Tag: Entertainment
Pioneering Hollywood casting director Lynn Stalmaster dies
Lynn Stalmaster, the Oscar-winning casting director whose eye for talent helped launch the careers of John Travolta, Christopher Reeve, Richard Dreyfuss and many other...
Sen. Warren’s ‘Pinkie Promises’ to be published this fall
NEW YORK — Sen. Elizabeth Warren has not forgotten the many young people she befriended during her 2020 presidential run.
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Ashley Judd describes how she ‘nearly lost’ her leg in Congo
NEW YORK — Ashley Judd has recounted a painful ordeal she believes almost cost her leg after tripping in a Congolese rainforest and having...
Swedes acquitted of desecrating sunken ferry with robot dive
STOCKHOLM — Two Swedish nationals were acquitted Monday of desecrating a sunken ferry by sending down a robot in the Baltic Sea to film...
Police in Europe bust gang hijacking celeb phones, arrest 10
LONDON — Police have arrested 10 people in the U.K., Belgium and Malta for allegedly hijacking mobile phones belonging to U.S. celebrities including internet...
‘The Bachelor’ host stepping away after racial controversy
Chris Harrison, host of “The Bachelor,” says he is stepping down from his TV role and is “ashamed” for his handling of a swirling...
Review: Writer explores gay bars as revolutionary spaces
Jeremy Atherton Lin’s “Gay Bar” (Little, Brown & Co.)
Part memoir...
Italian populists dither over support for Draghi government
The populist 5-Star Movement, the largest party in the Italian Parliament, put on hold Wednesday its commitment to back the new government that former...
EXPLAINER: Why impeachment evidence tested TV’s standards
NEW YORK — All the words abounded — the ones that you're not supposed to hear on broadcast television or, for that matter, in...
Michelle Obama to team up with puppets for a kids’ food show
NEW YORK — Michelle Obama is launching a Netflix children’s food show with a pair of puppets “to bring a bit of light and...