FREDERICKSBURG, Texas – Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start to the tubing season, but for the city of Fredericksburg, it is the annual Jaycees Crawfish Festival. From Friday through Sunday, the Crawfish Festival will take over the Marktplatz in downtown Fredericksburg, 126 W. Main Street. Recommended Videos It will include Cajun food, live music, … Read more
CANNES – “Beauty is like war,” says Gary Oldman, in character, in Paolo Sorrentino’s “Parthenope.” “It opens doors.” “Parthenope,” in which Oldman plays the author John Cheever, premiered Tuesday in Cannes. It’s just one of the films at this year’s festival to consider beauty: its disruptive power, its cost and the sometimes dangerous portals it … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – The kids’ summer vacation is starting, and San Antonio Parks and Recreation is inviting families to celebrate! The Palm Heights Community Center will host a summer kickoff party on Saturday. Recommended Videos The party will include games, prizes, music, face painting, snacks and beverages, and resource booths. It will also include a … Read more
LOS ANGELES – Let the debate begin. Who has the best music albums ever? Apple Music certainly has an idea. The music streaming giant announced on Wednesday their 10 greatest albums of all time with Lauryn Hill’s 1998 iconic “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” claiming the top spot. Hill’s debut album outpaced other classic records … Read more
NEW YORK – Israel’s shutdown and seizure of an Associated Press video camera that provided a live glimpse into Gaza alarmed many journalists, who worried Tuesday about wider implications for coverage of a war largely fought out of the world’s sight to begin with. After widespread condemnation, including a call by the Biden administration for … Read more
NEW YORK – A former model accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexually assaulting her at his New York City recording studio in 2003 in a lawsuit filed Tuesday, the latest in a series of allegations against the embattled hip-hop mogul. Crystal McKinney said she was a successful 22-year-old model when she met Combs at a … Read more
LONDON – German author Jenny Erpenbeck and translator Michael Hofmann won the International Booker Prize for fiction Tuesday for “Kairos,” the story of a tangled love affair during the final years of East Germany’s existence. Erpenbeck said she hoped the book would help readers learn there was more to life in the now-vanished Communist country … Read more