The top 10 books on Apple's iBooks
20, 2014:Top Paid Books1.Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - 9780307588388 - (Crown Publishing Group)2.Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult - 9780345544933 - (Random House Publishing Group)3.The Best of Me by...
View ArticleSpotify's Top 10 most streamed tracks
, from Monday, Oct. 13 to Sunday Oct. 19 via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and Spotify.UNITED STATES1. Taylor Swift, "Shake It Off" (Big Machine)2. Meghan Trainor, "All About That Bass" (Epic Records)3....
View ArticleSpotify's Top 10 most viral tracks
, from Monday, Oct. 13 to Sunday, Oct. 19 via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and Spotify.UNITED STATES1. Foo Fighters, "Something From Nothing" (RCA Records)2. Lil Dicky, "Lemme Freak" (Dirty Burd Ink)3....
View ArticleNot so fast cordcutters_cable's not going anywhere
Cord cutters rejoiced last week after HBO and CBS announced plans to sell stand-alone streaming services, a move that cable and satellite television providers have resisted for years. Customers tired...
View ArticleOil CEO in sad toll of famed plane crash victims
Christophe de Margerie, the charismatic CEO of Total SA whose silver handlebar earned him the nickname "Big Mustache," died late Monday at a Moscow airport when his private jet collided with a...
View ArticleCBS retained its Nielsen ratings crown last week
Nielsen says football scored half of the Top 10 slots in last week's ratings.NBC took first place with its Sunday night faceoff between San Francisco and Denver, and its pre-gamer took second...
View ArticleCBS retained its Nielsen ratings crown last week
Football scored half of the Top 10 slots in last week's Nielsen ratings.NBC took first place with its Sunday night faceoff between San Francisco and Denver, and the pregame took second place.CBS'...
View ArticleNielsen's top prime-time programs for Oct. 13-19
-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Oct. 13-19. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.1. NFL Football: San Francisco at Denver, NBC, 23.79 million.2. "Sunday Night NFL...
View Article40 years later, 'Power Broker' is standard reading
Carl Weisbrod was two years out of graduate school, planning a career in law, when a new book about municipal builder Robert Moses changed his life: Robert Caro's "The Power Broker.""It had a profound...
View ArticleDefense wants theater shooting trial postponed
Defense attorneys are asking a judge to push back the trial for the man charged in the Colorado movie theater shooting so they can have more time to review a doctor's sanity evaluation that included...
View ArticleToys R Us pulls 'Breaking Bad' dolls
Toys R Us is pulling its four collectible dolls based on characters from AMC's hit series "Breaking Bad" after taking heat from a Florida mom who launched a petition campaign last week.The dolls are...
View ArticleSting and his 'The Last Ship' star go home
The actors in Sting's musical "The Last Ship" have plenty of pressure these days. The show is making its Broadway debut. There are last-minute changes. And Sting is pacing in the darkness."I'm at the...
View ArticleNext Women's World Cup a big chance for US soccer
"U-S-A! U-S-A!" can rev up again next summer.And this time, they won't conflict with the workday.A year after the World Cup transformed millions of Americans into red-white-and-blue-wearing soccer...
View ArticleSurvey: Harassment a common part of online life
A new study confirms what many Internet users know all too well: Harassment is a common part of online life.The first-of-its-kind report by the Pew Research Center found that nearly three-quarters of...
View ArticleSteinbeck heirs fight over control of movie rights
John Steinbeck's heirs say a literary agency is wrongly cutting them out of negotiations over movie deals for the late Nobel Prize-winning author's books.Steinbeck's surviving son, Thomas Steinbeck,...
View ArticleNY court backs EMI over Duke Ellington royalties
The state's highest court on Thursday sided with EMI in the music publisher's dispute with Duke Ellington's heirs, but acknowledged global industry consolidation has made contracts like his much more...
View ArticleAMC enters joint venture to operate BBC America
AMC Networks Inc. says it will pay $200 million to acquire a stake in BBC America.The entertainment company known for shows such as "The Walking Dead" and "Mad Men" will have a 49.9 percent equity...
View ArticleAmazon's Golden Globes give it new credibility in Hollywood
Amazon.com Inc's success at Sunday's Golden Globe Awards may help it win over two key audiences: Hollywood's A-list talent and the shopping customers the retailer wants to join its Prime membership...
View ArticleIs this indeed Coca-Cola's secret formula?
The secret formula behind Coca Cola has probably been revealed.The secret formula, which is claimed to be publicly available since 1993, includes herbs like nutmeg, coriander, vanilla and cinnamon,...
View ArticleLeonardo Dicaprio 'obsessed' with dating app
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio reportedly loves using the dating app tinder to look for women and can't get enough of swiping through potential dates to see "who's out there"."Leo confessed that he was using...
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