Jimmy Stewart

A Republican senator seeking to block President Barack Obama's pick to lead the CIA over concerns about drone strikes on US soil completed a nearly 13-hour speaking filibuster early Thursday.

A Republican senator seeking to block President Barack Obama's pick to lead the CIA over concerns about drone strikes on US soil completed a nearly 13-hour speaking filibuster early Thursday.

A Republican senator seeking to block President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the CIA is vowing to speak as long as it takes to do so, citing concern about drone strikes on US soil.

Jim Parsons, who plays Sheldon on the CBS hit comedy 'The Big Bang Theory,' has ended years of speculation about his sexual orientation. Jim Parsons, who plays Sheldon on the CBS hit comedy The Big Bang Theory, has ended years of speculation about his sexual orientation. Parsons' low-key coming out is buried deep inside a profile published Wednesday by The New York Times. While referring to Parsons' previous role playing AIDS activist Tommy Boatwright in the Broadway production of The Normal Heart, the paper wrote: ?Mr Parsons is gay and in a 10-year relationship, and working with an ensemble again onstage was like nourishment, he said.? The 39-year-old Parsons did not elaborate on his decision to publicly confirm his sexuality. Parsons returns to the stage this summer, leading a Broadway cast in the revival of the comedy Harvey. In the play, Parsons plays Elwood P. Dowd, a character synonymous with Jimmy Stewart, who played Dowd on Broadway and in the 1950 film. ?People may not like m

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prolific character actor Harry Morgan, who appeared in more than 100 films but was best known for television roles including Colonel Sherman Potter in the popular series "M*A*S*H," died on Wednesday at his Los Angeles home, age 96.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prolific character actor Harry Morgan, who appeared in more than 100 films but was best known for television roles including Colonel Sherman Potter in the popular series "M*A*S*H," died on Wednesday at his Los Angeles home, age 96.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prolific character actor Harry Morgan, who appeared in more than 100 films but was best known for television roles including Colonel Sherman Potter in the popular series "M*A*S*H," died on Wednesday at his Los Angeles home, age 96.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prolific character actor Harry Morgan, who appeared in more than 100 films but was best known for television roles including Colonel Sherman Potter in the popular series "M*A*S*H," died on Wednesday at his Los Angeles home, age 96.

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Jason Segel is best known for starring on the hit TV show "How I Met Your Mother," and for comedies like "Bad Teacher" and "Forgetting Sarah Marshall."

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PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) - Like other directors, Miguel Arteta borrowed money to make his first movie, 1997's "Star Maps, which shown at the Sundance Film Festival and launched a career that included independent hits, "The Good Girl" and "Chuck and Buck."

WASHINGTON ? After four years playing heavy defense, Republicans have a chance to drive their policy through Congress. But before they hit the ground running on their rollback agenda, they're rewriting the rules of the game.

Frustrated Democrats seek ways to reduce ability to obstruct bills with filibusters. Senate Democrats have what they think may be a unique window of opportunity to tame the filibuster power that the Republican minority has used so effectively in recent years to foil the Democratic agenda.

`It's a Wonderful Life' museum opens in NY town some believe was model for Bedford Falls. For years, civic boosters have pointed out intriguing parallels that suggest Seneca Falls was the inspiration for Bedford Falls, the make-believe New York mill town in "It's a Wonderful Life."

`It's a Wonderful Life' museum opens in NY town some believe was model for Bedford Falls. For years, civic boosters have pointed out intriguing parallels that suggest Seneca Falls was the inspiration for Bedford Falls, the make-believe New York mill town in "It's a Wonderful Life."

In new book, Palin pans 'Idol,' praises 'Juno' and says JFK was no Mitt Romney on religion. In her new book, Sarah Palin takes on everything from "American Idol" to "American Beauty," revives talk of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and finds fault in JFK's famous religion speech, saying he "seemed to want to run away" from his faith.

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - The legal fight over whether the 2007 film "Disturbia" is a rip-off of an Alfred Hitchcock classic is far from being in the, um, rear window.

"It's true, but we have a very good prognosis. It should turn out just fine," manager Sue Cameron told AFP, after industry daily the Hollywood Reporter broke the news Tuesday.

The 77-year-old actress, who starred in Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 classic "Vertigo" with Jimmy Stewart, maintains her health by working out three times a week and horse-riding, Sue Cameron said.