Tag: Entertainment
Former composer, wife invite viewers to ‘Stump the Maestro’
AVENTURA, Fla. — Name a show tune, jazz standard or movie score, and chances are 91-year-old Peter Fuchs can not only hum it, but...
‘Arrested Development’ actor Jessica Walter dies at 80
<p>LOS ANGELES — Jessica Walter, who played a scheming matriarch in TV’s “Arrested Development,” has died. She was 80. </p>
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Acclaimed French director Bertrand Tavernier is dead aged 79
PARIS — French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier, who directed acclaimed movies such “A Sunday in the Country,” “Captain Conan” and “The Judge and the Assassin,”...
Loyola’s Williamson bridges past, present in ’63 team film
<p>CHICAGO — From a makeshift recording booth in a closet in his room, surrounded by hanging shirts and Nike boxes stacked high on a...
‘Godzilla vs. Kong’; A heavyweight bout with a light touch
LOS ANGELES — The original 1950s Godzilla movies stomped into theaters carrying a metaphor about nuclear destruction. Two years ago, “Godzilla: King of the...
Dozens of playwrights, actors join ‘Period Piece’ monologues
<p>Mandy Moore, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Beth Leavel, Jessica Hecht and dozens of other actors are teaming up to talk about something rarely mentioned on...
Spielberg donates Genesis Prize money to justice nonprofits
NEW YORK — Steven Spielberg said Thursday that he will donate his $1 million Genesis Prize to 10 nonprofits that are working for racial...
Morris Dickstein, influential critic-historian, dead at 81
NEW YORK — Morris Dickstein, an influential educator, critic and cultural historian who wrote often about the intersection between art and society, has died...
CBS Sports acquires rights to Italy’s Serie A for 3 seasons
NEW YORK — CBS Sports has acquired the U.S. rights to Italy's Serie A.
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Hamilton: F1 can’t ignore race hosts’ human rights issues
Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton on Thursday urged the global racing series to not ignore human rights violations in the countries where it stages...