CULTURE

The Chinese will be ringing in the Year of the Snake this weekend -- but a little differently than before.

A nanny in Staten Island was caught by a hidden camera as she hit a baby while she was trying to feed her.

Celebrities walked the runway for the Heart Truth Red Dress Collection at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York.

Next time you take your children down to Chuck E. Cheese, you might want to bring along a bulletproof vest or two for you and the kids, because you never know which other parent is carrying a gun.

A Colorado second-grader has been suspended for pretending to play with a grenade during a make believe game he called “rescue the world.”

Jodi Arias claimed that her slain ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander, had a "Bill Clinton view of sex" during her murder trial testimony.

Mama June, star of "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" alleges she lost more than 100 pounds since her family started filming their hit TLC reality show.

In the trailer for HBO's "Phil Spector," which premieres March 24, Al Pacino is seen wearing multiple wigs, much as Spector did during his trial.

Russian flight attendant Tatiana Kozlenko was recently fired after a photo of her giving the finger to a plane full of passengers. Kozlenko posted the photo on the Russian social networking site Vkontakte and found herself without a job after the depiction of her giving the finger went viral, according to the Huffington Post.

Strippers are employees of the club they work at, not independent contractors ruled the Kansas Supreme Court. This important distinction means strippers are eligible for unemployment.

Broke Casey Anthony might be doing porn so that the infamous "Tot Mom" can pay her bills.

PETA is criticizing Beyoncé Knowles for the outfit she wore during the Super Bowl halftime show, which was made with so-called exotic skins.

Donald Glover seems to be the overwhelming favorite to play Han Solo among "Star Wars" fans reacting to a new report that future spin-off films could include ones about the early lives of the iconic hero and the evil bounty hunter Boba Fett.

Three officers of the Miami-Dade police department have been fired while others have been suspended without pay.

Mardi Gras 2013 will take place on (Fat) Tuesday, Feb. 12. Here are 10 things to know before you start tossing beads.

Tonik is the latest dog celebrity of the Internet. Plucked from obscurity, Tonik is a Shih Tzu/Poodle mix that is available for adoption and, most importantly, is a dog that has a human face.

An “Asian-themed” party thrown by a fraternity has sparked protests at Duke University. The frat party, held off campus Saturday, had people dressed up as Asian stereotypes and an invitation that included “Chank You” and other language to represent broken English.

A 70-year-old high school basketball coach shot and killed a teen and injured a second teenager as they tried to rob him outside a Detroit High School.

In response to a Buzzfeed photo essay, praising Beyoncé’s Super Bowl halftime show performance, her publicist asked the website to remove several photos she deemed too unflattering.

Live stream footage of Jodi Arias taking the stand for the third time in the murder trial of Travis Alexander, her ex-boyfriend who she allegedly killed in self-defense.

According to an email leaked to Deadline, CBS has issued a “wardrobe advisory” for this Sunday’s 55th Annual Grammy Awards broadcast, banning any exposed female breasts, buttocks, buttocks' cracks, genitals, and … organization-boosting lapel pins.

Three people were killed, including two young children, during a shooting inside a Denver home on early Wednesday morning.

A 9-year-old girl gave birth in Mexico, and the father of the newborn is being sought by authorities after running away.

Kim Kardashian quickly removed an image of a diamond-encrusted gun from her Twitter page after fans expressed their distaste following the Sandy Hook massacre.

"Illness," a planned short film by Jonathan Bucari, makes references to the Sandy Hook school shootings but is not a reenactment of the massacre, as some were led to believe by news outlets.

The map, put together by California Rail Map, combined existing proposals from several US high-speed rail advocacy groups.

"Side Effects" and “The Grandmaster" are among the most anticipated films set to debut at the 2013 Berlin Film Festival.

You don’t have to cross the Pacific to enjoy the 2013 Chinese New Year celebrations honoring the Year of the Snake.

Nancy Gonzalez isn’t the first prison guard accused of becoming pregnant or impregnating an inmate.