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Not exactly a ‘Love Touch’: Rod Stewart, son, accused of battery in New Year’s Eve fight

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Rock icon Rod Stewart and his son are facing simple battery charges after an altercation with a security guard during a private event in a children’s area at The Brea...

Rocker John Mellencamp gives $50K to his Indiana hometown

SEYMOUR, Ind. – Rocker John Mellencamp has donated $50,000 to his southern Indiana hometown for construction of a plaza near a mural that pays homage to the singer-songwriter and his 1980s h...

DJ Don Imus, made and betrayed by his mouth, dead at 79

NEW YORK – Radio personality Don Imus, whose career was made and then undone by his acid tongue during a decadeslong rise to stardom and an abrupt public plunge after a nationally broadcast ...

Blue-collar character actor Danny Aiello has died at age 86

NEW YORK – Danny Aiello, the blue-collar character actor whose long career playing tough guys included roles in “Fort Apache, the Bronx,” “Moonstruck” and “Once Upon a Time in America” and h...

James Taylor audio memoir coming early next year

NEW YORK – James Taylor isn’t working on a typical rock star memoir. The singer-songwriter has a deal with producer-distributor Audible for the audio-only “Break Shot,” focusing o...

Czech filmmaker Vojtech Jasny dies at age 93

PRAGUE – Vojtech Jasny, a filmmaker who belonged to the new wave of Czechoslovak cinema in the 1960s, has died. He was 93. Slovacke divadlo, a theater he frequently visited, said ...

‘We love you, Alex!’ Contestant on ‘Jeopardy!’ moves Trebek

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek got choked up when he read the final response from a Brown University student who wanted to show support as he battles pancreatic cancer. ...

Beatles album cover photographer Robert Freeman dies at 82

LONDON – Photographer Robert Freeman, who helped define the image of The Beatles with some of the band’s best-known album covers, has died aged 82. A statement on The Beatles’ off...

Family: France’s Catherine Deneuve hospitalized with stroke

PARIS – French cinematic icon Catherine Deneuve has had a mild stroke while filming her latest movie, her family said. Denueve’s family said in a statement released Wednesday that...

Rudy Boesch, early fan favorite on ‘Survivor,’ dies at 91

Rudy Boesch, a retired tough-as-nails Navy SEAL and fan favorite on the inaugural season of “Survivor,” has died after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 91. He died p...

Prince’s anticipated, posthumous memoir is ready for fans

NEW YORK – Panic, joy, shock: Dan Piepenbring felt them all when Prince plucked him to collaborate on his first memoir, followed by more shock and profound sadness at news of the superstar’s...

Nashville sheriff reveals Johnny Cash was once deputized

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Nashville’s sheriff said there’s proof that Johnny Cash was granted law enforcement authority four decades ago. At the Johnny Cash Museum this week, Nashville S...