Jem Stansfield, a BBC presenter, will drive from London to Manchester to test an experimental car, which runs on coffee...

An experiment conducted by a BBC documentary team has proven that even if the "Underwear Bomber" had exploded his device on Christmas day, 2009, the Airbus A330 would have...

TBS is 4-for-4, lifting the contingency on the last of its four hourlong pilots, "In Security," after casting Constance Zimmer and Kat Foster as the leads. Additionally, Malcolm McDowell has...

"Avatar" -plus. James Cameron and Fox are in discussions about rereleasing "Avatar," primarily in 3D theaters, in late summer -- and, tantalizingly, with additional scenes that had been left on...

In his first regular TV series role, Jon Voight has signed on as a lead in Fox's drama pilot "Midland." David Keith also landed co-starring role on the pilot, directed by Marc Webb. ...

to acquire a majority stake in NBC Universal, and this time WGA West president John Wells was there to disparage the proposal. Distressed over the prospect that the acquisition would create a ...

Pay cable networks Showtime and Starz have lined up a slew of theatrical movies through separate output deals with Disney-ABC Domestic TV. Showtime has inked a pact for as many as 35 films from...

"Asia is growing up." Those are the words of Thailand's Chookiat Sakveerakul, and they are certainly true when it comes to the entertainment sector. The expansion of Asian entertainment is...

TORONTO — The sale of Canwest Global Communications Corp.'s publishing division, which includes Canada's largest English-language daily newspaper chain, has attracted the interest of some of the...

Charging online readers will give The New York Times a critical second revenue stream but the print newspaper will be important for "many years to come", publisher Arthur Sulzberger says.Sulzberger,...

Four months after she was brought in as chief creative officer at OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, 15-year Harpo Prods. veteran Lisa Erspamer has rearranged the upstart’s development executive...

House Republicans agreed Thursday to a one-year ban on all earmarks, and Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, is not happy about it. He didn't support the decision by his caucus, said spokeswoman Meredith...

ESPN/ABC will today announce a sort of 21st-century update of a 20-century concept: Saturday afternoon network sports shows, that do not include big events, in the old time slot of ABC's Wide World...

Your Face on Meth? A New Anti-Drug Program This sudden and tragic death, known as Sudden Sniffing Death Syndrome, can occur even with a teen's first time sniffing. "I didn't know she was...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday laid out plans to help U.S. businesses double their export sales and add what he said would be 2 million more jobs at home during the next 5...

offer mobile device users inventory checks on local stores, allowing them to see if products are available. The program has already enlisted some key retailers including Sears, Best buy,...

shortlist of nominees for its second annual awards show to take place on April 20 in Valencia, Spain. The awards show, of which Advertising Age is a sponsor, is part of the three-day festival that...

Bollywood stars Kareena Kapoor and Aamir Khan began using Bubbly and talking about it ahead of the premiere of their hit film 'Three...

Former WMA top reality agent John Ferriter has lined up his next gig following the acrimonious divorce with WME shortly after last year's merger of WMA and Endeavor. In somewhat of a surprise,...

More Photos The cute little girl grew into a beautiful young woman who was popular, athletic and no different from anyone else in her neighborhood. At 18, she was 5 feet 8 and weighed 140 pounds --...

TOPEKA — In January, sales tax increases, eliminating sales tax exemptions and increasing sin taxes found only tepid support among lawmakers. That's changing.The transformation is partially...

March 11 (Bloomberg) -- New York Times Co. won’t be sold or split apart and the company is “delighted” to have billionaire Carlos Slim as an investor, Chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr....

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- In a big week for agency departures in Europe, Matias Palm-Jensen, creative heavyweight and founder of Swedish digital agency Farfar, quit the shop, a cornerstone of Aegis...

Saturday Night Live " nowadays. At 8:45 p.m., I retire to the bedroom armed with the sexy accoutrements of advancing age -- bifocals, a glass of warm milk, the latest Brokaw opus on "The Greatest...

Let's take a quick, one-question quiz together. Marketers need news brands: A. less than before B. about the same C. more than before First, bonus points to anyone who answered D, "Who the...

VH1 is teaming with Chad Ochocinco for a dating reality show. The Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver will appear in a show that applies a sports bracket-style system to a dating show. In "The ...

Seventeen-year-old Bebe tells "World News"' Diane Sawyer about how her face was mutilated by her Taliban husband for running away to escape his beatings. She and other battered woman have sought...

Florida's unemployment rate rose to 11.9 percent in January, tying the highest rate ever recorded in the state, and the number of out-of-work Floridians stood at 1.1 million, the state labor...

JetBlue employee Morgan Johnston took this photo of the people who showed up in the Financial District when the airline launched an ambitious campaign to give away free tickets by telling Twitter...

Microsoft's Bing grabbed 11.5 percent of all search queries in the U.S. in February, slightly higher than its 11.3 percent share the prior month, according to the latest figures from ComScore. Yahoo,...

Coca-Cola Co's leading Japanese canned coffee brand Georgia has a Georgia Max Coffee version full of sugar and caffeine that enjoys a particular affinity with the extreme sports scene. Extreme sports...

At our agency, the traditional approach to employee recruitment and evaluation is dead. We're firm believers that today's businesses -- small or big companies, organizations or agencies like ours --...

Starz is extending its licensing agreement with Walt Disney Studios through 2015, giving the network access to titles from Marvel, Touchstone, Disney-Pixar and other divisions of the company. ...

"Golden Girls" actress Betty White will host NBC's "Saturday Night Live" for the first time in her seven-decade career during May sweeps. The six-time Emmy winner will take the stage live from...

In this photo taken Feb. 28, 2010, the Kansas City Board of Education building, located near the Sprint Center, is seen from McGee Street, in Kansas City, Mo. Sale of the building would help as the...

There's a certain justice in the fact that during the same week the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., agreed to hear a case involving Kansas hate-monger Fred Phelps, the first gay couples were...

PC market leader , is embarking on a new effort designed to juice up its image among people who may see it only as a traditional printer manufacturer. Developed by the ad...

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Coke may be the official sponsor of the FIFA World Cup in South Africa, but Pepsi's 2.5-minute "Oh Africa" is the first World Cup ad to make the viral chart, and portends well...

NEW YORK — For the want of a better two-second picture of a tachometer, ABC News has called into question its reporting on acceleration problems with Toyota vehicles. The network's handling of...

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera is urging citizens along the coast to move quickly to higher ground following five strongly felt aftershocks, including the biggest since last month's 8.8-magnitude...

health care bill, but serious questions remain as to whether the final legislation can be passed by President Obama's deadline of March 18, when he departs for Indonesia and...

At some point in the next week, President Obama is expected to announce whether he's decided to backtrack on his decision to try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the self-admitted mastermind of the 9/11...

Bowl through 2018. According to a release, the 2011 Capital One Bowl will be shown on ESPN Jan. 1 and may be simulcast on ESPN360.com and ESPN Mobile TV. William T. Dymond, president, CEO and...

Opera Software, the chief complainant in the European Commission browser case against Microsoft, will not be pushing for a similar action in the Asia-Pacific region. The Mozilla Foundation's Open to...