BALTIMORE (AP) — Orioles chairman John Angelos said in a memo to team staff members that he looks forward to signing a new lease committing the team to remaining in Baltimore. The Baltimore Sun obtained the Sept. 1 memorandum, and the Orioles confirmed the accuracy of the paper's report on it. Angelos was sued earlier this year by his brother Lou, who claimed John Angelos seized control of the Orioles […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Katie Couric says she was diagnosed with breast cancer on the first day of summer, and since has undergone surgery and radiation treatment. The 65-year-old media personality memorably underwent screening for colon cancer on the "Today" show in 2000, two years after her first husband died of the disease at age 41. Her sister also died of pancreatic cancer at age 54 but her circle's long […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Grab your toilet paper. Bring a flashlight. Don't forget a newspaper — or your fishnets. A touring, interactive version of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" is hitting the road to celebrate the cult film's birthday with screenings, live shadow casts, the invitation to be inappropriate and one of its original stars— Barry Bostwick. Released in 1975, the sci-fi, cross-dressing rock musical became a cult favorite and […]
Marilyn Monroe's on-screen costumes are almost as iconic as her. Suffice it to say, "Blonde" costume designer Jennifer Johnson felt an enormous amount of pressure to get those dresses right for the Netflix film, streaming Wednesday. "Blonde" may be a fictionalized version of her story, but the costumes are ripped from reality. The vast majority of the frocks Ana de Armas wears in the film, from the white pleated "Seven […]
DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge is hearing arguments over the exchange of information by lawyers in Twitter's lawsuit seeking to force billionaire Elon Musk to carry through with his $44 billion acquisition of the social media giant. Tuesday's hearing comes three weeks before a scheduled trial in the dispute. Musk agreed in April to buy Twitter and take it private, offering $54.20 a share and vowing to loosen […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans hometown hero Anthony Mackie is helping rebuild roofs in the city damaged by Hurricane Ida. Mackie is an actor famous for his role as The Falcon in the Avengers movie franchise, and who is taking over the Captain America role. He grew up working in the family roofing business. Now he's teaming up with roofing company GAF that makes shingles and other roofing materials […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Miss Universe Organization says New Orleans will be the site of its 71st contest, drawing nearly 90 women contestants from around the world in January. The organization said Monday that the competition will be aired on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, from the New Orleans convention center. The city's mayor, LaToya Cantrell, says New Orleans and the Miss Universe Organization share common values of inclusion and […]
NEW YORK (AP) — In a memoir Anne Heche worked on last year, the actor shared candid thoughts on her 3-year relationship with Ellen DeGeneres in the late 1990s, when they were among Hollywood's first openly gay couples. "I was labeled 'outrageous' because I fell in love with a woman," Heche writes in "Call Me Anne," which Start Publishing has scheduled for January. Heche, whose films included "Donnie Brasco" and […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bruce Springsteen's handwritten set lists and a favorite guitar are among the marquee items that will make a cross-country trip for a museum exhibit this fall. The Grammy Museum announced Wednesday that Bruce Springsteen Live! will open at the Grammy Museum L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles on Oct. 15. The interactive exhibit runs until April 2 and will feature Springsteen and the E Street Band's […]
