SAN ANTONIO – This year, the frights are intensifying at SeaWorld San Antonio. A few of us GMSA producers wanted to see if the new haunted house was worth the hype, so we decided to check it out ourselves! Watch a video of our tour in the player above. Bunny Bradley’s Ice Cream Shoppe promised … Read more
NEW YORK – Lester Holt, Kristen Welker and Hugh Hewitt will moderate the third Republican presidential debate, scheduled for Nov. 8 in Miami, NBC said Wednesday. The first one held outside the confines of Fox News, the two-hour debate will be seen at 8 p.m. Eastern on NBC and the NBC News Now streaming service. … Read more
NEW YORK – The first thought that comes to mind when you enter the Balloon Museum for the “Let’s Fly” exhibit is the massive scale of the art. It’s easy to think of such an environment as having either professional-level balloon art or installations that rival the scale of a Thanksgiving Day Parade float, and … Read more
NEW YORK – Scholastic Inc. will end a widely criticized policy that made it easier for school book fairs not to sell works with racial, disability and LGBTQ+ themes. The children’s publisher angered many authors and educators this fall when it created a separate package of dozens of books, labeled “Share Every Story, Celebrate Every … Read more
NEW YORK – Tens of thousands of books are being banned or restricted by U.S. prisons, according to a new report from PEN America. The list includes everything from self-help books to an Elmore Leonard novel. “The common concept underpinning the censorship we’re seeing is that certain ideas and information are a threat,” says the … Read more
The North East School of the Arts is putting on The Addams Family Musical on Oct. 27-29 and Nov. 3-5. SAN ANTONIO — The creepiest and kookiest family is set to hit the stage at a performing arts high school in San Antonio just in time for spooky season. The North East School of the … Read more
LOS ANGELES – Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective in several “Shaft” films beginning in the early 1970s, has died. He was 81. Roundtree’s longtime manager, Patrick McMinn, said the actor had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and died at his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday. He was … Read more