Bronx-born Penny Marshall, who found ‘70s sitcom success on “Laverne and Shirley” before stepping behind the camera for Hollywood hits like “Big” and “A League of Their Own,” died Monday night at her California home. She was 75. “Yes she did (die) … peacefully at her Hollywood Hills home,” said...
Cardi B is asking the public to not bash Offset, who became the target of internet outrage after he interrupted her set at the Rolling Loud Festival in Los Angeles Saturday night and asked her to get back together with him. Cardi B on Sunday said in an Instagram video that she wishes people wouldn't...
Last year at this time, the Sinclair Broadcast Group was riding about as high as a media company can ride these days. The Hunt Valley-based company was poised to close on a $3.9 billion deal for Tribune Media that would make it the most powerful broadcast group in the nation with more than 200...
The Baltimore Development Corp. has selected a local design and construction firm to redevelop the historic Mayfair Theatre and an adjacent lot, according to Board of Estimates documents. Zahlco is set to purchase the city-owned properties at 300-304 W. Franklin St. and 506 N. Howard St. for $400,000...
The Baltimore Museum of Art announced Friday that it will receive the third-largest donation in the institution’s history, aimed at bringing more minority artists, curators and visitors of color to Maryland’s largest museum. The gift from Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker will be between $3...
Amy Schumer’s latest homecoming is going to have to wait. The comedian and Towson University alum’s show, set for Friday at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center at the Hippodrome, has been postponed. No make-up date has been announced. “Due to illness, the Amy Schumer performance originally...
Bookstores represent different things for different people. For some, it’s a place to take pictures for posting on Instagram. For Erin Matthews, it’s a sanctuary. Matthews has maintained an infatuation with books since childhood. She has vivid memories of getting detention in fourth grade for reading...
Nobody ever lost money remaking “A Star is Born,” Hollywood’s favorite tragic romantic fable. Whether it’s any good doesn’t matter. To wit: The 1976 Barbra Streisand/ Kris Kristofferson remake wasn’t good, but you believed the archetypal show business lovers had musical talent. And they could act,...
Superhero fatigue got you down? Tired of the same old bland Marvel Cinematic Universe offerings? A dose of "Venom" could be just the right antidote. This dark, wacky MCU-associated outing combines one of the most interesting contemporary leading men with a daring director who has a hit-or-miss...
An earlier version of this review had an incorrect name of an actor. Am I asking too much of “Night School”? It’s no big thing, this new movie starring Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish, and nobody’s expecting a formula-, game- or life-changer. You just don’t want to leave feeling shortchanged. Right...
If it ain't broke, don't fix it, as the saying goes. That seems to be the approach taken by the screenwriters of the new animated feature "Smallfoot." The story is actually "Bigfoot," but it hinges on a clever reversal of perspective, centering on a tribe of Yetis in the Himalayas who fear the...