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The Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority (MIMRA) has seized over 60,000 lb of shark carcasses and more than 1,500 lb of shark fins from a Japanese fishing vessel.

The 84th Annual Academy Awards will feature several close contests for a number of award categories, including Best Picture of the Year. None of the nominees stood above the rest, leaving many to speculate about likely winners and losers. This year's nominees for Best Picture of the Year included The Artist, Moneyball, The Descendants, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, Tree of Life, The Help, and W...

The 2012 Oscars is almost here as the 84th Annual Academy Awards will kick off live at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT) on Sunday, with several ways to watch the action live. Learn how you can watch the 2012 Oscars here.

The Walking Dead, AMC's hit flesh-tingling (and flesh-eating) show, has officially added a new cast member to its third season. British actor David Morrissey has been confirmed by the network to play the role of the Governor.

The Oscars return this Sunday with all the spectacle, drama and long-winded thank you speeches that make it Hollywood's favorite night of the year. With the throwback silent film The Artist expected to sweep the awards, Sunday night's results will either be extremely repetitive or come as a huge shock. Here are our favorite clips from all nine films nominated for the best picture.

Chris Brown has approached Michael Jackson's daughter Paris about appearing in a music video with him, and though the King of Pop's daughter is a huge fan, Katherine Jackson repeatedly put her foot down and rejected the collaboration.

World-renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has been spotted on multiple occasions at Freedom Acres, a sex club in Dover, California, according to radaronline.com. That's right, Stephen William Hawking, author of the bestseller A Brief History of Time, frequents a South California sex club where he pays strippers to grind on his body, according to RadarOnline's source.

The New Jersey funeral home responsible for Whitney Houston's body after her death has denied allegations of leaking a photo of the singer in a casket.

ABC's Dancing With the Stars (DWTS) is set to reveal their cast for season 14 on Good Morning America on Feb. 28th. Numerous sources believe they already know which celebrities will be slipping into tights and sequins for the upcoming season. The ABC website for the show has not released any of the celebrity contestants names, but they do ask fans who they would love to see on the floor.

The 84th annual Academy Awards show starts Sunday at 8:00 p.m., hosted by Billy Crystal and featuring Best Picture nominees like The Help, The Artist and Hugo. For those looking to celebrate the winners (and those hoping to drink through much of the ceremony), check out our Oscars 2012 drinking game here, and find out what to do if a winner kisses a presenter, if a muppet appears on stage, or if someone drops their Oscar.

Rihanna created quite a Twitter drama last night after calling a fan ugly in response to the fan saying she lost a lot of respect for Rihanna after the singer collaborated once again with Chris Brown, who was charged with assaulting her in 2009.

The Daytona 500 is regarded as the most important race on the NASCAR calendar. So don't miss a second of the pinnacle of the Sprint Cup Series from start to finish. Check out the starting line up for Sunday's race.

According to E! Online's Mark Malkin, Selena Gomez's new tattoo, her first, isn't a heart. The fresh ink on her wrist is in fact a musical note, she says -- a tribute to her love of music and song, not a proclamation of love to teen pop star Justin Bieber.

The crowd at White Noise (a grimy bar and lounge in the East Village that's heavy on the strobe lights, smoke machines and stripper poles) on Friday night, Feb. 24, was a mix of punk, hair metal, rock and AC/DC fans, who had gathered together for one final hurrah before the freaky rock 'n' roll bar closed shop following a year-long run on the second floor of an East Village building above a Liquor Store on Avenue C. A mass of sweaty rockers bounced, moshed and grinded as if it was their...

The Syrian military took its bombardment of the rebel-held Baba Amro district of Homs into a fourth week on Saturday as the Red Cross attempted to evacuate more distressed civilians from the city. At least 28 people were killed in Syria on Saturday, including nine in Homs.

Two Americans who were shot dead Saturday inside the Interior Ministry in Afghanistan's capital Kabul are believed to be a colonel and a major in the U.S. military, according to Afghan security sources.

A mass burial excavated at Titris Hoyuk, an archaeological site of Early Bronze Age (3000-2000 BC) in southern Turkey, shows evidence of massacre that happened about 4,000 years ago.

Former South African President Nelson Mandela was admitted to hospital on Saturday for treatment for a long-standing abdominal complaint, the government said.

While Kate Middleton has skyrocketed to fame with her royal wedding to Prince William, another member of her family, Katrina Darling, has recently gained publicity as well. Darling, a distant cousin of British royal Kate Middleton, is bringing her racy burlesque dancing act to New York this March. Take a look at pictures of Kate Middleton's sexy second cousin who models lingerie and racy burlesque outfits.

What do James Murphy, Damon Albarn and Andre 3000 have in common? Besides being three of the most talented musicians alive, they all apparently love Converse shoes, or were at least willing to take a chunk of cash in exchange for collaborating on a new song titled “DoYaThing,” the latest in the company’s series of musical collaborations titled 3 Artists 1 Son.

Researchers have discovered rare fossilized footprints in the Arabian Desert that are revealed to be of the oldest elephant herd.

The struggling Sears Holdings Company released a list of 81 Sears and Kmart stores that will be closing this year after a disappointing holiday season. Is your local Sears of Kmart closing? Take a look at the full list of Sears stores closing this year.

Mark Wahlberg has claimed to know who will win at the Oscars on Sunday, courtesy of a friend at PriceWaterhouse.

The Oct. release of Battlefield 3 came with more than just sniper rifles and new maps .The third installment of the gaming franchise, which sold five million copies in its first week, was blasted for numerous server issues and gameplay problems.

ABC's sitcom The Big Bang Theory beat out Fox's reality TV titan American Idol in the Thursday night ratings war on Feb. 23.The brainy comedy overtook Idol in both overall viewers and the coveted ages18-49 demographic. Fast National Ratings gave American Idol a 4.4 rating with adults ages 18-49 (a 14 percent drop from last week and a 39 percent drop year-over-year).

The Department of Health has ordered Peninsula Hospital not to admit any more patients and cancel all upcoming surgeries after health inspectors discovered serious problems within the facility.

Jennifer Aniston, the beloved blonde starring in the movie Wanderlust, has had her share of success on the screen, but nothing has been as adored as her role as Rachel Green in the hit TV show Friends.

Instead of being applauded for saving a drowning raccoon in the Colorado River, 57-year-old Stan Morris was arrested seven months later.

The 2012 Best Picture nominees encompass a range of movies. The films this year include The Artist, The Descendants, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Help, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life and War Horse. In preparation for the 2012 Oscars, watch videos of the nine trailers of the films nominated for Best Picture.