Toxic relations between police and teenagers in this working-class suburb are the focus of “Les Miserables”, a grim French Movie vying for best foreign language film at Sunday’s Academy awards in Los Angeles.The director, 40-year-old Ladj Ly, was born and …
A public memorial service for Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others killed in a helicopter crash is planned for Feb. 24 at Staples Center, a person with knowledge of the details told The Associated Press on Thursday.The arena is …
Mexican-American artist Ricardo Santos Hernandez fondly recalls his boyhood in Nogales, Arizona, a border city where young Latinos like himself grew up able to cross to and from Mexico and enjoy the best of both worlds. “My experience growing up in Nogales …
Women are slowly moving into Afghanistan’s male-dominated restaurant industry. And one entirely women-run restaurant in central Afghanistan’s Bamyan province is attracting food lovers from the region. VOA’s Zafar Bamyani gives us a taste of the restaurant in this report narrated …
As the number of U.S. cases of coronavirus continues to inch upward, some people are getting panicky. But the health scare doesn’t seem to impress many tourists visiting Los Angeles to watch the upcoming Oscars ceremony this weekend. Angelina Bagdasaryan …
The Rolling Stones are returning to some North American cities where they haven’t played in years. The band announced Thursday that it will kick off a 15-city leg of its No Filter tour in San Diego on …
Only two of the 20 actors and actresses nominated for an Oscar this year are minorities, and no women were nominated in the Best Director category. Upon announcing the Oscar nominations, actress Issa Rae made a point of that by …
One of the last survivors of Hollywood’s golden age, movie legend Kirk Douglas, has died.His son, actor Michael Douglas, announced his father’s death Wednesday afternoon in Los Angeles. He was 103 years old.The son of poor Russian Jewish immigrants, Douglas …
In Leesburg, Virginia, near Washington DC, it’s well above freezing but that has not stopped scores of artists and carvers who come each year during the winter to turn ice into magic. Maxim Moskalkov visited the city’s annual ice festival …
It’s Oscar week in Los Angeles, and until the awards are handed out on Sunday the city will be ground zero for parties. Many of these events and traditions go back decades – to the time when Hollywood actors weren’t …
Rihanna will receive the President’s Award during the 51st NAACP Image Awards this month.The NAACP (The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a U.S. civil rights organization) announced Tuesday that it had selected the 31-year-old pop star and …
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh said he’s been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.Addressing listeners on his program Monday, Limbaugh said he will take some days off for further medical tests and to determine treatment.Limbaugh called himself the “mayor of Realville” …
In the real world, political primaries are looming, impeachment is ongoing and heavy news never seems to stop. But during commercial breaks in the Super Bowl, advertisers did their best to serve up an antidote heavily spiked with fun.True, political …
The Kansas City Chiefs are celebrating their Super Bowl win with a parade. “The Chiefs Kingdom Champions Parade” is set for 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. Officials announced the celebration Sunday night, shortly after the Chiefs defeated San Francisco 31-20. …
Uncomfortable and under duress for much of the game, Patrick Mahomes suddenly recaptured his mojo – and lifted Andy Reid and the Chiefs to a Super Bowl victory – the team’s first NFL championship in a half-century.All it took was …
Sunday is a once-in-a-century day.The date is a palindrome, meaning it is the same read backwards or forward.It is February 2, or 02/02/2020, and the phenomenon is the same no matter whether regional custom calls for listing the day or …
Punxsutawney Phil, the American groundhog famous for predicting the end of winter in the United States, did not see his shadow Sunday morning, indicating that spring will come early this year.”Hear ye, hear ye!” a member of Phil’s “inner circle” …
“Parasite” has continued its march through Hollywood’s awards season by winning the best original screenplay honor at Saturday’s Writers Guild Awards.The Nazi satire “Jojo Rabbit” took home the best adapted screenplay honor.The Writers Guild Awards were roughly a week before the Academy …
This year’s Super Bowl won’t be a politics-free zone, as both President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg will air campaign ads during the game.But most other advertisers will offer escape from impeachment and the upcoming presidential election …
American fast-food icon McDonald’s on Friday marked 30 years since it first opened its doors in Moscow, an occasion with deep resonance here since the transition from the communist Soviet Union.Yet, marring the celebration were city authorities’ concerns over an outbreak …