X Factor shows free TV is dead

AFTER suffering  Biggest Loser , Australia's Got Talent , So You Think You Can Dance and Idol , I gave free-to-air TV one last chance with The X Factor .

Lisbon sex abuse trial ends after 6 years

LISBON, Portugal, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Judges in Portugal have convicted six people of rape and running a pedophile ring at a state-run home for needy children in a trial lasting nearly six years. Portugal - Pedophilia - Lisbon - Sexual abuse - Rape

Do as the Romans did, then overdo it again

With "Centurion'' slashing its way into select cinemas nationwide, now is as good a time as any to revisit some movies and TV shows set in ancient Rome and examine the recently energized, post-"Gladiator'' wave. Ancient Rome - Television - Rome - History - Ancient

BEN BOVA: It's only science fiction until technology catches up

It seems that whenever somebody disagrees with my opinion, they bring up the fact that I write science fiction.

Jack Black Calls 'Gulliver's Travels' A 'Powerful Gem'

In a long interview with MTV News, star talks about getting larger than life for the adaptation of Jonathan Swift's classic.

Profile: Diane Abbott

An outspoken veteran 1980s left-winger and a mass of contradictions, Diane Abbott was one of the first four black MPs to arrive on the Labour benches in 1987, and the first black woman.