Entertainment

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Harrison Ford reported engine failure shortly after takeoff and told air-traffic controllers he was returning to the airport before crash-landing his vintage plane on a nearby golf course in Los Angeles In a communication with the tower at Santa Monica Airport, the pilot said he was having engine failure Thursday afternoon [...] Read More »

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Harrison Ford crash-landed his vintage airplane at a Los Angeles golf course Thursday, an official said. He suffered moderate injuries and was taken to a hospital. The actor’s single-engine plane went down at about 2:30 p.m. in LA’s Venice area, authorities said. The pilot was breathing and conscious when he was [...] Read More »

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – There is a report that actor Harrison Ford has been injured in the crash of a plane he was piloting near the Santa Monica airport in California. ABC quotes the Los Angeles City Fire Department as saying he was taken to hospital but there is no word on the exact nature [...] Read More »

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – A lawyer for Marvin Gaye’s family says singers Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams have been dishonest and should be punished for copying the late singer’s music without permission. Attorney Richard Busch said in the closing arguments of a copyright-infringement trial that Thicke and Williams have repeatedly changed their stories about crafting [...] Read More »

DES MOINES, Iowa – A man accused of posing as an actor from the “Twilight” movies to entice girls in Iowa has pleaded guilty to federal possession of child pornography charges. U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt says 33-year-old David LaVera, of San Diego, entered his plea deal Thursday. It calls for 63 months in federal [...] Read More »

Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com His latest network television series may be over after five seasons on CBC but Ron James isn’t slowing down at the age of 57. The veteran comedian, known for his stream-of-consciousness like monologues, is back on the road again for another tour of Canada which[...] Read More »

Tijana Martin Lethbridge Herald tmartin@lethbridgeherald.com The University of Lethbridge Theater will be transformed into rural Newfoundland next week for the play “Afterimages.” Robert Chafe’s “Afterimages” won a Governor General Award in 2010 and was adapted for the stage by the Newfoundland based playwright. This will be the second production in[...] Read More »

Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Winter. Embrace it or run from it. For a Canadian musician, the latter is impossible so they tour across this sometimes frozen wasteland of a country, playing venues small or large, but often small so they can get their music heard. Northwestern Ontario native Sage[...] Read More »

Known for his outrageous outfits and on-stage antics, Marilyn Manson will be bringing his unique show to Lethbridge in 2015. The American goth-rock, industrial-metal performer who will be hitting the stage at The Enmax Centre on Saturday, April 4. Manson is touring in support of the band’s new album, The Pale Emperor, which will hit [...] Read More »

Def Leppard, one of the world’s dominating powerhouses of rock, will visit Lethbridge as part of a 13-stop Canadian tour in 2015. The tour will take in major venues across the country, kicking off in Penticton on April 15 and wrapping in London on May 5, with a stop in Lethbridge scheduled for April 25. [...] Read More »