Video: Frasier Crane and Dr. Melfi make CMT Awards appearance
| Tonight's CMT Awards show opened with a skit that featured co-hosts Kristen Bell and Jason Aldean in a psychiatrist's office, with the actress trying to get to the bottom of the country star's...
View ArticleKeith Olbermann to host TBS baseball studio show
NEW YORK (AP) Keith Olbermann is getting back into broadcasting to host TBS's postseason baseball studio show, staying away from politics for the moment. Turner Sports said Wednesday that Olbermann...
View ArticleReports: Michael Jackson's daughter hospitalized after suicide attempt
Michael Jackson's daughter Paris was taken to the hospital early Wednesday, after what some celebrity-media outlets are calling a suicide attempt. that Paris Jackson, 15, had been rushed to a Los...
View ArticlePresent Music gives ambition, art a new drumbeat
When it comes to programming concerts and performing them, fully embraces the wisdom of Ms. Frizzle: "Take chances, make mistakes, get messy." Milwaukee's new-music ensemble plans to open its next...
View ArticleJim Gaffigan writes about living large with big family
Big families, reflects in his new book, are like waterbed stores: They used to be everywhere, but now when you see one, it just seems weird. But Gaffigan, a stand-up comic and a veteran of several TV...
View ArticlePhilipp Meyer's 'The Son' describes how West was lost
Philipp Meyer begins and ends "The Son"— his monumentally ambitious epic about Texas — by invoking Gibbon's "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." It's a brazen announcement that...
View ArticleRomance, tragedy in center ring in 'Queen of the Air'
In recounting the life and romances of aerialist Lillian Leitzel (1892-1931), one of the greatest circus performers ever, Milwaukee writer and gallery owner has pulled off an amazing temporal triple...
View ArticlePrideFest has a notable stage lineup
The 2013 edition of PrideFest features three musical headliners distinctly different from each other, but each a perfect fit for the annual lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender festival: Andy Bell,...
View ArticleBobby Deen to award $5,000-plus prize in new State Fair pie contest
Enter your family's favorite fruit pie in a new contest at State Fair and you could win a Kenmore kitchen makeover worth $5,000, a three-day/two-night trip package for two people to the Food Network...
View ArticleSecond Time Around lands Summerfest gig
is of a young enough age where it has yet to come across many firsts — like its first tour and first album. But after July 3, the pop-rock band of high schoolers from Hartland, Slinger and Sussex can...
View ArticleSummer Soulstice lineup announced
For anyone who thought dodgeball was sorely lacking from the variety of summer festivals in Milwaukee this year, Summer Soulstice has you covered. The full lineup and schedule was released Wednesday...
View ArticleAttorney: Paris Jackson hospitalized but OK
LOS ANGELES (AP) The 15-year-old daughter of Michael Jackson is physically fine after being taken to a hospital early Wednesday, an attorney for Jackson's mother said. Perry Sanders Jr. wrote in a...
View Article3 more things for your weekend fun list
10 a.m. Friday Baubles, bangles and...well, you get the idea: The 's Bead & Jewelry Marketplace opens to the public at the Delta Center this weekend, to fulfill all of our sparkly, shiny and...
View Article'Lean In' back at No. 1 on NYT best-seller list
NEW YORK (AP) Caps and gowns are in fashion right now, and so, apparently, are copies of "Lean In" as a graduation gift. Sheryl Sandberg's manifesto for women in the workplace will again top The New...
View ArticleJefferson Airplane drummer Joey Covington dies
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) Former Jefferson Airplane drummer Joey Covington has died in a Palm Springs car crash. A Riverside County coroner's report says the 67-year-old Palm Springs resident wasn't...
View ArticleBig Bay pairs its beers for lip balm
Lip-smacking chicken. OK. But lip-smacking beer? in Shorewood recently joined with , a lip balm manufacturer in Eau Claire, to pair its beers with lip balm. The brewers sell the Intaca chapsticks for...
