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Gusty winds and an incessant locomotive horn did little to tamp down the festive mood Sunday in the Wellsville High School football stadium where hundreds of family members, students, teachers and friends gathered to watch 47 seniors pick up their diplomas.

"Into the sixties a word was born . . . BLACK." The poet Haki R. Madhubuti composed this line for a poem he wrote decades ago, but when he read it aloud at the South Side Community Art Center recently, the words still reverberated.

He's compared himself to Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt, evoked nostalgia for John F. Kennedy, sought to emulate Ronald Reagan, praised George W. Bush, and enlisted the assistance of Bill Clinton in his 2012 re-election effort, but as his second term stumbles along, the president with whom Barack Obama finds himself being compared is Richard ... (more)

Without superheroes or aliens, the F&F franchise has made speed, laced with rage, one of film's most beloved intoxicants The reason for the burgeoning success of the Fast & Furious films eludes some people.

Star of War Horse and Thor will play opposite Mark Gatiss in Shakespeare tragedy, which he calls 'play for our time' Tom Hiddleston, who is to play the title role in Coriolanus in one of the West End's smallest theatres.

He's played a science-fiction hero, policeman and even Hamlet. But now actor Keanu Reeves is taking on a new role - as director of a contemporary martial arts movie aimed at both Chinese and Western audiences.

It's got to be the beard. Or perhaps the stovepipe hat . Or his poetry . Or his vampire-fighting prowess .

On the joyous occasion of his 26th birthday, at a party surrounded by his family and friends, Malcolm Shabazz kisses his beloved mother, Qubilah Shabazz, on Oct.

Irrational Games latest installment in the BioShock series is BioShock Infinite .

Arifa Akbar is deputy literary editor and arts writer at The Independent. She has been at the paper since 2001, and has previously worked as a news reporter and arts correspondent.

A Mexican judge has ordered the two waiters accused of killing Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of U.S. political activist Malcolm X, to stand trial, the District Attorney's Office said.

EVA LONGORIA suffered an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction at the Cannes Film Festival in France on Saturday when she accidentally flashed fans and photographers as she walked the red carpet.

Cannes I have some more? Keanu Reeves, in the South of France for the annual Cannes Film Festival, looked much heavier than when he starred as superfit Neo in "The Matrix" trilogy.

President Obama on Sunday told the graduating class at Morehouse College, the country's pre-eminent historically black college, there is "no time for excuses" for this generation of African-American men and that it was time for their generation to step up professionally and in their personal lives.

Franklin Roosevelt wore a black arm band for months after his mother's death. Queen Victoria dressed in black after the loss of her beloved Prince Albert.

A few weeks ago, a Monmouth University/Asbury Park Press poll was taken to gauge whom New Jerseyans view as their favorite president.

Musical theatre fans began rejoicing when Deadline.com recently reported that 20th Century Fox had acquired the rights to a film remake of the musical Guys and Dolls .

FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2013, AT 1:11 A.M. EDT - This April 16, 2013 photo shows a bust of Abraham Lincoln on display at the Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum and Library in Philadelphia.

Two men suspected of killing Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of US political activist Malcolm X, have been remanded in custody in Mexico.

Battles and skirmishes. Living history scenarios. Confederate and Union camp life displays.