Tag: Arts and entertainment
Beal, Bertans lift Wizards past Thunder for 5th straight win
WASHINGTON — Bradley Beal scored 30 points, Davis Bertans was made six 3-pointers in his return from paternity leave, and the Washington Wizards beat...
DiCaprio, Fonda urge US not to sign climate deal with Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO — Dozens of celebrities including actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Jane Fonda and Joaquin Phoenix on Tuesday called on U.S. President Joe Biden...
Review: The groove is still the thing for Steve Cropper
<p>Steve Cropper, "Fire It Up” (Provogue Records)</p>
<p>Perhaps no guitarist has...
Bob Valvano, brother of Jim Valvano, says he has leukemia
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — ESPN college basketball analyst Bob Valvano, the brother of late North Carolina State men’s basketball coach and broadcaster Jim Valvano, says...
For George Floyd, a complicated life and consequential death
HOUSTON — Years before a bystander’s video of George Floyd’s last moments turned his name into a global cry for justice, Floyd trained a...
Ted Nugent, who once dismissed COVID-19, sickened by virus
<p>Rocker Ted Nugent is revealing he was in agony after testing positive for coronavirus — months after he said the virus was “not a...
Queen enters ‘twilight’ of reign after farewell to Philip
LONDON — Now that the Royal Family has said farewell to Prince Philip, attention will turn to Queen Elizabeth II’s 95th birthday on Wednesday...
Globes group ousts member over his Black Lives Matter email
LOS ANGELES — A former president of the organization that hosts the Golden Globes has been dropped from the group’s board sending an email...
Review: Pandemic makes folkie Todd Snider a funky studio rat
<p>Todd Snider, "First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder” (Aimless Records/Thirty Tigers)</p>
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Webby Award nominations for LeBron, Corden and Garner
NEW YORK — An eclectic group of people — including LeBron James, James Corden, Jennifer Garner and Sir David Attenborough — have nabbed nominations...