Review Revue: ‘Battleship,’ ‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting,’ ‘The Dictator’

This week at the movies brings us a trio of cinematic adaptations from disparate source materials: a board game (“Battleship,” starring Taylor Kitsch, Rihanna, and Liam Neeson), a self-help book (“What to Expect When You’re Expecting,” starring Jennifer Lopez, Cameron Diaz, and Elizabeth Banks), and...

Flesh-eating bacteria finds a fighter

ATLANTA — Faced with the prospect of losing both hands and her one remaining foot, a young Georgia woman battling to survive a case of flesh-eating bacteria that already has claimed one leg mouthed the words “Let’s do this.” Aimee Copeland, 24, “shed no tears, she never batted an eyelash,” her father,...

Celtics collapse in Game 4 after succumbing to Sixers' tricks; series tied 2-2

PHILADELPHIA – Of all the teams to fall for the trick, you’d expect the Boston Celtics to be the last. They had to know the reaching hands were coming; the grabbing, the tearing, the slapping and the shoving. Whatever dream of a season this had been for the Philadelphia 76ers was now reduced – with...

Lakers win it at the line; 76ers stun Celtics to even series

    The obituaries for the Los Angeles Lakers can be put away, at least for now. The Lakers are alive in their Western Conference semifinal series with the Oklahoma City Thunder after a jaw-dropping free-throw performance Friday night enabled them to hang on for a 99-96 victory.    The...

'Ring of Fire' during Monday's solar eclipse

New Delhi, May 19 — Sky gazers in parts of the world are up for a celestial treat Monday (May 21) when an annular solar eclipse takes place - a rare event in which the sun will appear as a thin ring behind the moon. However, in India it will only be visible in the northeastern states. An annual solar...

Facebook stock debut isn't as friendly as expected

NEW YORK — It was barely a "like" and definitely not a "love" from Facebook investors as the online social network's stock failed to live up to the hype in its trading debut Friday. One of the most highly anticipated IPOs in Wall Street history ended on a bland note, with Facebook's stock closing...

Will Smith slaps journalist who tried to kiss him

MOSCOW (AP) – Hollywood star Will Smith has slapped a male television reporter who tried to kiss him before the Moscow premiere of Men in Black III.Sponsored Links adsonar_placementId=1549621;adsonar_pid=2624768;adsonar_ps=0;adsonar_zw=245;adsonar_zh=250;adsonar_jv='ads.adsonar.com'; The reporter...