McCarthy's 'Spy' tops box office with $30 million
NEW YORK (AP) — Melissa McCarthy notched her first No. 1 weekend box-office debut as a leading lady with the $30 million opening of her espionage comedy “Spy.”
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Dickerson plan as 'Face the Nation' host: Stick to the news
WASHINGTON (AP) — John Dickerson says just-retired Bob Schieffer left him with one piece of advice about moderating CBS’ “Face the Nation” — and he’s going to follow it.
Tony Awards promise to be crammed with celebs and songs
NEW YORK (AP) — For theater fans, all eyes on Sunday night will not be on Broadway but on nearby Radio City Music Hall. It’s Tony Awards night.
Mike Breen sets announcing record in calling 10th NBA Finals
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Mike Breen recalls the riveting Game 7s, still marvels at some memorable performances.
Who will win at the Tony Awards? AP predicts
NEW YORK (AP) — One tip-off that this season on Broadway has been unique is that two of the top musicals had coffins prominently onstage. The season also had royalty, from the current British queen to Henry VIII and the King of Siam. There were trained ballet dancers and hard-core puppet sex. And William Shakespeare was mocked as a rump-wiggling word thief. The Associated Press tries to predict some of
Deutsche Bank makes Cryan CEO after Jain, Fitschen resign
Germany’s biggest lender Deutsche Bank appointed John Cryan as its new CEO on Sunday after co-chief executives Anshu Jain and Juergen Fitschen resigned following criticism from investors. Cryan, 54, has been on the bank’s supervisory board since 2013 and was a former chief financial officer of UBS. Deutsche Bank has struggled to restore an image tarnished by a raft of regulatory and legal problems which include probes into alleged manipulation
Ronnie Gilbert, member of folk quartet the Weavers, dies
MILL VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Singer Ronnie Gilbert, a member of the influential 1950s folk quartet the Weavers, has died. She was 88.
UK royals release first official Princess Charlotte photos
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s royal family has released the first official photos of month-old Princess Charlotte, photographed by her mother in the arms of elder brother Prince George.
Greece needs 'Speech of Hope' from German leader: Varoufakis
Greece’s finance minister called on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to give his country a “Speech of Hope”, to signal Europe was ready to end its demands for austerity, similar to that given to Germany at the end of World War Two. In an entry on his blog on Sunday, Yanis Varoufakis compared Greece’s situation with that of post-war Germany, when former U.S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes traveled to
EU Parliament president warns Athens of dramatic consequences if talks fail
European Parliament President Martin Schulz urged Greece in a newspaper interview to accept a proposal by its international lenders for a cash-for-reforms deal, warning Athens that failing to reach an agreement would have “dramatic” consequences. The European Union is willing to compromise with the Greek government, Schulz told German newspaper Welt am Sonntag in an interview published on Sunday, adding that the lenders had already made concessions in the debt