Famed Cuban diva Juana Bacallao, who ruled the island’s cabaret scene, dies at 98

HAVANA – Juana Bacallao, a renowned Cuban singer and cabaret diva who still performed until recently, has died. She was 98. Bacallao died Saturday after spending several days at a hospital in Havana, according to a statement from Cuba’s Ministry of Culture. Officials didn’t say why she was hospitalized. Recommended Videos Bacallao was known for … Read more

Texas Eats: 75 Years of Kiolbassa Sausage in San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO – You can watch “Texas Eats” on Saturdays at 10 a.m. on KSAT 12, KSAT.com, and KSAT Plus, our free streaming app. In October of 1949 – Rufus and Juanita Kiolbassa began to offer hand-crafted Polish sausages to the southwest side of San Antonio. Sadly, in 1960 – Rufus Kiolbassa passed away. Following … Read more

Two daughters ran away to join Islamic State. Years later, their family’s story is an Oscar nominee

Olfa Hamrouni doesn’t know much about her granddaughter; not her favorite toy nor food — is it the pasta the child’s mother loves, or something else? The Tunisian grandmother doesn’t even let her mind go there. “I don’t want to know. What for but more heartache?” she said. Recommended Videos For now, she just fights … Read more

Backstory of disputed ‘Hotel California’ lyrics pages ‘just felt thin,’ ex-auction exec says

NEW YORK – When Christie’s was offered the chance to sell 13 pages of draft lyrics to the Eagles’ “Hotel California” in 2015, auction house executive Tom Lecky was “super excited.” But red flags started waving when seller Craig Inciardi said he had gotten them from a writer who worked with the band decades earlier … Read more

Lifetime’s Wendy Williams documentary will air this weekend after effort to block broadcast fails

NEW YORK – Lifetime’s “Where is Wendy Williams?” documentary will air this weekend as scheduled after a New York court rejected an attempt to block the broadcast. The order signed Friday by a New York appellate judge says blocking the documentary from airing would be an “impermissible prior restraint on speech that violates the First … Read more

New designers make a splash at Moschino, Tod’s and Blumarine during Milan Fashion Week

Designers are giving their first impressions at their new fashion houses during Milan Fashion Week. In a game of musical chairs, Matteo Tamburini showed his first collection for Tod’s on Friday just hours before his predecessor there, Walter Chiapponi, made his debut as creative director of Blumarine. Recommended Videos Adrian Appiolaza premiered his first collection … Read more