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Stones’ Keith Richards cools his jets at home

NEW YORK – Keith Richards is so old-school that when he does his interviews he does them from a landline. The Rolling Stones icon isn’t a fan of technology. Years ago, he admitted...

Alex Trebek brought consensus, class to a nation in need of both

Longtime ‘Jeopardy!’ host died Sunday

Johnny Depp exits ‘Fantastic Beasts’ franchise

NEW YORK – Johnny Depp has exited the “Fantastic Beasts” franchise after his failed libel case against Depp said Friday in a letter posted on Instagram that he would depart the role of the...

Sean Connery, the ‘original’ James Bond, dies at 90

LONDON – Sean Connery, the charismatic Scottish actor who rose to international superstardom as the suave secret agent James Bond and then abandoned the role to carve out an Oscar-winning ca...

Outlaw country artist Billy Joe Shaver dead at 81

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Outlaw country singer songwriter Billy Joe Shaver, who wrote songs such as “Honky Tonk Heroes,” “I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train” and “Old Five and Dimers Like Me,” has ...

‘Voice’ co-stars Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani engaged

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – “The Voice” co-stars Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani are engaged and sharing the good news on social media. Shelton and Stefani posted a picture Tuesday announci...

Jerry Jeff Walker, Texas singer and songwriter, dies at 78

Jerry Jeff Walker, a Texas country singer and songwriter who wrote the pop song “Mr. Bojangles,” has died at age 78. Walker died Friday of cancer, family spokesman John T. Davis t...

Arlo Guthrie, citing health, says he’s retired from touring

LOS ANGELES – You can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant. But it appears we’ve seen Arlo Guthrie tell us that in person for the last time. In lengthy posts on his Faceboo...

Jeff Bridges says he has lymphoma, cites good prognosis

LOS ANGELES – Jeff Bridges says he is being treated for lymphoma and his prognosis is good. The 70-year-old actor channeled his The Dude character from “The Big Lebowski” in a sta...

Korean boy band BTS faces uproar in China over war comments

SEOUL – Chinese nationalists erupted in anger at South Korean boy band BTS after its leader thanked Korean War veterans for their sacrifices. The singer, who goes by RM, made the ...

‘Two and a Half Men’ star Conchata Ferrell dies at 77

LOS ANGELES – Conchata Ferrell, who became known for her role as Berta the housekeeper on TV’s “Two and a Half Men” after a long career as a character actor on stage and in movies, including...

Eddie Van Halen, guitar virtuoso with a shimmering sound, dies at 65

Eddie Van Halen, a guitar virtuoso whose pyrotechnic riffs and solos expanded the vocabulary of hard rock, inspired legions of headbanging imitators and propelled his band Van Halen to four ...