Bruce Haring

The brackets for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament — aka “March Madness” — were revealed today, bringing joy and tears in equal amounts to teams selected and shunned. The defending champions from 2023, the UConn Huskies, were announced as the No. 1 overall seed playing out of the East…

Two men allegedly plotted to kill a rapper performing at a show last week during Austin’s South by Southwest Music Festival. The alleged hit would have taken place at a March 10 show unaffiliated with the festival, according to an affidavit obtained by Fox 7 Austin. Many shows take place in…

DirecTV will allow customers to opt out of local TV stations and pay a lower monthly rate. NextTV is reporting that customers who decide not to pay for local stations through DirecTV will receive discounts of $12 a month. "Consumers have been voting with their wallets for years that pay TV…

Dominic Ngeno, a 26-year-old Kenyan, won the 39th L.A. Marathon today by five seconds, edging past countryman Cosmas Kiplimo with a little over three miles to go on the 26.2-mile route. Ngeno had a time of 2:10:20, almost three minutes faster than last year's winner, Jemal Yimer of Ethiopia…

Usher was named the Entertainer of the Year at Saturday’s 55th annual NAACP Image Awards. But he hasn’t forgotten whose help he needed to get there. The singer also won the President’s Award at the event, and paid tribute to the women in his life. "They say behind or beside or with every strong…

The Boy Meets World cast members Danielle Fishel (Topanga Lawrence), Rider Strong (Shawn Hunter), Will Friedle (Eric Matthews), Trina McGee (Angela Moore), William Daniels (Mr. Feeny), Bonnie Bartlett Daniels (Dean Lila Bolander), Betsy Randle (Amy Matthews), William Russ (Alan Matthews and Anthony Tyler…

Steve Harley, the frontman of British glam rock band Cockney Rebel, died Sunday at 73 from cancer. Harley's family said Sunday that he had "passed away peacefully at home, with his family by his side." Harley said late last year he was being treated for "a nasty cancer." His best known song…

David Seidler, best known for his Academy Award-winning writing on The King’s Speech, died on Saturday, March 16 while on a fly-fishing expedition in New Zealand.  He was 86 and no cause was given. “David was in the place he loved most in the world – New Zealand – doing what gave him the…

David Breashears, whose mountaineering led him to climb Mt. Everest five times, died at his Massachusetts home on Thursday. He was 68 and no cause has been determined. Breashears co-directed and co-produced a 1998 IMAX documentary for Universal, Everest, about climbing the fabled mountain. Footage…

Black excellence will be celebrated tonight at the 55th NAACP Image Awards, with Queen Latifah returning as host. The awards have been rolled out during this week, and tonight’s broadcast wraps up the show’s major categories. Winners so far include Ava DuVernay as the victor in Outstanding Directing…

Celine Dion promises her fans that she will go on. In an Instagram post today in English and French, she talked about her will to overcome her current affliction. “As many of you know, in the fall of 2022, I was diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS). Trying to overcome this autoimmune…

Robert Downey Jr. checked in frequently with Jeremy Renner after the latter’s 2023 snowplow accident. In an interview with People, Renner joked that the Oscar-winning actor’s FaceTime calls felt “like we were dating or something.” “He’s like, ‘Dude, the most important thing is you look good. I…