Local Entertainment News

Calle 13 wins 5 Latin Grammys in Las Vegas

RAQUEL MARIA DILLON, Associated Press Writer

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Puerto Rican duo Calle 13 won all five awards it was nominated for Thursday at the Latin Grammys in Las Vegas, including two of the top awards of the night and honors in both urban and alternative categories. The awards... Full story

Springsteen, Wonder and others celebrate Rock Hall

NEKESA MUMBI MOODY, AP Music Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honors music's most treasured acts, but this time it was the hall's turn to be feted. Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder and more celebrated the hall's 25th birthday with a concert that... Full story

Richest dead celebrity? It's not Michael Jackson

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK (AP) — According to Forbes magazine, the richest dead celebrity isn't Michael Jackson. Although the King of Pop's estate has been big news since his death in June, the top-earning dead celebrity is French fashion designer Yves... Full story

Bob Barker donates $1M for animal rights professor

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Former television game show host Bob Barker, who ended episodes of "The Price is Right" by asking viewers to spay and neuter their pets, donated $1 million to Drury University to establish a professorship on animal... Full story

Pregnant covergirl of Teen Vogue raises eyebrows

JAMIE STENGLE, Associated Press Writer

DALLAS (AP) — A model on the November cover of Teen Vogue is a 19-year-old who reveals in the magazine that she is pregnant. Jourdan Dunn is not visibly pregnant on the cover, and Teen Vogue Editor-in-Chief Amy Astley said the magazine... Full story

Mark Chestnutt, Clay Walker, the Mystixz, and Texas Reign are on tonight!

By TRAVIS WHITEHEAD, The Brownsville Herald

   Mark Chesnutt really likes Rio Grande Valley audiences. "Aw, they’re wild, man," said the country western singer who will perform today at Wink’s Saloon Grill and Rodeo, 10700 FM 1421. Chesnutt, who has 23 top ten singles... Full story

Pie-splattered comedian Soupy Sales dies at 83

DAVID N. GOODMAN, Associated Press Writer

DETROIT (AP) — Soupy Sales, the rubber-faced comedian whose anything-for-a-chuckle career was built on 20,000 pies to the face and 5,000 live TV appearances across a half-century of laughs, has died. He was 83. Sales died Thursday night at... Full story

Lil Wayne pleads to attempted gun possession

JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — The Grammy-winning rapper Lil Wayne pleaded guilty to attempted weapon possession on Thursday, and expects to receive a one-year jail sentence. He previously had pleaded not guilty to illegal gun possession charges that... Full story

'Big Brother 9' champ accused of selling oxycodone

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BOSTON (AP) — The ninth-season winner of reality TV show "Big Brother" has confessed to using his $500,000 prize to buy thousands of oxycodone pills and resell them, authorities said. Adam Jasinski, 31, of Delray Beach, Fla., has been... Full story

Garth Brooks says he's coming out of retirement

CHRIS TALBOTT, Associated Press Writer

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country superstar Garth Brooks announced Thursday that he's coming out of retirement. Brooks, 47, said at a news conference in Nashville that he will end his retirement. The move has been rumored in the music... Full story