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Three bomb blasts struck the London subway and one tore open a packed double-decker bus during the morning rush hour Thursday. Reports estimate at least 45 are dead and 1000 wounded. Prime Minister Tony Blair called the terror attacks “barbaric” and said, “We shall prevail and they shall not.” A …

Live 8: “10 concerts, 100 artists, a million spectators, 2 billion viewers, and 1 message.” Did it work? Did it “make poverty history“? Were the shows good, great or indifferent? Is the world a better place? Was the G8 paying any attention? Can Africa be saved? Is it ours to …

Much to their mutual relief, director Steven Spielberg and star Tom Cruise are hitmakers again with their remake of War of the Worlds. With over $113 million at the North American box office and an additional $102m elsewhere for its first six days of release, War has already earned more …

At what may be the end of Chief Justice Rehnquist’s reign, the Supreme Court of the United States has had quite a week, including controversial rulings on the boundaries of eminent domain, the liability of file-sharing services in fostering copyright violation, religious displays on public property, and supporting the FCC …

Season 4 of American Idol is over but that doesn’t mean Idol activity has slowed much: there’s the summer tour, new records from Idols new and old, offseason machinations, and the like: American Idol: Simon Cowell: You Oughta Be In Pictures? I last wrote about American Idol as the (not …

Quoth Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) regarding a report on Gitmo: “If I read this to you and did not tell you that it was an FBI agent describing what Americans had done to prisoners in their control, you would most certainly believe this must have been done by Nazis, Soviets …

Tom Cruise is a very good and sometimes excellent actor who is also one of the world's biggest movie stars, but he really seems to bug a lot of people – why? We have been following Cruise on-screen and off for quite a while: Tom Cruise to Run United Artists …

Has the Dark Knight’s franchise been revived? And what of Christian Bale as Batman? Batman Begins has begun – reviews and news: Batman Begins What happens when Qui-Gon Jinn goes to the dark side, The Last Samurai is a bad guy, Tom Cruise’s Fiancé plays a not important part, the …

Michael Jackson was found not guilty on all counts (see coverage of the trial here). Is he redeemed? Does his career have a future? Does “not guilty” mean “innocent”? Is he a victim or a predator? And what role did the media play in this appassionata? All this and more …

The celebrity of Paris Hilton is hard to explain and/or justify – or is it? Isn't the ability to become known for being known among the rarest of talents? We are following the American princess/strumpet heiress: Paris Hilton Speaks: TMZ "Mean and Sadistic," Lindsay Lohan "Pathetic"Paris Hilton, promoting her catchy …