By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) –– Eight years ago, Steven Spielberg predicted that the superhero movie would one day go “the way of the Western.” Spielberg’s comments caused a […]
Superhero movies won’t fly?
Look out for the ducks
January typically is the time for New Year’s Resolutions. No, not for me … I don’t have a lot of success with them. But I have loads of talent in giving […]
Gambling, football embrace
Modern day sports, as you may know, is as much about money as it is about effort, tradition, on-field heroics and sideline clipboard brilliance. Foremost among American sports is football, but it […]
“Boys” row, row, row to glory
By Jocelyn Noveck/Associated Press Director George Clooney both begins and ends “The Boys in the Boat ” on a sun-dappled lake. It’s a seductive sight, calm and soothing, and aptly reflects the ethos […]
Winning ugly is still winning
By Tom Canavan/AP Sports Writrer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) – The Los Angeles Rams returned to the postseason after a year`s absence with a little help following a game during which they […]
Five prime sports stories
By Pete Zarustica/Orange County Tribune Of all the interesting people and events that made 2023 a particularly interesting sports season, the person – and event – that towered over all of them […]
It was a year of twists and turns
The year of 2023 in our West Orange County area was not rocked by a pandemic, a recession, a pennant for the Angels or other once-in-a-lifetime events. Nevertheless, it made headlines locally […]
The Year of the Drag Queen
From a weird news standpoint, the apex of 2023 for our West Orange County area has to be the Huntington Beach City Council creating an uproar about a library book called “The […]
Is this ‘Aquaman’s’ last swim?
By Mark Kennedy/AP Entertainment Writer It`s perhaps appropriate that the latest Aquaman movie is about a lost kingdom. In many ways, this mini-franchise is just that, a Jason Momoa kingdom that could […]
Lakers win NBA Cup, then ….
By Greg Beacham/AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) –The Los Angeles Lakers have hung a modest black banner at their downtown arena to celebrate their unbeaten run to the championship of the […]
