Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins says his experience directing a play based on George Orwell's "1984" has prompted a life choice as personal as it is political: He's living without a TV.
Prosecutors announced Wednesday that they will no longer pursue the death penalty against former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal, meaning he will spend the rest of his life in prison for gunning down a white police officer nearly 30 years ago.
The Wall Street protest against economic inequality has a chaotic and complicated relationship with media that has helped spread its message across the world from a small Manhattan park.
As the nearly monthlong Occupy Wall Street protests have grown, they've attracted the support of celebrities.
A large oak tree that played a key role near the end of "The Shawshank Redemption" was heavily damaged during a storm last week.
A storm has destroyed half of an Ohio oak tree that played a key role near the end of "The Shawshank Redemption."
Standing on the soundstage where Fred Astaire once danced and Dorothy skipped down the yellow brick road, Morgan Freeman accepted the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award.
A provocative documentary screened Tuesday at the Cannes Film Festival argues that the human and environmental devastation of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has been covered up by authorities eager to return to business as usual.
Actor-director Tim Robbins' mother, musician Mary Robbins, has died. She was 78.
