A lawyer once told me that “all’s well that ends” when it comes to litigation. As we enter year six of the investor litigation by American International Group, several Federal Home Loan Banks, and other large investors against Bank America’s
By SANDY COHENAP Entertainment WriterLOS ANGELESIt used to be that if a summer flick starred Will Smith, it was a guaranteed moneymaker: First place at the box office, maybe a franchise in the making. But the 44-year-old actor’s latest film
Though many Americans have long considered France to be the epitome of liberal social attitudes, in no other country has the world seen the magnitude of a movement whose cause it is to defend traditional marriage and family. Philip Lawler,
(AP) LOS ANGELES–The geek-flavored G4 channel will become the Esquire Network in September. NBC Universal on Wednesday announced the rebranded channel’s Sept. 23 launch date. The channel is the namesake of Esquire magazine and is aiming to draw a similar
Box Office: Record-Breaking Memorial Weekend Funny thing about the American people — give them what they want and they show up in droves. And what they want is to lay down their money, sit in the dark, and forget about
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg decided to take advantage of a commencement speech he was delivering at Kenyon College in Ohio to push his gun-control agenda. Bloomberg told the students: I believe we will win, sooner or later, because I
The lack of civility coming from gun control advocates was made apparent again over the weekend when Austin, Texas Police Chief Art Acevedo described a pro-gun twitter user as having a “lying extremist undeveloped brain.” It seems the pro-gun tweet that drew
Appearing on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight” on Friday, NBC sportscaster Bob Costas said senators who opposed universal background checks in the failed Toomey-Manchin bill were cowardly and “beyond feckless.” Costas said, “there’s a large number–or was a large number–that were
By DAVID GERMAINAP Movie WriterLOS ANGELES The latest voyage of the starship Enterprise fell short of its predecessor, 2009’s “Star Trek,” which opened with $75.2 million. Since premiering Wednesday in huge-screen IMAX theaters and expanding Thursday to general cinemas, “Into
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) met with Mark Malkowski, owner of Stag Arms of New Britain, Connecticut, who was in Houston for the NRA convention. The two met to discuss a possible move to Texas for the firearm manufacturer. The
By DAVID GERMAINAP Movie WriterLOS ANGELESIron Man reigns as the standard-bearer of Hollywood superheroes with a $175.3 million domestic opening weekend for his latest sequel and an overseas haul of a half-billion dollars in less than two weeks. According to
Mayor of Washington D.C. Vincent Gray wants illegal immigrants to have driver’s licenses. His bill would allow illegal immigrants to get licenses or IDs that would not allow them to fly or enter federal buildings, but would allow them to
The State Department has had a “Free Press” campaign for the past two weeks. Each day the Department highlights an imprisoned activist or journalist facing unreasonable conditions and imprisonment from countries around the world. After Tuesday’s journalist was described a
By CHRIS TALBOTTAP Music WriterNASHVILLE, Tenn.For a guy who sang so many sad songs, George Jones left behind a lot of laughs. There was more humor than sadness at Jones’ funeral Thursday at the Grand Ole Opry House as thousands
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback received a letter today from Attorney General Eric Holder threatening action against the state should it enforce SB102, the pro 2nd Amendment law Brownback signed into law last month. The new law declares that the federal
***CLARIFICATION Due to Netflix Streaming losing almost 2,000 streaming titles, Wednesday was dubbed “Streamageddon,” and in the course of the frenzy some misinformation was passed on, including by us. In a game of editorial telephone, we reported what Mashable reported
Veteran comic actress Catherine O’Hara is as busy as ever, even if you don’t always see her face on the big or small screen. The SCTV alum and Home Alone star works nonstop in the animated realm, lending her comic timing and
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) said Monday on MSNBC that if only Congress approved universal background checks, the massive shootout between Boston bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and police could have been prevented. “Tamerlan, as we know now, was on
A huge shake-up of Britain’s welfare system aimed at streamlining benefits gets under way Monday with jobcentre staff expected to stage angry protests. People living in Ashton-under-Lyne, in Greater Manchester, can apply for the new Universal Credit from today in
By SYLVIE CORBETAssociated PressPARISThe sounds of raucous protest echo in the Presidential Palace, unemployment is rising to levels not seen in over a decade, and his country’s economy has been called a potential time bomb at the heart of Europe.
