Michael Crawford

ROSWELL, N.M. - Tim Sappington is ready to buy horses for Valley Meat Co., which is seeking to open the first U.S. horse slaughterhouse since 2007. Right now he's the only paid employee, and he puts his money where his mouth is. He eats horse meat....

Tough guys do dance and sing. With two of Hollywood’s biggest manly men now starring in the same film, there’s a good chance that some of their male fans secretly wish they were seeing Wolverine versus Maximus. Instead, Hugh Jackman and...

The two Freddy Award winners who competed in the National High School Musical Theatre Awards, know as the Jimmy Awards, will be featured with the 58 other competitors in a new three-hour PBS documentary series. Hannah Arnold of Bethlehem and......

Donny Osmond returns to “Dancing With the Stars” on Tuesday for a duet with Susan Boyle. They will sing “This Is The Moment” while Kym Johnson, Tristan MacManus, Anna Trebunskaya and Henry Byalikov dance. The song is on Boyle's new...

I'm not a fan of television and don't watch the reality shows or the weekly dramas and sitcoms many live for from week to week. I find most of the offerings on TV a waste of valuable time, but one recent show had me glued to the big black box for three...

The elegant gals of the Philharmonic Society of Orange County came together to host a tea at AnQi in South Coast Plaza in advance of the society's upcoming 2012 gala benefit. They are calling the gala, which will take place in the Samueli Theater at the...

Arts TV programming this week...

The estranged brother of Harrisburg Mayor Linda Thompson is behind bars again after police in Cumberland County caught him stealing over $200 dollars worth of groceries from a supermarket. It happened on Friday morning at the Weis Market store along the...

The Tony-winning Broadway production of "Billy Elliot" will close in January after a three-year run. The planned Museum of Tolerance project in Jerusalem is facing new challenges amid a report that it has lost its architect and construction manager....

With the Wizarding World of Harry Potter opening at Universal Orlando (what, you haven't heard?) we have the boy wizard on the brain around here. Couple that with the recent news that Potter film star Daniel Radcliffe is heading to Broadway next spring...

Twenty-one years ago, "The Phantom of the Opera" opened on Broadway to mixed reviews, but still went on to win seven Tony Awards, including best musical. And in the ultimate slap in the face to critics, the tuner became the longest-running show in the...

With the Wizarding World of Harry Potter opening at Universal Orlando (what, you haven't heard?) we have the boy wizard on the brain around here. Couple that with the recent news that Potter film star Daniel Radcliffe is heading to Broadway next spring to...