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Valerie Harper, TV’s Rhoda, has died at 80

LOS ANGELES – Valerie Harper, who scored guffaws, stole hearts and busted TV taboos as the brash, self-deprecating Rhoda Morgenstern on back-to-back hit sitcoms in the 1970s, has died. ...

DATE: Aug 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Alex Trebek, saying he’s on the mend, back at ‘Jeopardy!’

LOS ANGELES – “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek has returned to work, saying he’s “on the mend” after treatment for pancreatic cancer. The game show posted a video Thursday on Twitter ...

DATE: Aug 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Muscle Shoals songwriter, artist Donnie Fritts dies at 76

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Donnie Fritts, a Muscle Shoals songwriter, artist and actor who was a frequent collaborator with Kris Kristofferson and wrote the song “We Had It All,” recorded by numerou...

DATE: Aug 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Singer Eddie Money says he has stage 4 esophageal cancer

NEW YORK – Eddie Money says he has stage 4 esophageal cancer. The singer known for such hits as “Two Tickets to Paradise” and “Take Me Home Tonight” says his fate is in “God’s hands.” ...

DATE: Aug 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Once upon a time in fatherhood: Tarantino to become a dad

LOS ANGELES – Quentin Tarantino is going to be telling a whole new brand of “Once upon a time” tale – the bedtime-story kind. The “Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood” director is ...

DATE: Aug 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Hemsworth seeks to divorce Cyrus after 7 months of marriage

LOS ANGELES – Liam Hemsworth is seeking a divorce from Miley Cyrus after seven months of marriage. The 29-year-old Australian actor filed for the dissolution of his marriage to th...

DATE: Aug 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘Easy Rider’ star and writer Peter Fonda has died at 79

LOS ANGELES – Actor Peter Fonda, the son of a Hollywood legend who became a movie star in his own right after both writing and starring in the counter-culture classic “Easy Rider,” has died....

DATE: Aug 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Jury selected in N.C. defamation lawsuit against author Sparks

RALEIGH, N.C. – A jury is ready to start hearing evidence in a federal lawsuit accusing novelist Nicholas Sparks of defaming the former headmaster of a private Christian school. T...

DATE: Aug 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Books

Comedian Andy Dick reports attack in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS – Comedian Andy Dick said he was assaulted outside a New Orleans nightclub after performing in the French Quarter. Dick tells The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advoca...

DATE: Aug 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Wayne Newton sued over monkey biting girl visiting his home

LAS VEGAS – Entertainer Wayne Newton is being sued by a Las Vegas woman who claims the veteran crooner’s pet monkey bit and injured her daughter during an invited visit to Newton’s showpiece...

DATE: Aug 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Danny Trejo ‘superpowers’ to help save child

Actor Danny Trejo was about to drop off his 1965 Buick Riviera for repairs when he saw the sedan next to him run a red light and hit a Ford Explorer, flipping the silver SUV. The “Machete” s...

DATE: Aug 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Nobel laureate Toni Morrison dead at 88

NEW YORK – Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a pioneer and reigning giant of modern literature whose imaginative power in “Beloved,” “Song of Solomon” and other works transformed American letter...

DATE: Aug 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Books

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