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This year has been one of innovations and even revolutions in the gaming industry, one that has paved the way for the future. Big-name titles came and went, and a select few have become immortals in their own right. Check out some of the best games of 2011.

By now, it's certainly no surprise that Tilda Swinton has turned in another riveting performance in a dark and difficult movie; from Orlando to I Am Love, that's what she does, with occasional detours to play the white witch in the Narnia films and win an Oscar as a corporate lawyer in Michael Clayton.

Hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters who have been camped in front of Los Angeles' City Hall for nearly two months will be evicted on Monday, city officials said on Friday.

Violent confrontations between police and protesters at two University of California campuses have drawn a new cadre of students into the Occupy Wall Street movement and unleashed what some historians call the biggest surge in campus activism since the 1960s.

Alongside sales and long lines, some shoppers were greeted with violence as American consumers embarked on what is traditionally the year's largest shopping day. Shoppers pepper-sprayed one another in the battle for bargains, while at least one shopper was shot for her merchandise.

SAC Capital Advisors hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen is planning a bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

Female suspect still at large

David Letterman told Justin Bieber he could smell a weasel when the pop star was accused of fathering a fan's baby.

Woody Harrelson thinks cops are cool. Well, at least, some of them.

The committee of unsecured creditors for the bankrupt Los Angeles Dodgers threw its support behind the team's effort to sell TV broadcast rights earlier than expected, riling News Corp's Fox Sports.

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian and actress Lindsay Lohan have had a difficult couple of months but they both took time off to spend time with those less fortunate and feed the hungry on Thanksgiving.

Adam Holm has been looking to sell his three-bedroom Victorian house in San Francisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood all year, but he needs one thing to happen first: gaming-company Zynga's initial public offering.

Prosecutors on Wednesday asked a judge to sentence Michael Jackson's former doctor to the maximum four years in prison for his involuntary manslaughter conviction in the singer's 2009 death.

As winter chills set in, it's time to dust off the skis and head to the hill! But before you do, check out this guide to the best of the West. This ski season preview has you covered for season dates, best runs, and directions to the top resorts.

Pizza Hut launched its new epic-sized pizza combo on Wednesday, the Big Dinner Box, which doesn't add up much for the wallet for $20, but certainly stacks on the calories, estimated at 5,000.

A first-in-the-nation ban on the sale of fur clothing in the trendy Southern California city of West Hollywood has been given final approval by officials after weeks of contentious debate.

Grammy-winning singer Rihanna may soon be headed to the top of the album charts after her latest record, Talk That Talk reached No. 1 on iTunes on Tuesday, one day after its release.

Can too much success be a bad thing? In the case of the critical acclaim received by the 2010 film Rabbit Hole, perhaps so.

City officials have offered Occupy L.A. protesters 10,000 square feet of indoor space and other incentives to vacate the City Hall lawn they have camped on for over seven weeks, a lawyer for the group said on Tuesday.

Slimmed-down songbird and actress Jennifer Hudson clarified that is she getting married to fiancé David Otunga and even gave dating advice to women who are looking for love in Los Angeles.

Miley Cyrus's Poverty in the USA parody video is a depressing rehash of her hit 2009 song Party in the USA, set in the Occupy Wall Street era.