New York — Keke Palmer can make Jack Whitehall blush. We’re sitting in the green room at the 92nd Street Y on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, just before Palmer is …
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‘We will pay,’ Savannah Guthrie says in latest video plea
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesTUCSON — Savannah Guthrie told the potential kidnappers of her mother, Nancy Guthrie, on Saturday that the family is prepared to pay for her safe return, as the frantic search for the …
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Brad Arnold, the 47-year-old cofounder and lead singer of the Mississippi rock band 3 Doors Down, died Saturday, nine months after revealing a diagnosis of kidney cancer. The band announced …
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With his six-volume magnum opus “My Struggle,” Karl Ove Knausgaard became one of Europe’s most acclaimed contemporary novelists. At once epic and intimate in scope, the books used the raw …
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‘The ‘Burbs’ review: A charming cast draws you into this mystery
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesSharing with the 1989 Tom Hanks film a title, a vague premise, a little paranoid spirit and a Universal Studios backlot street, “The ‘Burbs,” premiering Sunday on Peacock, stars Keke …
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Lil Jon’s son Nathan Smith, a.k.a. DJ Young Slade, dead at 27
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe body of Lil Jon’s son Nathan Smith, who performed as DJ Young Slade and went missing Tuesday night, was recovered Friday from a pond near his home in Milton, …
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Winter Olympics opening ceremony review: A sleek Italian spectacle
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe Olympics are back, wearing their warm Winter Games gear. Although there were will be a couple of weeks of sports competitions to come, none are possible without an opening …
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‘Natchez’ review: Documentary on Mississippi town reveals longtime fissures
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIn the 1930s, the white matriarchs of tiny Natchez, Miss. — one of the 19th century’s wealthiest American towns thanks to the slavery-driven cotton trade — opened their stately antebellum …
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NBC’s Mike Tirico ready for his Olympic-sized feat at Super Bowl
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesMILAN — Mike Tirico was baptized on the day of Super Bowl I. Sunday, the NBC play-by-play announcer will be baptized by fire. Not only will Tirico call the Super Bowl for …
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Trump is closing the Kennedy Center. Is retribution his motive?
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesJust five days after Philip Glass, one of the world’s most famous and revered living composers, canceled the world premiere of his “Lincoln” symphony at the Kennedy Center, President Trump …