Entering Hollywood, Kobe Bryant gets advice from Spielberg
BEVERLY HILLS, California - Kobe Bryant is getting advice from Steven Spielberg, J.J. Abrams and Jerry Bruckheimer as he redirects his competitive drive from professional basketball to his publishing...
View ArticleBoston-area colleges to celebrate graduation ceremonies
BOSTON - Several Boston-area colleges are preparing to celebrate their commencement ceremonies.
View ArticleBurt Kwouk, veteran of the 'Pink Panther' movies, dies at 85
LONDON - Burt Kwouk, an actor who played martial arts expert Cato in the comic "Pink Panther" films, has died. He was 85.
View ArticleCorrection: Commencement Speaker Costs story
BOSTON - In a story May 20 on fees paid by colleges to commencement speakers, The Associated Press, relying on information from Rutgers University, reported erroneously that it had paid PBS journalist...
View ArticleSpielberg to Harvard grads: Be the movie heroes of real life
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - In a world full of villains, Harvard University graduates must become the heroes, filmmaker Steven Spielberg told the 2016 class during a commencement address Thursday.
View ArticleConnecticut focuses on developing TV and digital industry
HARTFORD, Connecticut - Once hoping to be known as Hollywood East, Connecticut is now actively courting the television and digital media industry, working to attract and grow companies that can meet...
View Article'Jurassic Park' paleontologist retiring from museum he built
BOZEMAN, Montana - Jack Horner, the paleontologist who discovered the world's first dinosaur embryos and found that dinosaurs had nests and cared for their young, is leaving the Montana museum he spent...
View ArticleSally Field to return to Broadway in 'The Glass Menagerie'
NEW YORK - Emmy- and Oscar-winner Sally Field will return to Broadway this spring in a revival of "The Glass Menagerie," playing a part she has tackled before but never managed to shake.
View ArticleSpielberg, Lucas salute composer John Williams at AFI gala
LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant considers him a muse. Harrison Ford says he elevates entertainment to art. Seth MacFarlane calls him "the single greatest talent working in Hollywood."
View ArticleIn cult of TCM, front row is lined with filmmakers
NEW YORK - Turner Classic Movies, that bastion of black-and-white, holds a unique place on the dial and in the hearts of cinephiles. In a continuous, commercial-free stream, much of the history of...
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