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Star Wars: Episode VII to be filmed in UK - George Lucas Star Wars creator George Lucas sold his production company to Disney BBC News - Disney buys Star Wars maker Lucasfilm from George Lucas Last year Continue reading the main story Related Stories Star Wars irresistible for Abrams New...

When you get called the n-word, as a black person you can do anything. It's like getting a gold star in Super Mario Brothers and junk. I hear the music when I hear the n-word. I get right into it; I get really into it. You can do anything. You could be in a fancy restaurant -- just start...

"Your job is to make your partner look like a rock star." More...

Violence isn't the answer, but that doesn't change the fact that video killed the radio star. Cutting-edge technology has, for the most part, managed to stay out of the police notes since the day that the radio star pushed up daisies -- the case against digital audio's role in the CD's...

Astronomers think they have solved the mystery of an extraordinary flash spied in a faraway galaxy, saying it came from a massive black hole that devoured a star after it wandered too close. The awesome energy released by the feeding frenzy was first detected by NASA's Swift satellite on March...

A monster black hole shredded a Sun-like star, producing a strangely long-lasting flash of gamma rays that probably won't be seen again in a million years, astronomers reported on Thursday. That is definitely not the norm for gamma ray bursts, energetic blasts that typically flare up and end in...

Linda Boreman, who starred as Linda Lovelace in the infamous pornographic film Deep Throat, is probably the most famous erotic movie...

Schwarzenegger, Shriver separating after 25 years It was a storybook marriage in 1986 on a spring weekend on Cape Cod that united a princess of an American political dynasty, Maria Shriver, and the gap-toothed muscle-clad movie star famous enough to be known by one name, Arnold. In many...

LOS ANGELES – British actor Jason Isaacs has been cast in the NBC pilot "REM," the latest project from the creator of the short-lived series "Lone Star." "REM" centers on the simultaneous and parallel lives of a detective (Isaacs) who can't let go of any aspect of his fractured family after a...

Brett Keisel's beard a big, hairy Super star AP – Thu Feb 3, 4:39 am ET AP FORT WORTH, Texas - The secret to the Pittsburgh Steelers' success is growing on Brett Keisel's furry face. Full Story » :dirol:

This artist's concept shows a view across a mysterious disk of young, blue stars encircling a supermassive black hole at the core of the neighboring Andromeda Galaxy. (File photo courtesy of NASA) C/P uncle A team of astronomers in Britain believe they have discovered the hottest planet ever...

The blue star near the center of this image is Zeta Ophiuchi. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA ) C/P uncle This is the sort of story that tickles the delight of the amateur astronomer in all of us. Late Monday afternoon, NASA/JPL sent around a rare picture taken by its Wide-field Infrared Survey...

- A NASA spacecraft has detected a rocky planet that is the smallest ever discovered outside the Sun's solar system, the agency announced Monday. The exoplanet -- so named because it orbits a star other than the Sun -- has been dubbed Kepler-10b. It measures 1.4 times the Earth's diameter and...

NEW YORK – Grammy-nominated pop star Katy Perry will guest star on an episode of CBS' hit comedy "How I Met Your Mother." The network announced Thursday that Perry will play the naive, beautiful cousin of Zoey, played by Jennifer Morrison. CBS didn't say when the episode will air. The series...

Former NFL star guilty of rape CHARLESTON, S.C., -- A former National Football League star has been convicted of rape by a Charleston, S.C., jury and sentenced to 30 year in prison, authorities said. David Meggett was found guilty of burglary and rape Wednesday in connection with a January 2009...

Harrison Ford is your Connector of the Day. He's saved presidents, been a president, saved the universe from a dark lord and has even been a top-secret spy - all roles that Harrison Ford can say he has taken on. Pegged to blockbuster action movies like "Clear and Present Danger," "Indiana...

Ex-OSU star Clarett signs UFL contract OMAHA, -- Troubled former Ohio State star running back Maurice Clarett has been signed by Omaha of the United Football League, the team announced Monday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed for the 26-year-old Clarett, who led the Buckeyes to a...

Emma Thompson gets Walk of Fame star LOS ANGELES, British actress Emma Thompson was presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Friday, organizers said. Thompson won a best actress Oscar for "Howards End" and was nominated for acting Oscars for "The Remains of the Day," "In the Name...

Astronomers have glimpsed what could be the youngest known star at the very moment it is being born. Not yet fully developed into a true star, the object is in the earliest stages of star formation and has just begun pulling in matter from a surrounding envelope of gas and dust. Scientists...

Newcomer to star in 'Footloose' remake HOLLYWOOD, (UPI) -- Newcomer Kenny Wormald has been cast in the upcoming remake of "Footloose," Hollywood's Paramount Pictures said Tuesday. Zac Efron and Chace Crawford were previously cast in the lead role of Ren, but backed out of the production...