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Bud Browne, a onetime lifeguard who became known as "the father of surf films" after he began showing his 16-mm surf movies commercially up and down the California coast in...

There was a time in Colin Firth's youth when he regarded the music of ABBA with the same disdain he saved for, say, a Jane Austen novel. Austen? "Wouldn't touch...

The games begin Aug. 8 -- the Puppy Games, that is. After scoring big with "Puppy Bowl," which aired concurrently with the Super Bowl, Animal Planet announced that it was...

A teenager murders his mother and cannot articulate why. A young lesbian frequents a gay bar, is beaten by a transvestite, but won't come out to her friends. A popular...

Just like in the U.S., there are message boards in China on which fans chat and gossip about the most popular sports. Particularly women's gymnastics. For well over a year,...

At the video game industry's largest event of the year, many of the A-list heroes were no-shows: "Halo's" Master Chief. "Legend of Zelda's" Zelda. "Grand Theft Auto IV's" Niko Bellic....

Congress completed work Saturday on the government's most sweeping response yet to the nation's housing crisis, sending to President George W. Bush a bill designed to help homeowners avoid foreclosure,...

The San Diego-area estate of pro golfer Phil Mickelson has come on the market with an asking-price range of $10,750,000 million to $12.225,876. The Tuscan-style house in Rancho Santa Fe...

On May 26, 2004, Cassandra Ormiston and her longtime partner, Margaret Chambers, arose early, hopped in the car and raced across the border into Massachusetts. Then-Gov. Mitt Romney, a staunch...

In its first season, "Mad Men," AMC's glossy series about a group of guys on Madison Avenue, received critical raves for its finely drawn portraits of the employees of Sterling...