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Bonneville Seattle is raising funds for the construction of a second Fisher House at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Tacoma and we need your help.-
May 19, 2013 @ 7:06 am
Dior presents cruise fashions amid stars in Monaco
The glittering star power of Cannes migrated up the coast to Monaco for front-row seats at Dior's colorful, sexy cruise fashion show. Continue reading > -
May 18, 2013 @ 8:12 pm
Edward Furlong arrested in West Hollywood
A Los Angeles sheriff's spokesman says `Terminator 2' star Edward Furlong has been arrested on suspicion of violating a restraining order filed by his ex-girlfriend. Continue reading > -
May 18, 2013 @ 6:46 pm
Denmark's de Forest wins Eurovision song contest
Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from Azerbaijan and Ukraine. Continue reading > -
May 18, 2013 @ 1:33 pm
Largest Spoleto season to unfold next week in SC
From comic book art to Shakespeare and Japanese opera, the new season of the Spoleto Festival USA will be the largest ever, offering 160 performances during the 17 days the festival lights up stages across this seaside city. Continue reading > -
May 17, 2013 @ 7:12 pm
Flesh-eating disease victim gets prosthetic hands
A metro Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease was on her way back from Ohio Friday after being fitted with prosthetic hands. Continue reading > -
May 17, 2013 @ 3:33 pm
USA Today founder honored at memorial service
Colleagues and friends paying tribute to USA Today founder Al Neuharth on Friday remembered him not as a driven media giant but as a loyal native South Dakotan who never forgot his roots. Continue reading > -
May 17, 2013 @ 3:24 pm
In Miami, Donna Karan showcases Haitian artisans
The handbag Donna Karan was showing off Friday lacked her signature logo, or any designer's logo. It was made of paper mache and, the fashion designer said, represented Haiti's handmade carnival masks _ in wearable form. Continue reading > -
May 17, 2013 @ 2:16 pm
14-year term for Calif. doc promising cancer cure
A Los Angeles doctor was sentenced Friday to 14 years in federal prison for bilking patients out of more than $1 million by promising them that an herbal supplement she hawked could cure late-stage cancer and other diseases. Continue reading > -
May 17, 2013 @ 1:20 pm
'The Audience' to be shown in NJ nursing home
A special audience will get to see Helen Mirren onstage next month in London in the play "The Audience" _ some retired show business veterans in a New Jersey nursing home. Continue reading > -
May 17, 2013 @ 12:13 pm
NYers furious over photos taken through windows
In one photo, a woman is on all fours, presumably picking something up, her posterior pressed against a glass window. Another photo shows a couple in bathrobes, their feet touching beneath a table. And there is one of a man, in jeans and a T-shirt, lying on his side as he takes a nap. Continue reading > -
May 17, 2013 @ 10:47 am
Correction: Drunken Driving-Zero Deaths story
In a story May 17 about a National Transportation Safety Board recommendation on a blood alcohol threshold for drivers, The Associated Press incorrectly reported the definition of a drink. The standard definition of a drink is 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine and 1.5 ounces of 80-proof alcohol. Continue reading > -
May 17, 2013 @ 8:49 am
Top 20 Concert Tours from Pollstar
The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers. Continue reading > -
May 17, 2013 @ 7:46 am
'Sonic the Hedgehog' vid games coming to Nintendo
Sonic the Hedgehog is rolling with Nintendo. Continue reading > -
May 17, 2013 @ 7:44 am
Playwright takes on 'Clybourne Park' with new work
Growing up in Britain, Kwame Kwei-Armah saw the American classic "A Raisin in the Sun" perhaps more often than any other play, with its powerful portrayal of race relations. Continue reading > -
May 17, 2013 @ 5:50 am
Wax and mirrors: Anish Kapoor opens show in Berlin
Conveyor belts hum quietly, towering over piles of dark red wax. A giant mauve object that looks like a deflating balloon sprawls and sags its way across three rooms. A dark pigment circle creates the illusion of a black hole opening up in the floor. And there are lots of mirrors: convex, concave, twisting and a painted "blood mirror." Continue reading >