CULTURE

A historic economic crisis has left Americans with plenty of things to worry about. But is inflation one of them? And is there a risk that fretting over higher prices may actually bring them about?

Tim Hart, a founding member of British folk-rock group Steeleye Span, has died of lung cancer, the band's record company said on Wednesday.

Michael Jackson's 1983 short movie Thriller, the song-and-dance horror flick that helped popularize television music videos, will live on in the U.S. National Film Registry.

British writer Ali Shaw drew inspiration from fairy tales for his debut novel and to magical effect, with The Girl With Glass Feet published to great acclaim.

Scottish singer Susan Boyle narrowly failed to claim honors for the year's best-selling album in the United States on Wednesday, but still has another sales week to wrest the title from country star Taylor Swift.

Can't make it to the dropping of the ball in New York City's Times Square on New Year's Eve? Don't worry, there might be one closer to home and far more interesting to boot.

It gained early success on the awards circuit, but the star-studded musical Nine will likely be pulled back from hundreds of smaller U.S. cities, after disappointing box office and lackluster reviews.

Singer Van Morrison became a father again on Monday at the age of 64 after his manager gave birth to a son he described as the spitting image of his daddy.

Nancy Meyers, the middle-aged men of America thank you.

One of the problems with financial mistakes is that they can go unnoticed for a long time before a crisis erupts. For example, one could spend many years undersaving for retirement only to discover at age sixty-five that one has not accumulated enough to afford a comfortable retirement.

Mary J. Blige will sing and Queen Latifah will take part in an all-star musical number when next week's People's Choice Awards ceremony kicks off the Hollywood awards season.

The groundbreaking sci-fi movie Avatar, Michael Jackson's death and Hollywood's $10 billion-plus box office record rank among the 2009 moments of significance recognized by the American Film Institute.

Perhaps executives toiling in the TV industry should get a pass given all the competitive distractions dwindling their audience, from video games to social networking. And yet, some of their decisions were so memorably boneheaded that we must celebrate these milestone mishaps. Let's start with...

Most of the time, when travelers are thinking about going to a foreign country in order to witness a particular festival celebration first-hand, they're thinking in terms of what festival will help them understand the culture better, or which ones have the most free-flowing alcohol. But if you're one of

Every four years, the World Cup, perhaps the most popular sporting even in the world, draws in hundreds of thousands of fans from around the globe. Next year, South Africa will become the first nation on the African continent to play host to soccer’s premier tournament. For travelers in search of an epic trip next year, consider joining the hundreds of thousands of soccer pilgrims set to make the...

The drummer with Avenged Sevenfold, a rising force in the heavy metal scene, died on Monday at his home in southern California, the group and authorities said.

In the summer of 1987, 19-year-old Mac McCaughan and his bandmates stumbled on an idea as old as rock 'n' roll itself.

The Twilight vampire franchise topped a survey of 2009 moviegoers' favorites, but film fans were divided over whether they loved or hated this year's Transformers sequel.

Former supermodel Tyra Banks said on Monday she is ending her Emmy-award winning TV daytime talk show in the spring of 2010.

The 3-D extravaganza Avatar ruled the worldwide box office for a second weekend on Sunday, while the latest exploits of Alvin and the Chipmunks and Sherlock Holmes helped set a North American sales record.

Actor Charlie Sheen, star of the hit sitcom Two and a Half Men, has been released from jail in the Colorado ski resort city of Aspen after his Christmas Day arrest on domestic violence charges, police said.

Pumping beats, lively atmosphere and fine sand under your feet always set you in the mood for some partying on the beach. From Rio de Janeiro to Ibiza, these stunning beaches not only sizzle with heat during the day, but also dazzle you with bright lights and cocktails by night.

The fasten seat belt light goes on. Finally, you think, after nine hours of flying I'll be soon setting foot on ground in Kingston, the capital of Jamaica. Your legs started to hurt two hours ago, your ass is numb, you're tired and you're about to kill that little crying bastard in front of you. All you can think of is getting out of this damn airplane. The sooner the better.

The former supermodel, Tyra Banks, is ending her talk show after five seasons according to reports from PEOPLE.

These messages have come from my neighbors, from people all over Switzerland and from beyond Switzerland -- from across the world, the Oscar-winning film director wrote in an open letter published on the website of French intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy.

Oscar winning actors Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins have split up after more than two decades together, Sarandon's representative said on Wednesday.

There's just no stopping Susan Boyle on the U.S. pop chart.

To hear veteran actor Jeff Bridges tell it, he had the time of his life in his new movie Crazy Heart playing a drunk -- and so far, no bad hangover.

It takes guts to stage an opera in a working man's pub in an Irish part of London, but the Cock Tavern Theater Company's production of Puccini's La Boheme, in English and updated for modern audiences, has audiences mesmerized.