By JAKE COYLEAP Entertainment WriterNEW YORKAs a new wave of big names enter the growing field of Web series, leave it to Larry David to keep enthusiasm in check. The conceit of the show is exceptionally simple: Seinfeld picks up
By MANUEL VALDESAssociated PressSEATTLEGyasi Ross grew up decades after the “Lone Ranger” aired on TV, but his friends would still call him “Tonto” when they teased him. The making of a new “Lone Ranger” Disney movie, and the announcement that
By WILL WEISSERTAssociated PressAUSTIN, TexasEight people accused of buying and training racehorses to launder drug profits for the powerful Zetas cartel are scheduled to go on trial Oct. 22 in Texas. Austin-based federal Judge Sam Sparks set the date Wednesday
The media has been generally reticent to blame pop culture – like violent movies – for the movie theater massacre that killed 12 people on Friday. Reporters would much rather concoct ways to tie the killings to the Tea Party.
(AP) Stewart, Sanders issue apologies to loved onesLOS ANGELESKristen Stewart has apologized publicly to boyfriend and “Twilight” co-star Robert Pattinson following tabloid reports she had a brief but steamy affair with her “Snow White and the Huntsman” director Rupert Sanders.
Beleaguered Spain sought French support in the face of its soaring borrowing costs Wednesday as Europe’s economic crisis deepened with a slump in German confidence and worsening British recession. After talks in Berlin Tuesday, Spanish Finance Minister Luis de Guindos
By ROBERT BARRAssociated PressLONDONAny hopes for recovery for Europe’s faltering economies suffered a series of blows Wednesday following the latest round of bad news from the debt-ridden region. Official figures showed Britain, which does not use the euro and has
(AP) GLASGOW, ScotlandLondon Olympic organizers have apologized to North Korea for displaying the South Korean flag at a women’s soccer match. Organizers say “today ahead of the women’s football match at Hampden Park, the South Korean flag was shown on a
By DEMETRIS NELLASAssociated PressATHENS, GreeceTriple jumper Voula Papachristou was kicked off Greece’s Olympic team Wednesday for her comments on Twitter mocking African immigrants and expressing support for a far-right political party. The Hellenic Olympic Committee said Papachristou is “placed outside
Not everyone in Hollywood will be pulling the lever for President Barack Obama come Nov. 6. Legendary actor Robert Duvall is one of the few conservatives in show business, even if he’s not nearly as outspoken politically as a Sean
(AP) Fear prompts gun sales, panic after Colo. massacreBy MIKE BAKER and KRISTEN WYATTAssociated PressDENVERFirearms sales are surging in the wake of the Colorado movie massacre as buyers express fears about both personal safety and lawmakers who are using the
(AP) Pa.’s tough, new voter ID law lands in courtBy MARC LEVYAssociated PressHARRISBURG, Pa.The first legal test for Pennsylvania’s tough new voter identification law started Wednesday, with state lawyers calling the measure a completely rational step while opponents attacked it
By JULIE PACEAssociated PressSEATTLEIn a rare face-off on foreign policy, President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney are swapping sharp criticism but exposing few clear policy differences on key national security matters. For Romney, who seeks to boost his
(AP) 24 arrested at police protests in Anaheim, Calif.By AMY TAXIN and GILLIAN FLACCUSAssociated PressANAHEIM, Calif.Police in Anaheim, Calif., have restored order after violent protests over weekend police shootings caused injuries and two dozen arrests. As many as 500 protesters
By GREG RISLINGAssociated PressLOS ANGELESUnable to rein in hundreds of medical pot shops that blossomed around the nation’s second-biggest city, lawmakers voted Tuesday to ban them until it has clearer guidance from the state’s highest court. The 14-0 vote by
By ANTHONY McCARTNEYAP Entertainment WriterLOS ANGELESFive stars of “Modern Family” have banded together and are suing to void their contracts to work on the hit comedy, arguing that the contracts are illegal under California law. The suit filed Tuesday by
James Holmes, the alleged Aurora, Colorado movie theater shooter who murdered 12 people and shot another 58, received a $26,000 grant from the federally-funded National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. The NIH is a subsidiary of the Department of
TMZ.com: Sherman Hemsley, the actor who made the character George Jefferson famous in “The Jeffersons,” has died, El Paso cops tell TMZ. Hemsley died at his home in El Paso, Texas. Hemsley, who was 74, became famous during his appearances
By SANDY COHENAP Entertainment WriterSAN DIEGOMatt Damon says there’s a sense of fury in the U.S. over banking scandals and financial inequality that neither Democrats nor Republicans are addressing in their presidential campaigns. The 41-year-old actor made his comments at
The executives at America’s major news networks are always willing to throw someone else under the bus. Despite the fact that ABC News star and former Clinton official George Stephanopoulos greenlit the Brian Ross segment in which Ross explained that
The Tea Party is now targeting House advocates of the 2012 Farm Bill, suggesting that the bill itself is fatally flawed, and in actuality a boondoggle for food stamps. American Commitment, a Super PAC founded by former Americans for Prosperity
By The Associated PressAt least 3 men accused of making threats during or after watching the new Batman movie have been arrested in separate incidents, underscoring moviegoers’ anxieties and heightened security in the wake of a deadly mass shooting at
British prosecutors on Tuesday charged the prime minister’s former spokesman Andy Coulson and ex-News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks with phone-hacking. The Crown Prosecution Service said it was charging a total of eight people in relation to the scandal at
Eurozone private sector activity contracted for the 10th time in 11 months in July, sending the rate of job losses to their highest in two-and-a-half years, a key survey showed Tuesday. The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) compiled by business research
(AP) SKorean president apologizes for bribery scandalSEOUL, South KoreaSouth Korea’s president has apologized for a bribery scandal involving his brother and a former aide. Lee Myung-bak bowed deeply in a televised speech Tuesday and said he is embarrassed and frustrated
