Austrian government supports Vienna Boys Choir to help it out of financial...
BERLIN (AP) — The Austrian government said Saturday that it is giving the country's centuries-old Vienna Boys Choir 800,000 euros ($884,000) to help it out of severe financial difficulties. “It goes...
View ArticleBritish actor Tom Wilkinson, known for 'The Full Monty' and 'Michael...
LONDON (AP) — Tom Wilkinson, the Oscar-nominated British actor known for his roles in “The Full Monty," “Michael Clayton” and “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” has died, his family said. He was 75. A...
View ArticlePaula Abdul accuses 'American Idol' producer Nigel Lythgoe of sexual assault...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paula Abdul has accused former “American Idol” producer Nigel Lythgoe of sexually assaulting her in the early 2000s when she was a judge on the reality competition show, according...
View ArticleJohn Pilger, Australia-born journalist and filmmaker known for covering...
LONDON (AP) — John Pilger, an Australia-born journalist and documentary filmmaker known for his coverage of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, has died, his family said Sunday. He was 84. A statement from...
View ArticleThe year in review: Influential people who died in 2023
Yevgeny Prigozhin rose from being an ex-con and hot dog vendor to winning lucrative Kremlin contracts and heading a formidable mercenary army. But it all came to a sudden end when the private plane...
View Article'Wonka' ends the year No. 1 at the box office, 2023 sales reach $9 billion in...
NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood closed out an up and down 2023 with “Wonka” regaining No. 1 at the box office, strong sales for “The Color Purple” and an overall $9 billion in ticket sales that improved on...
View ArticleMexican actor Ana Ofelia Murguía, who voiced Mama Coco in 'Coco,' dies at 90
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican actor Ana Ofelia Murguía, who gave voice to the character of “Mama Coco” in the popular Pixar film "Coco," has died, Mexican officials said. She was 90. Mexico’s National...
View Article135th Rose Parade boasts floral floats, sunny skies as California tradition...
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Floral floats, marching bands and equestrian units took to the streets under a sunny California sky as the 135th Rose Parade drew hundreds of thousands of spectators on New...
View ArticleLes McCann, innovative jazz musician best known for 'Compared to What,' dies...
Les McCann, a prolific and influential musician and recording artist who helped found the soul-jazz genre and became a favorite source for sampling by Dr. Dre, A Tribe Called Quest and hundreds of...
View Article'Bachelorette' Rachel Lindsay's husband, Bryan Abasolo, files for divorce...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The bloom is off the final rose for “Bachelorette” star Rachel Lindsay and husband Bryan Abasolo, who found love on the reality dating show. Court records show that Abasolo filed to...
View ArticleThe 1972 Andes plane crash story has been told many times. 'Society of the...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Gustavo Zerbino watched “La Sociedad de la Nieve,” the 1972 plane crash survivor felt as if he was being submerged “into boiling water,” reliving the roughly 70 days he and his...
View ArticleTrial of man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie may be delayed until...
MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Salman Rushdie's plans to publish a book about a 2022 attempt on his life may delay the trial of his alleged attacker, which is scheduled to begin next week, attorneys said...
View ArticleBurning Man survived a muddy quagmire. Will the experiment last 30 more years?
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The blank canvas of desert wilderness in northern Nevada seemed the perfect place in 1992 for artistic anarchists to relocate their annual burning of a towering, anonymous effigy. It...
View ArticleEx-celebrity lawyer Tom Girardi found competent to stand trial for alleged...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Disgraced Los Angeles celebrity lawyer Tom Girardi has been found competent to stand trial on charges that he stole more than $15 million from his clients. A federal judge filed a...
View ArticleGolden Globes: Michelle Yeoh, Will Ferrell, Angela Bassett will present...
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Michelle Yeoh, Will Ferrell, Angela Bassett and Amanda Seyfried will be among the presenters at Sunday's Golden Globe Awards. The show announced its first batch of...
View ArticleTrial postponed for man charged in 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie due...
MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — The New Jersey man charged with stabbing “The Satanic Verses” author Salman Rushdie is allowed to seek material related to Rushdie's upcoming memoir about the attack before...
View ArticleCoco Jones talks earning Grammy nods, overcoming obstacles after Disney fame,...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Coco Jones was so obsessed with fine tuning her skills as a singer that she tried to mimic Beyoncé’s Olympic-style training of singing while running on a treadmill. Jones didn’t own...
View ArticleUnsealed court records offer new detail on old sex abuse allegations against...
NEW YORK (AP) — Amid great hype, a court began to release a new batch of previously secret court documents late Wednesday related to Jeffrey Epstein, the jet-setting financier who killed himself in...
View ArticleJessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard reflect on the gray areas of 'Memory'
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Jessica Chastain first read the script for “Memory,” she was struck by the flurry of unanswered questions left swirling around in her head about issues pertaining to love, sex...
View ArticleAlice Hoffman's new book will imagine Anne Frank's life before she kept a diary
NEW YORK (AP) — With the cooperation of the Anne Frank House, a novel based on Frank's life immediately before she began keeping a diary will be released in September by the children's publisher...
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