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Best actor winner Matthew McConaughey, best actress winner Cate Blanchett, best supporting actress winner Lupita Nyong'o and best supporting actor winner Jared Leto pose with their Oscars at the 86th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California March 2, 2014 Box office hit "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" follows closely behind with seven nominations, ... (more)

With all the ridiculous and baller activities that rappers consistently partake in/document on Instagram , it's always nice to see a them engaging in everyday stuff, just quiet moments during "normal" days.

Titus Welliver knows what it's like to wait for a pilot's fate to be decided, but this time around is different: Viewers are among the decision-makers, and he's the star of the show.

In this Jan. 23, 2012 file photo, cast member Titus Welliver arrives at the premiere of "Man on a Ledge" in Los Angeles.

Bestselling author Anne Rice is fed up with bad reviewers - not the kind that leave negative reviews but the type of trolls that actively bully authors.

Will Ferrell poses with his award in the press room during the 2013 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles, California, on April 14, 2013.

Quick show of hands: who here has seen The Wolf Of Wall Street? Chances are that most of you have, and also that you heartily enjoyed it - it was, after all, such a hot ticket for a while that cinemas throughout the land were unable to meet the demand for tickets.

The stage adaptations of Hilary Mantel's award-winning and best-selling novels Wolf Hall and its sequel Bring Up The Bodies are set to transfer to London's West End.

London, March 6: Singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham and Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling have joined hands to protect children in war zones.

We've come a long way, baby, and life hasn't always been as great for women as it is now.

Former first lady Barbara Bush marks the 25th anniversary of her foundation focused on family literacy.

A survey found Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory crossed generations - and despite the boom in technology, children preferred a paperback to e-books JK Rowling's wizard is top with under-13s in a World Book Day Asda poll.

Visitors were mesmerized, which was fitting because the city was about to see the world's first test case of murder by hypnosis.

Khaled Hosseini had a complex response when he read "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk."

The Mirror's 3am Editor Clemmie Moodie meets her girlhood idol - and finds that the Absolutely Fabulous star is quite taken with the Wolf Of Wall Street For actors, 27 takes of one scene is close to their worst nightmare.

There may be something to the claim that all people want to be free. But it is a demonstrable fact that freedom has been under attack, usually successfully, for thousands of years.

The New York Times on Tuesday corrected a 161-year-old story about Solomon Northup, whose memoir was the basis for the Academy Award-winning movie "12 Years a Slave."

A book discussion will be held at 10:30 a.m. today in the St. Marys Community Public Library meeting room.

Toronto's Dare worked with Penguin Books Canada to create " The Echo Project ," a page-by-page digital "companion" to Khaled Hosseini's "And the Mountains Echoed," a multi-generational tale featuring multiple stories, with a narrative about the bonds of a pair of sibling tying them all together.

It was a simple mention, but it validated a lifetime of dedication. Director Steve McQueen accepted the Best Picture Oscar for "12 Years a Slave," and in his moment of nervous energy -- rattling off names of cast, crew, publicists -- he remembered one person who lived to tell the story of Solomon Northup.