Police say a taxi driver in a northern suburb of New York City is accused of stabbing a passenger during an argument that ended with the vehicle crashing into a tree. Authorities say the argument involved the route the cabbie was taking.
Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds stand under an umbrella in publicity portrait for the film 'Singin' In The Rain', 1952. The recently aired HBO documentary , "Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds," presents a bittersweet portrait of a complicated relationship between a mother and daughter who are different, yet alike a duo inextricably linked in life and, now, death.
Superstitious folks aren't getting 2017 off on the right foot, with the first of two "Friday the 13th" dates taking place in January. Many of the theories date back to times well before Jason Voorhees donned a hockey mask and started slashing up victims at Crystal Lake.
Maybe it's a just a sign of the Blumhouse-era horror-movie world we find ourselves in, but there's something refreshing about a scare flick that actually shows you its monster occasionally and gives you a definite reason to be afraid of it. Hiding things in shadows to enhance audience fears is fine, but franchises like Paranormal Activity have taken us way too far in the other direction, where both the scary thing and the stakes only really become apparent after about 70 minutes of bumps in the night, with 10 minutes of screen time remaining.
The 'Total Recall' star - who has 21-month-old son Silas with her husband Justin Timberlake - thinks he has probably inherited the "entertainment gene" but admits it is very "challenging being an artist". "It's such a challenging existence being an artist.
The newest movie villain to haunt your nightmares is a pasty demonic spirit who looks like Voldemort and dresses like the Grim Reaper. Stalking his victims, he jumps out of closets and photobombs their pictures, making them see things that aren't real, until they go mad with homicidal rage.
The origin of why Friday the 13th is considered such an unlucky day goes back hundreds of years and is shrouded in mystery. 1. For a start there is October 13, 1307, the date from where the modern basis for the Friday the 13th superstition is most likely to come from.
Though its origins are murky, the number 13 still has ominous overtones, especially when it pops up on a Friday. Some cultures cast Friday the 13th as a superstitious perfect storm, a combination of two already "unlucky" things, Fridays and the number 13. There are many theories to when fear of that number first originated, said David Tabb Stewart, associate professor and department chair of religious studies at Cal State Long Beach.
Though its origins are murky, the number 13 still has ominous overtones, especially when it pops up on a Friday. Some cultures cast Friday the 13th as a superstitious perfect storm, a combination of two already "unlucky" things, Fridays and the number 13. There are many theories to when fear of that number first originated, said David Tabb Stewart, associate professor and department chair of religious studies at Cal State Long Beach.