Madame Secretary, a new CBS drama which could debut just as talk of Hillary Clinton’s presidential run hits a fever pitch, has found its director. Sought after pilot director David Semel is spoken for this season, as he has been tapped to
BAGHDAD (AP) — A new series of car bombings in and around Baghdad on Monday killed at least 23 people, officials said, as Iraq’s Shiite-led government grapples with a stubborn Sunni extremist-led insurgency in the western Anbar province. In the
MILAN (AP) — The judge who announced the guilty verdicts against Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito for murder is facing allegations of impropriety that could result in disciplinary proceedings. Defense lawyers for Sollecito, Knox’s co-defendant, said Monday
Miley Cyrus opens up–once more–about her life in the new edition of W magazine. The former teen star says men watch too much porn, women believe romantic movies are reality and she’s not ready for a new romance. She is
Police say they found both used syringes and a large quantity of heroin in the home of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman following the Oscar winner’s death Sunday. The actor died in his West Village apartment. He was 46. Hoffman was
WASHINGTON (AP) — Giancarlo Tello paid $14,000 more than other New Jersey high school graduates to attend Rutgers University, the state’s flagship public college. Why the difference? Tello spent much of his childhood in the U.S. without legal permission after
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Police say a man who alleges he was shot by former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has been shot again, this time in Connecticut. Hartford police Lt. Brian Foley says Alexander Bradley was shot
CAIRO (AP) — Al-Qaida’s central leadership broke off ties with one of the most powerful militant groups in Syria, known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and distanced itself from the rebel infighting in that country’s civil
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It’s a story that almost defies belief: A man leaves Mexico in December 2012 for a day of shark fishing and ends up surviving 13 months on fish, birds and turtles before washing ashore on
Bruce Weber writing for the New York Times: Philip Seymour Hoffman, perhaps the most ambitious and widely admired American actor of his generation, who gave three-dimensional nuance to a wide range of sidekicks, villains and leading men on screen and
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The executors of Nelson Mandela’s estate say he left behind about $4.1 million and that the will’s beneficiaries include his family, members of his staff, schools that he attended and the African National Congress, the liberation movement
MOSCOW (AP) — A 10th-grade student armed with two rifles burst into his Moscow school on Monday and killed his 76-year-old geography teacher and a policeman before being taken into custody, investigators said. None of the children in School No.
BERLIN (AP) — A group of computer hackers and human rights campaigners in Germany announced Monday that they are suing their government for allegedly breaking the law by aiding foreign spies. The Chaos Computer Club and the International League for
After the Seattle Seahawks won their first Super Bowl in franchise history on Sunday, fans in Seattle jumped on cars, took over intersections, torched couches, and riot police had to be brought in to restore order. Here are some images
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The Denver Broncos, so fortunate to be down only two scores, finally rediscovered their offensive rhythm and seemed on the verge of getting back in the Super Bowl. Instead, it was the Seattle defense scoring,
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks have won their first Super Bowl title, crushing the favored Denver Broncos 43-8. Linebacker Malcolm Smith returned an interception of Peyton Manning 69 yards for a touchdown late in the first half
The first footage from Michael Bay’s fourth entry in the Transformers feature film franchise–Transformers: Age of Extinction–debuted Sunday night in a TV spot trailer which aired during Fox’s Super Bowl broadcast. The film brings back the series’ trademark, shape-shifting CGI robots
Former First Lady, Secretary of State, and presumptive 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton took to Twitter Sunday night to comment on the NFL’s Super Bowl championship game–except she felt more compelled to snark on the channel broadcasting the event than
Bruno Mars didn’t suffer any wardrobe malfunctions Sunday during the Super Bowl halftime show, and guest stars the Red Hot Chili Peppers didn’t strip down to their signature sock ensembles. The focus during the halftime show was on spectacle and
Actress Cate Blanchett may win an Oscar for her performance in the Woody Allen film Blue Jasmine. One reporter didn’t want her to opine on the film or her work in it this weekend. Hollywood Elsewhere’s Jeffrey Wells cornered Blanchett
After Dylan Farrow, the adopted daughter of filmmaker Woody Allen, accused him of sexually abusing her at seven years old, the director’s lawyer has accused ex-partner Mia Farrow of fabricating the allegations. In a statement sent to Mother Jones, Allen’s
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Even Commissioner Roger Goodell joked before the Super Bowl about making it known that, no, actually, the NFL “cannot control the weather.” Only his all-powerful league, it seems, could get away with a February title
Protesters in Kiev have come up with a novel way to torment riot police — blasting non-stop news from an opposition television channel projected onto a giant white sheet behind their barricade. The screen has been set up between two
Bare-breasted feminists hurled knickers at the archbishop of Madrid as he arrived at church on Sunday in protest at his support for a tightening of Spain’s abortion law. Five topless protesters swooped on Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela as he
