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The new Academy museum could open in the old May Company building at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art as soon as three years from now, Academy CEO Dawn Hudson told TheWrap on Wednesday.

It's now David 2, Goliath 0.

Thousands of anti-Wall Street demonstrators converged on New York's financial district on Wednesday, their ranks swelled by nurses, transit workers and other union members joining the protest over economic inequality and the power of U.S. financial institutions.

Cutler showed up for his ex-fiancee's performance on Dancing with the Stars.

A warming climate is imperilling the wildlife and landscapes in the Yellowstone National Park region, two environmental groups said in a study.

Chris Dodd has been elected to the American Film Institute's Board of Trustees, the organization announced on Wednesday.

It's now David 2, Goliath 0.An independent movie theater in Palm Desert has won its second favorable appellate court ruling and will proceed with its antitrust suit against rival mega-chain Cinemark.

Oh, theater owners are going to love this.Universal will release Tower Heist on video-on-demand some three weeks after it hits theaters, the studio announced on Wednesday.

Jani Lane, the once energetic blond lead singer and songwriter for heavy metal band Warrant, died from alcohol poisoning, the Los Angeles County coroner said Wednesday.

A recording of an apparently drugged Michael Jackson was played on Wednesday in the manslaughter trial of the singer's doctor, with the King of Pop saying he wanted to help kids because he didn't have a childhood.

The motion picture academy has confirmed an agreement with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to locate a new museum in a former department store owned by LACMA.

Two more notable players have signed overseas after Kobe Bryant to play basketball during the NBA lockout.

Friendly's Bankruptcy Likely to Dot Northeast with Awkward Reconversions

A disturbing tape of an incoherent, slurring Michael Jackson speaking to his personal physician, Conrad Murray, was played in court during Murray's trial for involuntary manslaughter Wednesday.

Seattle police threatened protesters with arrest if they did not take down the tents they had set up in Westlake Park. The Occupy protests have spread across the country in a matter of weeks.

One prison guard regularly questioned her about her sex life, accompanied her to medical exams

Almost 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.

An Arizona dust storm triggered several massive traffic pileups that left one dead and several more severely injured.

The Black Eyed Peas will not take part in a Michael Jackson tribute concert being held in the Welsh city of Cardiff at the weekend, organizers said.

Goals from Luke Rodgers and Thierry Henry helped New York Red Bulls beat Los Angeles Galaxy 2-0 and give themselves a fair shout of making the final play-off berth.

No longer seen as young outcasts with no direction or anything better to do than Occupy Wall Street in protest, the movement that began in New York's financial district is gaining momentum with middle America.