Eric Brown

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., penned an open letter to MTV President Stephen K. Friedman asking him to cancel the forthcoming reality-television series “Buckwild” because of its depiction of West Virginians.

Former president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, has been hospitalized in a military hospital in Pretoria, undergoing a series of unspecified tests. Mandela, the nation’s first black president, has been in the hospital since early Saturday.

Former President Bill Clinton appeared in a new documentary “Breaking the Taboo” and declared the U.S. war on drugs “hasn’t worked.”

Cheryl Cole, host of British talent competition TV show "The X Factor," is suing producers of the American version of the show after she was fired from the new version. Cole is asking for $2.3 million in damages.

News that “Gangnam Style” singer and South Korean crossover hit Psy had once performed a song with lyrics about killing American soldiers and their families went wide on Friday. In response, Psy has issued an apology for the song.

Filmmaker Kevin Smith previously announced the last feature he would direct would be the hockey comedy “Hit Somebody,” but he took to Twitter Friday to announce he will complete a “Clerks” movie trilogy before retiring.

Legendary comedian Bill Murray made an appearance on “Late Night With David Letterman” on Thursday night, but his spot on the show may have been less than voluntary. In a hilarious opening bit for Murray’s segment of the show, Letterman showed a video of Murray being forced into the “Late Night” studio and tasered.

The Mormon church is known as one of the most politically conservative religious organizations in the country, and has for years taken a hard stance against homosexuality, but the launch of a new website, MormonsAndGays.org, could signal that times are changing in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Fortunes are changing for Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, whose file-sharing website and servers were raided illegally in January by New Zealand police. A new court ruling from New Zealand’s High Court has confirmed that the country’s spy agency illegally spied on him and must make public the details of their Dotcom surveillance.

From Kathryn Bigelow to Lindsay Lohan, enjoy a brief guide to the people Bret Easton Ellis has harassed over Twitter.

NASA lost one of its most memorable and unique astronauts this week: Nefertiti the space spider. Nefertiti, a jumping spider, became the first spider to survive a journey into space after spending 100 days in the International Space Station.

The Texas Nationalist Movement is forming a PAC, but their cause is unlikely and constitutionally impossible.

A real-life “Snakes on a Place” scenario broke out in the air over Egypt on Monday when a cobra bit a man during an Egypt Air flight from Cairo to Kuwait.

Are you tired of your perfume smelling like a beautiful field of fresh lavender? Would you prefer to attract men with the alluring scent of warm, delicious pizza? Well has Pizza Hut got a perfume for you.

The post-Thanksgiving weekend box-office take proved to be as anemic as ever, with new films failing to break into the top five earners and established movies falling by considerable amounts. Even the Brad Pitt crime vehicle “Killing Them Softly” could barely round up $7 million.

Comedian Katt Williams appears to be coming more and more unhinged by the minute as security camera footage has emerged of Williams slapping a Target employee in the face for seemingly no reason.

After a troubled year, actor Dennis Quaid has filed for divorce from his wife of eight years, Kimberly Buffington-Quaid.

Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush is in stable condition after being hospitalized because of a bronchitis-related cough the day after Thanksgiving. The former president is likely to remain in the Methodist Hospital in Houston until after the weekend.

Republican Pennsylvania State Representative Mike Fleck has publicly announced that he is gay, making Flack the only current openly gay Republican legislator and the first ever openly gay Pennsylvania lawmaker.

As U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., attempts to alter the rules governing filibusters in his chamber, Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner, R-Ohio, has threatened to kill any bills OK'd under the changed rules when they move to his chamber.

North Korea may not have had much success with its missile launches lately, but perhaps there is another military technology the Communist regime should look into: unicorns.

Fred Savage, former star of the coming-of-age sitcom “The Wonder Years,” has just become a father for the third time.

George Zimmerman, killer of Trayvon Martin, seems to be running very low on legal defense funds. So low that he's offering autographs to donors.

An Australian men’s magazine, ZOO Weekly, is under fire for a post on its Facebook page asking men which half of a woman chopped in two they would choose.

Tonight’s Powerball lottery drawing promises to give out at least $550 million to the lucky winner (or winners). This is the highest Powerball jackpot in U.S. history and the second highest American lottery jackpot ever, meaning that someone might just make history tonight.But when and where to watch Powerball?

American fans of the hit British period drama “Downton Abbey” have a lot to be excited about. Not only is the show’s third season about to premier on American television this January, but series creator Julian Fellows is developing a spin-off show exclusively for American audiences with NBC.

China has taken a major military step forward with the first successful landing of one of its fighter jets on its first aircraft carrier.

Comedian Katt Williams is being sued by a group of fans over an allegedly botched stand-up show in Oakland, Calif.

It’s no secret Lindsay Lohan has had her fair share of legal troubles over the past few years. But it now appears Lohan may be getting some help from a very unlikely source: Charlie Sheen.