Anonymous, which opens tomorrow, wants to convince movie-goers that Shakespeare was a fraud. The movie's main success, however, is to illuminate how class-oriented and false the anti-Stratford argument- that Shakespeare's plays were written by somebody else- truly is, asserting as it does that a commoner could never be a genius.
The craze for McDonald's limited time offer of the McRib has begun again, but consumers might want to take a look at some of the item's ingredients before running out to order one.
Prince Charles, claiming he is related to Vlad the Impaler of Dracula fame, is using the connection to his Transylvanian ancestor to help promote his interest in preserving Romania's forests. In an interview on upcoming TV show Wild Carpathia, the heir to the British throne praised the country for its timelessness, and said the link to his vampire kin gives him a stake in Transylvania's ecosystem.
In the U.S., bank stocks performed especially superbly.
Now that most U.S. technology companies have reported quarterly results, the upshot is that they largely dodged any bullets from the European economic crisis.
World number six Martin Kaymer questioned the flag positions at the Andalucia Masters Thursday after finishing six strokes behind first-round leader Richie Ramsay of Britain.
A secret stockpile of chemical weapons have been found in Libya by National Transitional Council forces and have been moved and secured following the death of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, NTC officials reported.
The J. Crew president and creative director has been seeing a fellow fashion exec.
There may be aliens among us. The filmmakers behind the movie Revelations of the Mayans 2012 and Beyond have released what they believe to be photographic evidence of a pre-Mayan, ancient alien civilization to TheWrap. Producer Raul Julia-Levy submitted a photograph to TheWrap of a giant carved head in a jungle in southern Guatemala. The photograph was taken in the 1930s.
Jobs and one of his VP's quarreled over the decision to use Intel processors or ARM.
Canada's fifth-largest independent oil producer, warned that full-year production would miss its own expectations, and reported a drop of almost two-thirds in quarterly profit on lower production rates at some assets.
U.S. patent records point to a possible conflict of interest in an Olympus investment in a cookware company, raising more questions for investors demanding a full explanation from the Japanese company of acquisitions that made heavy losses.
LONDON, Oct 27 - Britain's Virgin Media added 6,300 net new cable customers in the third quarter, reassuring investors after a disappointing second quarter, as subscribers showed a willingness to pay for higher quality services.
Britain will not contribute to a euro zone bailout fund, Chancellor George Osborne said on Thursday following a deal to address the euro zone crisis.
PBS will take a warts-and-all look at the life of recently deceased computer pioneer Steve Jobs with the premiere of Steve Jobs -- One Last Thing on November 2, the network announced Wednesday.
An IBM report reveals the triangular relationship between consumers, businesses and social media networks.
Curiosity and diligence are as important as intelligence for a student's success, according to research released Wednesday.
The Bank of England got it about right when it opted to inject another 75 billion pounds into the financial system, a move that will help fend off the risk of deflation, a top policy maker said on Wednesday.
A key committee of the Bank of England is feeling its way in terms of striking a balance between making sure banks are strongly capitalised while also encouraging them to lend to businesses, a key policymaker said on Wednesday.
Tunisia's moderate Islamist party said on Wednesday it would put forward one of its officials for the prime minister's job, after it scored a resounding victory in the first election after the Arab Spring uprisings.
The FTSE 100 hit a 2-1/2-month closing high on Wednesday, with defensive stocks doing well as investors awaited the outcome of a European Union summit to resolve the two-year-old sovereign debt crisis.
European Union leaders met on Wednesday to discuss a comprehensive plan for tackling the euro zone's sovereign debt crisis.