Even though he had made an appearance in the animated short Plane Crazy about six months earlier, November 18, 1928 is formally known as Mickey Mouse’s birthday.  This was the day that Steamboat Willie (the very first Mickey Mouse cartoon) was released.
Few animated characters have been as influential or as long lived as Mickey Mouse. [...]

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You can tell a TV show is doing something right when a fictional character hits the mainstream and becomes an instant icon.  CBS has pulled off just such a feat, with one of its characters going viral on Google, Twitter and the like.
On Monday, the show How I Met Your Mother [...]

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NASA finished fueling the Space Shuttle Atlantis on Monday morning for an afternoon takeoff to the International Space Station, even though cloud cover continues to increase.
Watch the Atlantis launch in real time on our Live Video page.
Weather forecasters now say that the chances of acceptable weather are at about 70 percent, which is not nearly [...]

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The Twitter phenom “Shit My Dad Says” is heading to TV.
CBS has signed on for a comedy show based on the popular Twitter account, which has grabbed over 700,000 followers since it was launched in August and has turned its owner, Justin Halpern, an internet sensation.
The creators of “Will & Grace, ” David Kohan and [...]

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It looks like Steven Tyler has quit Aerosmith.  I’ll give you a minute to let that sink in.
Guitarist Joe Perry said that Tyler, who recently hurt his shoulder, has left the band “as far as I can tell.”
Tyler hasn’t made any sort of official announcement on the matter but Perry, 59, says that Steven Tyler, [...]

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The only thing better than Levi Johnston Tweeting is William Shatner reading Levi Johnston’s Tweets.

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Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson has incurred a two-week suspension for a derogatory slur he directed toward members of the press earlier this week. Johnson used similar language on Twitter. Given that the Chiefs are heading into a bye week, this really translates into a one-game suspension.
Peter Schaffer, Larry Johnson’s agent, [...]

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UPDATE: Larry Johnson has been suspended, details here.
The Chiefs’ Larry Johnson can’t seem to get himself out of a hole he dug for himself…in fact, the NFL running back is sinking deeper and deeper.
Already in some hot water for tweeting some very unflattering things about his coach, Todd Haley (see below), Johnson is in [...]

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Kanye West did not die in a car accident. He’s just the latest victim of a false internet rumor that has spread virally like wildfire across the net.
The rumor started on Wednesday morning and claims that a police officer saw Kanye West die in a car accident in Los Angeles in which a red [...]

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Meghan McCain, the daughter of former presidential candidate John McCain, caused quite a commotion on Twitter on Wednesday evening when she uploaded a slightly risque photo of herself to the popular micro-blogging site.
Having gotten some negative reactions to the pic, Meghan McCain balked, stating the she may quit Twitter (but will she rap [...]

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