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Nearly 200 acts survived their first encounters with Simon Cowell on The X Factor, but this week's boot camp episodes of the TV singing contest will sort out the weak from the strong.

Filmmakers Alex Gibney (“Enron”), Peter Joseph (“Zeitgeist”), Michael Moore (“Capitalism: A Love Story”) and Charles Ferguson (“Inside Job”) top the list of documentarians whose work scrutinizes the establishment and actually calls it what it is: damaged goods.

A toxicologist from the Los Angeles coroner's office will resume testimony today about the drugs found in Michael Jackson's system to begin the ninth day of proceedings in Dr. Conrad Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial.

Nearly 200 acts survived their first encounters with Simon Cowell on The X Factor, but Thursday night's boot camp episode of the TV singing contest separated the weak from the strong.

The couple belted out Gomez's hit single, Who Says to a screaming Rio crowd.

As opportunities for expansion at home become harder for mid-size companies wanting to grow, the opportunities to expand abroad are robust. But expanding across borders isn't always easy -- particularly for small to mid-sized companies that don't always have the resources and knowledge.

The death of Apple's visionary Steve Jobs has turned the spotlight to the lesser-known facets of his personal life with his wife and four children.

Back in June, everyone was talking about the Wii U, Nintendo’s first video game console with high-definition graphics unveiled at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles.

Low-income Californians will no longer need to be fingerprinted when they apply for food stamp assistance, under legislation signed into law on Thursday by Governor Jerry Brown.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's lawsuit against Dick Clark Productions -- originally scheduled for this past September -- may not go to trial until next July, documents filed in a Los Angeles federal court Thursday revealed.

An attorney for Michael Jackson's in-house doctor challenged a crime scene investigator on Thursday and suggested she conducted a shoddy examination of the bedroom where the Thriller singer stopped breathing in 2009.

Fleet Week comes to San Francisco tomorrow, opening with the Blue Angels.

Steve Jobs had a rare form of pancreatic cancer, called neuroendocrine pancreatic cancer, that allowed him to survive longer than expected.

British starlet Juno Temple looks set to become Hollywood's hot new export, with four upcoming films set to hit theaters in the next year, including blockbusters The Three Musketeers and The Dark Knight Rises.

An attorney for Michael Jackson's in-house doctor challenged a crime scene investigator on Thursday and suggested she conducted a shoddy examination of the bedroom where the Thriller singer stopped breathing in 2009.

ESPN is previewing photos, videos, and interviews from the magazine's third annual The Body Issue, which arrives on newsstands Friday, Oct. 7. Over 20 athletes will appear naked with their private parts strategically covered as part of the issue titled “Bodies We Want.”

The much-hyped Ryan Murphy/Brad Falchuk drama American Horror Story had a solid premiere Wednesday night, FX said Thursday.

California's leaders will next week get their first look at the state's September revenue, which will go a long way to determining whether they will need to cut yet more spending.

George Clooney's new movie, Ides of March and his vocal support of the Democratic Party, have many wondering if the actor will someday announce his own candidacy.

Shareef Allman, the dead Cupertino gunman suspected of workplace shootings, had a violent temper his ex-wife has said.

Charles Napier, 75, passed away Wednesday at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital near his home in California. The cause of death is unclear. The actor, recognized for his square, granite jaw and toothy grin, is best known for playing tough guys and military figures in movies.