NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Most people know Jewel’s rags-to-riches story — growing up on an Alaskan homestead, getting discovered as a homeless teen in a California coffee shop, going platinum on her debut album, “Pieces of You,” a folksy anthem in the grunge era.
Over the years Tintin has battled spies, climbed the Himalayas and travelled to the Moon but the intrepid Belgian boy reporter now faces what could be his biggest adventure yet — an opera. Already immortalised in a series of much-loved comic books, film and theatre, Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy are now set to star in an open-air musical adaptation of the “The Castafiore Emerald”, which opens this week
LOS ANGELES (AP) — For some Emmy statuettes, it can be a perilous journey from the ceremony to the fireplace mantel. Here are tales of the journey from six winners:
NEW YORK (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama is set to pay a visit to “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.”
NEW YORK (AP) — Fans of The Who in North America are going to have to wait to celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary.
ATLANTA (AP) — T.I. is setting the record straight: The rapper says he’s still working with Iggy Azalea, despite reports claiming their business partnership was over after his recent radio interview.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The owner of the Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum in rural north Louisiana says a leaky roof may force him to move elsewhere — possibly his hometown of Atlanta.
NEW YORK (AP) — Buffalo Wild Wings will stop airing TV commercials featuring comedian Steve Rannazzisi, who said this week that he lied about being in the World Trade Center during the Sept. 11 attacks.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Quincy Jones was taken to a Los Angeles hospital with shortness of breath, but his representatives say he’s going to be OK.
CHICAGO (AP) — The team behind George Lucas’ art and movie museum released revised renderings Thursday showing more green space at the Chicago site but no radical changes to the undulating, futuristic building stoking passions in a city that guards its Lake Michigan shoreline with religious-like devotion.
