NEW YORK – Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club selection is an author and ghost writer’s life story, chronicling her journey from prison and drug addiction to collaborating with the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and others. Lara Love Hardin’s “The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing” was published … Read more
POTEET, Texas – Something sweet is coming to the town of Poteet — the Strawberry Festival. The 77th annual Poteet Strawberry Festival is scheduled for April 12, 13 and 14 at 9199 N. State Hwy 16 in Poteet, just south of Bexar County. Organizers have announced the music lineup for the festival, and that includes … Read more
MELBOURNE – A photographer told police he was punched in the face by Taylor Swift’s father on the Sydney waterfront on Tuesday, hours after the pop star’s Australian tour ended. Ben McDonald said he provided police with a statement alleging that Scott Swift assaulted him at the Neutral Bay Wharf, where the father and daughter … Read more
Kawacon aims to bring the best of Otaku and Gaming culture in San Antonio. SAN ANTONIO — Anime, gaming, and pop culture fans will be converging in downtown San Antonio this weekend with the start of the Kawacon 3 Wishes Anime and Gaming Convention. Kawacon 3 Wishes is set to begin this weekend, March 2-3, … Read more
NEW YORK – Don Henley was asked in a New York courtroom Monday about a seamy episode from his past: his 1980 arrest after authorities said they found drugs and a naked 16-year-old girl suffering from an overdose at the Eagles co-founder’s Los Angeles home. Henley was testifying at an unrelated criminal trial, where three … Read more
NEW YORK – Don Henley said Monday that he never gave away handwritten pages of draft lyrics to “Hotel California” and other Eagles hits, calling them “very personal” in testimony that also delved into an ugly but unrelated episode: his 1980 arrest. Henley, the Grammy-winning co-founder of one of the most successful bands in rock … Read more
PARIS – French actor Gérard Depardieu faces another complaint of sexual assault, this time from a movie decorator who alleges he groped her during filming in 2021. In the complaint to the Paris prosecutor’s office, the 53-year-old decorator alleges that Depardieu grabbed her and kneaded her waist, stomach and breasts during filming for “Les Volets … Read more