"Battleship" is a special-effects-heavy movie invented to extend the brand of a commercial board game -- suitable for ages 7 and up! -- in which two players move imaginary boats around a simple grid.
International audiences stay on the edge of their seats with Hollywood special effects. CNN's Ralitsa Vassileva reports.
For 50 years the environmental movement has unsuccessfully argued that we should save the planet for moral reasons, that there were more important things than money. Ironically, it now seems it will be money -- through the economic impact of climate change and resource constraint -- that will motivate the sweeping changes necessary to avert catastrophe.
Writer Paul Gilding says "the world is full" and explains how to deal with the coming crisis.
Most New Yorkers believe the city's police act appropriately in dealing with Muslims, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday.
The U.S. Navy rescued a survivor from an Iranian cargo vessel that sank in the Persian Gulf, killing at least three other crew members, the military said Sunday.
Forensic anthropologist Dr. Robert Mann shows how a photo and a skull can help identify the remains of U.S troops.
President Barack Obama has now done what every president since Franklin D. Roosevelt has done -- visited the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
For 70 years, survivors of the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor have captivated listeners with their firsthand accounts, recalling buddies who died in their arms or the glasses worn by a low-flying Japanese pilot.
Survivors mark the 70th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack amid dwindling ranks. CNN's Greg Black reports.
Survivors of the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor gathered Wednesday to remember the 2,400 people who lost their lives exactly 70 years ago.
Nearly seven decades after the attack on Pearl Harbor, thousands of Japanese-American World War II veterans were honored Wednesday at a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony held at the U.S Capitol.
Out of sheer boredom, Susumu Ito, in World War II, became a forward artillery observer, one of the most dangerous jobs available.
On November 2, Lt. Susumu Ito with other members of the 442nd RCT will be honored with a Congressional Gold Medal.
(MNN) The last time I checked in with SolarCity was back in June when underwater hockey enthusiast Lyndon Rive's San Mateo, California-based photovoltaic powerhouse had just received a whopping $280 million investment from that tiny-teeny, obscure search engine company known as Google.
One day there will be no one alive who remembers.
For 50 years, environmentalists have argued we should save the planet for moral reasons, that there were more important things than money. But it will be the economic impact of climate change and resource limits that will motivate the sweeping changes necessary to avert catastrophe.
When most people go to Hawaii, they head to the beach to relax and get a tan. Sarah Vowell locks herself in historical libraries.
The once-comatose MTV host has "crawled out of a deep hole," his mom says
Retired Justice John Paul Stevens expressed support Thursday for a planned Islamic community center near the site of the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York, urging religious and ethnic tolerance.
ISTANBUL -- I met Boris Stankovic, former secretary general of FIBA and the man who pushed the idea of NBA players being allowed to participate in the Olympics, in the ornate lobby of the Swissotel here Thursday morning. (The Swissotel is Stankovic's quarters for the FIBA World Championship, not mine.)
"It's like building a Japanese garden at Pearl Harbor or a big swastika in Auschwitz."
America's Republicans are up-in-arms about a proposed building that is barely even a blueprint yet, because it will put a new mosque within walking distance of New York's Ground Zero.
Even as gaming begins to challenge television as a leading mass entertainment medium, the industry continues to struggle with the serialized model that's made broadcast programming a nightly must-see for many.
The first time my husband took me to Oahu, where he grew up and his family still lives, I was skeptical. My knowledge of the place didn't extend much beyond Don Ho and hula, and it all sounded a little kitschy for my taste. But after five days of seeing his version of the island -- hidden beaches, hikes that opened up to impossibly blue water, and a whole new genre of food -- I was so in love that we moved there a few months later.
Another wartime Christmas week has arrived.
My mother died last week. Mary Elizabeth Rollins was 91 and had lived a glorious and full life.
My mother died last week. Mary Elizabeth Rollins was 91 and had lived a glorious and full life.
My mother died last week. Mary Elizabeth Rollins was 91 and had lived a glorious and full life.
No offense to the nation's capital, but the landmarks of our heritage extend far beyond the District of Columbia.
John Finn was the first to earn the medal of honor in WWII fighting against the Japanese. CNN's Barbara Starr reports.
