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Groundbreaking improv comic Jonathan Winters dies

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 12th

By JOHN ROGERSAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jonathan Winters, the cherub-faced comedian whose breakneck improvisations and misfit characters inspired the likes of Robin Williams and Jim Carrey, has died. He was 87. The Ohio native died Thursday evening at his Montecito, Calif., home of

Comedy on Mexico income gap a big screen hit

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 5th

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICONAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) - A construction magnate's preppy son is forced to drive one of Mexico City's battered green buses, while his spoiled sister waits tables at a cantina in a miniskirt and non-designer shoes. Their credit cards have been canceled, their

Ebert, nation's best-known film critic, dies at 70

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 4th

By CARYN ROUSSEAUAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Roger Ebert had the most-watched thumb in Hollywood. With a twist of his wrist, the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic rendered decisions that influenced a nation of moviegoers and could sometimes make or break a film. The heavy-set writer in the horn-

Ebert, nation's best-known film critic, dies at 70

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 4th

Caroline Kennedy returns to poetry for 10th book

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 31st

By JOCELYN NOVECKAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Beginning work a few years ago on her latest book, an anthology of poems for young people, Caroline Kennedy found herself looking through one of her mother's scrapbooks. She burst into laughter, she says, as she came across a poem that her

Longtime Alabama AD Mal Moore passes away

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 30th

By JOHN ZENORAP Sports Writer MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Former Alabama athletic director Mal Moore, who played and coached under Bear Bryant, hired Nick Saban and presided over a heyday in athletics at his alma mater, has passed away. The university said the 73-year-old Moore died on Saturday at Duke

Phil Ramone, Grammy-winning producer, dead at 79

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 30th

By HILLEL ITALIEAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Phil Ramone, the masterful Grammy Award-winning engineer, arranger and producer whose platinum touch included recordings with Ray Charles, Billy Joel and Paul Simon, died Saturday of complications stemming from heart surgery, his family said. He

Morocco's rebel rapper released from prison

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 29th

By PAUL SCHEMMAssociated Press CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) - A Moroccan rapper known for his protest songs said Friday after completing a yearlong prison sentence that he will be concentrating on his studies and improving his music and is unsure about further activism. Mouad Belghouat's angry rap

Harry Potter actor Richard Griffiths dies at 65

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 29th

By Sadie Gennis,

China's homegrown hit films struggle overseas

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 19th

By KELVIN CHANAP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) - The surprise hit in Chinese theaters last year was a low-budget, wacky road-trip comedy that even beat out global blockbuster "Avatar" to become the country's highest-grossing film ever. But "Lost in Thailand" found just a paltry $57,000 during