Hollywood’s Oldest Working Actress, Connie Sawyer, Dies at 105
You may not know her name, but you know her face. Connie Sawyer, known in Hollywood as the oldest working actress in show business, has finally ended her career. Sawyer
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For Songwriter Marc Cohn the Grammys Aren’t in his Past
Marc Cohn is rightly proud of his Grammy Award but it’s not the most valuable thing in his house. The trophy sits in a heaving bookcase right above a copy
Read MoreChilean Poet, Physicist Nicanor Parra Dies at 103
Nicanor Parra, a Chilean physicist, mathematician and self-described “anti-poet” whose eccentric writings won him a leading place in Latin American literature, has died. Parra was 103. His death was confirmed
Read MoreFilms From Chile, Lebanon up for Foreign-language Oscar
Movies from Chile, Lebanon, Russia, Hungary and Sweden are competing in the Academy Awards race for best foreign-language film. Five nominees announced Tuesday include Chilean director Sebastian Lelio’s drama with
Read MoreThree USA Gymnastics Board Members Resign in Wake of Sex Abuse Scandal
Three USA Gymnastics board members resigned on Monday in the wake of its former team physician sexually abusing female gymnasts, a step the organization said would support its reform efforts.
Read MoreJesmyn Ward, Masha Gessen Among Nominees for Book Critics Awards
Jesmyn Ward’s Sing, Unburied, Sing, winner of the National Book Award for fiction, is now a nominee for the National Book Critics Circle prize. Other finalists announced Monday include Mohsin
Read MoreKid Rock Donates Merchandise Money for Voter Registration
Kid Rock has donated about $122,000 from sales of merchandise promoting his potential U.S. Senate campaign to a voter-registration organization. The Detroit-area rocker, whose real name is Robert Ritchie,
Read MorePatriots, Eagles Advance to Super Bowl
The New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles have advanced to the National Football League’s Super Bowl after winning their respective conference championship games Sunday. In the American Football Conference championship,
Read More‘The Shape of Water’ Wins Producers Guild Awards
Women and inclusivity continued to dominate the awards season conversation Saturday at the Producers Guild Awards, where Guillermo del Toro’s fantastical romance The Shape of Water won the top award and
Read MoreNigeria Women Bobsledding Team to Make History as First Africa Team at Winter Olympics
Bobsled and Nigeria are not two words typically used in the same sentence. But soon they will be heard together often. Bobsledders Seun Adigun, Ngozi Onwumere and Akuoma Omeoga will
Read MoreBritish Group Works to Preserve Afghanistan’s Arts & Crafts Heritage
Afghanistan’s arts and architecture were once the pride of Asia. However, more than four decades of war have left many of the country’s traditional crafts on the verge of extinction.
Read MoreTom Petty Died of Accidental Overdose, Including Opioids
Tom Petty died last year of an accidental drug overdose that his family said occurred the same day he found out his hip was broken. He had just finished a string
Read MoreOscars: Four Questions Ahead of Tuesday’s Nominations
Oscar nominations balloting might be finished but Hollywood’s “Me Too” moment has kept right on going. When Academy Awards nominations are announced Tuesday morning, it might be a brief, celebratory
Read MoreSoccer Great Pele Cancels Appearance in England Because of Fatigue
Brazilian soccer great Pele has canceled a trip to England where he was to receive an award from the English Football Writers’ Association. A spokesman for Pele said the former
Read More‘Game of Thrones’ Ice Hotel Opens in Finland
A “Game of Thrones”-themed ice hotel complete with a bar and a chapel for weddings has opened in northern Finland in a joint effort by a local hotel chain and
Read MoreIOC: More Initiatives Coming to Promote Korean Unity
Olympics organizers on Friday welcomed an agreement between North and South Korea to unite athletes at the upcoming Winter Games in Pyeongchang, and promised that “much more exciting initiatives” promoting
Read MoreHighlights From Volvo Ocean Race as Teams Approach Hong Kong
It has been called the longest and toughest professional sporting event on earth. The eight-month Volvo Ocean Race is a 24-hour-a-day open-water marathon pitting sailing teams against one another as
Read MoreBrigitte Bardot: ‘MeToo’ Actresses Are ‘Hypocritical’
Former French actress and sex symbol Brigitte Bardot said in an interview published Thursday that she thinks most actresses protesting sexual harassment in the film industry are “hypocritical” and “ridiculous”
Read MoreProsecutors Want to Call 19 Other Accusers at Cosby Retrial
Prosecutors preparing for Bill Cosby’s retrial on sexual assault charges want to call 19 other accusers to try to show a pattern of “prior bad acts” over five decades. The
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios to Cut Back on Indie Films in Programming Shift: Sources
Amazon.com Inc, which has made waves in recent years buying art-house movies at the Sundance Film Festival, is heading to the prestigious event this week with a long-term change in
Read MoreUnited Korea Hockey Team Divides South
The South Korean public has been generally supportive of North Korea participating in the upcoming Olympics as a way to foster cooperation with its nuclear-armed neighbor, but they are divided
Read MoreSouth Korea’s Women’s Ice Hockey Team May Include North Korean Players
As South Korea prepares to host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang in early February, some South Korean athletes are pushing back against government efforts to showcase inter-Korean unity
Read MoreMore Actors Expressing Regret About Working With Woody Allen
