The film “Little Red Wagon,” now available on DVD, is based on the inspirational true story of a boy’s quest to help homeless children after Hurricane Charley ripped through his hometown. Eight-year-old Zach Bonner survived the hurricane but wanted to
By BOB BAUMAP Sports WriterPARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. Major League Baseball will test for human growth hormone throughout the regular season and increase efforts to detect abnormal levels of testosterone. Players were subject to blood testing for HGH during spring training
Hollywood is promising a series of Bible-based features in the coming months, from director Darren Aronofsky’s “Noah” to a film centered on Pontius Pilate. Will the projects adhere to the source material or interpret the classic stories to fit liberal
By SUZETTE LABOYAssociated PressNAPLES, Fla.Filmmaker Tyler Perry is offering a $100,000 reward for information in the decade-old case of two men who went missing after separate encounters with a sheriff’s deputy in southwestern Florida. Perry joined the Rev. Al Sharpton
This week’s episode of NBC’s “Parenthood” amounted to little more than an unpaid advertisement for Planned Parenthood according to social critics. The episode featured the characters Amy and Drew grappling with Amy’s pregnancy. The character decides to have an abortion
Today’s Hollywood generally avoids sexually charged stories. Sure, audiences may witness a romantic coupling or two, maybe even a flash of full frontal nudity. The industry still shies away from tales centered primarily around erotic escapades. Simply put, it’s been
You don’t have to be a legal eagle to predict Donald Trump won’t get far with his legal threat against Bill Maher. The progressive host of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” joked on “The Tonight Show” earlier this week
(AP) Bombings kill 115 people in PakistanBy ABDUL SATTAR and SHIRIN ZADAAssociated PressQUETTA, PakistanA series of bombings in different parts of Pakistan killed 115 people on Thursday, including 81 who died in a sectarian attack on a bustling billiard hall
Italian archaeologists have found brightly coloured fragments of frescoes depicting heroic and erotic scenes inside a corridor of the Colosseum in Rome, along with samples of ancient graffiti. The fragments “seem to depict the glory of the gladiator world, with
The United States sought to assure Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday that it would remain committed to his country even as US officials weigh a major withdrawal of American forces. After an elaborate military ceremony for Karzai outside the
Comedy Central’s crown princes of progressive humor, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, relish cursing out their political enemies. The Left’s civility meme gets pushed aside when some of their own do the trash talking. Last night’s “Colbert Report” stands as
(AP) Calif. budget to be buoyed by voter-OK’d tax hikesBy JULIET WILLIAMSAssociated PressSACRAMENTO, Calif.After years of double-digit deficits and billions in budget cuts, California’s fiscal outlook is looking brighter. Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday will propose his third budget since
(AP) List of 85th annual Academy Award nominationsBy The Associated PressComplete list of 85th Annual Academy Award nominations announced Thursday: 1. Best Picture: “Amour,” “Argo,” “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” “Django Unchained,” “Les Miserables,” “Life of Pi,” “Lincoln,” “Silver Linings
(Reuters) – The worst snowstorm in 20 years shut public transport, roads and schools in Jerusalem on Thursday and along the northern Israeli region bordering on Lebanon. Elisha Peleg, an official in charge of emergencies with Israel’s municipality for Jerusalem,
The Labor Department reported this morning that initial jobless claims last week rose by 4,000 to 371,000. Economists had been expecting a decrease in the number of Americans making their first filing for unemployment benefits. The less-volatile 4-week moving average
Japan scrambled fighter jets Thursday to head off a number of Chinese military planes near islands at the centre of a territorial dispute, Japanese media said. The Chinese planes were spotted on Japanese military radar north of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku
(AP) Obama Cabinet shuffle taking shapeBy KEN THOMAS and SAM HANANELAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe composition of President Barack Obama’s second term Cabinet became clearer Wednesday, with Labor Secretary Hilda Solis resigning and three other members of the president’s team deciding to stay
Irish theater goers will soon get a chance to smile, laugh and maybe cry along with a new production targeting how much they paid for major bank bailouts. A series of political puppets may help cushion the blow. “Anglo: The
The Oscar nominations will be announced tomorrow morning, but Big Hollywood readers can enter a contest to win three previous Best Picture winners right now. “Driving Miss Daisy,” “Grand Hotel” and “Mrs. Miniver” are all out on Blu-ray this week,
The Left routinely attempts to stifle debate via a variety of means. Liberals picket conservative speakers at colleges so folks like Ann Counter can’t share their views with impressionable students. MSNBC anchors play the race card against GOP figures to
Former Alaska Governor and Fox News contributor Sarah Palin has penned a glowing endorsement of the new book from Breitbart News’ Editor-at-Large Ben Shapiro, Bullies:How the Left’s Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences Americans. Ben Shapiro has a great new
Charlie Sheen, the actor who captivated the country with his talk of possessing tiger blood and a harem of adult movie actresses, is now apologizing to L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. The imbroglio began when Sheen tweeted a picture of himself
Is the Obama administration about to get tough with Hollywood on the issue of fictional gun violence. Or is the latest move by Vice President Joe Biden’s gun violence committee merely an exercise in mock concern? TheWrap.com reports Biden has
(AP) Kimmel beats Letterman in 1st night head-to-headNEW YORKABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” has gotten a warm welcome on its first night airing 30 minutes earlier. Kimmel went head-to-head Tuesday for the first time against CBS’ “Late Show with David Letterman”
Chris Rock has a funny, albeit morbid, bit about how most serial gun killers still live at home with their mothers. The caustic comic and perennial President Obama defender wants to take his joke to its logical conclusion. Gun ownership
