“The Dark Knight Rises” was expected to threaten “The Avengers” for box office supremacy this weekend. Then, earlier this morning, a gunman dressed as the Joker, opened fire on a “Dark Knight” screening in Colorado, and killed 12 movie goers
Add Salman Rushdie to the list of celebrities eager to exploit a tragedy to further a political agenda – and include a tacky pun. The famed author, who for years lived in hiding due to a fatwa placed upon him for
TheWrap.com: Warner Bros., the studio releasing “The Dark Knight Rises,” is considering whether to cancel screenings across the country after a massacre took place at a midnight screening in Colorado that left 12 moviegoers dead in the early hours of
By STEVE PEOPLESAssociated PressBOW, N.H.Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says Friday is a time to grieve and remember the lives lost in the Colorado shootings. He told supporters at a previously scheduled campaign stop in New Hampshire that justice will
(AP) Shooting cancels Paris premiere of Batman moviePARISThe Paris premiere of the new Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises” was canceled Friday after a gunman killed at least a dozen people at a Colorado opening of the same film. The
(AP) GSA inspector probes $268K awards ceremonyBy LAURIE KELLMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe General Services Administration spent more than $268,000 on a one-day awards ceremony, an inspector general told Congress Thursday, the latest revelation of lavish government conferences on the taxpayers’ tab. In
US conglomerate General Electric reported Friday a sharp profit fall in the second quarter but kept its full-year outlook as a backlog of orders reached a record high. GE posted $3.1 billion net earnings for the second quarter, down 18
(AP) Obama, Romney tangle on health care, jobsBy KEN THOMASAssociated PressMANALAPAN, Fla.President Barack Obama is warning Florida retirees that Republican challenger Mitt Romney would undercut the new health care law and alter Medicare, a play for voters in one of
(AP) Obama says he is ‘shocked’ by Colo. ShootingBy KEN THOMASAssociated PressMANALAPAN, Fla.President Barack Obama said Friday he was “shocked and saddened” by a deadly shooting at a suburban Denver movie theater and urged the nation to “come together as
(AP) UN fears for safety of Iraqi refugees in SyriaBy JOHN HEILPRINAssociated PressGENEVATens of thousands of Iraqi refugees in Syria are feared to be increasing targets of violence in Syria after the discovery of an Iraqi refugee family of seven
(AP) Obama says he is ‘shocked’ by Colo. Shooting By KEN THOMAS Associated Press MANALAPAN, Fla. President Barack Obama said Friday he was “shocked and saddened” by a deadly shooting at a suburban Denver movie theater and urged the nation
(AP) Police spokesman says Colo. suspect is man in 20s By THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press Writer AURORA, Colo. A police spokesman says the gas mask-wearing suspect arrested in connection with a mass shooting in the Denver suburb of Aurora is
(AP) 1 suspect arrested in Denver area mass shootingAURORA, Colo. A police spokesman says the gas mask-wearing suspect arrested in connection with a mass shooting in the Denver suburb of Aurora is a man in his early 20s. Aurora police
(AP) Police: 14 dead in Colorado theater shootingBy THOMAS PEIPERTAssociated Press WriterAURORA, Colo.A gunman opened fire early Friday at a suburban Denver movie theater, leaving 14 people dead and at least 50 others injured, Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates said.
A lone gunman opened fire in a theater during a screening of the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises, in Aurora, CO, just east of Denver, early Friday morning. The gunman, wearing a bulletproof vest, was arrested by police
HBO’s much maligned new series “The Newsroom” may have received the all-clear for a second season, but it won’t have many of the writers who helped craft the initial 10 episodes. The Hollywood Reporter: According to HBO, the Aaron Sorkin
“Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak is that rare Hollywood conservative, and he’s been a shrewd observer of the political scene for some time. But even Sajak was taken aback at President Barack Obama’s recent speech in which he now-famously
(AP) UK border guards to strike on eve of OlympicsBy JILL LAWLESSAssociated PressLONDONBorder guards at British airports will walk off the job July 26, the day before the London Olympics begin, creating an Olympic-sized logistical headache for British officials. Members
(AP) LOS ANGELES – The public television station that produces a show narrated by Fred Willard says it is ending the actor’s work on the series after his arrest on suspicion of a lewd act. Jeanne Hopkins is the spokeswoman
No one doubts “The Dark Knight Rises,” which opens at midnight tonight across the country, will be one of the year’s biggest hits. But $25 million in ticket sales before its first midnight screening? Tickets to some of the first
Tonight at the most prestigious theater chain in Hollywood, right in the heart of Hollywood on Sunset Boulevard, the legendary Arclight Theater, will screen the anti-Occupy Wall Street blockbuster “The Dark Knight Rises” no less than 15 times before 1
By LYNN ELBERAP Television WriterLOS ANGELES AMC’s “Mad Men,” which has won four best drama series trophies and is tied with “Hill Street Blues,” `’L.A. Law” and “The West Wing,” received a fifth bid in the category. The miniseries “American
By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated PressUNITED NATIONSRussia and China again vetoed a Western-backed U.N. resolution Thursday threatening sanctions against President Bashar Assad’s government if it didn’t stop using heavy weapons in the escalating 16-month conflict. The 11-2 vote, with two abstentions
(AP) Syrian regime forces strike back after bombingBy BEN HUBBARDAssociated PressBEIRUTSyrian forces struck back against rebels Thursday with attack helicopters and shelling in Damascus, one day after an audacious rebel attack in the capital killed three leaders of the regime
