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California’s December rainstorms are long forgotten. Two separate federal agencies predicted this weekend that the three-year-old drought plaguing the Golden State will continue, at least across most of the state.

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Cheryl Boone Isaacs responded Friday to the controversy surrounding the Oscars’ failure to nominate any minorities in all four of its acting categories.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk posted a video to Twitter Friday showing his company’s Falcon 9 rocket crashing in a fiery explosion on a barge in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The rocket had just returned from making a delivery

The cast and crew of Selma will march with local residents in Alabama on Sunday at an event commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Last week, President Obama announced an initial proposal to make two years of community college free to any American. “Put simply, what I’d like to do is to see the first two years of community college free for anybody who’s

A new clip from an upcoming episode of a Swedish children’s TV show that features singing, dancing genitalia is stirring debate about the merits of using cartoon penises and vaginas to teach young children about bodily functions and gender.

TV and radio personalities Adam Carolla and Dennis Miller will join forces to co-host a new weekly, one-hour podcast, called “PO’d” on the PodcastOne platform.

T-shirts featuring Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain’s suicide note reproduced in full have been pulled from both eBay and Etsy after numerous fan complaints.

Actress and United Nations special envoy Angelina Jolie issued a statement this week calling on the United States and the international community to provide assistance to Nigeria in its fight with the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram.

Rap star Eminem fulfilled a terminally ill fan’s dying wish–the opportunity to meet his favorite artist–just 24 hours before the teen succumbed to his illness.

Anti-porn watchdog Morality in Media issued a statement condemning the R rating for the upcoming film Fifty Shades of Grey, the highly-anticipated film adaptation of the E.L. James book, over what it says is a vaguely defined reason for the rating.

Cheap, widely-available marijuana grown in the United States has caused demand for the drug to fall throughout the country, spurring Mexican drug cartels to increase their focus on the production and shipment of heroin and methamphetamine, federal drug seizure statistics indicate.

Madonna is under fire yet again for her controversial social media postings promoting her new album.

In his acceptance speech after winning the award for Best Actor, “Birdman’s” Michael Keaton said his father instilled a hard work ethic into him when he was growing up with six siblings in a “run-down farmhouse.” “In the household in

Actor and 30 Seconds to Mars frontman Jared Leto took a moment to pay tribute to the victims of the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack in France during his presentation of the Best Supporting Actress in Motion Picture award at the

During his award presentation for “Best Supporting Actress” at the Golden Globes on Sunday night, Ricky Gervais used his time to take some quick shots at the event’s celebrity attendees, giving TV viewers a reminder of the biting humor he

Tom Del Beccaro, former Chairman of the California Republican Party, announced he is considering a bid Friday for the Senate seat of outgoing Democrat Sen. Barbara Boxer. In a statement, Del Beccaro said Boxer’s upcoming retirement provides the state with

California Governor Jerry Brown spoke for the first time Friday about the police brutality protests that have consumed the Bay Area and cities across the country in recent weeks.

The family of Eric Garner released a new song this week to honor the life of their relative.

The trailer for the controversial new Lifetime show Born in the Wild was released Friday.

On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court will evaluate two appeals filed by California water agencies and a coalition of Central Valley farmers that urge the court to strip away strict regulations regarding agricultural and commercial water deliveries under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

On Wednesday, a federal judge on Wednesday overturned California’s ban on foie gras, a delicacy made from duck and goose liver, ruling that the statewide ban was in violation of federal law.

In a brief interview with Vanity Fair published Thursday, Australian rapper Iggy Azalea opined on her fame, her Grammy-nominated music, and why she thinks her critics are misogynists.

Muslim-raised actor Haaz Sleiman is set to portray Jesus Christ in National Geographic’s upcoming television movie “Killing Jesus,” an adaptation of Bill O’Reilly’s bestselling 2013 book Killing Jesus: A History.

Hollywood celebrities and industry players responded Wednesday to the brutal terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine headquarters in France, which claimed the lives of 12 people.

Nine people who visited Southern California’s Disneyland or California Adventure theme parks during a five-day period in December have contracted measles, California health officials announced Wednesday.

The California Judicial Council, which oversees the statewide judiciary, engaged in at least $30 million worth of “questionable” spending practices over a four-year period, according to a state audit released Wednesday.

A man facing charges for possession of child pornography was arrested again after he allegedly created a fake Facebook page for his arresting officer–and used it to distribute more child pornography.

A Seattle stand-up comic was allegedly attacked by a man wielding a baseball bat while he was onstage at a restaurant Monday night.

With the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in full swing, it’s time to take a look at some of the most revolutionary (or just plain fun) toys coming out of the conference.

Beyonce and Jay-Z came under fire from an animal rights group after taking photos with a tiger cub during a recent trip to Thailand.

They were warned.

“Racism is taught in the home,” Jay-Z said. “I truly believe that racism is taught when you’re young. So it’s very difficult to teach racism when your kid looks up to Snoop Doggy Dogg.”

In a lengthy interview with the Los Angeles Times’ Steven Zeitchik, Taya Kyle, widow of famed U.S. Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, said she was initially fearful of the way Clint Eastwood’s recent film, American Sniper, would portray her husband, but she ultimately ended up enjoying the film

Former University of Texas Longhorns football player and band member Shawn Izadi issued an open letter to CBS radio host Jim Rome on Monday, calling on the sportscaster to take his apology seriously after he called members of college marching bands “dorks” in a tweet during the Rose Bowl last week.

Twitter user @CurvedDaily pulled off an amazingly successful Twitter troll over the weekend when he thanked rapper Kanye West for his ability to “shine light on unknown artists” like the under-appreciated newcomer Paul McCartney.