Category Archives: Entertainment News
Tom Stoppard, sparkling playwright who won an Oscar for 'Shakespeare In Love,' dies at 88
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) - British playwright Tom Stoppard, a playful, probing dramatist who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998's "Shakespeare In Love," has died. He ...
Nov 29, 2025
Americana troubadour Todd Snider, alt-country singer-songwriter, dies at 59
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Todd Snider, a singer whose thoughtfully freewheeling tunes and cosmic-stoner songwriting made him a beloved figure in American roots music, has died. He was 59. His record lab...
Nov 16, 2025
German Baumkuchen 'tree cake' survived a disaster and world wars to become a Japanese favorite
By MARI YAMAGUCHI and AYAKA MCGILL Associated Press NINOSHIMA, Japan (AP) - Baumkuchen originated in Germany but has become a wildly popular sweet in Japan, where a prisoner of war on a small western ...
Nov 16, 2025
Pope Leo XIV celebrates cinema with Hollywood stars and urges inclusion of marginal voices
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Leo XIV welcomed Spike Lee, Cate Blanchett, Greta Gerwig and dozens of other Hollywood luminaries to a special Vatican audience Saturday ce...
Nov 16, 2025
Farmers' Almanac says it will cease publication after 208 years, citing financial challenges
A 208-year-old publication that farmers, gardeners and others keen to predict the weather have relied on for guidance will be publishing for the final time. Farmers' Almanac said Thursday that its 202...
Nov 07, 2025
Heidi Klum reveals her much-anticipated 2025 Halloween costume
NEW YORK (AP) - Heidi Klum donned green scales and squirming snakes to transform herself into Medusa for Halloween on Friday. Klum said she loves the Greek myth of Medusa, in which a goddess turns a b...
Oct 31, 2025
The Louvre reopens 3 days after one of the biggest museum heists of the century
By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) - The Louvre reopened on Wednesday to long lines beneath its landmark Paris glass pyramid, just three days after one of the highest-profile museum thefts ...
Oct 22, 2025
Thieves strike Louvre in brazen jewel heist as the world's most visited museum shuts
By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) - In a brazen, seven-minute strike, thieves used a basket lift to reach the Louvre on Sunday morning and, as tourists were already inside, forced a window...
Oct 19, 2025
Meta adds parental controls for AI-teen interactions
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Meta is adding parental controls for kids' interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots - including the ability to turn off one-on-one chats with AI chara...
Oct 19, 2025
Jason Momoa worked with a coach to speak Hawaiian authentically in 'Chief of War'
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) - Jason Momoa drove a vintage pickup along a winding country road in Hawaii, a tattooed arm dangling out the window and Metallica blasting. "P...
Oct 19, 2025