Robin Hood

'Once Upon a Time': Straying from 'Selfless, Brave and True'

2013-03-25 10:12:00

Pinocchio is back in this "Selfless, Brave and True" episode of "Once Upon a Time." August the writer has been suffering a crisis of conscience that he could never seem to get his wooden heart around. In addition, Mendel's cover is blown: Regina now knows...

Letters: Two sides on Hugo Chavez

2013-03-12 00:00:00

Re "Leaders join Chavez mourners," March 9 There is an egregious double standard practiced in the recounting of the death last week of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. He is portrayed as a Latin American Robin Hood, while his subversion of human rights...

World reacts to death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez

2013-03-06 09:24:05

Chavez's spirit will guide Venezuela - until leftist unity frays

2013-03-07 02:00:00

Even in death, Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez will be a powerful force guiding his countrymen to elect Vice President Nicolas Maduro to replace him. Some call the widely predicted victory of Chavez’s handpicked successor a “sympathy vote&...

Richard Burton's native Wales is courting Hollywood

2013-03-01 18:25:00

As legendary actor Richard Burton was honored this week with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, his native Wales took full advantage of the occasion to shine a spotlight on itself. “Richard Burton is part of a proud history of the...

Report: Josh Beckett charity one of many giving less than expected

2013-02-27 15:08:00

Listen, would you know how to best run a nonprofit foundation? I wouldn’t have a clue. Ditto, it seems, with plenty of professional athletes. Of course, if you were to run a serious charity, chances are you might investigate how to best direct...

U.S. tire magnate blasts France's 'so-called workers'

2013-02-20 07:29:00

PARIS -- An incredulous -- and insulting -- letter from an American capitalist to a Socialist government minister in France has revealed a monumental clash of cultures. Tire magnate Maurice "Morry" Taylor Jr., head of Titan International, did not hold...

Oscar Pistorius' lawyer attacks police work after shooting

2013-02-20 08:17:00

PRETORIA, South Africa -- Prosecutors on Wednesday unveiled what seemed to be damning testimony against double-amputee Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, accused of murder in the death of his girlfriend: One witness, they said, heard noises that sounded...

India's Supreme Court delays hanging of 4 'Robin Hood' gang members

2013-02-20 02:00:00

NEW DELHI -- India's Supreme Court issued a stay of execution Wednesday, delaying for at least six weeks the hanging of four members of a notorious gang, after defense attorneys argued that a nine-year delay in hearing their clemency appeal is inhumane....

A return to Bad Religion's early days

2013-01-29 18:34:00

Greg Graffin knows something about teenage rebellion. As the young singer for one of SoCal's most prominent hard-core punk bands, Bad Religion, raging against parental control (and the global system) was his core mission in the early 1980s. Although...

Larry Hagman dies at 81; TV's J.R. Ewing

2012-11-23 21:51:00

Fervor for the television show “Dallas” was intense in 1980, when the Queen Mother met actor Larry Hagman and joined the worldwide chorus asking: “Who shot J.R.?” “Not even for you, ma’am,” replied Hagman, who...

A new Christopher Commission for the Christopher Dorner case?

2013-02-18 11:36:00

He was, by every account, both a cop killer and a killer cop, and even in death, he might end up shaking the LAPD like no one since Rodney King. Christopher Dorner regarded himself as a victim of institutional racism and a wronged man unfairly turned...

Chappelle landed his first major role in Mel Brooks' 1993 Robin Hood spoof, playing Ahchoo, one of Robin's men in tights, when he was only 19 years old. The movie was met with mixed reviews, but has since developed a cult following.

2013-03-05 10:32:36

Beric Dondarrion went on to become the leader of the Brotherhood Without Banners after Eddard Stark sent him to the Riverlands to mete out the king's justice to Ser Gregor Clegane. He might not have done that, but he does prove to be a Robin Hood-like character for the people of Westeros.

2013-03-02 15:50:00

'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' movie poster

2013-01-23 11:18:00