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NEW YORK – David Sedaris, over more than a quarter century, has earned many job descriptions: humorist, playwright, essayist, author and radio contributor.At 60, call him a thief, but still funny, sometimes awkward, often poignant.Sedaris has robbed decades of his diaries for a two-book ...

NEW YORK – Roger Waters isn’t sure how much longer he will tour, or if his current one will be his last. But there’s one thing the former Pink Floyd co-founder is sure of – if you’re a veteran, there’s a place for you at his shows.Waters, whose father was killed in World War II, ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A Georgia man is facing felony grand theft charges for stealing more than $200,000 worth of prized Star Wars vintage action figures from a California nonprofit museum.Steve Sansweet is the founder of Rancho Obi-Wan in Petaluma, Calif., where roughly 400,000 pieces of ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Six years after being a finalist on “American Idol,” country singer Lauren Alaina is finally feeling happy, healthy and celebrating hard-earned radio success. All it took was to be honest with her fans and herself.The bubbly, enthusiastic singer with an impressive vocal ...

Has any lion in winter ever roared like Christopher Plummer?In British theater director David Leveaux’s WWII thriller “The Exception,” Plummer plays Wilhelm II, the exiled emperor of Germany and king of Prussia who, having abdicated the throne after the defeat of World War I, has spent ...

With a title like “Captain Underpants,” you expect kid-friendly fart jokes and toilet humor. What you may not expect is a sweet story that touches on adult loneliness, the importance of arts education and how laughter and friendship are life essentials at any age.Based on the popular ...