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Kevin Bacon dances back to “Footloose” high school
By The Associated Press on April 21st, 2024
PAYSON, Utah (AP) – Actor Kevin Bacon on Saturday returned to the Utah high school where the cult classic movie “Footloose” was filmed more than 40 years. Bacon danced his way to a stage on a Payson High School athletic field Saturday to greet students before what likely was the final prom held at the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!15 people injured when tram collides with guardrail at Universal Studios theme park near Los Angeles
By The Associated Press on April 21st, 2024
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) – More than a dozen people suffered mostly minor injuries when a tram used for tours crashed into a railing at Universal Studios Hollywood near Los Angeles, authorities and the company said. Los Angeles County Fire Department units responded shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday to the theme park in Universal City, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!15 people suffer minor injuries in tram accident at Universal Studios theme park near Los Angeles
By The Associated Press on April 21st, 2024
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) – More than a dozen people suffered minor injuries when a tram used for tours crashed into a railing at Universal Studios Hollywood near Los Angeles, authorities and the company said. Los Angeles County Fire Department units responded shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday to the theme park in Universal City, about ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conductor Andrew Davis, who headed Lyric Opera of Chicago and orchestras on 3 continents, dies
By Ronald Blum, The Associated Press on April 21st, 2024
Andrew Davis, an acclaimed British conductor who was music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and orchestras on three continents, has died. He was 80. Davis died Saturday at Rusk Institute in Chicago from leukemia, his manager, Jonathan Brill of Opus 3 Artists, said Sunday. Davis had been managing the disease for between 1 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Civil War’ continues box-office campaign at No. 1
By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press on April 21st, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – “Civil War,” Alex Garland’s ominous American dystopia, remained the top film in theaters in its second week of release, according to studio estimates Sunday. The A24 election-year gamble, the indie studio’s biggest budgeted film yet, took in $11.1 million in ticket sales at 3,929 theaters over the weekend. The $50 million ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conductor Andrew Davis dies at 80, headed Lyric Opera of Chicago and orchestras on 3 continents
By Ronald Blum, The Associated Press on April 21st, 2024
Andrew Davis, an acclaimed British conductor who was music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and orchestras on three continents, has died. He was 80. Davis died Saturday at Rusk Institute in Chicago from leukemia, his manager, Jonathan Brill of Opus 3 Artists, said Sunday. Davis had been managing the disease for between 1 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In making new music for a changed world, Sarah McLachlan wonders: ‘Where’s my place?’
By David Friend, The Canadian Press on April 21st, 2024
TORONTO – Sarah McLachlan is searching for her purpose in this fractured world. The Halifax-born singer-songwriter once shattered boundaries with her Lilith Fair tour by empowering a generation of female voices. But lately, as she prepares her first album of original material in a decade, she is questioning how to voice her opinions on social ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!15 people suffer minor injuries in tram accident at Universal Studios theme park in Los Angeles
By The Associated Press on April 21st, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A tram accident at Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles injured 15 people Saturday night, authorities and the company said. Los Angeles County Fire Department units were dipatched to the theme park on Lankershim Boulevard shortly after 9 p.m., the department said in a social media post. The victims taken to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oregon lodge famously featured in ‘The Shining’ will reopen to guests after fire forced evacuations
By The Associated Press on April 20th, 2024
GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore. (AP) – Oregon’s historic Timberline Lodge, which featured in Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film “The Shining,” will reopen to guests Sunday after a fire that prompted evacuations but caused only minimal damage. The lodge said Saturday in a Facebook post that it will support guests while repairs are being done, as well as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Recently arrested Morgan Wallen says he’s “not proud” of behavior
By The Associated Press on April 20th, 2024
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Country music star Morgan Wallen, who faces charges stemming in part from accusations that he threw a chair off the rooftop of a six-story bar, says he’s “not proud” of his behavior and accepts responsibility. The “One Thing at a Time” singer responded publicly Friday night on social media to his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Director Romeo Castellucci drops out of Brussels Ring Cycle halfway through because of money, time
By Ronald Blum, The Associated Press on April 20th, 2024
Romeo Castellucci dropped out of his production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle at Belgium’s La Monnaie theater halfway through because of what the company said Saturday was a lack of money and time. The four-part “Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung)” is considered opera’s most ambitious work. Castellucci, a noted Italian director, began ... Read More »
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