Eric Brown

In the wake of the 2010 Citizens United ruling, political action committees that did not directly make contributions to political candidates were granted unlimited fundraising power. The super PAC was born. Now, after years of corporate donations and televised attack ads, there's a new super PAC in town: Hall and Oates Fans for America.

While Apple has yet to make any official announcements about its upcoming products the iPhone 5 and the iPad mini, leaked details show that both devices are as good as confirmed at this point. But while many expect that both products will be launched simultaneously in September, the iPad mini may in fact be officially announced in October.

While many experts have predicted that Apple's upcoming iPhone 5 could be the biggest product launch in the company's history, rumors now are suggesting that production problems could limit Apple's supply of the new phone.

Fresh off the debut of her new movie "Hit and Run," filmed with her fiancé Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell already has another project in mind - a reunion of her cult classic TV series "Veronica Mars."

Is Denzel Washington dead? No. But the veteran actor is the latest victim of a death hoax orchestrated by Twitter. Washington, star of "Man on Fire" and "Malcolm X," is alive and well.

Fans of cult-classic sitcom "Arrested Development" have more reasons to rejoice: not only is the sitcom coming back on the air after six years, but season four has been bumped from 10 to 13 new episodes.

By now, practically everyone on the Internet has seen Prince Harry’s nude pictures that surfaced in Las Vegas. Unfortunately, that includes his superiors in the British military. Harry, who enrolled in the Royal Military academy in 2005, could be in big trouble over the leaked photos.

As the release date for Apple's upcoming iPhone 5 and iPad mini inches ever closer, more and more websites are leaking parts of the latest Apple products. Newly released parts for the iPhone 5 and iPad mini show off smaller dock connecters, relocated headphone jacks, and different color schemes.

When Curiosity hit the rock with its laser, atoms on Coronation were transformed into plasma, allowing the rover's ChemCam to use a specialized device called a spectrometer to determine the chemical makeup of the rock.

Republican Senate hopeful Rep. Todd Akin made headlines on Sunday with claims that women are extremely unlikely to get pregnant after "legitimate rape." After the controversy broke, Akin released a full statement claiming he "misspoke."

Rep. Todd Akin, Republican nominee for Senate in Missouri, said in a television interview on Sunday that abortion should not be legal even in cases of rape because victims of "legitimate rape" will very rarely become pregnant.

Marc Summers, host of the hit Food Network show "Unwapped," revealed that he is healing well after surgery following a car crash in Philadelphia.

Fans of Marvel's recent movies have another thing to be excited about today. "Guardians of the Galaxy," the studio's planned quasi-sequel to this year's blockbuster "The Avengers," is close to finding a director in independent film icon James Gunn.

Fans of video game service OnLive should be concerned about the platform?s future. On Friday, well over half of OnLive?s employees were unceremoniously fired as it was revealed that the Onlive was being sold to an unnamed company in a bid to stay out of bankruptcy.

Sylvester Stallone is back on top at the box office. ?The Expendables 2,? starring the 66-year-old action star, took in $10.5 million on its opening day, dethroning ?The Bourne Legacy? at the top of the box office and putting it in line for a $27 million opening weekend.

On Friday, three members of the Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot were found guilty of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred" after performing an anti-Putin song in a Moscow cathedral. In support of the band, a topless women's rights activist defiantly chopped down an Orthodox cross in Kiev, Ukraine.

Apple?s upcoming iPhone 5 is expected to launch simultaneously with a revamp of the iPhone?s mobile operating system, iOS6. However, a small tech blog points out that a vulnerability in the new operating system might allow hackers to send text messages from false numbers.

Walter White isn't just the name of television's most notorious meth cook on "Breaking Bad." It's also the name of a real life meth cook in Alabama. Police are currently looking for the real-life Walter White after he missed a court date following his arrest for manufacturing meth.

After the Apple TV failed to capture much market attention, the California tech giant may be looking for a new way to enter the television market. Reports suggest that the new Apple TV could be a set-top box designed to give viewers access to cable programs at any time.

As the trial between Apple and Samsung begins nearing its end, tensions in the court room are getting heated. When Apple's legal team presented a list of 22 more witnesses to call in the case, presiding U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh asked if Apple's lawyers were "smoking crack."

Let's face it, hipsters are taking over. New Yorkers have already abandoned much of Brooklyn to their ironic mustaches. But one coffee shop is fighting back. San Francisco coffee shop Four Barrel has banned "talking about annoying hipster topics" from their back alley coffee shop on Caledonia Street.

Fan favorite TV shows "Arrested Development" and "Mad Men" are coming together at last. At least, they will be if the rumors of "Mad Men" star John Slattery joining "Arrested Development" for its fourth season are true.

William Shatner is back from the dead. At least, his character the Priceline Negotator is. Earlier this year, Priceline killed off Shatner's Negotiator character in a commercial that saw his bus fly over a cliff. Now, Shatner returns to the commercials he made famous.

After a security guard was shot by a lone gunman at the Family Research Council in Washington DC on Wednesday, presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has responded to the Washington shooting, stating that "there is no place for such violence in our society."

Veteran actor Michael J. Fox appears ready to officially come out of retirement. The "Back to the Future" star has teamed up with "Easy A" director Will Gluck and Sam Laybourne, writer for cult-classic comedies "Arrested Development" and "Cougar Town" to develop a new prime-time comedy to premier in 2013.

Singer George Michael -- aided and abetted by Fatboy Slim, Russell Brand, and the Spice Girls, among a host of British musical icons -- helped put the spectacle in the spectacular closing ceremony at the London 2012 Olympic Games on Sunday. Check out some of the best photos of the event.

While the London 2012 Olympic Games closing ceremony has yet to air, all the athletic competitions were completed Sunday by about 1 p.m. EDT, allowing for a final medal count. Read on to see which countries came out ahead this year.

After three successive weekends atop the box-office rankings, "The Dark Knight Rises" has finally fallen, with newcomers "The Bourne Legacy" and "The Campaign" taking the first and second spots, respectively.

In its first moments on Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover captured several low-resolution images of the red planet's surface. But there was a discrepancy between two of the photos, as they appeared to show a mysterious object that later seemed to vanish. Now, scientists believe they have discovered the reason.