By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Updated 8:54 PM CDT, August 3, 2025 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Loni Anderson, who played a struggling radio station’s empowered receptionist on the hit TV comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati,” died Sunday, just days before her 80th birthday. Actress Loni Anderson…
By MARK KENNEDY Updated 10:13 AM CDT, August 4, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — Hank Hill is back and he’s the same ol’ Hank Hill, but a lot of things around him have changed. The lovable animated hero of “King of…
By ITZEL LUNA Updated 2:13 PM CDT, July 31, 2025 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Timberlake has been diagnosed with Lyme disease, the former NSYNC star said on Instagram Thursday. Timberlake shared the news in a post commemorating his Forget Tomorrow tour, which…
By MARK KENNEDY Updated 1:05 PM CDT, July 24, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — Two-time Grammy Award-winning musician Chuck Mangione, who achieved international success in 1977 with his jazz-flavored single “Feels So Good” and later became a voice actor on the animated TV…
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham have announced the reissue of 1973's “Buckingham Nicks.” It is their only full-length album as a duo and had not been available on CD or streaming platforms.…
By FREIDA FRISARO Updated 1:57 PM CDT, July 21, 2025 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jimmy Buffett ’s widow has accused her late husband’s financial adviser of failing to administer the singer’s multimillion-dollar trust in good faith and ignoring what she believed were…
By JAVIER CORDOBA and ANDREW DALTON Updated 2:14 PM CDT, July 21, 2025 SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Malcolm-Jamal Warner the actor who played teenage son Theo Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” has died at age 54 in an accidental drowning in Costa Rica,…
By MARK KENNEDY Updated 10:11 AM CDT, July 18, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — Fifty years ago, “Jaws” unlocked dread in millions about man-eating sharks. This summer, that fear may be somewhat reduced as they become contestants on a TV dance show. Former…
by JOHN SEEWER Updated 11:03 PM CDT, July 16, 2025 Share Disneyland is celebrating 70 years of being “The Happiest Place on Earth.” The summerlong festivities in southern California include the opening of “Walt Disney – A Magical Life,” a show…
By BOB THOMAS Updated 9:07 AM CDT, July 17, 2025 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Connie Francis, the wholesome pop star of the 1950s and ‘60s whose hits include “Pretty Little Baby” and “Who’s Sorry Now?” — the latter that would later serve as…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Severance” led Emmy nominations with 27 nods Tuesday, and “The Studio” led comedy nominations with 23. Here’s a list of Emmy nominees in top categories: Drama series “Andor”; “Paradise”; “Severance”; “Slow Horses”; “The Diplomat”; “The Pitt”; “The Last of Us”;…
By ITZEL LUNA Updated 11:58 AM CDT, July 14, 2025 HBO has officially started production on the highly anticipated “Harry Potter” TV series adaption, the network announced Monday, also revealing a first look at the titular character. The photo released by HBO…
By Hillel Italie Updated 12:17 PM CDT, June 11, 2025 Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other summertime anthems and made him one of the…
NEW YORK (AP) — Loretta Swit, who won two Emmy Awards playing Major Margaret Houlihan, the demanding head nurse of a behind-the-lines surgical unit during the Korean War on the pioneering hit TV series “M.A.S.H.,” has died. She was 87. Publicist Harlan…
By MARK KENNEDY Updated 3:40 PM CDT, May 20, 2025 Share NEW YORK (AP) — George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy “Cheers” and later crafted a stage career that took…
NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix has thrown “Sesame Street” a safety net with a new streaming deal that offers the popular children’s staple a broad reach while keeping it on its long-standing home, PBS, at the same time, the companies announced Monday.…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV)- Country music fans, get ready! Chart topping artist Jake Owen is bringing his signature sound to the Mississippi Gulf Coast with a live…
GULFPORT, Miss (WXXV) - DreKo Music Productions LLC celebrated a ribbon cutting today, honoring 5 years of business and expansion as they opened the doors to their…
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss (WXXV) -The streets of Ocean Springs were buzzing with excitement as a new movie was being filmed. Production has just wrapped Ocean Springs for…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Val Kilmer, the brooding, versatile actor who played fan favorite Iceman in “Top Gun,” donned a voluminous cape as Batman in “Batman Forever” and portrayed Jim Morrison in “The Doors,” has died. He was 65. Kilmer died…
Michelle Trachtenberg, the actress known for “Gossip Girl,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Harriet the Spy” died Wednesday. She was 39. New York City police say they responded to a call at a residential high-rise building in Manhattan found Trachtenberg…
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Roberta Flack has died at 88. The Grammy-winning singer and pianist was known for her intimate vocal and musical style on “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” “The First Time Ever I Saw Your…
The Shine Theater is getting ready for an upcoming production of The Curious Savage, which will be performed Feb. 21, 22 and 23 at the Mary C. in Ocean…
Who will win the 2026 Grammys? Entertainment Reporter Brent Evans looks into his crystal ball to see which artist is on the ride. Here’s this week’s New Music Monday.