NEW YORK – Weekend number two was just as joyous for “Inside Out 2.” The Pixar sequel collected $100 million in ticket sales in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, setting a new record for an animated movie in its follow-up frame in theaters. The previous best second weekend for an animated title … Read more
Country Music legend Willie Nelson is on the road again but didn’t perform at Friday night’s Outlaw Music Festival in Georgia. Nelson missed the first star-studded Outlaw Music Festival Tour show because of an illness. Recommended Videos A post on Nelson’s Instagram page said he was ‘not feeling well’ and had been told to rest … Read more
GOMA – For Virginie Magumba, a 22-year-old professional dancer from Goma, in eastern Congo, dancing is more than just a career. “Dancing helps me liberate myself, manage my emotions, and not feel all alone,” she said. “All that I have become I owe to dancing.” Recommended Videos Magumba won the prize for Best Congolese Dancer … Read more
ATLANTA – Reality TV star Julie Chrisley’s sentence for bank fraud and tax evasion was thrown out Friday by federal appeals judges, who ordered a lower court to redo her punishment over what the appellate panel called a “narrow issue.” Julie Chrisley and her husband, Todd Chrisley, who earned fame for the show “Chrisley Knows … Read more
NEW YORK – The Washington Post’s new editor Robert Winnett never made it to his job, withdrawing Friday and deciding to stay in England in another upheaval at a news outlet where a reorganization plan has gone disastrously wrong. He’d been the subject of several published reports — including one in the newsroom that he … Read more
SANTA FE, N.M. – A New Mexico judge denied a request Friday to use immunity to compel testimony from a movie set armorer in the involuntary manslaughter trial of actor Alec Baldwin who fatally shot a cinematographer during rehearsal for the Western movie “Rust.” Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was convicted in March of involuntary manslaughter for … Read more
LOS ANGELES – Taylor Wily, a former sumo wrestler who became known for his role as confidential informant Kamekona Tupuola on both “Hawaii Five-0” and “Magnum P.I,” has died, his friend and a “Hawaii Five-0” producer both said Friday. He was 56. “Hawaii Five-0” executive producer Peter M. Lenkov confirmed his death to The Associated … Read more