Murray Wood: D-Day, in their own words
Saturday marks the 82nd anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France. The Regina Rifles were among ...
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Shut-in stars rally for Red Nose TV show for kids in need
LOS ANGELES - "Love Actually" filmmaker Richard Curtis, who never lacks for Red Nose Day star power, found the pandemic only boosted the fundraising telecast's celebrity quotient. Actors, musicians an...
May 21, 2020
Oprah Winfrey gives grants to ‘home’ cities during pandemic
NEW YORK - Oprah Winfrey is giving grants to the cities she's called home through her $12 million coronavirus relief fund. She announced Wednesday that her Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation will don...
May 20, 2020
Donation brings a bit of Mardi Gras to hospital workers
NEW ORLEANS - Emily Bauman is a believer in the power of music. So when she got her stimulus check, she put that power to work -- for New Orleans's hospital workers and the city's out-of-work musician...
May 19, 2020
Song critical of Polish leader disappears from hit chart
WARSAW, Poland - A song took aim at an alleged abuse of power by Poland's ruling party leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski. It rose to the top of the chart of a public radio station. Then it disappeared. The p...
May 19, 2020
Film shows nightmare of an emergency room in Italy
NEW YORK - Filmmaker Sasha Joelle Achilli has made documentaries on the Ebola virus and now the coronavirus. Ask which virus scares her more, and the answer is easy. "The frightening thing about COVID...
May 19, 2020
Marc Maron mourns partner Lynn Shelton in emotional podcast
LOS ANGELES - Marc Maron's voice quivered from the first words he uttered. Just days after the sudden death of his partner Lynn Shelton, Maron spoke candidly Monday to his vast podcast audience about ...
May 19, 2020
Wendy Williams pauses talk show because of health condition
LOS ANGELES - Wendy Williams is taking a break from her daytime talk show to receive treatment for a previously announced health condition. Williams has has been experiencing fatigue because of sympto...
May 19, 2020
Arkansas venue postpones concert ordered shut due to virus
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - An Arkansas theatre said Thursday it will postpone a country-rock concert that would have defied the state's ban on large gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic, days after hea...
May 15, 2020
Stopped cold: 'Frozen' musical on Broadway not to reopen
NEW YORK - The big budget musical "Frozen" will not reopen when Broadway theatres restart, marking the first time an established show has been felled by the coronavirus pandemic. The Disney show opene...
May 15, 2020
Had enough of 'Contagion'? Here are some warm blanket movies
When many were rushing to rewatch "Contagion," the eerily prophetic 2011 Steven Soderbergh film about the outbreak of an easily transmitted virus, I was searching for more comforting escapes. I reache...
May 15, 2020
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8:30 - A fatal shooting in Pelican Narrows this week left one woman dead and another person seriously injured. It comes ...
