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MAD magazine skewers Trumpcare with an Al Jaffee ‘fold-in’

Al Jaffee, at age 96, has a few words for Donald Trump about how the president is handling health care. A few pictures, too. Jaffee is not only the longest-working cartoonist in c...

DATE: Aug 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Books

George RR Martin working on next ‘Song of Ice and Fire’

NEW YORK – George RR Martin says the next “Song of Ice and Fire” book has a real chance of coming out in 2018. But don’t count on it yet. In a weekend posting on his we...

DATE: Jul 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Books

‘Wonder Woman 2’ sets December 2019 release date

LOS ANGELES – “Wonder Woman 2” is set to storm theaters on Dec. 13, 2019. “Wonder Woman” star Gal Gadot is set to reprise her role as Diana of Themyscira. But a director has yet t...

DATE: Jul 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

The only way for ‘Game of Thrones’ to be true to itself is to end as tragically as possible

After Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) set triumphant sail for Westeros at the end of the sixth season of “Game of Thrones,” and after a rather talky beginning to the seventh season of the...

DATE: Jul 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Are the dragons in trouble on ‘Game of Thrones’?

“Game of Thrones” is full of ominous foreshadowing, but it’s rarely as explicit as what viewers saw last week when Qyburn unveiled a deadly new contraption. Cersei had promised a group of no...

DATE: Jul 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘Stranger Things’ is coming back; here’s what you need to know

The nostalgia-heavy, small-screen blockbuster “Stranger Things” returns to Netflix with a new season on Oct. 27 – just in time for a pre-Halloween weekend binge session. Netflix u...

DATE: Jul 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Fulfilling a ‘Teenage Dream’: Katy Perry to host MTV VMAs

NEW YORK – Get ready to roar with Katy Perry at the MTV Video Music Awards: The pop star is hosting the show next month. MTV announced Thursday that Perry will host the Aug. 27 ev...

DATE: Jul 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Linkin Park singer’s widow opens about husband’s death

NEW YORK – The widow of late Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington says she’s feeling the love from the rocker’s fans but she’s also feeling the loss. Talinda Bennington said in a...

DATE: Jul 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Randy Newman cared enough about his new album to help pay for it

LOS ANGELES - So, finally, at 73, Randy Newman has written a straightforward, autobiographical love song, right? “She Chose Me,” a ballad on “Dark Matter,” his first album in nine years, ope...

DATE: Jul 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

‘Atomic Blonde’ like a bad date

For reasons that have nothing to do with destructive power or hair color, “Atomic Blonde” is no “Wonder Woman.” Despite its bloody, sharply choreographed action sequences, its wid...

DATE: Jul 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

George Clooney threatens prosecution over pics of baby twins

George Clooney says photographers who captured images of him and his wife, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, cradling their newborn twins will be “prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law...

DATE: Jul 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

D.L. Menard, Cajun music ambassador, dies at 85

NEW ORLEANS – D.L. Menard, whose song “The Back Door” is among the most popular in Cajun music, is dead at the age of 85. Menard died Thursday at his home in Scott, Louisiana, Lou...

DATE: Jul 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.