Liam Neeson has signed on to a Hollywood remake of the French thriller "Pour Elle," entertainment industry Daily Variety reported on Monday. Neeson, 57, will play an ex-con helping a teacher, played by Russell Crowe, trying to break his wife out of prison after she is wrongly convicted of murder, Variety reported. The film -- to be released as "The Next ...

Today is Saturday, Aug. 22nd, the 234th day of 2009. There are 131 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 22, 1485, England's King Richard III was killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field, effectively ending the War of the Roses. Henry Tudor succeeded Richard to become King Henry VII. On ...

We take for granted things that were once considered impossible. History witnessed pilot Charles Lindbergh flying solo across the Atlantic Ocean, runner Roger Bannister cracking the 4-minute mile, and mountain climber Edmund Hillary conquering Mount Everest. All were tremendous achievements, but nothing was quite like the technological ...