Tim Curry, a character actor who created a gallery of delicious, very loony villains for stage and screen, including Dr. Frank-N-Furter in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and the smug concierge in "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York," has died. He was 80. Curry, who suffered a stroke in 2012 ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Jaye P. Morgan, one of the top female recording artists of the 1950s with five hits in 1955 alone, including "That's All I Want From You," and who later became a frequent talk show guest and game show panelist, infamously taking off her shirt on "The Gong Show," has died. She was 94. Morgan died Monday of natural causes in Longview, Washington, said Mark Sendroff, longtime attorney and friend. She had been living with her nephew and niece, Duke Morgan Spencer and Peggy Sue Spencer. Morgan's Top 10 hits were "That's All I Want From You" and "The Longest Walk." Her ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Canada have ramped up their trade war, hitting each other with steep new tit-for-tat tariffs. Despite the bravado coming from both sides of the border, though, analysts suspect the longtime allies will eventually strike a deal to end a conflict neither really wants. The prospects for compromise looked bleak Tuesday, with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney reacting to new 50% U.S. tariffs on certain Canadian goods by responding in kind on about $20 billion worth of American imports, including steel, dairy products, appliances and farm ...
Some Hollywood decisions defy logic. Like, who looked at the world of Looney Tunes, those unhinged cartoons of our youth, and thought: Let's add a bunch of personal injury lawyers. Such is the premise of the clunky, too-earnest, live-action-toon-hybrid "Coyote vs. Acme," a film initially ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Rupert Grint — the original Ron Weasley from the "Harry Potter" movies — will slip into his old role on Broadway next year in "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child." Grint, who starred in all eight " Harry Potter " movies from 2001 to 2011, will join the play at the Lyric Theatre from Feb. 2 to May 30, 2027. "Ron Weasley has been a part of me since I was 11 years old and I can't wait to meet him again in this stage of life," Grint said in a statement. "There is something so full-circle and so special about stepping back into Ron's shoes now when we are both ...
Judge removes one hurdle for Trump mail voting order as states file new challenge before midterms A federal judge on Wednesday lifted a major obstacle to President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting, even as Democratic state officials filed a new court challenge with the ...
