Charlotte's Web is the story of a pig named Wilbur (Dominic Scott Kay). Wilbur is scared of the end of the season, because he knows he's going to end up on the dinner table. Wanting to ensure this will never happen, Charlotte (Julia Roberts), a spider that lives in Wilbur's barn, begins to spin webs calling attention to the pig's virtues. Wilbur is astonished to find notes about how "wonderful," "radiant," ...

Charlotte's Web is the story of a pig named Wilbur (Dominic Scott Kay). Wilbur is scared of the end of the season, because he knows he's going to end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte (Julia Roberts), a spider that lives in Wilbur's barn, to ensure that this will never happen.

In this particular scene, Wilbur and Charlotte are meeting for the first time.

"I think now is the time ...

The number of Web pages dealing with God, religion, and churches increased from 14 million in 1999 to 200 million in 2004. Religion now nearly rivals sex as a topic on the Internet: A search for "sex" on Google returns about 408 million hits, while a search for "God" yields 396 million.

Most who champion on-line chat rooms and message boards argue that such technology encourages community. The question, however, is just how healthy on-line community really is. Emboldened by anonymity, people often say things to others that they would never say face-to-face. Armed with a certain sense that "this isn't really the real world," people have little concern for the consequences of their ...

Dick Rowe was one of the most famous talent scouts in the music industry. It's safe to say he would rather you remember him for his better moments—like the day he signed The Rolling Stones to a recording contract. He'd probably like for you forget about what happened in 1962. That year an unpolished quartet auditioned for Rowe, leaving him exceedingly unimpressed. In addition to rejecting the ...

Is it possible to play yourself to death? Officials at a Chinese Internet cafe think so ever since a 30-year-old man died after playing a game online for three days. The man collapsed, and paramedics failed to revive him on the scene. About 100 other people using the cafe for Internet purposes left in fear.

China is second only to the U.S. in number of Internet users and is home to millions of online ...

Authorities believe that sometime on September 3, 2007, Steve Fossett, the first person to circle the globe in a hot-air balloon, made an emergency landing in the vast Nevada landscape. Hundreds of search teams have been hired to comb the rugged terrain, using planes, helicopters, and the latest search technology. In order to help alleviate the stress, officials recently added a new type of search ...

At the start of every new school year, The Beloit College Mindset List is published, offering a glimpse into the hearts and minds of the next generation. As expected, the list finds that this fall's freshman class is unique in how they see the world, hear the world, speak in the world, and experience the world.

Ron Nief, the communications director for Beloit, says faculty members, military officers, ...

In the movie The Perfect Man, teenager Holly Hamilton (Hillary Duff) is tired of moving every time her single mom, Jean, (Heather Locklear) has another personal meltdown involving yet another second-rate guy. To distract her mother from her latest bad choice, Holly conceives the perfect plan for the perfect man: an imaginary secret admirer who will romance Jean and boost her shaky self-esteem. Holly ...

Percentage of adults who participated in the following leisure activities at least once in the previous 12 months:

Dining out: 48.3 percent

Entertaining friends or relatives at home: 37.5 percent

Reading books: 35.4 percent

Barbequing: 34.3 percent

Surfing the net: 27.9 percent

Playing cards: 25.1 percent

Going to the beach: 22.4 percent

Going to bars/nightclubs: 18.6 percent

Also of note:

19.9 percent of ...