The real-life story behind Hollywood’s “American Sniper,” rolled out this holiday season, has been a dark tale of lawsuits and a pending murder trial for the man accused of gunning down the movie’s hero.
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“The Interview” will see the light of day, according to Sony lawyer David Boies. Boies appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday and claimed that Sony’s controversial comedy “The Interview” “will be distributed.” How it will be distributed, however, he admitted is unclear right now.
The United States is reviewing whether to put North Korea back onto its list of state sponsors of terrorism, President Barack Obama said as the U.S. decides how to respond to the cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment that law enforcement has blamed on the communist nation.
National fraternity and sorority organizations have asked the University of Virginia to lift its suspension of Greek activities after Rolling Stone magazine backtracked on its story about an alleged gang rape at a fraternity.
Graffiti commenting on sex abuse allegations against Bill Cosby were removed Friday from the comedian’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The word “rapist” was scrawled on Cosby’s star three times, according to reports.
Police say a former cast member of MTV’s “The Real World: New Orleans” has died in Wisconsin. Ryan Knight, 28, was found unconscious and not breathing at a friend’s residence in Kenosha around 10 a.m. Thursday. Efforts to revive him were unsuccessful.
Why have allegations against Bill Cosby exploded into public consciousness now so much more than they did when they emerged a decade ago? Experts cite an evolving cultural understanding of the crime of sexual assault, and increased empathy toward those claiming to be victims.
The world’s rarest postal stamp, the 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta, will go on display at the National Postal Museum in Washington starting in April, the Smithsonian Institution said on Thursday.
Bryce Dion, a crew member for Spike’s “Cops,” died this morning after a shooting Tuesday night in Omaha. Officers were responding to an armed robbery in progress at a Wendy’s restaurant, according to a statement by Omaha Police deputy chief Dave Baker, and an officer-involved shooting took place.
Chinese authorities blocked an annual independent film festival from opening on Saturday, said organizers of an event that has become a rare and influential venue for the showing of films that could be critical of the government.
Hard Rock Cafe Cancun, which is not part of the Hard Rock International portfolio, and operating illegally as an unauthorized cafe, was closed last night by local authorities.
Police say a man has died after being shot multiple times during a concert at a popular Silicon Valley music venue.
Jon Hamm, a St. Louis native, says he hopes “cooler heads prevail” in the Missouri city of Ferguson and “people come through it for the better.”
They typically wear plain clothing with nothing as fancy as a button or a zipper, travel by horse-drawn buggy and shun modern conveniences like electricity, but the negative portrayal of Amish people in television shows like “Breaking Amish” and “Amish Mafia” is inaccurate in some eyes.
San Francisco said goodbye Thursday to Candlestick Park with an evening concert by former Beatle Paul McCartney that finished about midnight. It will be demolished to make way for a housing, retail and entertainment development.
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