DENVER – Actor and comedian Marlon Wayans says he is being unfairly prosecuted for disturbing the peace over a dispute with an airline employee who he alleges targeted him because of his race. Attorneys for Wayans, who is Black, made the allegations in a court filing Thursday that asked for dismissal of the case stemming … Read more
The 43rd annual Tejano Music Award is set to take place Saturday, October 21, in San Antonio. SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The company producing the Tejano Music Awards has decided not to give a Lifetime Achievement Award to a musician convicted of sexual assault of a child in 2006. The Texas Talent Musicians Association confirmed … Read more
LOS ANGELES – In July, country music star Craig Morgan reenlisted in the Army Reserves on the historic Grand Ole Opry stage. At age 59, the process required a waiver and an extensive physical test. It also inspired the title for the new EP he had been working on: “Enlisted,” out Friday. The six-song collection … Read more
BALTIMORE – Will Smith joined Jada Pinkett Smith on stage as she promoted her new memoir in her Baltimore hometown Wednesday night, pledging lifelong support for her just a week after she revealed that the couple had been separated since 2016. “Jada is the best friend I have ever had on this planet, and I … Read more
They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but if I was visiting the Las Vegas Sphere, I’d want to tell everyone I knew about it. The Las Vegas Sphere had its debut concert with U2 taking the stage recently, and the photos and videos from the show were truly out of this world. … Read more
LOS ANGELES – Burt Young, the Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie, the rough-hewn, mumbling-and-grumbling best friend, corner-man and brother-in-law to Sylvester Stallone in the “Rocky” franchise, has died. Young died Oct. 8 in Los Angeles, his daughter, Anne Morea Steingieser, told the New York Times on Wednesday. No cause was given. He was 83. Young … Read more
LAS VEGAS – The Southern California street gang leader charged in the fatal shooting of Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas will make a court appearance Thursday with a lawyer from one of the city’s best-known political families, one that has represented mobsters, athletes and other famous clients. Attorney Ross Goodman told The Associated … Read more