"Iron Man" gets heavy start at box office
 "Iron Man," the latest Marvel comics title brought to the big screen, grossed an estimated $32.5 million from its first full day in North American theaters, independent box office analysts reported on Saturday. People:[Gwyneth Paltrow] 2008-05-03 Hundreds flee wildfire burning in foothills near Los Angeles
An early season wildfire slowly chewed its way through dense brush near Los Angeles on Sunday, forcing more than 1,000 people from homes in the foothills. Nations:[U.S.] 2008-04-27 Megan Fox crowned sexiest woman in the world
Actress Megan Fox was named the world's sexiest woman on Wednesday by an annual online poll, while the world's most Googled woman, Britney Spears, barely scraped in at No. 100 after a shocker of a year. Nations:[U.S.] People:[Megan Fox][Elisha Cuthbert][Victoria Beckham][Blake Lively][Lauren Conrad][Jessica Alba] 2008-04-24 With gas hitting record highs, drivers feeling squeezed
Cabbies here complain their take-home pay is thinner than it used to be. Trucking companies across the country are making drivers slow down to conserve fuel. Filling station owners plead that really, really, the skyrocketing prices aren't their fault. Nations:[U.S.] Activities:[2007 Oil Price Crisis] 2008-04-22 Protesters take CNN to task over Cafferty's remarks
Chinese-Americans rallied outside CNN's Hollywood office on Saturday to demand the firing of commentator Jack Cafferty for calling China's goods "junk" and its leaders a "bunch of goons and thugs." Nations:[U.S.] Activities:[2008 Cafferty Racist Remark] 2008-04-20 'The Warlords' dominates Hong Kong film awards
 Historical epic "The Warlords" dominated the Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday scooping eight gongs including best film and best actor in martial arts star Jet Li. People:[Siqin Gaowa][Johnnie To][Peter Chan][Ang Lee][Chow Yun-fat][Andy Lau] Activities:[2008 HK Film Awards] 2008-04-13 Charlton Heston dead at 84
Charlton Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing "Ben-Hur" and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in movie epics of the '50s and '60s, has died. He was 84. Nations:[U.S.] People:[Charlton Heston] 2008-04-05 Clintons made $109 million since 2000
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and former President Clinton made nearly $109 million since they left the White House, capitalizing on the world's interest in the former first couple and lucrative business ventures. Nations:[U.S.] People:[Bill Clinton][Hillary Clinton][Barack Obama][John McCain] Activities:[US Election 2008] 2008-04-05 Obama raises $40 million in March
Sen. Barack Obama, second to none in the race for campaign cash, raised more than $40 million in March and boosted his vast network of donors to nearly 1.3 million, the campaign announced Thursday. Nations:[U.S.] People:[Barack Obama][Hillary Clinton] Activities:[US Election 2008] 2008-04-03 TV, film actors' unions sever ties
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Unions representing film and television actors will negotiate separately with producers in upcoming contract talks after board members of the TV actors union voted Saturday to sever a long-standing agreement between the two guilds. Nations:[U.S.] People:[Robert De Niro][Meryl Streep][George Clooney][Tom Hanks] 2008-03-30 "Lust, Caution" actress banned in China
 Lust, Caution" star Tang Wei has been banned in the Chinese media because of the sexual nature of her performance in director Ang Lee's steamy drama, according to local press reports. Nations:[Hong Kong] People:[Tang Wei][Ang Lee][Tony CW Leung] 2008-03-09 8 wounded in Los Angeles street shooting
Police are searching for a gunman who wounded eight people at a busy South Los Angeles bus stop and are trying to figure out why he opened fire into a crowd of children and adults. Nations:[U.S.] 2008-02-28
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