US President Barack Obama offered a direct rebuttal Wednesday of Mitt Romney’s foreign policy critique, saying his leadership had forged a “different world” in just four years. In a sweeping survey of his diplomatic worldview, Obama implicitly rejected claims he
Rapper/actor Will.i.am is great at cranking out chart-topping hits as part of the Black Eyed Peas. But he’s pretty lousy when it comes to political optics. Despite his environmentally-conscious stance on green issues, the Black Eyed Peas rapper, 37, chose
By SANDY COHENAP Entertainment WriterActress Janet Carroll, who played the mother of Tom Cruise’s character in the movie “Risky Business,” has died. She was 71. Carroll’s son, George Brown, said the actress died Tuesday in New York after a long
Kristen Wiig got a sendoff worthy of royalty on “Saturday Night Live’s” final show of the season. But why lavish so much praise on an overrated comic while two of her fellow departing “SNL” cast members – Jason Sudeikis and Andy
(AP) ‘G.I. Joe’ gets new marching orders, moves to 2013LOS ANGELESG.I. Joe won’t be going into action on the big-screen this summer, after all. The Hollywood Reporter says Paramount Pictures yanked its sequel “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” from its June 29
The Telegraph reports on one party even liberal celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow who still support former President Bill Clinton probably wished they had missed: Attendees complained the underground venue “stank,” with perspiration “dripping off the walls” and the rooms too crowded
Celebrities are turning out en masse to lobby the Los Angeles City Council today to shore up its inclination to eliminate thousands of working class jobs across the state by banning paper and plastic shopping bags. The City Council would
(AP) NEW YORK – Lifetime network has set a premiere date for its new reality series about Bristol Palin’s home life in Alaska. The network says “Bristol Palin: Life’s a Tripp” will debut June 19 with two new half-hours airing
At the Washington Times today, Charles Hurt contrasts the mainstream media’s fixation on obscure and irrelevant “news”–such as Ann Romney’s enthusiasm for horses–with the Breitbart News’s team’s focus on actual facts: So, not only does Mrs. Romney love horses, but she
CARACAS, VenezuelaVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez reappeared on television Tuesday a week and a half after returning from cancer treatment in Cuba. Chavez led a televised Cabinet meeting, seated at a table with aides. He spoke for more than two hours
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated PressWASHINGTONMitt Romney swept the Kentucky and Arkansas Republican presidential primaries Tuesday, inching closer to the GOP nomination he is certain to win. With no serious opposition left, the former Massachusetts governor easily won both contests. He won
(AP) LOS ANGELES He already has a Super Bowl ring, and now football star Donald Driver can add the “Dancing With the Stars” mirrorball trophy to his awards collection. The Green Bay Packers receiver won the ABC dance show Tuesday.
The United States gave a cool reception Tuesday to a mooted deal between the IAEA and Iran, saying the agreement marked a “step forward” but stating that Tehran would be judged on its actions. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya
The good news for those pushing 3D filmmaking, like director James Cameron, is that 3D-enabled televisions are selling briskly of late. Push past the sales numbers, and there’s very bad news for 3D boosters. TVPredictions.com reports on a new study
By SETH BORENSTEINAP Science WriterWASHINGTONJames Doohan, Scotty from “Star Trek,” spent his acting career whizzing through the cosmos. Gordon Cooper was one of America’s famous Mercury seven astronauts. And Bob Shrake spent his work life anonymously helping send NASA’s high-tech
Tom Cruise is the de facto head of Scientology’s Hollywood contingent. So when director Paul Thomas Anderson created “The Master,” a new film built around a figure with similarities to Scientology leader L. Ron Hubbard, Anderson decided to screen the
By DAVID BAUDERAssociated PressNEW YORKThe maker of a new DVR that lets consumers zap away broadcast TV commercials at the touch of a button suggested Tuesday that the networks are being short-sighted in opposing the technology. The Dish Network, which
By DIAA HADIDAssociated PressBETHLEHEM, West BankSupermodel Naomi Campbell celebrated her 42nd birthday on Tuesday with a trip to the birthplace of Jesus, wishing for “good vibrations, not destruction” in the troubled Middle East. Campbell, wearing a white shirt and black
(AP) NM tribe makes Johnny Depp honorary memberALBUQUERQUE, N.M.Johnny Depp has been made an honorary member of a tribe in New Mexico, where he is playing a Native American in the film adaptation of “The Lone Ranger.” Comanche Nation tribal
By MATT MOOREAssociated PressPHILADELPHIAWedding bells will ring this summer for Marvel Comics’ first openly gay hero, super speedster Northstar, and his longtime boyfriend. The New York-based publisher said Tuesday that Canadian character Jean-Paul Beaubier will marry his beau, Kyle Jinadu,
Celebrities like Reese Witherspoon, Ben Affleck, Tobey Maguire and Jennifer Garner don’t seem to care about Elizabeth Warren’s propensity for claiming minority status – even when its not earned. The aforementioned stars opened up their wallets last night to raise
(AP) Powell not ready to endorse Obama for re-electionWASHINGTONFormer Secretary of State Colin Powell declined Tuesday to renew the presidential endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, saying he wasn’t ready “to throw my weight behind someone” at this
The US ambassador to Afghanistan, Ryan Crocker, is to leave his post this summer, the embassy in Kabul confirmed Tuesday. The veteran diplomat, who was appointed to Kabul 10 months ago, previously served as the US envoy to Iraq, Pakistan
By JAMAL HALABYAssociated PressAMMAN, JordanA prominent Palestinian writer who was jailed in Syria for nearly three weeks described the facilities as “human slaughterhouses,” saying security agents beat detainees with batons, crammed them into stinking cells and tied them to beds
