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Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson test positive for coronavirus

NEW YORK – Tom Hanks and his actress-singer wife, Rita Wilson, have tested positive for coronavirus, the actor said in a statement Wednesday. Hanks said the couple were in Austral...

DATE: Mar 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Pop star Katy Perry reveals a happy secret – she’s pregnant

Katy Perry has revealed she’s pregnant in a very show business way. The 35-year-old pop star showed off her growing baby bump at the end of the video for her latest song “Never Wo...

DATE: Mar 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

Trebek reaches 1-year mark in cancer fight with hope, candor

LOS ANGELES – Alex Trebek marked his one-year battle against pancreatic cancer with candor about how hard it’s been and a vow to keep going. “I’d be lying if I said the journey ha...

DATE: Mar 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘Good Times’ Ja’Net DuBois dies; co-wrote ‘Jeffersons’ theme

LOS ANGELES – Ja’Net DuBois, who played the vivacious neighbor Willona Woods on “Good Times” and composed and sang the theme song for “The Jeffersons,” has died. DuBois’ song “Mov...

DATE: Feb 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Robert Conrad, star of “The Wild, Wild West,” dies at 84

LOS ANGELES – Robert Conrad, the rugged, contentious actor who starred in the hugely popular 1960s television series “Hawaiian Eye” and “The Wild, Wild West,” has died. He was 84. ...

DATE: Feb 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Actor-comedian Orson Bean, 91, hit and killed by car in LA

LOS ANGELES – Orson Bean, the witty actor and comedian who enlivened the game show “To Tell the Truth” and played a crotchety merchant on “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,” was hit and killed by a...

DATE: Feb 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Kirk Douglas rose from poverty to become a king of Hollywood

NEW YORK – He was born Issur Danielovitch, a ragman’s son. He died Kirk Douglas, a Hollywood king. Douglas, the muscular, tempestuous actor with the dimpled chin, lived out an epi...

DATE: Feb 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Shannen Doherty says she is battling stage 4 breast cancer

NEW YORK – Shannen Doherty is battling a recurrence of breast cancer that has progressed to stage four, telling fans “it’s a bitter pill to swallow.” “I definitely have days where...

DATE: Feb 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘Naughty boy’: Monty Python star Terry Jones dies at 77

LONDON – Terry Jones, a founding member of the anarchic Monty Python troupe who was hailed by colleagues as “the complete Renaissance comedian” and “a man of endless enthusiasms,” has died a...

DATE: Jan 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Rocker Ozzy Osbourne announces Parkinson’s diagnosis

NEW YORK – Rocker Ozzy Osbourne says that he’s been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, a nervous system disorder that affects movement. The 71-year-old Grammy winner and former v...

DATE: Jan 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

Stephen King criticized for comments about diversity

NEW YORK – Stephen King says he cares only about “quality,” not “diversity” when deciding on awards. Some are asking why he thinks the two must be different. “I would never consid...

DATE: Jan 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Meat Loaf sues hotel, blaming negligence for disabling fall

FORT WORTH, Texas – Meat Loaf has filed a lawsuit against a hotel at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and organizers of a horror convention held there, blaming them for negligence whe...

DATE: Jan 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Photos: Durango High School girls basketball plays Piedra Vista High SchoolPanthers left Durango with 37-29 win on Tuesday night

Panthers left Durango with 37-29 win on Tuesday night

Photos: Noel Night in downtown Durango

Photos and video: Singing with Santa

Photos: Durango Turkey Trot

Photos: Durango High School football takes on Heritage High School in state playoffsDemons lost to Eagles, 45-36, in 4A quarterfinals at home on Saturday