Ken Watanabe recalls his bloodiest day on the ‘Kokuho’ set and celebrates 20 years of ‘Letters From Iwo Jima’

The kabuki drama has become Japan's highest-grossing live-action movie and an Oscar hopeful for the international feature ...
BroadwayWorld

Interview: Christa Forster of KNOW THE PLACE FOR THE FIRST TIME at MATCH

KNOW THE PLACE FOR THE FIRST TIME is a show that was born out of disaster, catastrophe, and a feeling of being at a place ...
Post and Courier

Hicks: You heard it through the grapevine, SC — and Charleston — politics will be whack

If you think politics are bad now, buckle up — because 2026 will be absolutely off the charts. The coming year will test voters’ patience, endurance … and sanity. There’ll be no relief for the next 11 ...
Daily Breeze

5 Freeway through Grapevine placed under a flood watch Wednesday and Thursday triggered by substantial downpours

5 Freeway through Grapevine is under an updated flood watch which was issued by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 8:37 a.m. The watch is in effect until 10 p.m. According to the NWS Hanford ...
Los Angeles Times

Heavy rains led to ‘nightmare before Christmas’ with flooding, mudslides as risks persist

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Heavy rains gave L.A. a Christmas Day respite, but showers and mudslide risks continue in burn areas from the ...
Santa Clarita Radio

Box Truck Over Embankment Triggers Major Traffic Backup Through The Grapevine

A multi-vehicle crash involving a box truck and several other vehicles caused major traffic delays on the northbound 5 Freeway near Grapevine Road on Tuesday, according to the California Highway ...
The Conversation

When AI recreates the female voice, it also rewrites who gets heard

University of Westminster provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Voice cloning technology platforms like ElevenLabs allow anyone to replicate a voice using just a few seconds of audio, ...
Yahoo

Storms hammer I-5 Grapevine as holiday travel picks up

California travelers faced a nightmare commute on Christmas Eve as storms battered the region and holiday traffic surged. Interstate 5 through the Grapevine became a choke point for thousands of ...
SFGate

Interstate 5 through Grapevine closed in each direction during holiday travel

“This one is pretty bad,” Officer Gregorio Rodriguez said. “With the way the traffic is, it’s going to take a couple of hours to get things going.” CHP announced the first accident via social media at ...
AOL

‘I sing to my son’: Father of missing teen on finding support through choir

A father of a missing teen has described feeling as if he’s singing to his son in the Missing People choir. The choir was formed in 2014 with the aim of supporting those with missing loved ones. Since ...
University of Georgia Wire

Young Georgia fan calls 'Rocky Top' a trash song, refuses to sing it

A young Georgia Bulldogs fan went viral for refusing to sing "Rocky Top" at a school concert. The fifth-grader, Nolan McGill, booed after the performance of the Tennessee Volunteers' fight song.