LOS ANGELES

The P180 Avanti II is striking. Even stationary on the tarmac, the plane from Italian aerospace company Piaggio Aero looks like it will rise into the air with the slightest breath of breeze, a magnificent Roc ready to take to the skies and transport its travelers to wondrous lands, or the Essex County Airport in Caldwell, New Jersey, in other circumstances.

Electronic Arts unveiled Madden NFL '13, among other offerings, at a pre-E3 news conference in Los Angeles Monday. The game will feature a new engine and add a slew of social features.

The Devils need a win in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals.

It?s the biggest week of the year for video game fanatics?the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo begins tomorrow June 5. The three-day-long developers? conference will run through Thursday, and will showcase what 2012 means for the video game industry.

Fans have finally caught their first lengthy look at the new ?Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.? At Microsoft?s 2012 E3 press conference, gameplay footage was unveiled before the massive audience a day ahead of the event?s official start.

Emmy-award winning actress Kathryn Joosten, who played Karen McCluskey on ABC's Desperate Housewives, died Saturday after a battle with lung cancer. She was 72.

Nintendo has made its first official unveil ahead of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, set to kick off on June 5th in Los Angeles. On June 3rd, the gaming company revealed the name of a component to its upcoming next-generation console , the Wii U. The gaming system?s tablet-esque controller will be called the Wii U GamePad, according to PCMag.

Move over, George Clooney. The Obama campaign is taking full advantage of star power from two famous fashion icons to raise money, an effort being mocked by the Republican Party as pretentious and out of touch.

Shailene Woodley, the up-and-coming star of The Descendants, took home the Best Breakthrough Performance Golden Popcorn at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards. During her acceptance speech, which was presented by Spiderman-3 stars Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield, Woodley might have looked calm, cool and collected, but later on revealed that it was a little more nerve-wrecking than it might have seemed.

A Southern California native has been dubbed American French Fry Brother by Chinese Internet mavens, after photos of the student, Jason Loose, buying French fries for a homeless woman in Nanjing, went viral a month ago.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad appeared in person Sunday to deny that his forces were responsible for the Houla massacre.

Neil Patrick Harris and fiancé David Burtka let Oprah Winfrey into their home to meet their twins, Gideon and Harper, who the couple revealed were born via surrogate, while also discussing the How I Met Your Mother star's struggle with his sexuality.

Police have revealed 911 calls made by witnesses to the brutal Miami cannibal attack over Memorial Day weekend. The recordings reveal that several people witnessed the incident that left victim Ronald Poppo without eyes, a nose or a mouth.

The Kings and Devils drop the puck on the Stanley Cup Finals game two tonight at 8 p.m. ET. The Kings lead 1-0.

Jason Babin's teammates are wondered about his safety while Running With the Bulls next month. Should they?

Mardy Fish was forced to withdraw from the French Open due to an irregular heartbeat.

Activision and Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella have reached an agreement, according to Game Informer. An attorney told the gaming news publication that a settlement among all parties, which includes Activision, Jason West, Vince Zampella and the Infinity Ward Employee Group, was reached on May 31. No further details have been disclosed.

Martin Short's wife, Nancy Dolman, died of ovarian cancer in August 2010. In an uncomfortable moment on the Today show yesterday, host Kathie Lee Gifford asked Short how his marriage was going with Nancy, unaware that she passed away nearly two years ago.

On June 1, ?Star Wars 1313? has been officially unveiled by LucasArts after a leak escaped to the Internet the previous night. The game will make its formal debut at the upcoming Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles next week.

Adam Levine might have already moved on from his Victoria's Secret model ex-girlfriend Anne Vyalitsyna by dating another model for the brand. Adam Levine was photographed at Mustard Seed Café on Thursday in Los Angeles with Behati Prinsloo, a 23-year-old Namibian Victoria's Secret model.

Sony considered a download-only format for its next-generation gaming console, but ultimately rejected the idea. The idea that a traditional disc tray could be excluded from one of the most anticipated consoles indicates the growing presence of online networks in the industry.