-time equalizer in Saturday's Premier League game against StokeMore>>
Maggie Roche, the folk-rock singer-songwriter who since the mid-1970s had performed and recorded as a trio and in pairs with her two sisters, has diedMore>>
Two men have been convicted of attempted murder and aggravated battery for a shooting that paralyzed a Chicago high school basketball coach who played on one of the teams featured in the 1994 documentary "Hoop Dreams."More>>
South Korean prosecutors arrested President Park Geun-hye's culture minister and her former top presidential adviser over allegations that they blacklisted artists critical of the governmentMore>>
Tony Orlando was the star attraction at Donald Trump's inaugural balls, and 16-year-old Jackie Evancho earned the president's praise when she sang the national anthem at his swearing-inMore>>
Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, pledging to empower America's "forgotten men and women" as he takes command of a riven nation facing an unpredictable era under his assertive but untested leadershipMore>>
This weekend's premiere of "A Dog's Purpose" has been canceled following the release of a video that appears to show a frightened dog being forced into churning water during productionMore>>
Colorful fall-winter menswear shows in Paris mixed high culture, androgyny and street-wear, as the daughter of the pop icon Michael Jackson, Paris, stepped out for the cameras at Givenchy's library show_ fittingly in the City of LightMore>>
Entertainer and activist Harry Belafonte, who's been advising organizers of Saturday's Women's March on Washington, says peaceful protest is the best way to show political leaders that the electorate is paying attentionMore>>
Closing out a barrier-breaking chapter in history, Barack Obama has left the White House much the way he entered it eight years ago: insisting Americans have reason for optimism in the face of a national sense of uneaseMore>>
More than a century after his death, Mark Twain's publishing life continues: Doubleday Books for Young Readers announced Friday that it has acquired a fairy tale only recently discoveredMore>>
Five people have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Memphis and Elvis Presley's Graceland after a protest associated with the Black Lives Matter movementMore>>
Former Vice President Al Gore said that while he wouldn't divulge specifics about his December conversation with Donald Trump, it wasn't "the last conversation."More>>
U.S. authorities say billionaire Sheldon Adelson's casino company is paying almost $7 million to settle a foreign corrupt practices investigation of the firm's former relationship with a consultant in Macao and ChinaMore>>
Some 3,000 people crowded into the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture for an energetic and enthusiastic evening of alternative inauguration programmingMore>>
Paramount Pictures says it has signed a co-financing deal with two Chinese companies for the Hollywood studio's slate of movies over the next three yearsMore>>
Miguel Ferrer, who brought a stern authority to his role on CBS' hit drama "NCIS: Los Angeles" and, before that, to "Crossing Jordan" as a regular cast member, has diedMore>>
Journalist Wayne Barrett, whose tenacious coverage of New York politicians and personalities _ including a 1992 biography of Donald Trump _ earned him a reputation as a tough but fair investigative reporter, died Thursday at age 71More>>
Sunday, January 29 2017 10:53 AM EST2017-01-29 15:53:59 GMT
Ricky Taylor took the lead in the early going of the Rolex 24 at Daytona and then turned the No. 10 Cadillac over to four-time NASCAR champion Jeff GordonMore >>
Max Angelelli says he's driven his last stint in the Rolex 24 at DaytonaMore >>
Sunday, January 29 2017 10:43 AM EST2017-01-29 15:43:47 GMT
Ilka Stuhec of Slovenia took advantage of bib No. 1 to win the first super-G of her career Sunday while defending overall World Cup champion Lara Gut crashedMore >>
Lara Gut crashed, Mikaela Shiffrin was ecstatic after finishing fourth, while Lindsey Vonn was just happy to make it down safely in 12thMore >>
Sunday, January 29 2017 4:43 AM EST2017-01-29 09:43:41 GMT
The movies vying for top honors at Saturday night's Producers Guild Awards are nearly identical to those up for best picture at the Oscars, with the exception of "Deadpool."More >>
"La La Land" is continuing to dance its way through Hollywood's awards season, claiming top honors at the 28th annual Producers Guild AwardsMore >>
Sunday, January 29 2017 1:13 AM EST2017-01-29 06:13:30 GMT
A family spokeswoman says that Barbara Hale, the actress who played steadfast secretary Della Street on "Perry Mason," has died at the age of 94. Hale appeared in the courtroom drama on CBS from 1957 to 1966 and...More >>
A family spokeswoman says that Barbara Hale, who played steadfast secretary Della Street on "Perry Mason," has died at the age of 94More >>
Saturday, January 28 2017 8:53 PM EST2017-01-29 01:53:22 GMT
The motion picture academy calls "extremely troubling," the possible visa ban of Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, whose feature film "The Salesman" is nominated for a best foreign language OscarMore >>
The motion picture academy calls "extremely troubling," the possible visa ban of Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, whose feature film "The Salesman" is nominated for a best foreign language OscarMore >>
Saturday, January 28 2017 6:53 PM EST2017-01-28 23:53:21 GMT
Following the Trail Blazers' 112-109 victory over the Grizzlies, a Twitter skirmish broke out between Memphis forward Chandler Parsons and Portland guard CJ McCollumMore >>
Following the Trail Blazers' 112-109 victory over the Grizzlies, a Twitter skirmish broke out between Memphis forward Chandler Parsons and Portland guard CJ McCollumMore >>
Academy Award-winning actress Octavia Spencer, fresh off her nomination for a second Oscar, has picked up yet another award: Woman of the Year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals
Academy Award-winning actress Octavia Spencer, fresh off her nomination for a second Oscar, has picked up yet another award: Woman of the Year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals
Academy Award-winning actress Octavia Spencer, fresh off her nomination for a second Oscar, has picked up yet another award: Woman of the Year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals.
Academy Award-winning actress Octavia Spencer, fresh off her nomination for a second Oscar, has picked up yet another award: Woman of the Year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals.
Mary Tyler Moore, the star of TV's beloved "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" whose comic realism helped revolutionize the depiction of women on the small screen, died Wednesday, said her publicist, Mara Buxbaum
Mary Tyler Moore, the star of TV's beloved "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" whose comic realism helped revolutionize the depiction of women on the small screen, died Wednesday, said her publicist, Mara Buxbaum