All eyes are on Coppola in Cannes. Sound familiar?

CANNES – Francis Ford Coppola on Thursday will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival a film on which he has risked everything, one that’s arriving clouded by rumors of production turmoil. Sound familiar? On Thursday, Coppola’s self-financed opus “Megalopolis” will make its much-awaited premiere. Other films are debuting in Cannes with more fanfare and hype, … Read more

San Antonio City manager will have ‘conversation’ with city attorney after council members’ closed-door grievance airing

San Antonio – Less than week after nearly half the San Antonio City Council called for a meeting to discuss the “fitness” of the city attorney, they got a chance to air their grievances behind closed doors. City council members went straight from opening the Wednesday afternoon meeting into a more than two-hour non-public “executive … Read more

Former Blue Cares executive director says SAPOA leadership told her to create meeting records

SAN ANTONIO – The former executive director of Blue Cares, the nonprofit arm of the San Antonio Police Officers’ Association, said she was told by association leadership to create meeting records for a charitable bingo application last summer. The revelation from Dr. Amanda Gonzalez, who resigned from Blue Cares earlier this year to run for … Read more

Anitta defends her Afro-Brazilian faith after new music video costs her some followers

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil’s biggest pop star, Anitta, has released a music video depicting rituals of the Afro-Brazilian faith Candomble, sparking controversy in a country where religious intolerance is all too common. Her track — pointedly named “Accept” — has been viewed over a million times on YouTube since its release on Tuesday. It … Read more