VOA News December 29, 2015 Hollywood’s award season is just around the corner, but one movie has already garnered a dubious honor. «Interstellar,» the science fiction blockbuster starring Matthew McConaughey, has been named the most pirated movie of 2015, with 46 million illegal downloads, according to piracy watchdog firm Excipio. Just behind it was «Fast […]readmore
Heidi Chang December 29, 2015 HONOLULU—Listen to Joey Alexander play the piano, and you can hear the future of Jazz. People who hear him play say they are moved by his virtuosity, and his mastery of the piano. He’s 12.But the jazz greats who work with him and listen to him are the first to […]readmore
Reuters December 28, 2015 8:15 PM Meadowlark Lemon, a skilled athlete and basketball court jester who delighted audiences around the world as a star attraction of the Harlem Globetrotters for some 25 years, has died at the age of 83, The New York Times reported on Monday. Lemon died on Sunday in Scottsdale, Arizona, the […]readmore
Associated Press December 28, 2015 NEW YORK—Fans of Broadway gave theater producers reasons to smile this Christmas, with 18 of the current 37 shows breaking the $1 million mark for the week, led by «Hamilton,» the new Andrew Lloyd Webber production «School of Rock – The Musical» and Disney’s «Aladdin» and «The Lion King.»The Broadway […]readmore
Associated Press December 28, 2015 SHANGHAI—The latest Star Wars movie broke the $1 billion mark before fans in China could see it, but producers anticipate The Force Awakens will play “very, very well” in the world’s second-biggest film market.The film opens in China on Jan. 9. Director J.J. Abrams watched the Chinese premiere in Shanghai […]readmore
El gobernador de California perdonó la condena al actor por los cargos de posesión de drogas y armas en 1996. Voz de América – Redacción El actor de Hollywood, Robert Downey Jr, recibió un indulto por parte del gobernador de California. El gobernador Edmund Brown le otorgó un completo e incondicional perdón a Robert Downey […]readmore
Feliz Navidad! Felices Pascuas! Felices Fiestas! 401-942-3881 This year LPR’s year-end pledge drive starts December 14th and it will conclude December 31st with a goal of $30,000. Throughout 2015, LPR’s objective was to serve you and our community. We did that by keeping you and the community informed, empowered and connected by broadcasting the following: […]readmore
DYKER HEIGHTS, NEW YORK—«Dyker Lights» is one of New York’s most extravagant holiday attractions, and chances are you’ve never heard of it. Just minutes away from Manhattan’s flashy skyline, a mostly Italian-American residential neighborhood in Brooklyn hosts over 100,000 visitors per year, in one of the wackiest holiday light displays in the country. Dyker Heights, […]readmore
VOA News December 23, 2015 A Bahamas-based hacker is facing charges of illegally accessing the email accounts of celebrities in an attempt to steal movie and television scripts. Alonzo Knowles, 23, was arrested in New York Monday in the wake of an investigation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), […]readmore
Beatles fans are getting a special holiday gift: the Fab Four’s music streamed here, there and everywhere as of Christmas Eve. The Beatles website announced the band’s back catalog of music would be released worldwide on nine streaming services as of Thursday, with a rolling start of 12:01 a.m. in each time zone. The deal […]readmore