Disney working on stand-alone 'Star Wars' films

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Disney is mining The Force for even more new films. Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger said Tuesday that screenwriters Larry Kasdan and Simon Kinberg are working on stand-alone "Star Wars" movies that aren't part of the new trilogy that's in the works. "There has been speculation about some standalone films that have been ...

Golden Bough concert in Ripon Feb. 12

RIPON - Golden Bough is bringing Celtic musical entertainment to the Ripon Arts League concert on Tuesday, Feb. 12. Rooted in the traditional Celtic music of the seven Celtic nations including ...

St. Mary’s High staging musical comedy

STOCKTON - "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying", the Pulitzer prize-winning musical comedy, will be presented March 7-17, by the award-winning St. Mary's High School Theatre Department. This hilarious satire of corporate life and office politics recently ended a successful revival on Broadway and was ...

Patricia Barber Quartet performing Feb. 20 during Delta jazz festival

STOCKTON - Delta College and the Division of Arts and Communication continue the Delta Jazz Festival with a concert on Wednesday, Feb. 20, featuring ...

Damon guest stars on TV’s 'House of Lies'

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Matt Damon is becoming a TV comedy regular. Showtime said Monday that Damon will guest star next week on "House of Lies." He'll play what the channel called a "maniacal megastar" version of himself. Last month, Damon staged a mock takeover of Jimmy Kimmel's ABC talk show, tying Kimmel to a chair and acting ...

Jennifer Hudson to sing with Sandy Hook chorus

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Jennifer Hudson will join the chorus from Sandy Hook Elementary School to sing "America the Beautiful" before Sunday's Super Bowl game. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said Thursday that the Grammy and Oscar-winning singer would join the Sandy Hook chorus. It features 26 children from the school in Newtown, Conn., where 20 first-graders and six adults were killed in ...

Gov. Christie appearing Monday with Letterman

NEW YORK (AP) - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will soon be crossing the Hudson River to appear on "Late Show with David Letterman." CBS says the colorful, outspoken Christie will make his first appearance with Letterman on Monday. The guest shot follows numerous jokes by Letterman at the expense of Christie and his ample girth. <p style="line-height: ...

'30 Rock' ends 7-season run of mirth

Depression glass show this weekend in Sacramento

SACRAMENTO - The 42nd anniversary Sacramento International Depression Glass Club's Glass, China and Pottery Show and Sale is this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Feb. 2-3, at the Sacramento Scottish Rite Temple, 6151 H Street, Sacramento. Admission is $6. Founded over 40 years ...

'How I Met Your Mother' to end run, mystery

LOS ANGELES (AP) - CBS says the big reveal is coming for "How I Met Your Mother." The network said Wednesday the sitcom will air its ninth and final season next fall. And CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler promised that TV's "most mysterious mother" will be unveiled as the show wraps up. That would ...

25th annual Delicato Fine Art Show awards ceremony on Saturday in wine tasting room

Delicato 25th Annual Fine Art Show is awards ceremony is Saturday, Feb. 2, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the wine tasting room. Over 200 fine art entries were received by Delicato. Last year over 10% of the art on exhibit was sold to visitors from all over the country. All ...

Barbra Streisand will sing at the Oscars

NEW YORK (AP) - Barbra Streisand will perform at the Oscars next month, the first time she's performed during an Academy Awards broadcast in 36 years. Streisand won the Academy Award for best original song for "Evergreen" in 1977. She also sang the theme from "A Star Is Born" that night. She won the Oscar for best actress ...

Animals in Clay first show of 2013 at Tracy’s Grand Theatre Center for Arts

TRACY - The first exhibition of 2013 at Tracy's Grand Theatre Center for the Arts features animals in clay. The show features Bill Abright, Evan Hobart, Maile Iwanaga, Monica Van den Dool and Wesley T. Wright from Feb. 2 through March 9. The exhibition opens on Saturday, Feb. 2, from noon ...

Singer Ke$ha to debut MTV reality series in April

NEW YORK (AP) - "Jersey Shore" might have ended, but another partygoer is lending her wild life to MTV: Ke$ha. MTV announced late Tuesday that the pop singer will debut a documentary series, "Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life," in April. The show highlights Ke$ha's life over the last two years, including recording music and traveling. MTV says the ...

Randy Travis to enter drunken-driving plea while he was naked

SHERMAN, Texas (AP) - Country music star Randy Travis is expected to enter a guilty plea this week in a drunken-driving case in North Texas, where he was arrested over the summer naked after crashing his Pontiac Trans Am. Details of the plea agreement will be released following Travis' court appearance Thursday in Sherman, Grayson County District Attorney Joe Brown said Monday. ...

Sylvia Sun Minnick featured speaker

LODI - Sylvia Sun Minnick, research historian and author of three books on Chinese heritage in Stockton and her recently published memoirs, will speak Monday, Oct. 28, at the San Joaquin County Historical Society's general membership meeting and potluck dinner

Carnivals, haunted houses & more starting on Friday

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Kim Kardashian, Kanye West are engaged to wed

Micke Grove Zoo goes HalloWILD on Saturday; unveils new animals

Bullock, Roberts crowned at Hollywood Film Awards in last unedited showcase

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - With talk of televising the Hollywood Film Awards Gala next year, stars at Monday's ceremony enjoyed what could be their last unedited award show.

Hydrogeologist to speak on ‘Keeping Our Wells From Running Dry”

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MJC presents free screening ‘Invisible War’

MJC presents free screening ‘Invisible War’

Mangelos Family Again At Bookfest

Ella Mangelos-Veltheon and John Mangelos will once again present the world with their recipes for life.