Oct 19th, 2012
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel tied the knot at a seaside resort in southern Italy.
The Borgo Egnazia resort declined to comment Friday about the superstar nuptials.
The couple released a statement to People magazine saying, “It’s great to be married, the ceremony was beautiful and it was so special to be surrounded by our family and friends.”
Representatives for the...
Jul 25th, 2012
SEATTLE (AP) — Gyasi Ross grew up decades after the “Lone Ranger” aired on TV, but his friends would still call him “Tonto” when they teased him.
“Everybody understands who Tonto is, even if we hadn’t seen the show, and we understood it wasn’t a good thing,” said Ross, a member of the Blackfeet Nation in Montana who lives and has family in the Suquamish Tribe,...
Jul 21st, 2012
LONDON (AP) — The athletes and the Olympic torch have arrived in London — and so has the party.
For those keener on celebrity-spotting or dancing the night away than medal counting, the British host city has plenty of action to offer during games time. Away from the track and field, Hollywood royalty such as Brangelina and Nicole Kidman will be rubbing shoulders with diplomats and businessmen at the city’s...
Jul 19th, 2012
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Fans still holding tickets for a canceled 1979 show in Rhode Island by British rock band The Who can finally use them.
The Who’s 1979 concert in Providence was canceled by then-Mayor Buddy Cianci, who cited safety concerns after a stampede before a show in Cincinnati, Ohio, killed 11 people. The band hasn’t been to Providence since.
The Who this week announced it will end its...
Jul 12th, 2012
LONDON (AP) — Mick Jagger may need to rethink the words he sang more than 45 years ago — “What a drag it is getting old.”
Thursday marks 50 years since Jagger played his first gig with a band called the Rolling Stones, and the group is marking its half-century with no letup in its productivity or rock ‘n ‘ roll style. Jagger himself is still the cool, rich frontman of the world’s...
Jun 6th, 2012
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — It turns out “The Last Song” was only the beginning for Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth.
The couple who met on the set of that movie in 2009 announced their engagement Wednesday morning. Publicist Jeff Raymond confirms a People Magazine report of the news.
Hemsworth, the 22-year-old Australian star of “The Hunger Games,” and Cyrus, the 19-year-old “Hannah...
Apr 19th, 2012
Dick Clark, the music industry maverick, longtime TV host and powerhouse producer who changed the way we listened to pop music with American Bandstand, and whose trademark Rockin’ Eve became a fixture of New Year’s celebrations, died Apr. 18 at the age of 82, ABC News has learned.
Clark had continued doing his job even after suffering a stroke in 2004 that left him with difficulty speaking and walking....
Feb 12th, 2012
The announcement of the death of Whitney Houston at the age of 48, has surprised everyone Sunday morning. International star of the song with worldwide hits like Saving All My Love For You, I’m Your Baby Tonight and especially I Will Always Love You, it will also scored the film with a single role, that of The Bodyguard, success of 90 years with Kevin Costner.
The Bodyguard marks the acting debut of Whitney...