Kansas City Star: Entertainment
- The state of the big-screen summer comedy is no laughing matter. Can the genre get its mojo back?
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 04:00 AMIn years past, the summertime box office could always be counted on to deliver at least one mainstream comedy smash that would break out of the pack of superhero films, … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A guide to the World Cup when you know nothing about soccer
Wednesday - 06/27/2018 - 12:47 AMSo, there's this thing called the World Cup ... The group stage of the most widely watched sporting event in the world is about to conclude, and you want to … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Media fight access restrictions on child detention centers
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 12:49 AMThe children at the center of the national debate over President Donald Trump's immigration policy have been heard about but rarely seen. News organizations say they are pushing back every … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Irving stays busy with knee to mend, movie to promote
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 08:19 PMKyrie Irving doesn't have to worry about free agency until next summer, though he's got plenty to keep him busy for now. There's a movie to promote and a knee … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Organizers keep cannabis music festival alive
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 05:27 PMOrganizers behind The Original Green Mountain Cannabis and Music Festival aren't giving up despite some challenges along the way. "Social media platforms have flagged our content as mature simply over … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Screen plays: World Cup matchups turn on late video reviews
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 07:02 PMFans in stadiums about 1,000 miles apart — and millions watching on multiple screens around the globe — were transfixed on a studio outside Moscow where World Cup fates turned … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - After death, XXXTentacion tops Billboard Hot 100 chart
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 04:18 PMFollowing his death, XXXTentacion has topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Sad!" and his two albums have landed in the Top 10. Billboard reports that the rapper-singer's song, which … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bubba Watson gives $200K to benefit camp for ill children
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 04:49 PMGolfer Bubba Watson has donated $200,000 to the Travelers Championship to support the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Connecticut for seriously ill children. Watson overcame a six-stroke deficit … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Pawn Stars' Richard Harrison, known as 'The Old Man,' dies
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 01:03 PM"Pawn Stars" patriarch, Richard Benjamin Harrison, who was known as "The Old Man," has died at age 77. Gold & Silver Pawn's Facebook page posted Monday that Harrison was surrounded … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - German agency site addresses 9/11, other conspiracy theories
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 02:42 PMA German government agency tasked with providing unbiased political information has launched a website suggesting that the U.S. government staged the 9/11 attacks and that aircraft contrails are poisonous — … Click to Continue »
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- Plaque returning to final Elvis concert site in Indianapolis
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 05:44 AMA plaque honoring Elvis Presley's final concert is returning to the former site of Market Square Arena in downtown Indianapolis. A rededication event is planned for Tuesday on the 41st … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Upstate-based company lands contract for new expo's events
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 12:13 AMA Hudson Valley-based company has been awarded a contract to book major events at the new Exposition Center on the New York State Fairgrounds. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Former Trump press secretary Sean Spicer developing TV show
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 12:17 AMFormer White House press secretary Sean Spicer is working on a television interview show in which he banters with guests about a variety of topics. A spokesman for TV syndication … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Jersey Shore' star's ex-girlfriend arrested in Vegas fight
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 09:04 PMPolice and her lawyer say the 31-year-old ex-girlfriend of "Jersey Shore" TV show star Ronnie Ortiz-Magro is facing a misdemeanor domestic battery charge in Las Vegas after a weekend fight.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Hip-hop stars Cardi B and Offset wed quietly months ago
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 06:39 PMA marriage certificate shows hip-hop stars Cardi B and the Migos' Offset were quietly married months ago. Sunday night while accepting best group award at the BET awards, Offset raised … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Box office top 20: 'Jurassic World' debuts with $148M
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 07:10 PM"Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" was never expected to approach the record-setting heights of 2015's "Jurassic World," but it still took a mighty bite out of the box office with a … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gambling is back at 2 once-shuttered Atlantic City casinos
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 04:43 PMPeople are winning and losing money again for the first time in years at two Atlantic City casinos that had been shut down. Monday marked the first day of so-called … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Heather Locklear arrested for alleged attack on deputy, EMT
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 04:51 PMHeather Locklear has been arrested on suspicion of fighting with first responders for the second time this year. Ventura County Sheriff's Capt. Garo Kuredjian says Locklear was released from jail … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tiffany Haddish, Kumail Nanjiani among film academy invitees
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 02:29 PMThe organization that puts on the Oscars has invited 928 new members from 59 countries to join its ranks, including actors Tiffany Haddish, Dave Chappelle, Kumail Nanjiani, Amy Schumer and … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Justices considering how records law applies to courts
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 03:03 PMThe Wisconsin Supreme Court is reviewing how the state's open records law applies to the court system, sparking concern among government transparency advocates that justices may close off legal documents … Click to Continue »
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- Horoscopes for Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 05:26 AMAries March 21-April 19 It's another day when tensions are rife and you feel stretched to breaking point. You might even totally lose your temper with someone, instead of merely … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Oscar Robertson wonders: 'Where are the white athletes?'
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 12:15 AMOscar Robertson commends the off-court activism of today's NBA players, although the Hall of Famer wonders why more white athletes aren't speaking out, too. Robertson received the Lifetime Achievement Award … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Former Trump press secretary Sean Spicer developing TV show
Tuesday - 06/26/2018 - 01:08 AMFormer White House press secretary Sean Spicer is working on a television interview show in which he banters with guests about a variety of topics. A spokesman for TV syndication … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Latest: Gobert wins NBA Defensive Player of the Year
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 09:33 PMThe Latest on the NBA Awards, where the league's individual honors are being presented (all times local): 6:30 p.m. Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz is the NBA's Defensive Player … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Russell Crowe will play Roger Ailes in new Showtime biopic
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 06:22 PMRussell Crowe will portray Roger Ailes in a new Showtime series about the late Fox News Channel founder. The eight-episode limited series is based on the 2014 book "The Loudest … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Protesting Trump, artist adds immigrant child to Kansas mural. It lasts only 3 days
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 07:00 PMA mural commemorating the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education case was almost complete when one of its artists painted in a last-minute addition: an immigrant child clinging to her … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Giant tech-inspired egg sculpture heading to Harvard
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 04:22 PMA giant egg-shaped sculpture that drew complaints from officials in a Silicon Valley city is moving to Harvard University. The Boston Globe reports the Palo Alto Public Art Commission voted … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - In 'Leave No Trace,' Debra Granik stays off the beaten path
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 05:11 PMBorn in Massachusetts, raised outside Washington D.C. and a resident of New York, director Debra Granik has lived a filmmaking life more intrepid than her own. Her films, fictional and … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump welcomes Jordan's King Abdullah II to White House
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 02:06 PMPresident Donald Trump is hosting Jordan's King Abdullah II at the White House. The president and first lady Melania Trump greeted Abdullah and his wife, Queen Rania, on Monday afternoon.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- The Latest: Prince William arrives in Israel
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 11:25 AMThe Latest on Prince William's visit to the Middle East (all times local): 6:30 p.m. Prince William has arrived in Israel for the first-ever official visit by a member of … Click to Continue »
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