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Is the handshake dead? Often seen only at formal occasions or when thanking bank managers for loans, the old grip-and-grin succumbed recently when George Bush was photographed doing a chest...

The title character in "WALL-E," Pixar's futuristic spellbinder, is a funky little metallic contraption that looks like a crazed blend of farm tractor and old-style CPU. A trash-collecting robot, he...

In 1945, John Steinbeck breathed life into a dried-up sardine factory strip of Monterey. His novel "Cannery Row" turned its namesake into one of America's most famous streets. Yet, his...

As 2008 begins, we thought we'd take a look at some of 2007's critically-lauded movies that audiences didn't exactly rush to see, most of which are now available on DVD....

They're TV's reigning dating divas -- Tiffany Pollard, a.k.a. New York, and Tila Tequila. They both preside over wildly offbeat and popular reality shows. They speak their minds and have...

The Golden State Warriors are as fun to watch as ever. So let's see one of them in the All-Star Game and end the franchise's 10-year drought of having no...

Christina Applegate is ready to get back to work. The actress who first seized attention as ditzy Kelly Bundy in "Married ... With Children" is once again on a TV...

Patrick Dempsey is about to amass a new, much younger audience in the PG-rated "Enchanted." But truth be told, his turn as the romantic lead will appeal to female fans...

Sitcoms such as ABC's "Cavemen" with bizarre, far-out concepts are a risky proposition on TV. Here's a rundown of some big hits -- and even bigger misses: THE HITS Bewitched...

Over the second half of last season, "Grey's Anatomy" went from being the TV pal with whom every get-together feels like a giddy first date to the grating houseguest who...