View ArticleWayne Newton moving out of Las Vegas estate
LAS VEGAS (AP) With a bitter legal fight nearly over, "Mr. Las Vegas" Wayne Newton is moving from his estate of 45 years, "Casa de Shenandoah," to another mansion about a mile away. The downsizing...
View ArticleCarrie Underwood takes video of year at CMT Awards
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Carrie Underwood's awesome week got off to a roaring start at the CMT Music Awards. Underwood won top honor video of the year Wednesday night for "Blown Away," capping the...
View ArticleLes Paul exhibit tuning up at Waukesha County Museum
The Wizard of Waukesha has been gone since 2009, but this weekend it will seem as if he's plugged back in. After more than a decade of fundraising, planning and memorabilia-gathering, will go on view...
View ArticleFill-in host Oliver to keep the news fake, funny
NEW YORK (AP) Since 2006, John Oliver has proved his mettle as a phony journalist on "The Daily Show." Serving in numerous "reporting" roles on the spoof newscast, but chiefly as senior British...
View ArticleWisconsin Public Radio plans big changes after NPR move
Public radio listeners seem to be taking the demise of "Talk of the Nation" pretty well. I haven't heard a peep out of them since the announcement that the show comes to an end June 27. "Talk" has...
View ArticleGoogle boasts predictive powers for box office
NEW YORK (AP) Google says in a new study all the online searching and trailer-watching moviegoers do ahead of a film's release can have significant predictive powers at the box office. The search...
View ArticleComedian Pete Holmes cancels Turner Hall show
Comedian has canceled his show at Wednesday. The venue cited "unforeseen scheduling conflicts" for the cancellation. The show is not being rescheduled. Refunds will be available at the point of...
View ArticleMan tries to slit his wrists outside NBC's 'Today'
NEW YORK (AP) A 76-year-old man yelling that the government was going to take his house slit his wrists outside NBC's "Today" show Thursday morning before he was taken into police custody, police...
View ArticleJudge may unseal part of Jackson abuse claim
LOS ANGELES (AP) A judge said Thursday he was inclined to unseal portions of a choreographer's court filings alleging he was abused by Michael Jackson. However, personal details and psychiatrist...
View ArticleGlenn Beck says he regrets dividing people
NEW YORK (AP) A reflective Glenn Beck said Thursday he regrets that some of his fiery opinions caused division in the country over the last several years. He wasn't fully aware of the perilous times...
View ArticleA pork entrée's evolution at Braise
"I loved that dish I had a few weeks ago," you might think. "I'll order it again this weekend." Hang on. More chefs are embracing seasonal cooking and using ingredients from local farmers. Naturally,...
View Article'A Circus Life' documentary celebrates parade, craftsmen behind it
It's probably the closest you'll get to seeing the Great Circus Parade — for a while, anyway. a new documentary by Gene Gamache and Kirk G. Carter, recounts the efforts of Charles "Chappie" Fox and...
View ArticleEli Young Band playing the Rave Nov. 15
When the makes a promise to 40,000-plus people, it keeps its promise. Mike Eli, frontman for the up-and-coming country act behind the platinum singles "Crazy Girl" and "Even if it Breaks Your Heart,"...
View ArticleSwimming champion, movie star Esther Williams dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) Esther Williams, the swimming champion turned movie star, has died at age 91. Williams' publicist Harlan Boll says she died early Thursday in her sleep. Williams became one of...
View ArticleMilwaukee movies off the grid for June 7-13
'Raiders' found at Times Action movies don't get much better than "Raiders of the Lost Ark," and you can see why all over again at 10:30 a.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Times Theater, 5906 W. Vliet...
View ArticlePools and Beaches: Milwaukee-area swimming spots
Milwaukee loves summer. And why not? To the east, there's Bradford Beach — it's the Midwest version of all those California beach movies. Bikini-clad women play volleyball while toddlers dig in wet...
View Article'Kings of Summer' finds fresh way to tell familiar coming-of-age tale
No matter what their age, I think everyone has a dream of freedom. For teenage boys, it often has a lot to do with adventure or the (at least temporary) absence of parents — or, ideally, both. The...
