Local Entertainment News

Vicente Fernandez announces retirement

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Ranchera music super star Vicente Fernandez says he will retire after tours of Latin America, Spain and the U.S., ending a four-decade career. Fernandez told the Mexican station Televisa Wednesday night that he h... Full story

Clay Walker to perform at BorderFest 2012

By AMY NICHOL SMITH/The Monitor

BorderFest 2012 has added Clay Walker to its four-day lineup. The country star will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, March 2, at the State Farm Arena. Walker, born and bred in Texas, began his career by touring the state for five years, before he was dis... Full story

Randy Travis arrested at Texas church for public intoxication

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SANGER, Texas (AP) — Country singer Randy Travis has apologized after being arrested on a charge of public intoxication outside a North Texas church. Denton County sheriff's spokesman Tom Reedy says police in the town of Sanger arrested Trav... Full story

Lisa Marie Presley wants to make better Elvis film

ADRIAN SAINZ, Associated Press

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Over the years, Lisa Marie Presley has become dissatisfied with movies chronicling her father's life, so she just might make a film about the rock 'n' roll icon. The daughter of Elvis Presley said she has been in talks ... Full story

Friend says on 911 call Demi Moore was convulsing

RAQUEL MARIA DILLON, Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Demi Moore smoked something before she was rushed to the hospital on Monday night and was convulsing and "semi-conscious, barely," according to a caller on a frantic 911 recording released Friday by Los Angeles fire offic... Full story

Okla. hospital must pay $1M to Garth Brooks

JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS, Associated Press

CLAREMORE, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma hospital in Garth Brooks' hometown must pay $1 million to the country singer because it failed to build a women's health center in honor of his late mother, jurors ruled Tuesday evening. Jurors ruled that th... Full story

'The Artist' star speaks of silent-film challenge

JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press

PARIS (AP) — The French star of "The Artist" says its cast and crew knew their challenge by doing a silent, black-and-white film that broke many rules of movies today — a bet that paid off with 10 Oscar nominations. After the Academy A... Full story

Vegas oddsmakers tab 'Artist' as Oscars film fave

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Oddsmakers in Las Vegas say "The Artist" and its director Michel Hazanavicius have the best shots at winning top honors during the Academy Awards next month. Odds released Monday by Johnny Avello of the Wynn Las Vegas race a... Full story

Tracy Morgan of '30 Rock' collapses at Sundance

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Comedian and "30 Rock" cast member Tracy Morgan says he'll be back at work Tuesday after being hospitalized while attending the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. Morgan's publicist, Lewis Kay, says the actor suffered fro... Full story

Legendary blues singer Etta James dies, 73

NEKESA MUMBI MOODY and ROBERT JABLON, Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Etta James' performance of the enduring classic "At Last" was the embodiment of refined soul: Angelic-sounding strings harkened the arrival of her passionate yet measured vocals as she sang tenderly about a love finally reali... Full story