Between the billion dollar behemoth that is Iron Man and the hotly anticipated Man of Steel, it can be easy to forget there's a third superhero movie coming out this summer. So, with that in mind, this latest rock'em sock'em, robot ninja filled trailer for July's The Wolverine might pique your interest.
In his much anticipated first on-camera interview since a fake-girlfriend hoax took over his career and everyone else's rumor-mongering obsession, the fallen Notre Dame star didn't let on too much — but Couric definitely went there.
The vice president's key message was about "gun safety," but he also had some choice words for gun-rights advocates.
It's not quite James Frey 2.0, but right after Oprah got involved, Lance Armstrong is suddenly in big trouble over a book he wrote about himself — to the tune of $5 million.
The NCAA's investigation into improper recruiting by a University of Miami athletic program that's seemingly always under investigation now won't see an end anytime soon... because the NCAA's own investigation has been compromised.
When you think of "rich guys who might buy The New York Times," how long does it take you to get to Donald Trump?
There are currently three people injured after one or more shooters opened fire on the Lone Star College campus in North Houston on Tuesday. One suspect was taken into custody at the school while the other was found at a nearby hospital.
If there's one thing we want to curl up with in front of a fire and drink warm hot chocolate out of, it's this one-of-a-kind mug made by... Tim Horton's — at the request of Ryan Gosling.
A 15-year-old was arrested Sunday for allegedly killing a family Saturday evening just outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico, after using the weapon that's dominated much of the gun control conversation -- the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.
Welcome to the Box Office Report where we're always telling to people to welcome more feral children into their homes.
It was pretty clear this week that Oprah is the person to go to for blockbuster interviews, but don't tell that to Manti Te'o. It's not surprising that a guy who maintained a relationship without ever meeting his partner would buck conventional wisdom.
Sen. Chuck Schumer promised the Democrats in the Senate would pass a budget at some point this year; David Plouffe previews the President's Inaugural address; and Ted Cruz defends the NRA's latest ad.
Gosh, remember Saturday Night Live? It's been over a month since we last hung out! If you were expecting strong, complex sketches that would bring the funny for the first episode of 2013, hosted by Jennifer Lawrence no less, and not lazy jokes about last week's news, well...
Well, it's official: we're officially stuck with Barack Obama and Joe Biden for another four years. The two were officially sworn-in Sunday ahead of tomorrow's big Inaugural events because of Martin Luther King Day.
It's the day after the Algerian hostage situation ended, and cleanup crews are still searching for anything that could help them piece together what exactly happened inside the gas facility that was occupied by Al Queda-linked terrorists for four days. What they're finding inside: more bodies.
You would think a national "Gun Appreciation Day" would go off without a hitch and no one would get shot, right? Wrong.
Last we checked in with Kim Dotcom, he was sounding a lot like a Bond villain and promising to "change the world" with his MegaUpload sequel. Take a look around you. Does anything feel different? Is your world changed? Because his new service Mega launched today.
The lady who attacked a Hindu man on the subway for no apparent reason other than the fact that he was brown says she probably wouldn't have attacked the man if she was high that day.
Unless you want to get the crap kicked out of you by every member of his crew. And, as one unlucky would-be assassin found out Saturday, the leader of Bulgaria's Turkish party rolls deep. Oh, did we mention the whole thing was caught on tape?
After one final assault from the Algerian military, the standoff with militant Islamic attackers at a gas plant is finally over. The military moved in to end the conflict after the hostage takers set part of the facility on fire -- and the whole place was rigged to explode.
That pesky, annoying, three-year-long rumor of Vogue editor Anna Wintour getting a job as an American ambassador, either in London or in France, actually had some truth to it. And, finally, it's been explained. (Oh, and she's not getting either job.)
A lot of people criticized Lance Armstrong's performance for being emotionless in the first half of his big confessional interview with Oprah Winfrey, but we knew from earlier reports he was going to at least tear up at some point. It came when he spoke of telling his kids the truth.
Manti Te'o finally gave his side of the story. Through everything we've learned in the few days since we found out his girlfriend Lennay Kekua was fake, it's amazing that Te'o still hadn't spoken publicly about it beyond a quick press statement. Now, he's denying everything.
Obama's campaign team Obama for America is going to get a big makeover this weekend as a "501(c)4 social welfare group," which means it's an advocacy group that can accept extremely large anonymous donations — not unlike Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS.
Well, that happened. Lance Armstrong sat down with Oprah Winfrey and admitted mostly everything, as one does when speaking with Oprah. But what does the great Court of Public Opinion (Twitter) have to say about all this?
