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William Goldman, Oscar winner for ‘Butch Cassidy,’ has died

NEW YORK – William Goldman, the screenwriter and Hollywood wise man who won Academy Awards for “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and “All the President’s Men” and summed up the mystery of...

DATE: Nov 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Roy Clark, ‘Hee Haw’ star, has died at 85

Country star Roy Clark, the guitar virtuoso and singer who headlined the cornpone TV show “Hee Haw” for nearly a quarter century and was known for such hits as “Yesterday When I was Young” a...

DATE: Nov 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Aerosmith’s Perry tweets ‘doing well’ after hospitalization

NEW YORK – Joe Perry is feeling the love from fans after he was hospitalized with breathing problems that began after a guest performance with Billy Joel in New York. The Aerosmit...

DATE: Nov 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Stan Lee was a Marvel to behold

There was a lot more to being comics’ greatest showman ever than just showing up, convention after convention, show after show. And to the man who long wore that mantle, with great power cam...

DATE: Nov 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Metallica, ex-bandmates to pay concert tribute to Cornell

LOS ANGELES – The late Chris Cornell will be honored with a tribute concert in Los Angeles on Jan. 16 featuring members of his former bands along with Metallica and the Foo Fighters. ...

DATE: Nov 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

DuVernay to make Prince documentary

NEW YORK – Ava DuVernay is making a multipart documentary about Prince for Netflix with the support of the late musician’s estate. The director on Tuesday confirmed Twitter report...

DATE: Nov 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove dies at age 49

LOS ANGELES – Trumpeter Roy Hargrove, a prolific player who provided his jazz sound to records across a vast range of styles and won two Grammys, has died at age 49, his manager said Saturda...

DATE: Nov 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

‘Peggy Sue,’ immortalized by Buddy Holly, dies at 78

Peggy Sue Gerron was 17 years old, a senior at a Catholic girls school, when the world heard her name radiate through the airwaves over and over on its way to rock ’n’ roll immortality. ...

DATE: Oct 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Beatles recording engineer Geoff Emerick dies at 72

LONDON – Geoff Emerick, who worked as recording engineer for the Beatles for many years and played an important role in the creation of “Revolver,” “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” an...

DATE: Oct 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Oprah Winfrey reality show filmed in Dolores

Filming by OWN channel featured area attractions

DATE: Oct 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Marty Balin, founder of Jefferson Airplane, dies at 76

NEW YORK – Marty Balin, a patron of the 1960s “San Francisco Sound” both as founder and lead singer of the Jefferson Airplane and co-owner of the club where the Airplane and other Bay Area b...

DATE: Sep 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Will Smith’s bungee jump: The latest stunt near Grand Canyon

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – At the end of the 1991 movie “Thelma & Louise,” the two leading ladies – fugitives cornered by authorities in the Grand Canyon – decide against surrendering and instead dr...

DATE: Sep 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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