Comedian Billy Connolly treated for cancer, diagnosed with Parkinson’s
(Reuters) – Comedian Billy Connolly has been operated on for prostate cancer and diagnosed with early-stage Parkinson’s disease, a press statement posted on the 70-year...
Fashion
Miss America cheers pageant diversity
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Moments after winning the 2014 Miss America crown, Nina Davuluri described how delighted she is that the nearly century-old pageant...
Hip-hop mogul Suge Knight arrested in Los Angeles
(Reuters) – Hip-hop music mogul Suge Knight was arrested in Los Angeles early on Wednesday on an outstanding misdemeanor warrant following a traffic stop, a...
Prince William to swap armed forces for royal and charity duties
Prince William is to leave the military after more than seven years of service, Kensington Palace has announced. The Duke of Cambridge completed his final...
A Hollywood studio where dogs learn to fly
LOS ANGELES (AP) — For $349, your dog can learn to fly. Security checks and bumpy air are all in a day’s training at a...
Streep, Roberts do battle in dysfunction drama ‘August: Osage County’
(Reuters) – Right around Christmas, arguably the high season for family dysfunction, moviegoers will get a chance to compare their clans with the calamitous Westons...
Designers opt for elegance, ease in spring New York collections
(Reuters) – Soft, billowing fabrics in muted colors with bursts of yellow, cobalt blue, black and red dominated the runways on Tuesday at New York Fashion Week...
Singer Keith Urban navigates ‘uncharted waters’ on new album
(Reuters) – Keith Urban had made eight albums over the past two decades when he began recording his latest, “Fuse,” and the Australian country singer...
Singers Swift, Musgraves top Country Music Awards nominations
(Reuters) – Singers Taylor Swift and newcomer Kacey Musgraves on Tuesday led the nominees for this year’s Country Music Association awards, one of the genre’s...
’12 Years a Slave:’ an American story unearthed by British filmmaker
(Reuters) – Set in the plantations of sweltering southern Louisiana and based on the 1853 memoir of a free black man sold into slavery, “12...