William D Altice

William Castle, director and producer of ridiculous B-movies, had a vision. He wanted to make every single one of his films into a spectacle event (much to the annoyance of theaters that booked his movies) that drew the masses to the cinema for the experience. Here are six of his most notorious gimmicks.

As second quarter campaign fundraising numbers pour in from around the country Connecticut State Representative and Senate candidate William Tong is making a huge splash with his impressive second quarter haul. Competing with Representative Chris Murphy (D-CT) and former Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz, Tong drew in $550,000 before the June 30th deadline.

Shatner talks with some of the survivors of the infamous Beltway sniper team that terrorized the Washington, D.C. and other areas in 2002. He also got a chance to speak to the younger member of the sniper team -- and the only one still alive -- Lee Boyd Malvo.

They were in the backyard talking with the woman's boyfriend when someone stepped from the bushes and opened fire. The stepdaughter's boyfriend bolted. Dannie shielded the woman and tried to get her inside the house. But as he blocked the firing path of the shooter, he was hit in the back with three shots. His stepdaughter was saved. But Dannie died from his wounds.

If you'd come up to me just a couple days ago and asked if Digg were going to survive for the long haul, I'd have sadly opined, "No." After lobbing a few hand grenades in the form of questions at (relatively) new CEO Matt Williams the other day, I’m happy to report I can upgrade that to a Magic 8 Ball-like response of “Cannot Predict Now.”

Robin Williams and his daughter costar in a new ad for Nintendo 3DS's The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Time 3D game.

Lord Botetourt's Trey Markvart pins Mitchell Bryant of Broadway in the 145-pound weight class in the first round of the Big Orange tournament at William ... Jones (PH) d. Fisher (WB), forf.; Garcia (MV) d. Duckworth (NS), 4-0; Altice (FC) p.