Bradley Cooper rolls up his sleeves for 'Burnt'
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bradley Cooper wasn’t a novice to the kitchen when he decided to take on the role of the fictional Michelin star chef Adam Jones in “Burnt.”
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Broadway's Cirque du Soleil show will star Ruby Lewis
NEW YORK (AP) — Cirque du Soleil has revealed one of the female leads of its first production created specifically for Broadway and, appropriately, she’s a self-described “thrill-seeker” who lists among her skills skydiving, improv and tae kwon do.
Singer CeeLo Green reveals he's been engaged for 1 year
NEW YORK (AP) — Recording a new album isn’t the only thing CeeLo Green has done in the last year: The singer revealed that he also proposed to his longtime girlfriend.
Injured but energetic Fetty Wap performs from seat at show
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (AP) — “Trap Queen” rapper Fetty Wap was a bit of a trapped king at a concert Thursday night: The performer, who is recovering from a motorcycle accident, performed sitting from a throne in New York with his foot held up.
Peek behind bars: Inmate art show depicts life on death row
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ndume Olatushani jokes that he “couldn’t even draw a crooked line straight” when he arrived on death row almost 30 years ago.
Australian pop-punksters 5 Seconds of Summer go global
Australian pop-punk sensation 5 Seconds of Summer have gone from YouTube fame to a world tour, with a follow-up to their hit debut album out Friday. The four young men from Sydney, who reject any comparison to the British boy band One Direction, say they are going for a darker, deeper sound in their new album “Sounds Good Feels Good”. Anyone from Queen, INXS, endless rock bands and classic rock,”
Keith Richards joins all-star gathering at Apollo Theater
NEW YORK (AP) — From Keith Richards saluting vocalist Merry Clayton of “Gimme Shelter” fame to an all-star gathering of jazz musicians paying tribute to saxophonist Sonny Rollins, the stage of the Apollo Theater was a showcase for friends stepping up on behalf of honored and absent guests.
13 museums named recipients of art conservation grants
NEW YORK (AP) — Thirteen museums in seven countries have been named recipients of Bank of America grants for the conservation of artworks ranging from an Edouard Manet painting to a colossal ancient Chinese Buddha.
Chevron hit with $195 million tax bill after Australian ruling
Chevron is facing a $195-million bill after an Australian court ruled Friday the energy giant had minimised tax through a loan scheme, in a case that could have implications for other multinationals. The decision comes amid an international push, including in Australia, to crack down on global firms using complex structures to lower their tax burden. The Federal Court ruled that $2.45 billion in loans from Chevron’s US branch to
EPA mine spill was preventable, points to broader problem
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Investigators are blaming the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a 3 million-gallon wastewater spill from a Colorado gold mine, saying an agency cleanup crew rushed its work, failed to consider the complex engineering involved and ended up triggering the very blowout it hoped to avoid.