Murray Wood: Why most of us are Switzerland when it comes to culture war debates
As society becomes more and more divided, Murray Wood says a lot of his friends are just trying to stay neutral, as ther...
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UK judge rejects tabloid's bid to throw out Depp libel suit
LONDON - A British judge on Thursday rejected an attempt by tabloid newspaper The Sun to quash a libel suit from actor Johnny Depp over an article claiming he abused ex-wife Amber Heard. Judge Andrew ...
Jul 02, 2020
Rudolfo Anaya, ‘godfather’ of Chicano literature, dies at 82
RIO RANCHO, N.M. - Rudolfo Anaya, a writer who helped launch the 1970s Chicano Literature Movement with his novel "Bless Me, Ultima," a book celebrated by Latinos, has died at 82. Anaya's niece, Belin...
Jun 30, 2020
Judge temporarily blocks tell-all book by Trump's niece
A tell-all book by President Donald Trump's niece cannot be published until a judge decides the merits of claims by the president's brother that its publication would violate a pact among family membe...
Jun 30, 2020
Experts dismiss dealer's claim to have long-lost Kahlo work
MADRID - Scholars in the work of surrealist Frida Kahlo have searched for more than six decades for "The Wounded Table," a 1940 oil painting illuminating her pain over the breakup of her marriage to m...
Jun 30, 2020
Johnny Mandel, the Oscar- and Grammy- winning composer, dies
NEW YORK - Johnny Mandel, the Oscar- and Grammy-winning composer, arranger and musician who worked on albums by Frank Sinatra, Natalie Cole and many others and whose songwriting credits included "The ...
Jun 30, 2020
Ex-husband of 'Real Housewives' star is charged in assault
NEWARK, N.J. - The ex-husband of a "Real Housewives of New Jersey" cast member hired a reputed mobster to carry out an assault of the woman's current husband in exchange for a lavish wedding reception...
Jun 30, 2020
Carl Reiner, beloved creator of 'Dick Van Dyke Show,' dies
NEW YORK - Carl Reiner, the ingenious and versatile writer, actor and director who broke through as a "second banana" to Sid Caesar and rose to comedy's front ranks as creator of "The Dick Van Dyke Sh...
Jun 30, 2020
Using 'face doubles,' a new doc captures an anti-LGBTQ purge
Anonymous sources in documentaries have often been reduced to a shadowy, voice-distorted figure - or worse, a pixelated blur. But a new documentary premiering Tuesday on HBO has, with the aid of advan...
Jun 29, 2020
Netflix series to dramatize Kaepernick's path to activism
LOS ANGELES - Colin Kaepernick is joining with Emmy-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay on a Netflix drama series about the teenage roots of the former NFL player's activism. "Colin in Black & White" w...
Jun 29, 2020
UK judge says Depp broke court order in Sun libel case
LONDON - A U.K. High Court judge ruled Monday that actor Johnny Depp violated a court order by failing to disclose evidence relating to his drug use to lawyers for British tabloid The Sun, which he is...
Jun 29, 2020
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