(AP) Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman split after 30 yearsLOS ANGELESDanny DeVito and Rhea Perlman are breaking up. A spokesman for DeVito says the couple is separating after 30 years of marriage. Publicist Stan Rosenfield offered no other details. DeVito and
Buzz Bissinger knows sports. The author of “Friday Night Lights” and lifelong Democrat isn’t a political pundit by trade, but he felt so strongly about the fallout from the first presidential debate that he took to the cyber-pages of The
Actress Stacey Dash cried while watching President Barack Obama’s inauguration back in 2009. “I am so happy … In that moment my husband and I just looked at the TV and I started to sob.” This year, she’s a Mitt
(Reuters) – China’s top telecoms gear makers should be shut out of the U.S. market as potential Chinese state influence on them poses a security threat, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Intelligence Committee said in a draft of a report
(AP) Calif. gov takes action as gas prices keep risingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBERAssociated PressLOS ANGELESGov. Jerry Brown is taking action in an effort to drive down the cost of gasoline as California drivers cope with record-breaking prices at the pump. For
(AP) Nobel prize to Briton, Japanese for stem cell workBy KARL RITTER and LOUISE NORDSTROMAssociated PressSTOCKHOLMBritish researcher John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka of Japan won this year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday for discovering that mature, specialized
(AP) Obama raises California cash for race’s last monthBy JOSH LEDERMAN and STEVE PEOPLESAssociated PressWASHINGTONFresh off his strongest fundraising month this year, President Barack Obama is looking to raise millions of dollars from celebrities and wealthy donors in California with
A leading US Republican lawmaker accused Hugo Chavez of tightening his grip on power through manipulation and harassment after the Venezuelan leader was elected for another six-year term. Mentored by Cuba’s Fidel Castro, Chavez has become the leading voice of
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) – The armed wings of Gaza’s ruling Hamas movement and the Islamic Jihad group announced Monday they had fired a series of rockets at Israel, a day after an Israeli air strike that injured 10
A string of rebel strongholds, including in Daraa and Homs provinces and the commercial capital Aleppo, were rocked by shelling and clashes from dawn on Monday that left at least 23 people dead, a watchdog said. Twenty of the deaths
(AP) Chavez wins 3rd re-election in tightest race yetBy FRANK BAJAK and IAN JAMESAssociated PressCARACAS, VenezuelaPresident Hugo Chavez put to rest any doubts about his masterful political touch in winning a third consecutive six-year term after a bitterly fought race
(AP) Chavez: Polling stations remain open in VenezuelaCARACAS, VenezuelaVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez said some voters were still in line voting Sunday night, and he called for calm as the nation awaits results of the presidential election. The president of Venezuela’s
On Friday, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) launched an investigation into the anti-voter fraud group True the Vote. Citizens trained by True the Vote petitioned offices around the country, asking local election officials to review questionable voter registrations and remove dead
This year’s Nobel prize season kicks off Monday with rumours suggesting the peace prize could go to Egypt’s Maggie Gobran for helping Cairo’s poor, Afghan burka opponent Sima Samar or US scholar Gene Sharp. The first Nobel to be announced
(AP) CARACAS, VenezuelaPresident Hugo Chavez won re-election on Sunday, defeating challenger Henrique Capriles, Venezuela’s electoral council said. With most votes counted, Chavez had more than 54 percent of the vote, and Capriles had 45 percent, National Electoral Council president Tibisay Lucena
The Hollywood Reporter: President Barack Obama arrived Sunday in Los Angeles and went directly to the Beverly Hills home of DreamWorks Animation Chief Jeffrey Katzenberg, where he joined former President Bill Clinton in a private meeting with 12 deep-pocketed Democratic donors…. The Obama campaign said
(AP) Venezuela vote a critical test for divided nationBy IAN JAMESAssociated PressCARACAS, Venezuela President Hugo Chavez’s crusade to transform Venezuela into a socialist state, which has bitterly divided the nation, was put to the stiffest electoral test of his nearly
By DAVID GERMAINAP Movie WriterLOS ANGELESCritics don’t like “Taken 2,” but Liam Neeson’s action sequel has proved twice the hit among fans as the original movie was. In “Taken 2,” Neeson returns as a retired CIA agent using his expert
Some of ventriloquist Jeff Dunham’s dummies are pretty scary any time of the year, let alone October. Take Achmed the Terrorist, a skeletal chap with an angry disposition – and a short fuse. Now, Dunham is tweaking some of his
Lady Gaga added to her quirky persona by donning a meat dress for the 2010 MTV Music Awards. Now, the attention-starved singer has some serious health code violations on her plate. The Smoking Gun reports Joanne Trattoria “scored miserably during
(AP) Calif. gasoline prices hit all-time high – twiceBy CHRISTOPHER WEBERAssociated PressLOS ANGELESCalifornia motorists faced another day of record-breaking gasoline prices Sunday, though relief appeared to be on the way. In its latest update early Sunday, AAA reported that statewide
(AP) Anti-austerity protests grip 56 Spanish citiesBy HAROLD HECKLEAssociated PressMADRIDTens of thousands of people marched in 56 Spanish cities Sunday to protest punishing austerity cuts they say will only increase unemployment and job insecurity in a country experiencing its second
According to the latest Rasmussen poll, incumbent Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and challenger Josh Mandel (R-OH) are in a dead heat, locked up at 46%. Six percent remain undecided. Rasmussen has shifted the state back from a Safe Democrat to
The emperor wears no clothes. The bloom is off the rose. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Pardon the barrage of stale metaphors, but it’s difficult to put into words the utter pasting Mitt Romney put on Barack
President Barack Obama will have to do some serious acting tonight. Obama returns to Hollywood for yet another star-studded fundraiser, but this time he’ll have to sell his minions on the notion that his disastrous debate performance Wednesday in Denver
