Breaking Bad will return in March and Mad Men should start up again in the Summer — even though Matthew Weiner still doesn't have a contract. — Zap2it Mickey Rourke and Sam Rockwell are in talks to star as the villains in Iron Man 2. — The Hollywood Reporter Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson and Amanda Seyfried are set to star in the thriller Chloe. — ComingSoon ER is getting three more Read more

Beyonce Knowles, Alicia Keys, and Jennifer Hudson all racked up both acting and singing nominations for the NAACP Image Awards. — AP Kelsey Grammer will star in a new ABC comedy pilot about a Wall Street executive who loses his job and has to move back to his hometown. Hilarious! — The Hollywood Reporter Garrett Hedlund will star in Disney's Tron movie, the studio's sequel to the 1982 cult Read more

Over one-third of police academy graduates in Atlanta, Georgia have a criminal record. The eye-opening number of newly minted law enforcers have either been arrested or cited for crimes ranging from shoplifting to assault. Just like the US Army, the Atlanta PD has to make some concession if it wants to meet its recruitment goals. The city has had a tough time filling the ranks for the admirable, Read more

The line between church and state became a little more blurry when six of the 17 chaplains for the Virginia State Police resigned over new restrictions on prayer. In an effort to comply with the concept of a government free of church recognition, the chaplains were asked to offer only non-denominational services for public events and ceremonies. According to one chaplain, he believed that this Read more

If you have a fancy mansion in Santa Fe, NM, you might be asked to foot the bill subsidizing more affordable housing for local public servants like police officers and nurses. The Santa Fe City Council voted this week for a special election next Spring to decide on a one percent fee to be added to house sales that top $650,000. If that sounds like a lot, it's not an uncommon price tag for houses Read more

Summertime in an election year means convention cities are stocking up on confetti, balloons, and. . . pepper guns? Denver police hoping to prepare against disorder are stocking up on guns that fire a peppery powder instead of bullets in case they need to disperse crowds at the Democratic National Convention. The department recently ordered 88 Mark IV launchers and projectiles at a cost "in the Read more

Where's the line between keeping people safe and a police state? In Washington DC the line just got a lot finer. They're implementing a new plan to seal off entire troubled neighborhoods and establish security checkpoints to monitor who comes and goes and why. They're calling them "Neighborhood Safety Zones" and will require those entering the area to prove that they work there or have Read more