Many Americans are recalling an icon in the entertainment industry following the death of longtime African American TV producer and music show host Don Cornelius. The 75-year-old Cornelius, who had been in declining heath for years, died Wednesday, February 1 from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The television pioneer had an amazing career...
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Super Bowl XLVI Features Giants-Patriots Rematch
The professional American football championship game, also known as the Super Bowl , will be played Sunday in the Midwestern city of Indianapolis, Indiana. The kickoff is scheduled for about 6:30pm EST, 2330 UTC. The nation’s biggest annual sporting event attracts die-hard fans as well as casual observers. Sunday's NFL title game features...
Super Bowl Popularity Grows Worldwide
American football’s championship -- the Super Bowl -- continues to grow in popularity, not only in the United States but also around the world. This year’s Super Bowl will be broadcast to nearly 200 countries. More than 500 international journalists are in Indianapolis this week to cover the National Football League’s title...
Security Measures Implemented Ahead of Super Bowl
Football fans across the United States are anxiously awaiting this Sunday’s Super Bowl championship game between the New York Giants and New England Patriots. For those attending the game in Indianapolis, Indiana, and participating in events in conjunction with the Super Bowl , major security efforts are being undertaken. It is important enough...
Posthumous Tributes Pour In for ‘Soul Train’ Creator
Tributes are pouring in to the late U.S. television host and music promoter Don Cornelius, who was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head in his Los Angeles home Wednesday. Cornelius was the founder of the iconic Soul Train television show that helped introduce African-American music and culture to mainstream America...
Artist Gets Laughs by Doing Simple Things the Hard Way
It is not easy finding a difficult way to perform a simple task. But New Yorker Joseph Herscher takes the trouble to do so, for the sake of making people laugh. A video of his latest outrageously complicated contraption is a big hit on YouTube . It took a complicated series of preposterous...
At Paris Exhibit, a Savage Display
Obese people, homosexuals, people with disabilities, people of different religious and ethnic backgrounds - why do we set them apart? The Quai Branly museum in Paris addresses this question by revisiting one of the darkest aspects of Western colonialism - events in the not-so-distant past when humans were put on exhibit, often in...
Hapless Heroine Leaps from Novel to Silver Screen in ‘One for The Money’
Katherine Heigl plays Stephanie Plum in the first film based on the popular mystery novels by author Janet Evanovich. Here's a look at One For The Money . Plum is out of work, laid off from her department store job and back in the Trenton, New Jersey working class neighborhood where she grew...
‘The Help’ Wins Big at SAG Awards
The Help , a movie about African American maids in the 1960s in (the U.S. state of) Mississippi was the big winner at Sunday's 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. The film won best ensemble, best actress for Viola Davis and best supporting actress for Octavia Spencer. In accepting her award Davis said...
Five Leading Men Vie for Best Actor Oscar
The Academy Award nominations have confirmed the buzz about sure bets, but also added some surprises. In the category Best Actor in a Leading Role, some of the five nominees were expected to be in the mix. Others were upsets. In The Descendants, a bittersweet family drama directed by Alexander Payne, George Clooney...