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Amandla Stenberg, one of the youngest stars of the box office smash hit The Hunger Games, revealed her truly admirable character at the 2012 Kids' Choice Awards. The 14-year-old African American actress has been at the center of a storm of racist comments from critics angry that she, a black girl, was cast as Rue.

The Bamboozle Festival will kick off its 10-year anniversary on May 18 by taking over the Convention Hall in Asbury Park, N.J. With seven stages and about 84 acts, the three-day music festival is going to be a head-banging and hip-shaking ball.

Since its introduction in June 2007, the iPhone has taken the word by storm, but one question dominates the general conversation: When's the next one coming out? Thankfully, fans won't have to wait any later than October to get their hands on Apple's latest iPhone design.

Members of the team that were formerly working on Microsoft's foldable tablet device, Microsoft Courier, have released apps for the new iPad. The apps are meant to be used in the iPad's landscape mode, giving users the largest available space for drawing, writing and performing other sketch-book functions.

Spotify, the music startup that has taken the Internet by storm due in large part to its presence on Facebook, has some good news for those who use the ad-supported version of the service after saying it will continue to offer unlimited music.

Experts believe 2012 could mark the beginning of a turnaround for the housing industry, albeit a slow one.

Transgender model and beauty queen, Jenna Talackova, seemed to have it all. As a finalist, Talackova was competing for the dream title of Miss Universe Canada. However, after the young beauty admitted to officials that she is transgender, she was disqualified. Jenna Talackova is not alone. In the fashion and modeling industry, other have had to face similar prejudice and controversy before fame and acceptance.

The comments come amid growing international skepticism towards a peace plan accepted by Syria and its last remaining Security Council allies Russia and China on Tuesday, after reports emerged of continued clashes between Assad's forces and opposition fighters.

While the new iPad remains the market leader in the media tablet segment, there is one tablet that definitely steals the spotlight -- Amazon's Kindle Fire. Rumor has it that Amazon wants a larger piece of the tablet market, and it may launch three new tablets in 2012 in an attempt to accomplish its aim.

Following Christie Brinkley's emotional outburst Tuesday on the 'Today' show, Peter Cook has responded by blasting her tears as a cunning and shameless display in what I can only imagine was an attempt to garner public sympathy by dishonest means.

Breaking: JetBlue Flight 191 made an emergency landing in Amarillo, Tex. after the captain suffered from a mental breakdown.

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A JetBlue Las Vegas-bound flight was diverted after the captain went nuts mid-air.

Baylor center Brittney Griner has taken the 2012 NCAA Women's College Basketball Tournament by storm, leading the Lady Bears to the Women's Final Four in Denver.

Weight-loss surgery did a better job of controlling type 2 diabetes in overweight and moderately obese patients than the most advanced medical treatment for the disease, researchers said on Monday.

The justices were skeptical that an 1867 law barring lawsuits that challenge taxes would bar them from hearing the health care law case, as the mandate requiring Americans to carry insurance is enforced with a tax penalty.

Who knew that Twilight fan fiction could spawn a three book series and a film? Fifty Shades of Grey has been the talk of the literary world for some time now. Women have been clasping their kindles on public transit ever since the E.L James work debuted and burned up the best seller charts.

The Hunger Games novels by Suzanne Collins have taken the world by storm, and now the movie could be a box office record breaker, as fans all over the world lined up for the premiere at midnight on Friday. View the slideshow to see photos of fans lined up waiting to see The Hunger Games around the U.S.

The second episode in South Park's 16th season took on Cash for Gold stores and cable shopping networks, mapping out a ridiculous conspiracy in which gold is continuously made into jewelry, sold to old Americans, gifted to their children and grandchildren, sold for a few bucks at pawn shops, smelted down and then forged into jewelry again in a never ending cycle designed to rip off the elderly. Of course Stan sets out to solve the mystery and right the wrong while Cartman attempts to cash in ...

While it looks flashy and impressive, the a move to bring in Tim Tebow is a huge mistake for the Jets from a chemistry and football perspective.

While shipping costs have been recovering over the past month from historical lows earlier this year, rates for the biggest vessels keep falling. Mistrust in the market, bad luck for iron exporters and a slowdown in world steel consumption are to blame.