Eric Brown

After two weekends at the top of the box office, "The Expendables 2" has been knocked down to third place as new releases "The Possession" and "Lawless" have taken the first and second spots at the box office, respectively.

The much-hyped seventh season of "Doctor Who" premiers Saturday night on BBC America. And while fans across the globe are anxiously awaiting the return of Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor in "Asylum of the Daleks," finding a place to watch can be difficult for those without cable - or those who simply want to watch the show as it premiers in Britain.

Ever since President Barack Obama revealed that he commissioned the White House kitchen to create a homebrewed beer for the White House, beer enthusiasts have been going nuts wondering what the recipe is, even going as far as setting up an online petition. Now, the White House has responded and released its recipe for presidential Honey Ale and Honey Porter beer.

Though Republican Party vice president nominee U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan claimed in a radio interview that he once ran a marathon in under three hours, he was caught in his lie. His real best time is just over four hours. This inaccuracy comes on the heels of his speech at the Republican National Convention, which was riddled with falsehoods.

A series of great white shark sightings have caused the closure of several beaches on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Reports indicate at least three sharks were sighted along Cape Cod beaches, with the sharks measuring between 14 and 18 feet.

Karl Rove made an off-color joke about murdering U.S. Rep. Todd Akin at a Republican National Convention fundraiser, stating that Akin's "legitimate rape" comments pose a huge threat to the GOP's prospects at the polls this year.

Bill Cosby is not dead. Neither is Eddie Murphy, Denzel Washington, or Bill Nye. But celebrity death rumors like this pop up all the time on sites such as Twitter, where false information can spread like wildfire.

Justin Bieber is apparently having some fun on the set of Selena Gomez's latest movie, "Feed the Dog." The pop star appeared there Thursday night and took several photogragphs of himself brandishing a prop gun in wildly unsafe manners, seemingly pretending to look tough.

An NFL fan fell to his death while attending a Houston Texans preseason game on Thursday. The 25-year-old fan fell an estimated 60 feet off an escalator at Reliant Stadium in Houston. The death is being considered accidental.

While rumors have been flying that LeAnn Rimes is currently in rehab dealing with drug addiction and an eating disorder, according to TMZ, the rumors are patently false. The singer did, however check herself into a voluntary treatment center as she is "dealing with a severe inability to cope with anxiety and stress."

A revolutionary new bionic eye has just restored the gift of sight to an Australian woman who has been blind for almost 30 years. Dianne Ashworth, 54, of Victoria Australia, was outfitted with the first of a new type of bionic eye. The eye works by attaching electrodes to her retina and sending electric signals to her nerve cells, mimicking the same process that occurs in sighted people.

After 4chan and Reddit teamed up to send the reviled rapper Pitbull to the frozen wastelands of Kodiak, Alaska, the two groups of internet trolls are at it again, this time attempting to send Taylor Swift to perform an exclusive concert at a school for the deaf. Yes, for the deaf.

Brett Favre's lawyers say the football legend should not have to respond to allegations made against his personal life in an ongoing lawsuit brought against him by a pair of massage therapists. The women claim Favre inappropriately sexted them and have called on the quarterback to identify himself in the pictures.

NASA's Curiosity rover is really beginning to pay off. Since setting up its high-definition cameras, the Mars rover has been sending back amazing views of the fourth planet. Now, NASA has assembled a high-quality panorama of the Martian surface, and the results are amazing.

Last week, gold medal-winning gymnast Gabby Douglas revealed on Oprah that she was often bullied at her old gym in Virginia Beach. Now, her former coach and teammate have spoken out, denying Douglas' claims.

John McCain's convention speech, which blasted Obama's foreign policy, reeked of American exceptionalism and broadly encouraged the United States to make itself the world's policeman.

Sergey Ovchinnikov, head coach for Russia's Olympic women's volleyball team, has been found dead in a Croatian hotel room. Russian state media reported that Ovchinnikov hanged himself in his hotel room. Many speculate that his death was a result of the team's losses at the Olympics.

A CNN camerawoman was pelted with nuts at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday as she was covering the event. The attackers yelled "This is how we feed animals," as they assaulted the African-American camerawoman. Both attackers were quickly escorted out of the Tampa, Florida convention.

Bruce Willis is known for being a tough guy after starring in action-oriented movies such as "Die Hard," "Pulp Fiction," and "Sin City." But apparently Willis wasn't always so cold-blooded. In the 1984 Levi's Jeans commercial below, Willis dances around wearing a yellow shirt and jeans. It's something to see.

Japan won the Little League World Series Sunday, besting the U.S., 12-2, in the championship game, as Japan's star player Noriatsu Osaka clubbed three home runs and starting pitcher Kotaro Kiyomiya struck out eight batters in four innings.

Tropical Storm Isaac began ravishing Florida on Sunday as the storm's path moved up from Cuba and into the Florida Keys. The tropical storm is expected to become a hurricane soon as it travels into the Gulf Coast, near New Orleans, Louisiana.

In its second week at the box office, Sylvester Stallone's adrenaline-fueled "The Expendables 2" remains supreme after earning $13.5 million over the weekend. On the other end of the spectrum, the conservative documentary "2016: Obama's America" has been quietly picking up steam as it adds more theaters.

After naked photos of Prince Harry in Las Vegas exploded online this week, plenty of people have been paying attention to the prince, including some adult-entertainment companies. One, Vivid Entertainment, has offered Harry the princely sum of $10 million to star in his own pornographic film.

Tropical Storm Isaac hasn't landed in Florida yet, but it's already causing damage to the Republican Party. Almost all Republican National Convention events on Monday have been canceled because of the storm, according to Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus.

In honor of Neil Armstrong's passing, take a look at an odd and haunting piece of alternate history: a speech written for President Nixon in the event Armstrong was stranded on the moon. Luckily, Armstrong survived the mission and lived out the rest of his days in peace on Earth. But this letter shows a shocking look at what could have happened if the first man on the moon never came back.

When news of Armstrong's death broke, Twitter erupted in a sea of memorial tweets, as the phrases "RIP Neil Armstrong," "Apollo 11" and "First Man" immediately began trending on the social media site. NBC News, which first broke the story, also became a trending topic.

In an epic $1.05 billion verdict Friday in the widely watched intellectual-property case between Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Korea: 005930), a jury in California decided for Apple and against Samsung on six of seven patent-infringement claims centered on mobile devices.

The jury reached an earlier-than-expected verdict Friday in the Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. et al. case being heard by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, according to multiple media reports.

Everyone knows that black licorice tastes pretty bad, but if you notice that your pack of Red Vines Black Licorice Twists are especially terrible, there's a reason: they're full of lead.