Victoria Lee, rising MMA star, dies at age 18

Her sister, Angela Lee, confirmed Victoria’s death on social media. Angela is also an MMA fighter herself. Author: Jaime E. Galvan, CBS News, CNN Newsource Published: 11:16 AM CST January 9, 2023 Updated: 11:16 AM CST January 9, 2023 Victoria Lee, a rising MMA star known as “The Prodigy,” has died at the age of … Read more

Famed Danish restaurant Noma to start new ‘flavor search’

COPENHAGEN – The famed Danish restaurant Noma which has claimed the title of world’s top restaurant several times said Monday it will shut down to transform itself into “a pioneering test kitchen” dedicated to “food innovation and the development of new flavors.” Chef Rene Redzepi’s house of Nordic gastronomy will close by the winter 2024 … Read more

Prince Harry accuses royals of complicity in Meghan’s pain

LONDON – Prince Harry has accused the royal family of being complicit in his wife Meghan’s anguish, claiming his stepmother Camilla, the queen consort, had leaked private conversations to the media in order to burnish her own reputation. In interviews broadcast Sunday, Harry accused members of the royal family of getting “into bed with the … Read more

Spielberg, ‘Top Gun’ feted by National Board of Review

NEW YORK – The prize for best film of the year at the National Board of Review Awards went to “Top Gun: Maverick.” Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin” took home the most trophies. But the night belonged to its best-director honoree, Steven Spielberg, and the parade of tributes paid to the 76-year-old filmmaker. So … Read more

Russell Banks, praised author of ‘Cloudsplitter,’ dies at 82

NEW YORK – Russell Banks, an award-winning fiction writer who rooted such novels as “Affliction” and “The Sweet Hereafter” in the wintry, rural communities of his native Northeast and imagined the dreams and downfalls of everyone from modern blue-collar workers to the radical abolitionist John Brown in “Cloudsplitter,” has died. He was 82. Banks, a … Read more

Adam Rich, former ‘Eight Is Enough’ child star, dies at 54

LOS ANGELES – Adam Rich, the child actor with a pageboy mop-top who charmed TV audiences in the late 1970s as “America’s little brother” on “Eight is Enough,” has died. He was 54. Rich died Saturday in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles, said Lt. Aimee Earl of the Los Angeles County Medical-Examiner Coroner’s office. … Read more