Although The Hunger Games movie was a huge box office success, racist comments pertaining to the character of Rue as well as criticism over Jennifer Lawrence's too curvy figure have flooded the Internet and sullied the artistic endeavor attempted by the film.
Stocks fell Wednesday as investors were disappointed by a weaker-than-expected reading on durable goods orders, while a plunge in oil prices dragged energy and material shares lower.
Olympic gymnast Paul Hamm announced his retirement on Tuesday four months to the day before this summer's 2012 London Olympics.
In what some call a win for religious freedom, Kentucky's General Assembly passed an Amish buggy bill on Tuesday that would exempt them from affixing orange safety triangles on the back of their carriages.
Spicy and sweet are two ways to describe the Mad Men Season 5 premiere. As Don Draper's new wife, Megan (played by Jessica Pare) proved her prowess with a sultry performance of Zou Bisou Bisou at Draper's 40th birthday party. The brunette stunner crooned the French ditty with a saccharinely-sweet seduction that she had even the Don melting in her hand.
The Hunger Games reigned champion its opening weekend, snagging a whopping $155 million in ticket sales, according to an estimate by Lions Gate reported by E! News.
Bruce Wayne drives a Lamborghini Gallardo, as we all learned in The Dark Knight. Normally, when he's all suited up to fight crime, the Caped Crusader switches to the all-purpose personal tank known affectionately as the Batmobile. But not today.
Silver Wheaton Corp., which gets its revenue under contracts with producing miners rather than produce silver and other metals itself, said Friday its fourth-quarter profit rose 20 percent on higher sales volumes and higher silver and gold prices.
Adele took home two prizes while Perry performed her latest hit.
From catsuit to sleek disco-inspired dress, singer Katy Perry channeled her glamour looks both on stage and on the red carpet at the Echo Music Awards ceremony in Berlin Thursday.
A Denver Broncos football fan died just before his favorite team signed his least favorite player, Peyton Manning, as noted in his obituary. In honor of James Driver, here are some of the best Peyton Manning digs from like-minded commentators.
Fernando Gonzalez retired from tennis yesterday, in Miami, after which a tribute video, featuring Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray was played.
Gold hit its lowest level since mid-January on Thursday, influenced by dollar strength, with the market having unwound all of the premium built up on expectations for further U.S. quantitative easing.
Tim Tebow to the Jets? Not so fast.
Gold traded broadly steady on Wednesday, as a boost from a modestly stronger euro against the dollar partly offset slow consumer demand and an erosion in holdings of the metal in exchange-traded products.
The latest liquidity operations by European Central Bank (ECB) appear to have averted, at least for the time being, a threatening catastrophe in the euro-zone banking sector. But it would be wrong to think that they have solved the region’s deeper fiscal and economic problems, or secured the future of the single currency itself according to Capital Economics.
Germany's Deutsche Bank said on Tuesday it had hired global security firm G4S to build and manage a new precious metals vault, as it seeks to cash in on booming investor demand for physical gold and silver.
Gold fell on Tuesday, hurt by strength in the dollar which profited from the growing view in the market that the U.S. economy is on a firmer footing, ending a three-day rally in the bullion price.
Majority of the babies love to sit and roam around in a stroller. But in some cases the baby will start crying at the very sight of the stroller. Think again, no need to lose your temper.
Gold edged up on Monday, aided in part by evidence of investor and central bank demand, after having posted its largest weekly fall last week in three months, although greater optimism in the markets over global growth could temper gains in the longer-run.
Spring may just be one day away, as the official start of warm weather and flowers in bloom beings on Tuesday, but Arizona and parts of New Mexico were hit by a rare snowstorm over the weekend through Monday, causing power outages and school and road closings in addition to snow accumulation and an avalanche warning. View the slideshow to see photos of the Arizona snowstorm.
Tia Carrere and Lou Ferrigno went head-to-head as project managers on Sunday's episode of Celebrity Apprentice, but as Ferrigno shined in the role, Carrere was the latest member of the group to get the boot in Donald Trump's unforgiving boardroom.
