Marketing an Oscar Win: How ‘Old Men’ Stole Best Pic Buzz
With just a few hours until the Academy Awards, “No Country for Old Men” has all but secured its status as front-runner for best picture. Yet only three months ago, “Atonement” was the Hollywood favorite.
They did not serve free popcorn for either film, and they did not change the endings. So what caused the […]
Oil edges over $115 a barrel
SINGAPORE (AP) — Oil prices moved above USD 115 a barrel Monday as the U.S. bucks lost some ground against the euro and the Japanese yen, making commodities more attractive to investors.
The conflict in Georgia is still influencing oil prices.
By midday in Europe, light, sweet crude for October delivery was up 63 cents to […]
JetBlue Terminal in New York Evacuated
NEW YORK A JetBlue terminal in New York was evacuated briefly Monday after reports of an suspicious package.
Passengers were evacuated from the terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport shortly before 8 a.m. EDT. Officials told FOX News that two World War II toy grenade paperweights were found in checked baggage.
The Right Health Insurance For Those In Their 20s
NEW YORK — About one in five adults age 19 to 29 do not have health insurance. If you fall in that category, you might think you do not need the extra expenditure — after all, you’re a young, strapping specimen of good health. But you’re not invincible.
Kiplinger magazine contributing editor Erin Burt says if […]
Charlize, Salma, Penelope: Domino Effect
There is Hollywood swinging, and then there is Hollywood swinging.
On a day that began in producer Robert Evans‘ fabled backyard and ended with Cameron Diaz singing along to “Another Brick in the Wall” at Drew Barrymore’s birthday party, Thursday night was marked by a ferocious round of something called “Hollywood Domino” in a banquet room […]
Engineering Society Accused of Covering Up Design Flaws
NEW ORLEANS The professional organization for engineers who build the nation’s roads, dams and bridges has been accused by fellow engineers of covering up catastrophic design flaws while investigating national disasters.
After the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center and the levee failures caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the federal government paid the American […]
Verizon Developing Faster File-Sharing Software
NEW YORK Peer-to-peer file sharing, the primary vehicle for online piracy, has been as unpopular with Internet service providers as it has been popular with users.
But Verizon Communications Inc. has broken ranks with the industry and is set to announce Friday that it plans to help its users share files faster - at least those […]
FOX411: Joni Mitchell’s 70s Suicide Attempt
This is no April Fool’s story: in the early 70s, singer-songwriter artist Joni Mitchell was so distraught about breaking off a romance with Jackson Browne that she attempted suicide.
It’s just another example of how the current crop of junior music celebs in Hollywood have nothing on the great rockers of the 70s.
Fingerprint Scanners Replace Punch Clocks
NEW YORK It’s happening at Dunkin’ Donuts, at Hilton hotels, even at Marine Corps bases: Employees are starting and ending their hours by pressing a hand or finger to an scanner that logs the precise time of their arrival and departure, and the information is automatically reflected in payroll records.
Citigroup selling German business for $7.7bn
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Banking giant Citigroup says it will sell its German retail banking operation and some of its affiliates to France’s Credit Mutuel, in USD 7.7 000 000 000 cash deal.
Citigroup is selling its German banking interests to help it return to profit in the future.
In an statement released Friday, Citigroup said […]
