Los Angeles (dpa) – A delivery driver for one of California's many legal medical marijuana suppliers was robbed by assailants dressed “in ninja costumes,” police said.
The incident occurred in the southern California town of West Covina on Friday (...)
Los Angeles (dpa) – Batman, eat your heart out. The midnight release of The Hunger Games in the US raked in 19.5 million dollars in ticket sales Friday, the most ever for an original film, industry website Deadline.com reported.
The huge take (...)
Los Angeles (dpa) – Madonna fans have an option if they can't wait for the release of her new album next week – if they don't mind breaking the law.
An unauthorized version of the album MDNA leaked online Monday on file-sharing sites and by (...)
Los Angeles (dpa) – The biggest stars of the movie world have some new company on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
The beloved Muppet characters, who rose to fame in 1970s TV shows and recently had a hit movie in cinemas, were awarded a star Tuesday on (...)
San Francisco (dpa) – Apple has sold over 3 million iPads since the launching the latest version of its genre-defining tablet compute, the company said Monday.
The device launched on Friday in 10 countries amid a worldwide swathe of media hype as (...)
LOS ANGELES (dpa) – A distraught woman in southern California has committed suicide by slashing her own neck with a chainsaw, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.
The newspaper quoted police as saying that they had discovered the middle-aged (...)
NEW YORK (dpa): Shares in Apple soared past 600 dollars for the first time Thursday amid strong demand for the company's new iPad, which goes on sale in 10 countries this week.
Hundreds of people crowded the Apple store on Sydney's George Street (...)
SEATTLE (dpa): A three-year-old toddler shot himself to death in a car at a Seattle area gas station early Wednesday, while his mother and her boyfriend were out of the vehicle, local TV station KIRO 7 reported.
The gun belonged to the mother's (...)
SAN FRANCISCO (dpa) – iPad mania soared around the world Wednesday, two days before Apple's latest tablet computer was set to go on sale.
Apple said that its US stores would open two hours earlier than usual to meet the clamor for the gadget, (...)
Los Angeles (dpa) – The non-profit group Invisible Children on Monday rejected criticism about its funding and advocacy, following the viral success of its YouTube film calling for the capture and prosecution of Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony.
The (...)
San Francisco (dpa) – Yahoo filed a patent lawsuit against Facebook Monday in which the ailing internet pioneer claims that the social networking giant had illegally benefited from technologies owned by Yahoo.
The lawsuit was filed in a San Jose, (...)
NEW YORK (dpa): An erotic novel written online by a first time author is the top-selling electronic book in the US, thanks to a viral online interest in its tale of a kinky relationship between an innocent female student and a handsome (...)
SAN FRANCISCO (dpa): Want to get your hands on one of those high-resolution new iPads announced last week by Apple? Well you may have to wait a bit.
Customers who pre-ordered the gadget through Apple's website can no longer expect to receive it (...)
LOS ANGELES (dpa): Woody Allen is in talks to film his next-but-one project in Copenhagen, continuing his penchant for basing his movies in European capitals, US movie trade journal The Hollywood Reporter said Monday.
Allen, who began his career (...)
San Francisco (dpa) – Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes has taken over the political magazine The New Republic for an undisclosed sum, in a bid to apply his digital expertise to the almost 100-year-old liberal publication, he said Friday.
In a (...)
Los Angeles (dpa) – Soft drink giants Coke and Pepsi said Friday that they were adjusting the caramel coloring in their cola drinks to avoid having to place cancer warning labels on their cans and bottles.
The move came in response to a decision (...)
SAN FRANCISCO (dpa): Is there no frontier that the Angry Birds have left to conquer?
The hit game from Finnish company Rovio has already taken over almost every smartphone and tablet computer on the planet. And now it is heading into space (...)
SAN FRANCISCO (dpa): The hacking group Anonymous launched a web attack Wednesday on the internet security firm PandaLabs, a day after charges were filed against five alleged leaders of the group.
“We are Antisec we'll fight till the end,” said (...)
LOS ANGELES (dpa): Singer, actress, fashion icon and TV star Jessica Simpson may be heavily pregnant but that hasn't stopped her from stripping naked for a revealing cover shot and interview with Elle magazine.
The pop culture personality, 31, (...)
SAN FRANCISCO (dpa): Apple on Wednesday unveiled the third version of its genre-defining iPad tablet computer.
“We've taken it to a whole new level and we are redefining the category that Apple created with the original iPad,” said Apple chief (...)
LOS ANGELES (dpa): Lady Gaga has become the first person to amass 20 million followers on Twitter.
The pop star cracked the milestone on Monday, beating out other pop culture luminaries such as Justin Bieber, who has 18.1 million followers, and (...)
SAN FRANCISCO (dpa): The FBI has smashed the notorious LulzSec hacker ring after identifying its leader and turning him into an informant, Fox News reported Tuesday.
The report identified the leader as Hector Xavier Monsegur, an unemployed 28 (...)
SAN FRANCISCO (dpa): Yahoo is set for a major restructuring that will include thousands of layoffs, as new CEO Scott Thompson attempts to revitalize the struggling web pioneer, according to the Wall Street Journal's All Things Digital blog, on (...)
Los Angeles (dpa) – Hollywood superstars Brad Pitt and George Clooney are joining a star-studded play about the gay marriage controversy in California, producers announced Thursday.
The play, called 8, was written by Oscar-winning screenwriter (...)
Los Angeles (dpa) – Teen idol Justin Bieber has received an 18th birthday gift that other teenagers can only dream of.
The chart-topping singer was presented with a Fisker Karma by his manager Scott Braun, live on the Ellen DeGeneres Show (...)