Dozens of America's greatest military heroes are gathered in Chicago, Illinois, possibly the last large gathering of living Medal of Honor recipients.
Well, good morning, or perhaps good afternoon. It's pretty clear the president served in the Senate and not in the House of Representatives, because, of course, in the House, we have the five-minute rule.
"I just had a little stomach bug," he says of his hospital visit. "I'm fine"
"He looked happy and was having fun,†says onlooker tells PEOPLE
But the actor's doctors are still running tests after his complaints about stomach pain, his rep tells PEOPLE
The actor is under observation after suffering a "flare-up" of a gastrointestinal problem
President George W. Bush gave a farewell speech to nation on Thursday night. The text of the speech follows:
It's over. Hard to believe -- since this presidential campaign has been going on in one form or another for something like two years. It's a campaign that has been wrapped in fear, vulnerability and stark emotion.
Two methods the federal government wants to use to find terrorists -- "data mining" and "behavior detection" -- are dubious scientifically and have "enormous potential" for infringing on law-abiding Americans' privacy, a consortium of scientists said.
Students will examine the historical significance of the September 11 attacks.
CNN's Susan Candiotti reports on the accuracy of an HBO movie on the 2000 election recount.
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A "conducted" tour through the world of soundtracks, musicals and musicians.
From "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" to "Can't Fight the Moonlight" and the Grammy-Award-winning "Because You Loved Me," Diane Warren's songs have been recorded by platinum artists, sold millions of copies worldwide and appeared in blockbusters like "Coyote Ugly," "Armageddon," "Pearl Harbor" and "Licence to Kill." CNN spoke to her about her inspiration, her memories and songwriting for the movies.
Viewpoint: On the 70th anniversary of Japan's brutal occupation of China's then-capital, it's time to work toward reconciliation
A day of infamyupdated: Fri Dec 07 2007 13:29:00
The attack on Pearl Harbor changed America on December 7, 1941. CNN's Carl Azuz reports.
CNN's Fritz Nivose has your latest forecast in the international weather update.
Typhoon Wipha, with wind gusts up to 185 mph (298 kph), forced schools and businesses in Taiwan to close Tuesday as it churned toward the central Chinese coast.
The SBX radar may look like a Bond-movie spoof, but its backers say it can protect the U.S. against missile attack. If they can get the kinks worked out
Never mind the hearings on detainee rights. The Supreme Court has already stepped in where Congress failed to act
At times in U.S. history when immigration and labor laws treated them as second-class citizens, and stereotypes and prejudices flourished, some Asian-Americans found the courage to challenge discrimination in its institutionalized and informal forms. Others gave voice to untold stories from their native countries. Here is a small selection of Asian-American pioneers.
Wham! Pow! Zap! Argh! To celebrate the launch of the ultimate battle movie, 300, we've compiled a list of our favorite on-screen battle scenes -- and the ones which really made us cringe.
Climb into the cockpit of more than 50 authentic World War II aircraft, including the famous P-51 Mustang and British Spitfire, in Ubisoft's "Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII" for the Sony PlayStation 3.
Here's what I would do if I were President Bush following last week's blunt assessment by the Iraq Study Group. I would immediately call a press conference and say, "I accept the commission report in its entirety and will begin to implement it immediately."
Jerry Bruckheimer does not laugh.
Remains of a U.S. Navy sailor who was listed as missing in action after Japan's 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor have been identified and will be returned to his family, the Department of Defense said.
President Bush on Wednesday gave the second of four speeches outlining his strategy for victory in Iraq, focusing on efforts to rebuild the war-torn country and its economy.
Congressman Curt Weldon, R-Pennsylvania, says a military intelligence unit called Able Danger identified four September 11 hijackers in 2000, more than a year before those attacks.
In what the White House promoted as "a major speech," President George W. Bush compared the struggle against terrorism to the Cold War, "Islamo-fascism" to communism and the fugitive cave-dweller Osama bin Laden to Adolf Hitler.
"'Deep Throat' was less about the joys of oral sex than it was about the freedom to speak out against shame and hypocrisy," says narrator Dennis Hopper in "Inside Deep Throat," a graphic documentary about the notorious 1972 porn film.