Canadians are on their guard against the growing Islamist threat. After all, the last month alone brought the Boston Marathon bombing and arrests in Canada of suspected Iranian-linked al-Qaeda bomb-plotters targeting Canada-US passenger train routes. Add to that repeated stories
In response to They Get It When It’s the First Amendment: Your contrast between the way liberals view majority rule with respect to the First vs. Second Amendment makes me think about the way Obama has been trying to work
David Harsanyi lays out the case against majoritarian rule in the matter of gun control – an issue that just about perfectly illustrates why the Founding Fathers took a dim view of “democracy,” which they correctly interpreted as mob rule:
President Obama took to the Rose Garden on Wednesday evening to scold Senators for not passing the universal background check legislation he and Newtown families were lobbying for today. The President claimed that the bill had “90% support but did
The only polls the media seem interested in reporting on are those that back their ongoing culture war against the NRA and Red State gun owners — especially those misleading polls that show 80 to 90% of the American people
Senator Joe Manchin: “This is not a universal background check. This is a criminal and mental background check at gun shows and internet sales. It does not infringe on your right as a family… It protects the rights of our
Breitbart News reporter AWR Hawkins went on Fox News’ Judge Jeanine on Saturday and emphasized that the federal government would have to create a gun registry in order to implement universal background checks and noted such legislation would not prevent
On April 10, gun manufacturer PTR Industries announced it is leaving Connecticut and urged other gun companies to follow its example. The announcement came six days after Democrat Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed 139 pages of new gun control legislation into
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Fox News’ “Hannity” discussing universal background checks: “I think it’s wrong that politicians try to take advantage of [victims’] suffering-not to actually fix the problem but instead to push the same anti-gun agenda they had
A former security guard at Universal Music in Los Angeles says she was fired for blowing the whistle on rampant drug use by the label’s artists. The woman, who is suing her former employer, claims she was offered drugs by
In an interview that aired on MSNBC’s Morning Joe on April 11, Vice President Joe Biden told Joe Scarborough universal background checks will not lead to a gun registry because there isn’t a gun registry now. He also told Scarborough
Since the release of President Obama’s budget, there has been a lot of focus on the entitlement reform aspects of it. One of the less commented-upon aspects of the budget, however, is the nearly $1 per pack federal cigarette tax
While it has been known for some time that Denard Robinson’s days as a passer were over, not many could have realized his throwing days would come to such a pathetic close. The former Michigan quarterback threw an abysmal opening
In a surprising display of putting politics over commitment to the Constitution, two previously pro-gun senators have turned on the National Rifle Association regarding gun control legislation. Sens. Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) have introduced an amendment to
Joe Biden used his standard technique of mocking the opposition on Tuesday as he gave a gun control speech at the White House. Speaking of those who oppose universal background checks for gun buyers and lambasting the National Rifle Association for promoting
President Barack Obama said Tuesday the gun control proposals under consideration in the U.S. Senate are not about him, but it would take a toll on him personally if they do not pass. Speaking in Connecticut, the President made a
Is Carson Daly about to get Fallon’d by Alec Baldwin? The New York Times reports NBC is in preliminary discussions with the 30 Rock actor to host his own late night program. The move would be the latest late night
In a poll conducted by PoliceOne, a majority of law enforcement personnel said universal background checks, “assault weapons” bans, and “high capacity” magazine bans do not make police safer and will not lower violent crime. Armed citizens, on the other hand,
VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: Now the NRA which is engaging in a campaign which is, I’m not unaccustomed to, of disinformation to try to scare people. Let me read some of the thing they’re saying about background checks. They say
Amid the deadlock over universal background checks, Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) are developing a compromise that would strengthen the current background check system without expanding it to private sales. No one knows for sure how the compromise