A growing number of actors are distancing themselves from Woody Allen and his next film, heightening questions about the future of the prolific 82-year-old filmmaker in a Hollywood newly sensitive
Read MoreRock & Roll Bulgarian Skier is One-Man Team Hoping to Compete in Pyeongchang Olympics
A Bulgarian skier has come out of retirement for another shot at Olympic gold. He competed in Sochi under the Balkan country’s flag, but at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, he’d
Read MoreCurling Heads to Olympics as World’s Fastest-growing Sport
Curling, once a minority pastime played mostly by Scots and Canadians, will sweep onto the ice at next month’s Pyeongchang Olympics with the proud boast of being the world’s fastest-growing
Read MoreSweden Already Schooling Future Winter Olympians
Next month’s Winter Olympics is the immediate focus for Sweden but the country is already training its next generation of winter sports athletes in special high school programs that combine
Read MoreGrowing Number of Actors Renounce Woody Allen
A growing number of actors are distancing themselves from Woody Allen and his next film, heightening questions about the future of the prolific 82-year-old filmmaker in a Hollywood newly sensitive
Read MoreWidow of Eagles Guitarist Frey Sues NYC Hospital for Wrongful Death
The widow of Glenn Frey on Tuesday filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan over its treatment of the former co-lead singer and guitarist for The
Read MoreGospel Star Edwin Hawkins, Known for ‘Oh Happy Day,’ Dies
Edwin Hawkins, the gospel star best known for the crossover hit “Oh Happy Day” and as a major force for contemporary inspirational music, died Monday at age 74. Hawkins
Read MoreStark Beauty in US Badlands National Park
A stop at the towering stone faces on Mount Rushmore in South Dakota marked the halfway point of Mikah Meyer’s quest to visit all 417 National Park sites. He was
Read MoreFormula One, Sliding Sports Have Speed, Secrets in Common
There are plenty of reasons why the sport of bobsleigh is sometimes referred to as Formula One on ice but few as obvious as Italy’s World Cup sleds. Resplendent in
Read MoreComedian Aziz Ansari Responds to Sex Misconduct Allegations
Comedian Aziz Ansari has responded to allegations of sexual misconduct by a woman he dated last year. Ansari said in a statement Sunday that he apologized last year when she
Read MoreWahlberg Donates $1.5 Million After Pay Gap Outcry
Following an outcry over a significant disparity in pay between co-stars, Mark Wahlberg agreed Saturday to donate the $1.5 million he earned for reshoots for All the Money in the
Read MoreBrigitte Biography Says Young Macron Wrote Steamy Book About Their Romance
A new biography of French first lady Brigitte Macron says her husband penned a racy novel inspired by their early romance, when he was still a teenager and she his
Read MoreFirst Saudi Stadium Opens to Women to Watch Soccer
Saudi women were allowed into a sports stadium for the first time Friday to watch a soccer match between two local teams, though they were segregated in the stands from
Read MoreOriginal Disney Mouseketeer Tracey Dies at 74
Doreen Tracey, a former child star who played one of the original cute-as-a-button Mouseketeers on The Mickey Mouse Club in the 1950s, has died, according to Disney publicist Howard Green.
Read MoreReport: Trump Lawyer Brokered $130,000 Payment to Porn Star
President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer brokered a $130,000 payment to a porn star to prevent her from publicly discussing an alleged sexual encounter with Trump, according to a report Friday
Read MoreWheelchair-Bound Athlete Nominated for Best Sporting Moment of the Month
A paraplegic rock climber in Hong Kong is China’s first-ever nominee for the world’s greatest moment in sports. The wheelchair user hopes to inspire his countrymen and others living with
Read MoreFamed Conductor Faces 6 New Sex Claims, Including 1 Rape
Six more women have stepped forward to accuse prominent conductor Charles Dutoit of sexually assaulting them in the United States, France and Canada, including a musician who says the maestro
Read MoreTop 5 Songs for Week Ending Jan. 13
We’re uncorking the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart, for the week ending Jan. 13, 2018. We have no big changes for you this
Read MoreCindy Crawford Recreates Iconic Super Bowl Ad 26 Years Later
Cindy Crawford is heading back to the Super Bowl: The model has recreated her iconic 1992 Super Bowl ad for Pepsi, now featuring her 18-year-old son. Crawford recently filmed the
Read MoreYouTube Limits Logan Paul Vlog Due to Apparent Suicide Post
YouTube has removed blogger Logan Paul’s channels from Google Preferred and will not feature him in the new season of “Foursome.” The company said in a statement Thursday that
Read MoreAmazon Looks to Build on 1st Season of NFL Streaming
Amazon had a mostly successful debut into live streaming of major sports events with increased audience and an improved viewing experience in its first season showing NFL games. The question
Read MoreMavis Staples, Taj Mahal Among Blues Music Awards Nominees
Mavis Staples, Taj Mahal and the North Mississippi All-Stars are among the nominees for this year’s Blues Music Awards in Tennessee. Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Wee Willie Walker and Rick Estrin
Read MoreThe New York Times Cancels Public Event With James Franco
Facing accusations by an actress and a filmmaker over alleged sexual misconduct, James Franco said on CBS’ “The Late Show” on Tuesday the things he’s heard aren’t accurate but he
Read MoreCharles Dutoit Steps Down Early at Royal Philharmonic
Charles Dutoit has stepped down early from his role as artistic director and principal conductor of the Royal Philharmonic following allegations of sexual misconduct. The philharmonic said in a statement
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