INGLEWOOD, Calif., Nov. 26 (UPI)–Police in Los Angeles said they arrested a man, who was to testify in a case involving a sex tape of actor Charlie Sheen, for allegedly stealing the tape. Darwin Vela, 22, and his girlfriend, Kelly
LONDON, Nov. 25 (UPI)–The British comedy troupe Monty Python announced Monday its planned one-off stage show at London’s O2 Arena will now be a five-night residency. Tickets for the July 1 show at the 20,000-seat venue sold out within 43.5
OVDAT, Israel, Nov. 25 (UPI) —A joint international drill involving fighter jets from Israel, the United States, Greece and Italy is under way in Israel, the Israeli air force said. Some 60 fighter jets including F-16s and F15s are participating
TEHRAN, Nov. 24 (UPI) — U.S. and Iranian officials held secret meetings before the two countries came to a nuclear weapons deal, an Obama administration official told ABC News. The meetings between Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, national security
NEW YORK, Nov. 22 (UPI) —New York police said an attack on a Jewish man based on the so-called knockout game is being investigated as a possible hate crime. The 24-year-old victim, who was wearing a yarmulke, told police he
PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 23 (UPI) —Seventy-seven percent of U.S. adults who don’t have health insurance and haven’t signed up for any say they are aware of the fine, a U.S. survey indicates. The survey findings are based on Gallup Daily
KARLSTAD, Sweden, Nov. 22 (UPI) —A Swedish man who denied raping a woman was sentenced to jail time after it was discovered he apologized to his victim via Facebook. The 25-year-old defendant, who said he was innocent for nine months,
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Nov. 22 (UPI) —A California ordinance that prohibits smoking in residences with shared walls may be the strictest anti-smoking law in the United States, city officials say. The ban, passed by the city of San Rafael, applies
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) —A U.S. congressional advisory panel on China, citing Beijing’s military buildup, warned its naval forces could dominate the western Pacific by 2020. In its annual report to Congress, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission said
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI)–White House sources told The Hollywood Reporter they are planning to scale back the number of official screenings attended by U.S. President Barack Obama. The commander-in-chief is to serve as host of a screening of “Mandela: Long
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19 (UPI)–Hollywood’s Disney and LucasFilm have confirmed the iconic robot R2-D2 will appear in the upcoming “Star Wars: Episode VII,” Variety.com reported Tuesday. The long-awaited sequel is in preproduction at Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom and
LONDON, Nov. 19 (UPI)–Terry Jones told the BBC he and fellow surviving members of the British comedy troupe Monty Python are reforming for a stage show. “We’re getting together and putting on a show–it’s real,” Jones said. “I’m quite excited
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18 (UPI)–A sequel to the 1946 Christmas classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” is being developed and will feature original co-star Karolyn Grimes, The Hollywood Reporter said. Grimes played Zuzu, the young daughter of the late Jimmy Stewart’s
PARIS, Nov. 18 (UPI) — A man armed with a rifle entered the lobby of the French leftist newspaper Liberation Monday and opened fire, injuring an employee before he fled, police said. Police said the victim, an assistant photographer, was
LOS ANGELES, D.C., Nov. 17 (UPI)–“Thor: The Dark World,” starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman and others, sat atop the box office for the second week in a row with $38.454 million. “The Best Man Holiday,” starring Regina Hall, Terrence Howard
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) — U.S. voters say they still think Bill Clinton was a better president than fellow Democrat Barack Obama, a Rasmussen Report survey released Friday indicated. Sixty-two percent of likely U.S. voters said they think Clinton was
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Nov. 15 (UPI) — The Catholic bishop of Springfield, Ill., claiming same-sex marriage is the work of the devil, says he will perform an exorcism ceremony next week. The exorcism by Bishop Thomas Paprocki at the Cathedral of
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) — Sixty-one percent of Americans say President John F. Kennedy’s death was the product of a conspiracy, a poll indicates. The percentage is the lowest in the nearly 50 years since the killing, Gallup reported. In
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14 (UPI)–TV star Jon Cryer said on “Conan” in Los Angeles he is going bald and uses paint to create the “elaborate illusion” that he still has a full head of hair. “They basically just paint–they get
NEW YORK, Nov. 14 (UPI)–A 24-year-old woman claiming to be Andy Kaufman’s daughter said at the Gotham Comedy Club in New York the performer faked his death from cancer in 1984. TMZ reported the unidentified woman made the statement Monday
PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 13 (UPI) —Approval of the way the U.S. Congress is doing its job has dropped into the single digits for the first time in almost four decades, a Gallup poll indicates. Only 9 percent of respondents said
BERN, Switzerland, Nov. 13 (UPI)–Tennessee-born music icon Tina Turner, who has lived in Switzerland for nearly two decades, has relinquished her U.S. citizenship, officials said. The Washington Post reported the 73-year-old singer went to the U.S. embassy in Bern Oct.
WAUSAU, Wis., Nov. 12 (UPI) — Police in Wisconsin said they are attempting to identify a man who dressed in a Santa suit and handed out Beanie Babies through an elementary school fence. Principal Jon Euting of Franklin Elementary School
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 12 (UPI) — Women are much less likely to have a sexual climax during casual sex than in committed relationships, U.S. researchers say. “We’ve been sold this bill of goods that we’re in an era where people
BANGUI, Central African Republic, Nov. 11 (UPI) — The mineral-rich Central African Republic is collapsing into chaos amid a worsening religious conflict between Christians and Muslims that could trigger genocide and bring more upheaval to a region already beset by
