LOS ANGELES (AP) — There is a whole other show that happens offscreen at the Oscars that the home audience doesn’t see on television. Here’s what The Associated Press saw that the cameras did not capture. THE OSCARS START AT… 7ISH? Things got off to a late start, about 6 minutes behind schedule and not … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Lawrence, a singer and top stage act who as a solo performer and in tandem with his wife Eydie Gorme kept Tin Pan Alley alive during the rock era, died Thursday. He was 88. Lawrence, whose hits included “Go Away Little Girl,” died from complications due to Alzheimer’s disease, said … Read more
LANGKAWI, Malaysia (AP) — King Harald V of Norway remained hospitalized with an infection on Malaysia’s northern resort island of Langkawi on Wednesday as officials said that his condition was improving. Harald, Europe’s oldest monarch at age 87, became ill while he was on vacation. His son, Crown Prince Haakon, said in Norway that his … Read more
If you watched Lifetime’s Wendy Williams docuseries that premiered over the weekend and felt uncomfortable, you weren’t alone. “Where is Wendy Williams?” premiered over the weekend and featured numerous scenes of the former talk show host unsteady, belligerent, confused and also drunk. Her manager would regularly find liquor bottles hidden throughout her apartment, behavior that … Read more
Longtime rock band Primus is next up in the slowly unfurling summer lineup at Sunset Amphitheater. Blues, R&B and roots singer songwriter Fantastic Negrito will open the Aug. 24 show. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday. Go online to axs.com or sunsetamphitheater.live. New Sunset Amphitheater in Colorado Springs adds country music star to the … Read more
Longtime rock bands Primus and Steve Miller Band are next up in the slowly unfurling summer lineup at Sunset Amphitheater. Primus will perform Aug. 24 with opening act Fantastic Negrito, a blues, R&B and roots singer songwriter. Steve Miller Band is slated for Sept. 27. Tickets for both shows go on sale at 10 a.m. … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — In the mid-1970s, the Eagles were working on a spooky, cryptic new song. On a lined yellow pad, Don Henley, with input from band co-founder Glenn Frey, jotted thoughts about “a dark desert highway” and “a lovely place” with a luxurious surface and ominous undertones. And something on ice, perhaps caviar … Read more
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Forget her “Reputation.” Taylor Swift has a whole new album coming out. Accepting the Grammy for best pop vocal album on Sunday night, Taylor said she’d been keeping a secret for two years. “My brand-new album comes out April 19. It’s called ‘The Tortured Poets Department.’ I’m going to go and … Read more
Mandarin Oriental was named the best luxury hotel brand in the world. Source: LTI — Luxury Travel Intelligence There are rankings of the best hotels in the world. But a new list, released by the members-only group LTI – Luxury Travel Intelligence, ranks hotel brands rather than individual properties. The ranking analyzes many hotels within … Read more
Submitted Photo Dakotah Poitra (aka Dakotah Faye) performed a charity concert in April in Minot to raise funds for unpaid school lunch balances in the Minot school system. The concert raised around $3,000. Photo by Mason Kramer Photography Local musician Dakotah Poitra, who performs under the name Dakotah Faye, has seen recent success with his … Read more