Knight-Ridder Tribune

Consecutive nights of rioting over a police chase death have twisted a knife in the heart of a city where unemployment and racial strife are unshakable labels. Wednesday, fears of...

How many "Idols" can one country support? Way back last summer, before the first "American Idol" had even finished its run and Fox was already announcing plans for a second...

Saddam Hussein had fallen, and the people of Iraq had access to anything in his opulent home. But when looters arrived at Saddam's door, many wanted only one thing--one of...

President Bush didn't list Syria as part of his axis of evil, but the country is fast becoming a top target in his campaign to rid the world of terrorism...

Occasionally, in a bizarre confluence of factors, real and reel life converge at the box office. In an eerie reminder of the recent grenade murder of two American military officers...

Last week, "American Idol" finalist Josh Gracin impressed viewers with his performance of Garth Brooks' song "Ain't Goin' Down 'Til the Sun Comes Up." But what's gone down lately on...

How costly was Michael Moore's "Shame on you, Mr. Bush" Oscar speech, the speech that elicited what sounded like more boos than cheers from Hollywood's A-list? Did the professional provocateur...

Michael Moore--patriot or scoundrel? In a debate even more intense than the one that raged around Marlon Brando when he refused the Oscar in 1973 to protest Hollywood's treatment of...

With the United States at war with Iraq, Hollywood's glitzy "Night of Nights" has, not surprisingly, taken on a somber pall. Echoing the dour sentiments of other Oscar contenders, nominee...

No matter how you slice 'em, they remain one spectacular show of naked braggadocio--those annual "For Your Consideration" Oscar ads. Every year at this time, the studios spend ungodly sums...