Entertainment

RENO, Nev. – A total of 30 Charles M. Russell works fetched millions of dollars at auction in Reno, with one painting symbolizing the railroad’s effect on American Indians drawing $1.9 million and another depicting a Native American chief selling for $1.1 million. Other top prices at the annual Coeur d’Alene Art Auction on Saturday [...] Read More »

INDIANAPOLIS – Chris Pratt has caught passes from Andrew Luck, sampled the spicy shrimp cocktail at St. Elmo’s and driven the pace car at the Brickyard 400. He plays an Indiana resident on TV, and he’s fit right in as an honorary Hoosier at a trifecta of must-see landmarks in Indianapolis. “You can tell, I’ve [...] Read More »

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Luc Besson’s “Lucy” proved mind can overpower muscle, topping a remake of “Hercules” by director Brett Ratner at the box office on the weekend. According to studio estimates Sunday, the Universal Pictures-released movie starring Scarlett Johansson as an accidental psychokinetic took in $44 million in North American movie theatres over the [...] Read More »

The ending for “Sons of Anarchy” still hasn’t been fully mapped out but the biker drama’s final season is set to be just as bloody and explosive as fans would expect, says creator Kurt Sutter. While at the Television Critics Association’s press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., Sutter revealed a few details about how the [...] Read More »

SAN DIEGO – Four DC comics brought to life for television took over the San Diego Convention Center’s 6,500 seat Hall H at Comic-Con Saturday night. “Arrow” star, Stephen Amell, hosted the extravaganza called “Warner Bros. Television Presents a Night of DC Entertainment.” He introduced actors Ben McKenzie, Grant Gustin and Matt Ryan before the [...] Read More »

Al BeeberLethbridge Heraldabeeber@lethbridgeherald.comIn the 1960s, “Don Messer’s Jubilee” was a staple of Canadian television, a musical institution who would draw fans from coast to coast to watch his blend of traditional fiddle music.Messer, along with fellow stars Charlie Chamberlain and Marg Osborne, were stars and while[...] Read More »

Steve Earle and the Dukes are heading to Lethbridge.Earle will be in Lethbridge playing at the Southminster United Church June 30 at 8 p.m., with The Masterson’s opening. His Lethbridge appearance will be part of a brief Canadian tour, which kicks off June 23 in Nanaimo, B.C., and wraps up here in southern Alberta.Earle released [...] Read More »

Al BeeberLETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Every child, theoretically, leaves the proverbial nest at some point to face life as an adult with all the pressures and experiences that entails.I left Alberta five days before my 21st birthday for a 1,600-kilometre drive across the Prairies to northwestern Ontario in 1980 to start my newspaper career, loading up a [...] Read More »

Discovery Canada takes a light-hearted look at gold miningAl BeeberLethbridge Heraldabeeber@lethbridgeherald.comWhen Todd Ryznar bought the Straw Lake Beach Mine in Northwestern Ontario several years ago, he saw the property for its potential recreational and lakefront value.The native of nearby Fort Frances, Ont. and former real estate appraiser wasn’t planning to start his own mining venture. [...] Read More »

A band at the forefront of the grunge revolution in the ’90s will be making a tour stop in Lethbridge this summer. Alice in Chains will play The Enmax Centre Aug. 13 in support of the Grammy-nominated album, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, which entered Billboard’s Top 200 chart at No. 2, and debuted at [...] Read More »