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Let me just get this out of the way. There's something you need to know about the pretty lady atop our capitol dome.

Back in April, honor student Kiera Wilmot, made some waves when she was arrested for felony charges after she conducted a science experiment where she mixed some toilet bowl cleaner and some tin foil in a bottle and blew the cap off on school grounds.

Two days after the birthday of iconic human rights leader, El-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz , his grandson, Malcolm Shabazz , was buried next to him and his wife, Dr.

He enjoyed devising elaborate hoaxes and was said by many, including close friend and colleague Bob Zmuda, to have been obsessed with the idea of faking his own death.

The New York State Museum has added two artifacts to its exhibition marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.

Sofia Coppola was just 8 years old when she first came to the Cannes Film Festival.

Our thanks to Alert Reader, who asked if Abraham Lincoln really did say that the difference between using the right word and the almost-right word is as big as that "between the lightning bug and the lightning." We attributed it to Mr.

ALMOST two years after the cameras whirred into action, Baz Luhrmann's much-anticipated and critically-divisive re-imagining of F.Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby finally came full circle in Sydney - the city which provided its backdrop.

The Lifetime Original Movie Anna Nicole tells the rags-to-riches story of the iconic supermodel who captured the world's attention with her beauty and unconventional lifestyle.

Jessica Chastian channeled the late Elizabeth Taylor at the Cannes Film Festival Tuesday by adorning herself with the legendary actresses Bulgari jewels.

The Public Theater announced today that Public Theater alumna and Academy Award winner Meryl Streep and Sir Howard Stringer will honor their friend and colleague, the late Nora Ephron , a long-time Public Theater board member, at The Public's Gala on Monday, June 10 at the Delacorte Theater, where the benefit evening will culminate in a concert ... (more)

John Densmore and Slash are among the first stars to speak out and pay tribute to The Doors rocker Ray Manzarek after he lost his battle with cancer.

Too bad the 1926, silent version of "The Great Gatsby," filmed only a year after F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the book, is missing.

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Maybe it was the toxic convergence of celebrity worship, hyper-materialism, shitty parenting, and Adderall: Starting in late 2008, a gang of spoiled Valley kids walked into the unlocked homes of Paris Hilton, Rachel Bilson, Audrina Patridge, and others, pilfering over $3 million in designer clothing, jewelry, artwork, and Brian Austin Green's ... (more)

As The Great Gatsby continues a triumphant opening around the world, Baz Luhrmann has conceded that some of brutal reviews have been hurtful.

There are a few things happening on the Star Wars front, both concerning Episode VII and not.

He's compared himself to Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt, evoked nostalgia for John F. Kennedy, sought to emulate Ronald Reagan, praised George W. Bush, and enlisted the assistance of Bill Clinton in his 2012 re-election effort, but as his second term stumbles along, the president with whom Barack Obama finds himself being compared is Richard ... (more)

Irrational Games latest installment in the BioShock series is BioShock Infinite .

"Into the sixties a word was born . . . BLACK." The poet Haki R. Madhubuti composed this line for a poem he wrote decades ago, but when he read it aloud at the South Side Community Art Center recently, the words still reverberated.