Love him or hate him -- there doesn't seem to be any middle ground -- Michael Bay's movies make big bucks. Even the nearly unwatchable "Pearl Harbor" made $198 million dollars. Action junkies, i.e. adolescent boys (Hollywood's favorite demographic), swarm to his films.
Following is a transcript of a speech on fighting terrorism President Bush delivered Tuesday at the National Defense University.
The U.S. Navy submarine accident that killed one sailor and injured 24 others occurred when the vessel -- traveling at high speed -- hit an undersea mountain head-on, Pentagon officials said Monday.
U.S. Coast Guard and military aircraft Saturday are en route to the western Pacific, where a nuclear attack submarine ran aground, injuring at least 20 crew members -- one critically, U.S. Navy sources said.
If some extremist group commits an act of terrorism on U.S. soil, what would happen to the stock market?
The following is a partial transcript of the debate between President Bush and Sen. John Kerry held Thursday night at the University of Miami. The topic of the debate is foreign affairs, and the moderator is Jim Lehrer of PBS:
Kerry over? Not.updated: Mon Sep 13 2004 11:34:00
Back before becoming a syndicated wise guy, I was lucky enough to work in political campaigns, including three presidential races, where you can learn an awful lot in a large hurry about human nature.
Barack Obama, who is running for the U.S. Senate from Illinois, gave the keynote speech Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention. This is a transcript of his remarks.
In dedicating the World War II Memorial, President Bush addressed more than 140,000 people who had gathered on Washington's National Mall.
President Bush is a man of tremendous resolve. In a test of wills, he usually prevails. When someone else prevails, it's not just a surprise -- it's also the political Play of the Week.
Psst--hey, over here. Didya hear about the spy museum opening in downtown D.C.? We paid a visit last month, even though construction was still going on and a museum spokeswoman said there was reall...
Fortune: 9.11.01updated: Mon Oct 01 2001 00:01:00
The phrase "enemies of capitalism" is one the post-war generations grew up with, but even during the bitterest of the Cold War years it never seemed to be much more than an ideological handle, a co...
Fortune: Mergersupdated: Mon Sep 03 2001 00:01:00
Pearl Harbor, Roseanne, the Soviet Union: Bigger isn't always better. According to a recent report by Booz-Allen & Hamilton, megacorporations are no exception. The study found that only 55% of larg...
Money Magazine: Disney At A Discountupdated: Sat Sep 01 2001 00:01:00
While Disney's film Pearl Harbor has roped in $327 million so far, this hasn't been enough to distract investors from various problems facing the Mouse. With advertising slowing, first-quarter reve...
Fortune: Hits--Or Misses?updated: Mon Jun 25 2001 00:01:00
When Salomon Smith Barney analyst Jill Krutick upgraded Disney, citing the "psychological impact" of Pearl Harbor, it raised more than a few eyebrows. After all, can one movie, even a blockbuster, ...
Patrick Buchanan likes to hurl the words ''America First'' as if they were his own. They aren't. Every time he says them, he probably should pay royalties to the coiner of the phrase and founder of...
During Bush's trip to Japan, the heads of America's Big Three automakers met for more than two hours with their Japanese counterparts, the CEOs of Japan's Big Five. Did either side win converts? Ju...
Speaking as FORTUNE's expert on luck, and as the only writer around here who ever wrote a 5,282-word article called ''Luck and Careers'' (November 16, 1981), we would say that George Bush and Joe D...
TV will get weirder and weirder, because people have stopped watching it. They rent videos, they watch cable. To compete, network TV will have to become less middle-of-the-road. I mean, I've been o...
Life is not simple, nor is death. Four years ago, at the age of 85, Estelle Browning of Dunedin, Fla. declared, in a document called a living will, that she did not want her life artificially prolo...
Fortune: NOW HEAR THIS updated: Mon Apr 10 1989 00:01:00
WARREN BUFFETT, 58, billionaire investor and avid consumer of Cherry Coke, on his $1.2 billion investment in Coca-Cola: ''I'm putting my money where my mouth is. Our favorite holding period is fore...
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