NEW YORK – Barrett Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists and most gifted songwriters who sang lead on the company’s breakthrough single “Money (That’s What I Want)” and later collaborated with Norman Whitfield on such classics as “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” “War” and “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone,” has died. He was 81. … Read more
Actor Annie Wersching, best known for playing FBI agent Renee Walker in the series “24″ and providing the voice for Tess in the video game “The Last of Us,” has died. She was 45. Wersching passed away Sunday morning in Los Angeles following a battle with cancer, her publicist told The Associated Press. The type … Read more
Fans from all over showed up in San Antonio to watch their favorite wrestlers. SAN ANTONIO — The WWE was in town for a couple of shows over the weekend, bringing people from all over the United States to the Alamodome. KENS 5 photographer Jeff Johnsey caught up with some wrestling stars and their fans. … Read more
Ryan Reynolds went from joy to despair, and punch-the-air ecstasy to desolation. The unlikely new love of his life — Welsh soccer club Wrexham — put the movie star on an emotional roller coaster Sunday in a thrill-a-minute FA Cup match that had an ending not quite in the script. Wrexham, the fifth-tier team bought … Read more
Keivonn Woodard has made an impact locally as a Black Deaf hockey player. Now, he’s guest starring in HBO’s new hit show, The Last of Us. BOWIE, Md. — A 9-year-old hockey player first gained the spotlight in Bowie as the team’s only Black, Deaf hockey player. Now, that spotlight has followed him to Hollywood … Read more
“Avatar: The Way of Water” claimed the No. 1 spot on the domestic box office charts for the seventh weekend in a row with an additional $15.7 million, according to studio estimates on Sunday. It was a quiet weekend overall, notable mostly for the Hindi language blockbuster “Pathaan” that broke into the top five and … Read more
NEW ORLEANS – For 17 seasons the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra has been under the musical direction of Carlos Miguel Prieto. That changes this summer when conductor Matthew Kraemer takes the reigns. The orchestra’s Board of Trustees recently announced that Kramer will take over in July and make his official introduction to music lovers in mid-September. … Read more