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Who hasn’t given some thought to what kind of superpower you would want to have? This is what initially makes NO ORDINARY FAMILY an appealing show. But No Ordinary Family also attempts to be a family drama, a comedy, and an action show, all with some seriousness added in as well. This is a lot to ask from a show and impossible to fit into one episode. Yet the “Pilot” provides a good basis to build on and develop into future episodes. It even introduces a mystery (a dead man who had powers and the questionable nature of Stephen Collins character). The disconnected Powell family develops superpowers after a plane crash en route to a vacation in the Amazon. Upon returning home, dad Jim Powell (Michael Chiklis) is the first to discover he has developed insane reflexes and strength. Then Jim’s wife Stephanie (Julie Benz) finds that she ...

Gordon Ramsay, host of "Kitchen Nightmares," during an appearance at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on August 2, 2010 in Beverly Hills, California. (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images photo) (CBS) Suicide claims more than 34,000 Americans every year, and it looks as if two recent victims had one thing in common: Both were former contestants on a reality show notorious for dishing out tough love to aspiring chefs.Joseph Cerniglia, 39, of Pompton Lakes, N.J., apparently leaped to his death yesterday from the George Washington Bridge, the New York Post reported. The owner of a restaurant in suburban New York, Cerniglia had appeared in 2007 on "Kitchen Nightmares," a show that subjected struggling restaurateurs to harsh criticism from English foodie Gordon Ramsay. In 2007, 41-year-old Rachel Brown shot herself after to death after appearing on "Hell's Kitchen," another show that featured Ramsay. Ramsay is famously tough on contestants. ...

Buenos Aires, September 28, 2010 Actress Romina Yan, daughter of Gustavo Yankelevich and Cris Morena, has died this afternoon victim of a heart attack Central Hospital of San Isidro. Internal sources say that Yan had arrived already dead by a “not traumatic” heart attack, caused by a brain aneurysm. Apparently, a friend of her drove her after Yan, 36, fainted. At the hospital, doctors performed rehabilitation exercises for 50 minutes but couldn’t save her for death. Famous over her role in “Chiquititas”, a role that launched her to fame in Argentina and the world, Yan was mother of three children. ...

A gunman fires several shots, hitting no one, before killing himself in UT shooting. The Texas legislature is expected to consider a law next session allowing students to carry concealed weapons on campus. The Austin campus has been at the center of the debate. The University of Texas at Austin, the site of one of the worst campus shootings in US history, came close to another tragedy Tuesday as a ski-mask wearing gunman fired several shots on campus before taking his own life. No one else was hurt. Skip to next paragraph The UT shooting comes as Texas, and UT in particular, was already at the center of a national debate over whether to allow students to carry concealed weapons to protect themselves against attack. In fact, an advocate of concealed weapons is still scheduled to address students Tuesday night. The national debate on the issue was spurred ...