Entertainment

NEW YORK, N.Y. – CBS says it’s renewing its hit comedy “The Big Bang Theory” for three more years. The extraordinary three-year deal would carry TV’s most-watched sitcom through the 2016-2017 season, the series’ 10th on the air. “The Big Bang Theory” premiered in September 2007 and has been a ratings smash for virtually its [...] Read More »

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Sandy the dog “muttbombed” celebrities like Bradley Cooper, Ellen DeGeneres and Brad Pitt as they posed at the Oscars for the now-famous star-studded selfie. That digitally tweaked version of the most retweeted photo ever is a Texas animal rescue’s bet that combining cuddly canines and Hollywood stars will entice more social [...] Read More »

CLAREMONT, Calif. – A former Baltimore factory worker has won some life-changing money. Not from the lottery, but for poetry. Claremont Graduate University in Southern California announced Wednesday that 62-year-old Afaa (OFF’-uh) Michael Weaver of Somerville, Mass., has won the $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for his book of verse “The Government of Nature.” The [...] Read More »

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Since being cast in the film adaptation of “Fifty Shades of Grey,” Jamie Dornan, who plays the S&M-loving billionaire Christian Grey, has largely stayed out of the public eye. Aside from being spotted on the streets of Vancouver, British Columbia, while filming the movie, the 31-year-old Dornan hasn’t walked any red [...] Read More »

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – There are six new members of the Television Academy Hall of Fame. At a ceremony Tuesday night in Beverly Hills, the academy inducted Jay Leno, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, media baron Rupert Murdoch, writer-producer David E. Kelley and former ABC executive Brandon Stoddard. Sound pioneer Ray Dolby was inducted posthumously, with his wife [...] Read More »

Stan AshbeeFor The HeraldFor more than 20 years the Goo Goo Dolls have released hit after hit across the globe. From “Name,” “Slide” and “Black Balloon” to “Naked,” “Better Days” and “Iris” — the band has always enjoyed the support they’ve received from Canada for over two decades[...] Read More »

Selena Gomez is coming to Lethbridge.The pop-music star, who was slated to play Calgary’s Saddledome July 9, will be making an appearance in Lethbridge for an Aug. 16 show at The Enmax Centre. Her Calgary show was cancelled due to the flooding that struck Calgary, which put the Saddledome out of commission.Ticket holders to the [...] Read More »