Close on the heels of winning the Best Film award at the 67th British Academy Film Awards on Feb. 16, the epic drama "12 Years a Slave" won the top honors at the 45th annual NAACP Image Awards held in Pasadena, Calif., Saturday.
John Boehner, speaker of the House of Representatives, just purchased a luxurious condo in an exclusive area in Marco Island, Fla., for $835,000 on Feb. 11, giving rise to speculations that the Ohio Republican is planning to retire at the end of the current Congress.
The proposal to divide California, the third largest and most populated state in the United States, into six smaller regions has received the green light to advance toward the ballot box, according to several news reports.
Scientists have found the oldest piece of earth in the history of mankind. The zircon rock that dates back to 4.4 billion years was found in a sheep ranch in the Jack Hills area of Australia, according to several news reports.
Philip Seymour Hoffman, the Oscar-winning actor who passed away recently, wanted his son to grow up either in New York City, San Francisco or Chicago, according to the late actor's will.
The winning ticket of the $425 million Powerball lottery, one of the largest lotteries in the history of the United States, was sold at the Dixon Landing Road Chevron station in Milpitas, Calif., according to several news reports.
An interesting sign board that reads ‘Apartment Not Haunted’ by Shelnutt Real Estate in New Orleans caught George Takei, the ‘Star Trek’ actor’s fancy, who posted it on his Facebook fan page. The post has garnered massive public attention with as many as 124,689 likes and 24,227 shares on the social networking website.
With 11.3 million viewers, Jimmy Fallon makes a stupendous debut at "The Tonight Show". Jimmy Fallon's debut as the host of NBC's "The Tonight Show" on Monday wracked in more than 11 million viewers, the biggest audience for any debut show in the last five years.
Android device prices have been dropping like a rock over the last four years, as seen in newly released information by the International Data Corporation.