SAN ANTONIO – If you haven’t had a chance to check out Lightscape at the San Antonio Botanical Garden this weekend is your last chance and you can get a discount on ticket packs. Officials with the immersive installation are offering value packs for a 25% discount for the final three days of Lightscape — … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – A popular event in downtown San Antonio won’t be taking place for the next few months due to construction. San Antonio | The Saga, a free light show that takes place weekly at the San Fernando Cathedral, will be on hiatus until March 13 due to scaffolding in front of the cathedral. … Read more
DUBAI – Local media are reporting that Iran has released a prominent actress nearly three weeks after she was jailed for expressing solidarity with a man who was executed over unrest linked to anti-government protests. Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency reported Wednesday that Taraneh Alidoosti, the 38-year-old star of Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar-winning “The Salesman,” was … Read more
RENO, Nev. – The serious injuries actor Jeremy Renner suffered while using a snow tractor to free a snowbound motorist on a private mountain road near Lake Tahoe appear to be a “tragic accident,” the sheriff in Reno said Tuesday. The 51-year-old “Avengers” star was seriously hurt when he was run over by his own … Read more
LOS ANGELES – The two stars of 1968’s “Romeo and Juliet” sued Paramount Pictures for more than $500 million on Tuesday over a nude scene in the film shot when they were teens. Olivia Hussey, then 15 and now 71, and Leonard Whiting, then 16 now 72, filed the suit in Los Angeles County Superior … Read more
NEW YORK – Frank Galati, an actor, director, teacher and adapter who was a pivotal figure in Chicago’s theater community and a two-time Tony Award winner, died Monday, according to Steppenwolf Theatre. He was 79. Galati won twin Tonys in 1990 — best play and best director — for his adaptation and staging of Steppenwolf’s … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – Anyone who uses VIA’s special event service to get to the Alamodome on Jan. 7 can get into the All-American Bowl and San Antonio Sports All-Star football games for free thanks to a partnership between VIA and the San Antonio Sports Foundation. VIA’s Park & Ride fare is $1.30 each way and … Read more