Rome (Italy)

'Star Trek Into Darkness' takes flak for Alice Eve in lingerie

2013-05-22 08:43:00

"Star Trek: Into Darkness" is taking some flak for a scene in which Alice Eve, playing Dr. Carol Marcus, strips down to panties and bra ... for no real reason. Screenwriter Damon Lindelof acknowledged via Twitter, "We should have done a better job of...

'Cleopatra,' a spectacle on- and off-screen

2013-05-20 06:00:00

There was the spectacle, the runaway budget, the fights with the studio. But almost everyone thinks about the 1963 movie "Cleopatra" for one thing: Liz and Dick. Martin Landau remembers the day when he realized "Cleopatra" stars Elizabeth Taylor and...

Grand Canyon wildlife event to honor memory of park biologist

2013-05-16 16:11:00

GRAND CANYON, Ariz. -- Eric York was obsessed with the big cats -- their health, temperaments and survival rates amid the park’s annual tourist invasion. For years, he wandered the area’s crags, gullies and woods, tracking and tagging the...

After death, a church leader's sordid side revealed

2013-05-12 07:00:00

By the time the letter arrived, the grass on Benjamin Hawkes' grave had grown thick. Historians had chronicled how he transformed the Los Angeles archdiocese into a billion-dollar institution. His portrait had been etched into a metal plaque and bolted to...

After rebuke by archbishop, Cardinal Mahony takes higher profile

2013-05-09 17:55:00

When Archbishop Jose Gomez stripped his predecessor, Cardinal Roger Mahony, of public duties for mishandling clergy sex abuse cases, a church spokesman said the retired prelate's life would remain largely the same with one exception: confirmations. No...

Jarron Collins talks about disclosure his brother Jason is gay

2013-05-08 14:52:00

Jarron Collins sat down with Jim Rome as part of a three-member panel to discuss the disclosure that his twin brother, NBA player Jason Collins, is gay. Jason Collins, in an interview published last week in Sports Illustrated, became the first...

Giulio Andreotti dies at 94; seven-time Italian prime minister

2013-05-07 00:00:00

Giulio Andreotti, the seven-time Italian prime minister who dominated Italian politics after World War II, but was tainted by accusations of Mafia ties, died in Rome on Monday after suffering from respiratory problems. He was 94. A lawmaker who lived...

TV review: Unleashing 'Da Vinci's Demons'

2013-04-12 07:00:00

Like its title character, "Da Vinci's Demons" prefers to flaunt rather than follow, flagrantly borrowing from film, television and video games to create something new, inarguably flawed, possibly revolutionary and certainly fun to watch. For several...

The epic life of Símon Bolívar

2013-04-11 13:00:00

Deep into Marie Arana's wonderful new biography of Sim�n Bol�var, "the George Washington of South America," there's a deliciously unexpected pause in the action. It's 1816, and Bol�var has set sail from Haiti. He's on his way back to Venezuela, with...

Review: 'Sicily' at Getty Villa looms larger than life

2013-04-10 04:00:00

There are at least three great reasons to see "Sicily: Art and Invention Between Greece and Rome," the newly opened antiquities exhibition at the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades. A major sculpture anchors each of the show's three rooms, and together they...

Pope wants church to 'act decisively' on abuse

2013-04-05 12:11:00

ROME -- Pope Francis has called on the Roman Catholic Church to "act decisively" to end the sexual abuse of minors by priests, the Vatican said Friday. At a meeting with the head of the Vatican's doctrinal department, Archbishop Gerhard Mueller, Francis...

India orders Italian envoy to stay put as two nations clash

2013-03-15 11:29:00

NEW DELHI – India ratcheted up its diplomatic standoff with Rome over a shooting incident last year, issuing orders at major airports and seaports Friday that the Italian ambassador was not allowed to leave the country without permission. The move...

Italy's Sara Errani eyes a ball during her Rome Masters semi-finals tennis match against Belarus' Viktoryja Azaranka on May 18, 2013.

2013-05-18 00:00:00

Visitors can get a new view of Rome at night on Tourcrafters' Rome Midnight Dream package.

2013-05-10 17:25:49

Baby Bactrian female camel Amelia stands in Rome' zoo on April 10, 2013. Amelia was born on March 25 in the Bioparco, Rome's zoo.

2013-04-10 00:00:00