NEW YORK – Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, who popularized beach bum soft rock with the escapist Caribbean-flavored song “Margaritaville” and turned that celebration of loafing into an empire of restaurants, resorts and frozen concoctions, has died. He was 76. “Jimmy passed away peacefully on the night of September 1st surrounded by his family, friends, music and … Read more
It will be open every weekend in October and November from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. SAN ANTONIO — Spooky season is almost here and Traders Village is going all out on this year’s Corny Maze by making it a dinosaur-themed one. The annual Corny Maze is a terrific place to bring your family for … Read more
LOS ANGELES – A pair of spinoffs of “The Walking Dead” and the next season of “Interview With the Vampire” can resume production despite the ongoing Hollywood strikes after reaching an agreement with the actors’ union. The three AMC series are the highest-profile television productions yet to get what’s known as an interim agreement from … Read more
LAS VEGAS – Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter has won a favorable ruling in one of two civil lawsuits filed against him in Nevada, one by a woman who alleges he raped her on his tour bus in Washington state in 2001 and another by a woman who alleges he sexually assaulted her on his … Read more
NEW YORK – A headless bronze statue believed to depict the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius was ordered seized from the Cleveland Museum of Art by New York authorities investigating antiquities looted from Turkey. A warrant signed by a judge in Manhattan on Aug. 14 ordered the seizure of the statue, which the museum … Read more
It will be August 31 and tickets will go on sale soon. SAN ANTONIO — There was great fanfare when the Alamodome made the announcement that Karol G: Mañana Será Bonito will be making a stop in San Antonio this summer. The show will be August 31 at 7 p.m. Karol G is a Colombian … Read more
Filmmaker Antoine Fuqua has been dreaming about taking the Equalizer abroad for years. The action franchise (very loosely based on a 1980s television series) starring Denzel Washington as the reluctant assassin Robert McCall had rooted itself in humble domestic beginnings, in Boston. But after two films and $382.7 million in box-office receipts in the past … Read more