View ArticleCronut, meet Tosa bakery's kringle
Maybe you've heard the fevered rumblings: New Yorkers now have the cronut, a croissant-doughnut cross that's deep-fried and filled, and they're going bananas for it (or lemon-maple, this month's...
View ArticleBars host election return events
There's a reason they're called parties. Watch election returns at Art Bar, 722 E. Burleigh. The bar will play election returns on a projector screen and offer drink specials for those who might or...
View ArticleNew Edition anniversary tour coming to Milwaukee
Arguably the most influential male singing group of the last 30 years, New Edition embarked on a nationwide tour this year to celebrate three decades of hit songs. According to R&B singer and...
View ArticleSummer Soulstice announces lineup
Think block party but bigger and with two musical stages. The 12th annual Summer Soulstice Music Festival is set and so is the musical lineup. On June 23, visitors to East North Avenue between...
View ArticleFunny or Die slings beer in Milwaukee
Here's a little election results diversion from Funny or Die. Not only is it refreshing, but you can take a break from the news to spot Milwaukee locales in the video. By of the Journal Sentinel...
View ArticleRecall TV ratings high; wins go to WITI, WTMJ & Driver
Practically every local station received a piece of the recall election night ratings pie. The numbers, however, were less than clear-cut because of a technicality, in which WISN-TV (Channel 12) was...
View ArticleMy picks for tonight's CMT Music Awards
The annual CMT Music Awards air tonight on the cable network at 7. Toby Keith and actress Kristen Bell host the fully fan-voted award show and viewers tuning in will see performances from some of...
View ArticleTop drum units join Cedarburg music fest
Some of the top drum and bugle corps in the world will strut into Cedarburg July 3 as part of the 13th annual Rotary Music Festival. The Cavaliers of Rosemont, Ill, who placed third in world...
View ArticleUnderwood takes her 3rd video of year win at CMTs
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Nashville's Bridgestone Arena is turning into quite a memorable place for Carrie Underwood and her hunky husband, NHL star Mike Fisher. Underwood won her third video of the year...
View ArticleComic novelist Tom Sharpe dies at 85
LONDON (AP) Tom Sharpe was aptly named, a writer who turned a razor-edged eye for absurdity on everything from the racism of apartheid to the squabbles of academia. The British writer behind a string...
View ArticleReport: Mummies roaming State Fair
Mummies have been sighted at the Wisconsin State Fair this weekend. In fact, they're headlining. Journal Sentinel music writer Piet Levy had a close encounter with , the funk group headlining at the...
View ArticleOscar-winning Glen Hansard to make Pabst stage stop
Academy Award winning singer songwriter Glen Hansard vocalist and guitarist for The Swell Season and The Frames will take The Pabst Theater stage at 8 p.m. Sept. 28. Hansard won the Oscar for best...
View ArticleNatasha Trethewey named 19th US poet laureate
WASHINGTON (AP) Natasha Trethewey began writing poems after a personal tragedy. While Trethewey was a college freshman, her mother was killed by a stepfather Tretheway had long feared. "I started...
View ArticleJacksons say estate executors harming the family
LOS ANGELES (AP) Janet, Randy and Rebbie Jackson say the executors of Michael Jackson's will are causing harm by damaging "fundamental family relationships" and isolating matriarch Katherine Jackson...
View ArticleAs he exits, First Stage founder takes on new role
As a director and former stage manager, Rob Goodman knows the importance of getting people on and off the stage at the right time. As the founder of one of Milwaukee's most successful performing arts...
View ArticleMiley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth are engaged
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) It turns out "The Last Song" was only the beginning for Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth. The couple who met on the set of that movie in 2009 announced their engagement Wednesday...
View ArticleJazz singer Al Jarreau cancels France concerts
PARIS (AP) Grammy-winning jazz musician Al Jarreau has canceled part of a French tour after being diagnosed with pneumonia. The singer's press team said in a statement Monday that Jarreau's doctors...
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