Tag: Entertainment

Busy year for visits to the Smokies

Washington Examiner · December 12, 2012 6:39 pm

Lady Gaga, second left, signs autographs as she arrives at Vnukovo airport outside Moscow late Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. Lady Gaga, set to perform at Moscow's Olimpiisky stadium on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

A look at prolific Twitter accounts

Washington Examiner · December 12, 2012 5:58 pm

FILE - This Feb. 12, 2012 file photo shows Wiz Khalifa, left, and Amber Rose at the 54th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Khalifa says the preparation of becoming a first-time father and husband has helped put him in a more mature musical state of mind. "I'm at a different point of my life," said Khalifa, whose sophomore album, "O.N.I.F.C.," debuted at No. 2 on Billboard's 200 albums chart Wednesday with more than 141,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen Scan. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)

Wiz Khalifa readies music, marriage, fatherhood

Jonathan Landrum · December 12, 2012 5:20 pm

O’Reilly strikes back against ‘War on Christmas’

Frazier Moore · December 12, 2012 4:51 pm

This film image released by Universal Pictures shows Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean holding Isabelle Allen as Young Cosette in a scene from "Les Miserables." (AP Photo/Universal Pictures, Laurie Sparham)

‘Lincoln,’ ‘Les Mis,’ ‘Playbook’ lead SAG awards

David Germain · December 12, 2012 4:26 pm

Bus company leader named Minn. transportation head

Washington Examiner · December 12, 2012 4:17 pm

In this Dec. 7, 2012 photo, executive chef Kristin Butterworth poses for a photograph with her reveillon menu at the Grill Room of the Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans. Roughly 50 restaurants in New Orleans are reviving an old Creole custom called reveillon, which stems from the old French tradition of eating a lavish meal after midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

New Orleans restaurants revive Christmas tradition

Stacey Plaisance · December 12, 2012 3:48 pm

FILE - This is an October 1973 file photo of Swiss opera singer Lisa della Casa, center, as she performs on stage at the Zurich Opera "Opernhaus Zuerich", Switzerland, . According to media reports on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, Lisa della Casa died at the age of 93 at Muensterlingen at the Lake of Constance, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Keystone/file) NO ARCHIVE

Swiss opera diva Della Casa dies at 93

John Heilprin · December 12, 2012 3:43 pm

FILE - This Dec. 6, 2012 file photo shows Ian McKellen attending the premiere of his film, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York. Repeated filming delays almost caused Ian McKellen to quit his reprise as Gandalf the Grey in "The Hobbit" trilogy, a prequel to "The Lord of the Rings" in which he first played the wily wizard. But McKellen decided he âmust do itâ for both the fans and himself, despite his various doubts about returning to the role. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, file)

Wizard garb helped McKellen re-conjure Gandalf

Lauri Neff · December 12, 2012 3:38 pm

Nominees at 19th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

Washington Examiner · December 12, 2012 3:38 pm

In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012, CEO and winemaker Eileen Crane sits with a glass of Brut Cuvee sparkling wine at Domaine Carneros in Napa, Calif. Something new is bubbling up in the world of cocktails, using sparkling wine as a mixer. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Tiny bubbles give a big boost to cocktail flavors

Michelle Locke · December 12, 2012 3:24 pm

This undated publicity film image provided by Columbia Pictures shows Jessica Chastain in a scene from "Zero Dark Thirty." (AP Photo/Sony - Columbia Pictures, Jonathan Olley)

Review: ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ is massive, meticulous

Christy Lemire · December 12, 2012 3:20 pm