LAS VEGAS (AP) — Shardae Williams woke up recently to someone blasting Tupac Shakur's “Shed So Many Tears," as they drove by her home. Lately at work or while running errands, she has seen people wearing Shakur shirts. The late rapper's presence is everywhere since the Las Vegas trial ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Peter Cullen, a prolific voice actor who enlivened scores of TV series, specials and movies, including Optimus Prime in the syndicated 1984 series “Transformers” and Eeyore in the Winnie the Pooh cartoon franchise, has died. He was 85. His agent, Kevin Motley, said ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of stardom and acclaim, has died in Nashville. She was 80 years old. “After ...
It says something about us that dogs are critical when it comes to postapocalyptic movies. Tom Hanks had an adorable terrier in “Finch” and Will Smith had a heroic German shepherd in “I Am Legend.” Another German shepherd is due to accompany Brad Pitt in next month's “Heart of ...
BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese artist Gao Zhen was sentenced to three years in prison Tuesday for “infringing upon the reputation of heroes” through his satirical works of art, including statues of China's former leader Mao Zedong. The U.S.-based Gao, who was part of an artistic duo known ...
BANGKOK (AP) — The buzziest film in China this year was shot almost entirely in a southern Chinese dialect that most Chinese viewers need subtitles to understand. Yet “Dear You” has become China's second-highest-grossing film of the year. Now it is heading overseas, part of a broader ...
