ATLANTA – New Edition’s ascension to the top of the charts in the 1980s was meteoric.They sold millions, but turmoil was as integral to their story as their hit records. From the departure of Bobby Brown to other internal rifts to financial difficulties, the drama involving New Edition is ...
The candy-colored love letter to musicals “La La Land” on Tuesday landed a record-tying 14 nominations to the Academy Awards, which fielded a notably more diverse list of nominees following two straight years of “OscarsSoWhite” backlash.“La La Land” matched “Titanic” and “All ...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – A Tom Hanks fan in southern Poland said her town that once produced small Fiat cars is offering one to the actor.Monika Jaskolska of Bielsko-Biala said Tuesday she was inspired last fall by photos Hanks posted of himself jokingly posing by Fiat 126p cars parked in ...
NEW YORK – In 2004, PBS aired a film about Alzheimer’s disease.The grim takeaway:• It’s incurable and deadly.• With the aging of the U.S. population (especially by the outsized baby-boom generation) the number of cases is skyrocketing accordingly.• The cost of this coming epidemic ...
PARK CITY, Utah – Director Dee Rees wanted to get to the big questions in her enthralling period epic “Mudbound.” Specifically: What is it to be a citizen and what is it to fight for a country that doesn’t fight for you? The film, which premiered recently at the Sundance Film Festival, ...
NEW YORK (AP) – “Star Wars: Episode VIII” finally has a title: “The Last Jedi.”The Walt Disney Co. announced the title for the next chapter in the Skywalker saga on Monday. “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” will be released Dec. 15.Speculation over just who the last Jedi is immediately ...
