LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
“The Karate Kid” has won a 1980s showdown at the box office against “The A-Team.”
The remake of 1984’s “Karate Kid” debuted at No. 1 for the weekend with a whopping $56 million. The big-screen adaptation of the 1980s TV series “The A-Team” came in at under half that, opening in second-place with…
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By Martin Rogers, Yahoo! Sports
JOHANNESBURG – Four years of anticipation could boil down to just 90 minutes on Saturday as the United States takes on England in the teams’ vital opening World Cup match.
A positive result against one of the world’s top teams would leave Bob Bradley’s U.S. squad on the verge of qualifying for…
By RAF CASERT, AP Sports Writer
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP)—A match between former champions produced an opening day World Cup dud, with France and Uruguay drawing 0-0.
Even if some of the tournament’s top stars—France’s Franck Ribery and Uruguay’s Diego Forlan—showed flashes, the fear of losing the opening game stifled both offenses.
The low point came…
By DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer
JOHANNESBURG (AP)—The first World Cup ever held in Africa opened Friday in a dazzling burst of joy, color and noise—and just a tinge of sadness.
Before a jubilant, horn-blowing crowd at Soccer City, the spectacular stadium between Johannesburg and Soweto, hundreds of African dancers in vivid greens, reds and yellows paraded…
JOHANNESBURG (AP)—Nelson Mandela canceled plans to attend the opening game of the 2010 World Cup Friday after his 13-year-old great-granddaughter was killed in a car crash.
The Nelson Mandela Foundation said Zenani Mandela, who became a teenager a few days ago, died in a one-car accident after attending Thursday evening’s World Cup kickoff concert at the…
The Roman Catholic Church in Scotland says singing sensation Susan Boyle will likely perform for Pope Benedict XVI on his tour of Britain later this year.
A spokesman said Thursday (June 10) that negotiations are still taking place, but Boyle is expected to sing at an open-air papal Mass in Glasgow's Bellahouston Park on Sept. 16.
Benedict's…
NEW YORK (AP) -- The 40-year-old son of former ABC News anchor Ted Koppel was found dead in an apartment in upper Manhattan, and the cause of death is being investigated, authorities said Tuesday.
Andrew Koppel was declared dead around 1:30 a.m. Monday in the apartment in the Washington Heights neighborhood, Detective John Sweeney said.
Ellen Borakove,…
LOS ANGELES – John Travolta and Kelly Preston are having a baby. The couple released a statement on their websites Tuesday saying that they "are expecting a new addition to our family."
Travolta's publicist, Paul Bloch, confirmed Wednesday that Preston is pregnant.
The 47-year-old actress and 56-year-old actor have a daughter, Ella, who is 10. The couple's…
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- These photos happened in Vegas but surely won't stay there.
Contestants in this year's Miss USA pageant stripped down to their lingerie for a racy photo shoot that's generating heated opinions on whether it's going too far in search of TV ratings.
A YouTube video of the photo shoot posted by the pageant…
Playboy 'readers' get 3-D centerfold in June issue
By DON BABWIN
Associated Press Writer
Playboy readers who can only imagine what it would look like if a centerfold jumped right off the page are getting new specs to help them see into Hef's world. The magazine's June edition hits newsstands Friday equipped with 3-D glasses. Now the toy…