After death, Sally Ride reveals she was gay
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Sally Ride was the first U.S. woman in space and a role model for women everywhere. But one group...
Punk "godmother" Patti Smith pays homage to St Francis in Assisi
ROME (Reuters) - Singer-songwriter Patti Smith, whose latest album "Banga" was in part inspired by the life of St Francis, meditated before his tomb...
Director, writer, and producer Frank Pierson dies at 87
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Screenwriter and director Frank Pierson, who won an Oscar for writing the 1975 film "Dog Day Afternoon," has died at...
Alexander McQueen unveils frenetic Fall 2012 fashion film
It appears that for Fall/Winter 2012 designers are attempting to outdo each other in the psychedelic stakes, with Alexander McQueen the latest label to...
HBO Presents “Where the Music is Always Alive: Jamaica Jazz &...
KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In the midst of Jamaica's 50th anniversary of independence, HBO and Flow will host a private screening...
Killer of three in Jennifer Hudson’s family gets life
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The man convicted of murdering Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and young nephew was sentenced to life in prison...
Murderer of singer Hudson’s family gets life in prison
CHICAGO (Reuters) - An Illinois judge on Tuesday handed down a sentence of life in prison without parole to the man convicted of the...
American R&B singers Thrill Jamaican Fans
News Americas, MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, Tues. July 24, 2012: Top American R&B singers, R. Kelly and Trey Songz, were among the artists thrilling...
Thunderstorm Disrupts Caribbean Night at Martin Luther King Jr Concert
News Americas, BROOKLYN, NY, Tues. July 24, 2012: It was not exactly "Ninety-Six Degrees in the Shade" at Wingate Park in Brooklyn last night,...
Austrian find dates bras back to 15th century
VIENNA (Reuters) - Four mediaeval bras have been found in a collection of textiles excavated from an Austrian castle, confounding conventional wisdom that bras...