By FRAZIER MOOREAP Television WriterNEW YORK Is this any way to run a town? AMC’s zombie drama “The Walking Dead” ended the first half of this season with a wrenching faceoff: roughneck brothers Merle and Daryl were pitted in a
I hear some people talking past each other on Obama’s self-declared right to assemble a Kill List of Americans and order their deaths, sans any kind of external check or procedural safeguards. Charles Krauthammer says that anyone who has taken
As schools across America consider whether to arm teachers or have police officers staff up, one school in Little Falls, New Jersey has decided to do both: their principal is a retired police officer, and the high school wants him
(AFP) US television network CBS has warned stars attending the Grammys music awards show at the weekend not to reveal too much skin, including breasts, buttocks — or the dreaded “buttock crack.” In an email leaked to media outlets including
(AP) US magazine circulation flat despite digital gainsLOS ANGELESMagazine industry auditors say more U.S. magazines are selling more digital copies, but they still represented just 2.4 percent of circulation in the second half of last year as overall circulation was
Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL), a Tea Party surprise Congressional elect in 2010, then lost to Democrat Tammy Duckworth in a redrawn district in the 2012 election cycle, is launching a Super PAC to fight the Karl Rove-led Conservative Victory Project. “I’m
A trilogy of mystery novels from award-winning writer Andrew Klavan will be making its way to the big screen. Fox Hill Productions has optioned development and production rights to Andrew Klavan‘s mystery trilogy Dynamite Road, Shotgun Alley and Damnation Street. Klavan has adapted the trilogy into
An informal poll conducted at MediaBistro yesterday carried disappointing results for Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), the embattled politician at the center of a firestorm over an alleged prostitution scandal in the Dominican Republic. MediaBistro’s readers – who are largely liberal
Bradley Cooper is taking Method Acting to a whole new level. Cooper, who plays a man battling bipolar disorder in the Oscar-nominated film Silver Linings Playbook, will meet with Vice President Joe Biden today to discuss “the importance of ensuring
Mediabistro: Fox News was the top cable news channel, placing sixth in primetime and total day among all ad-supported cable channels. FNC averaged 1.64 million viewers in primetime, and 1.07 million viewers in total day. MSNBC placed 24th in primetime
The hard-nosed architect of the US drone war against Al-Qaeda, John Brennan, will face tough questions about secret assassinations Thursday from senators weighing his nomination to lead the CIA. The confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee promises to focus
The Pentagon will propose a more modest pay raise for US troops next year than originally planned due to uncertainty surrounding the defense budget, officials said. The move was part of a series of announcements Wednesday from the Defense Department
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected Thursday a US offer to negotiate one-on-one on Tehran’s disputed nuclear programme so long as Washington continues to impose sanctions on Iran. The all-powerful Khamenei has final say on all key issues in
Two Russian fighter jets violated Japanese airspace on Thursday, as Tokyo scrambled jets to chase off the planes, the defense ministry said. The Russian planes were detected off the coast of northernmost Hokkaido island for just over a minute, shortly
(AP) Venezuelan politics heating up in Chavez’s absenceBy FABIOLA SANCHEZAssociated PressCARACAS, VenezuelaCorruption accusations and insults are flying between allies and opponents of President Hugo Chavez nearly two months after the Venezuelan leader disappeared from the political stage to undergo cancer
The US military will maintain only one aircraft carrier in the Gulf instead of two due to potential deep budget cuts that could kick in next month, Pentagon officials said Wednesday. For several years, the United States has kept two
By KEN THOMASAssociated PressWASHINGTONFlorida Sen. Marco Rubio will give the Republican rebuttal to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, providing a direct message to a growing Hispanic electorate that shunned the GOP in last year’s election.
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By ANTHONY McCARTNEYAP Entertainment WriterLOS ANGELESProsecutors have asked a judge to revoke Chris Brown’s probation, saying there is no credible evidence he completed his community service sentence for beating Rihanna, and citing several other incidents that they say point to
Under Siege star Steven Seagal is signing up to help volunteers potentially prevent the next school shooting. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is planning a training exercise aimed at helping his volunteer posse members respond to school shootings….Action-film star and
The Obama economy is hitting the folks at DreamWorks Animation as hard as the rest of us. The animation studio, part of the company co-founded by Obama backer Steven Spielberg, is gearing up to make some serious staffing cuts in
Dr. Salomon Melgen, donor to embattled Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), has now been linked to another major political figure: Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Reports show Villaraigosa with both Menendez and Melgen at the National Association of Latino Electoral and
Kim Kardashian might want to leave Tweeting to other celebrities. Late last year, the reality show star’s innocent Tweet saying she was praying for Israel caused a social media meltdown. Now, the mother of Kanye West’s future baby is taking
The Senate Armed Services Committee has delayed its vote on whether to recommend former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) to the Senate for confirmation as Secretary of Defense. No new date for the vote has yet been given. Rumors of a
(AP) Christie to ex-White House doctor: ‘Shut up’By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKIAssociated PressSEA GIRT, N.J.Gov. Chris Christie lashed out Wednesday at a former White House doctor who said she worries about the governor dying in office because he is so heavy, telling
