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Michael Douglas, Bill Murray and Bruce Willis are just a few of stars to move from a life on television to a successful film career.

Republican Mark Sanford's campaign for South Carolina's open House seat was slumping two weeks ago when he gambled on a stunt many at the time ridiculed: He "debated" a life-size poster-photo of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

As if the race for South Carolina's open House seat wasn't colorful enough already. Republican candidate Mark Sanford, who, while serving as the state's governor in 2009, was caught in a bizarre extramarital affair, held a "debate" Wednesday with a life-size poster-photo of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
In a week when North Korea posted a homemade video showing the U.S. Capitol building being destroyed by a missile, what more logical response could Hollywood offer than a macho thriller about a Secret Service agent who takes on North Korean terrorists who attack the White House? The first of two similarly themed action dramas set for this year ("White House Down" arrives in June), "Olympus Has Fallen" will put to the test the question of whether American audiences are ready, 12 years after 9-11, to watch, strictly as disposable popcorn entertainment, a film in which the United States and some of its most prominent landmarks are devastated by foreign terrorists.

Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood has joined the ranks of about 130 conservatives that have called on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a law that bans same-sex marriage in California.
Brandt Snedeker sat alone at the far end of a bar in Carmel called A.W. Shucks _ the perfect name for an oyster bar and the perfect spot for a Tennessee golfer with a mop of strawberry blond hair and an innocent, freckled face that belies how fiercely he wants to win.

Super Bowl ads seem unusually long? Blame Chrysler. For the second year in a row, the car maker led the trend for epic-length advertisements — this time, with a two-minute nod to the military.
Super Bowl ads this year morphed into mini soap operas.

The Hollywood hero who boosted Republican morale during the 2012 presidential election campaign remains an all-American favorite.

Leave it to Barack Obama to come into his inaugural weekend with a bang, and not just on guns. He's made it clear that he intends more spending, more regulation, more radical appointees and less national defense in his second term.

Klaus Kinski's eldest daughter claims the late German actor raped her when she was a child, showering her with gifts as he used her as a "sex object," according to an interview published Thursday.
Klaus Kinski's eldest daughter claims the late German actor raped her when she was a child, showering her with gifts as he used her as a "sex object," according to an interview published Thursday.

It's official: From presidential campaign politics to a world gone "Gangnam Style," 2012 was the most dubious year yet.

The person behind one of the country's fastest-growing animal rescues can't even vote yet. And neither can most of the people leading its 10 chapters across the nation.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has named its newest Miss Golden Globe.
As Mr. Eastwood astutely pointed out, "They are there."
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘Silent majority’ will speak out in November →
In reality, Mr. Eastwood was describing "the silent majority," a term coined by President Nixon years ago.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘Silent majority’ will speak out in November →