CULTURE

After issuing a press release declaring their intention to protest the funeral of Internet activist Aaron Swartz, members of the Westboro Baptist Church were nowhere to be found outside the ceremony on Tuesday.

Season 12 of "American Idol" premiered to the lowest ratings for a season premiere of the franchise. Is the Minaj and Carey feud to blame?

Exclusive new details about the fifth Strokes album have been provided to the International Business Times a day after a Seattle radio station posted a teasing Facebook post about "All The Time," a new single by the band which has reportedly been provided, along with another track from the forthcoming LP, to the radio station by RCA Records.

As a professor at Florida Atlantic University, James Tracy teaches media studies, and, due to the controversy surrounding his conspiracy theory, his job may soon be in jeopardy.

The family of a man allegedly gunned down on a Hollywood street is asking celebrity website TMZ to remove graphic footage of the shooting. TMZ has so far not responded.

"Te'oing" may become the new "Tebowing" after picture about the duped linebacker Manti Te'o went viral.

Things aren’t looking so sunny for 95-year-old mob boss John “Sonny” Franzese after a federal appeals court upheld the New York mafia figure’s eight-year prison sentence on racketeering charges.

Rihanna releases cover art for her next single, "Stay," and it features Chris Brown amid reports she moved on with Matt Kemp.

Lance Armstrong discusses using performance-enhancing drugs with Oprah Winfrey on TV and live stream.

Beyoncé talks bedroom secrets with GQ as Entertainment Tonight releases a behind the scenes shoot of her February editorial.

Kim Kardashian is on the cover of Arab magazine 'Hai'; Addresses Beyonce feud rumors and ex-husband Kris Humphries.

Khloé Kardashian slammed tabloids for spreading "hurtful" divorce rumors about her marriage to Lamar Odom.

A woman who couldn't stop growing, Tanya Angus, has died at the age of 34.

The USS Guardian ran aground on the Tubattaha Reef on Wednesday night "during normal transit," it said.

New music by the Strokes has reportedly been released to a Seattle radio station, which said Wednesday it may leak the recording "soon."

There is plenty of anticipation for “The Canyons” although it may not be the type of attention a filmmaker wants. In the latest clip from the film, Lohan’s character is seen being abused by her co-star Deen and it seems like the intrigue for “The Canyons” lies in how trashy the movie will be.

Kathryn Bigelow is defending "Zero Dark Thirty" following implications that the film advocates torture.

Following an emergency order from the Federal Aviation Administration issued late Wednesday night, United States airlines are ordered to temporarily ground all Boeing 787 Dreamliners until the planes can be proven to safe. Earlier in the day, a Japanese 787 suffered a battery fire while in the air.

On Wednesday, Mother Jones published a list of the NRA's board members, pointing out that 87 percent are men. Meet the remaining 13 percent.

The FAA grounded Boeing's 787 Dreamliner passenger jet Wednesday afternoon, saying a recent series of safety scares required urgent action.

The Louisiana Science Education Act specifically names evolution among the topics singled out for supplemental critiques, along with global warming and cloning.

A surgeon is in trouble for leaving 16 items in a man who was set for what was supposed to be a routine operation. The man later died and his family is suing the hospital and seeking monetary compensation.

Kelly Ripa admits that her beauty secret is Botox.

James Tracy, the professor behind the Newtown conspiracy theory, has applied the same principle surrounding his Sandy Hook shooting theory, deliberate media orchestration, was at play during the Taft High School shooting that occurred last week. According to Tracy, the Taft shooting was supposed to be a drill until it “went live.”

An eighth-grade science teacher, fired after her porn past was exposed, may see her pay and benefits revoked at a board of trustees meeting today, according to officials from the Oxnard School District.

Amanda Bynes' new cheek piercing photos are taking the social media world by storm after the actress took to Tumblr to show off her shiny new facial accessory. The decision to let the world see her newest piece of bling has her back in the news for the first time after she was caught up in a driving snafu that left her facing two misdemeanor charges of driving on a suspended license.

'Teen Mom' Jenelle Evans new husband Courtland Rogers told Star magazine Wednesday that his wife is six-weeks pregnant with their first child together and due in September.

Johnny Depp confirmed that he will play Captain Jack Sparrow in the fifth installment of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, which is scheduled for release in July 2015.

Aaliyah would have turned 34-years old today. The singer was killed in 2001 in a plane crash.