By Steve Pond at TheWrap

Mon Feb 20, 2012 12:26am EST

By Mikey Glazer at TheWrap

Tue Feb 21, 2012 7:46pm EST

(CNN) -- After three films and 2009's slightly lackluster spin-off ("Wolverine"), Twentieth Century Fox is hoping the "X-Men" franchise can extend into a second decade by injecting new blood and turning the clock back to the characters' younger days.
It's a strategy that paid off handsomely for JJ

(CNN) -- For the better part of a decade, superheroes on the big screen have been big business ("Iron Man 2" the most recent example). On TV, however, keeping audiences coming back each week for the exploits of those with superpowers has been a far trickier task. It's been a long time since "Batman,

Washington (CNN) -- Sex, lies and murder. Americans seem to love conspiracy theories and too-good-to-be-true rumors -- type "George W. Bush IQ" into Google and watch what you get -- especially when it comes to politics.
Did you know that George Washington wasn't the nation's first president? The M

Joplin, Missouri (CNN) -- Every Monday, people who live in Joplin, Missouri, begin their week with the sound of tornado sirens.
They take showers listening to the sirens. They pour coffee and wake their kids to the head-rattling blare. They jog around their neighborhoods, absent-mindedly pleased th

(CNN) -- Hollywood producers couldn't have written Colton Harris-Moore's story better if they had dreamed it up themselves.
No one was surprised to hear that 20th Century Fox jumped at the chance to purchase the rights for a film based on the 19-year-old Washington native's exploits.
Harris-Moore