Piers Morgan does not mince words, and he routinely gets himself into spats with other media personalities. Andrew Sullivan was the focus of some of his more recent musings, and he let Politico's Dylan Byers know what he really thinks of the independent blogger.
Lance Armstrong sat down with Oprah Winfrey and admitted using testosterone and EPO and to performing blood transfusions during the height of his career as a pro cyclist. Starting from the beginning and highlighting every important quote of the interview, here's our recap, with video.
The Algerian military says it's searching the premises after a confusing day, leaving the rest of us to figure out what the French operation in Mali has to do with possibly hundreds of people fending for their lives, complete with escaping hostages (some of them American) who may have had explosives strapped to their chests, plus helicopters, a U.S. drone, angry Brits, and more.
Everyone is upset with Subway today because, well, occasionally their footlong subs don't always measure out to a complete foot long. But Subway isn't the only place you can find retailers coming up short.
The woman who turned her advice column into a worldwide phenomenon was 94 years old.
In a lengthy new exposé, Deadspin reports that the saga of Lennay Kekua, the Notre Dame star's alleged girlfriend whose narrative was part of the Fighting Irish's return to the national spotlight, was dreamt up as a hoax perpetrated one of his friends.
If you want to know how someone registered to vote as Barack Obama without a birth certificate, well, don't go there. But one key missing letter did let one prankster slip through the cracks as the president... until jury duty caught up with him.
This may come as a surprise to twits on this side of the pond who think of British people as a foul-mouthed, rabble-rousing, constantly cursing lot, but until now it was illegal to use 'insulting' language in Britain.
Over on the official Star Wars blog, the Galactic Empire Public Relations team reports members of the Empire are laughing at the "obvious cowardice" the White House displayed by not agreeing to start construction on a Death Star by 2016.
What exactly did White House Press Secretary Jay Carney mean when he said at his briefing Tuesday afternoon the U.S. is considering helping France with their assault against rebel forces in Mali?
After the initial emotional outpouring over Aaron Swartz's death, those close to Swartz are heaping the blame on MIT and the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney's office. One of those two will look at what role they may have played in Swartz's death.
Nate Silver has made a life for himself by predicting things. He is not bad at it, either. He is right more often than he is wrong, except when it comes to football.
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Colin Powell tells David Gregory why he thinks Hagel should be confirmed for Secretary of State, what he thinks of problems within the GOP, then gives a vague endorsement for gun reform. Elsewhere on the Sunday shows: Cory Booker dodges confirming a Senate run and more Hagel talk.
Under the shadow of playoff football, Miss America was crowned somewhere on your television late last night. The lucky winner just so happens to be from the hottest city in the world right now: Brooklyn, New York.
Hosni Mubarak will be retried by an Egyptian court. The former ruler's life sentence appeal was granted by an Egyptian court, though this time it seems the prosecutors might have new evidence that could give them the death penalty they were looking for.
Police have arrested six men after a woman riding a bus in India was gang raped Friday evening, less than a month since the death of an Indian woman who was gang raped and brutally beaten while riding a bus sparked protests and calls from reformed rape laws.
The best romances are the short ones. The dream of the White House minting a platinum coin worth $1 trillion to avoid a debt ceiling crisis is officially done.
Late Friday evening the new Frank Ocean remix that just so happened to have verses from Andre 3000 and Big Boi, two rappers who used to perform together as OutKast.
Vivid Entertainment is one of the biggest producers of pornography in the U.S., and most of their operations run out of California. They're mad about a new law requiring porn performers to wear condoms during scenes because, they say, it violates their freedom of expression.
So, Obama's big second term inauguration is a little more than a week away, and apparently they're really behind on financing. Like, $10 million behind.
Aaron Swartz was one of the earliest members of the Reddit team, helped build the first RSS program, and was by all accounts a genius at a very young age. Swartz committed suicide on January 11. He was 26 years old.
You don't book an interview with Oprah to deny something. It's, like, a rule. Lance Armstrong is aware of this, so it looks like he will finally admit to doping during his cycling career in their interview to be taped Monday.
Last night the White House decided to respond to two of the biggest, most talked about petitions on its We, The People petition site. So, don't shoot the messenger, but here's the bad news: no states will be allowed to secede; and the U.S. has no plans to start working on a Death Star.
CNET was put in an awkward situation Thursday when their parent company CBS forced them to pull one of their nominated "Best of CES" products because of an impending lawsuit.
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