Новости за 27.03.2016

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country icon Dolly Parton and pop star Katy Perry will sing together at next month’s Academy of Country Music Awards, where Parton will receive a special award for her recent television movie about her childhood.

It was Saturday morning, Feb. 7, 2015. I awoke with the sun shining through the windows. I was looking forward to another beautiful day.

NEW YORK — It’s been 40 years since Peter Frampton’s life was turned upside down — in a good, crazy way.

NEW YORK — A new website hopes to help theatergoers with disabilities find Broadway shows that offer services they may need, from wheelchair ramps to American Sign Language interpreters to autism-friendly performances.

LONDON — Imagine watching frantic shopkeepers busily extinguish the Great Fire of London, or sheltering from Nazi bombing raids during the Blitz.

SECAUCUS, N.J. — When the lights come on, the scene in front of you isn’t pretty: There’s a gagged woman handcuffed to a wall, a TV on at full volume and a guy lying on a couch with a gaping belly wound.

The University of South Carolina Press is publishing "The Travelers’ Charleston: Accounts of Charleston and Lowcountry, South Carolina, 1666-1861," edited by Jennie Holton Fant. The illustrated book is $49.95 in hardcover and available from USC Press, the Preservation Society shop, Historic Charleston shop, online and...

THE YEAR OF THE RUNAWAYS. By Sunjeev Sahota. Knopf. 484 pages. $27.95.

THE DRIFTER. By Nicholas Petri. Putnam. 368 pages. $27.

NEW YORK — British actor Ben Whishaw has found himself to be a magnet for important roles. They even come back every few years.

The Charleston Library Society’s Wide Angle Lunch Series continues at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday with a presentation from Mayor John Tecklenburg, who will discuss the legacy of his predecessor Joe Riley as well as his own priorities.

NEW YORK — "Batman v Superman" may be a massive movie, a $250 million globe-trotting blockbuster with a pulverizing marketing assault, but it’s just the opening salvo of a much larger campaign that aims to restore DC Comics to prominence in Marvel-dominated multiplexes.

NEW YORK — The idea came to them, remarkably, without alcohol playing a factor: Two magicians in Australia decided to create a new kind of show that mixed stripping and illusion.

With a house close to the Eastern Pennsylvania woods, and the wildlife that lives there, Jeff Acopian wrestled with a problem that afflicts homeowners around the country.

We hear a lot about families spending too much time distracted by digital devices. But screens do have some family-friendly benefits: New apps can help family members stay connected and coordinated.

When we start thinking "spring," one color comes to mind. Tender pea shoots, that soft fuzziness on budding trees, a new lawn. There’s a palette of greens that herald nature’s shift to the warm seasons.

A Lunch and Learn "Introduction to Beekeeping" will be noon-1 p.m. April 7 in the Clemson Extension Office Conference Room, 259 Meeting St., 2nd floor.

NEW YORK — Looking out across an urban or even some suburban skylines, most people see an expanse of rooftops.

The transactions listed below include properties sold for $200,000 or more and recorded between Feb. 22-26.

BEATY, Alvina, Florida

BRATTON, William, 77, of Mount Pleasant, a salesman with Thalhimers Department Store, died Saturday. Arrangements by Stuhr’s Mount Pleasant Chapel.

The West Ashley Greenway will remain a little greener for a little longer, as the city’s plans to pave its next section have fallen behind schedule.

After a boy visiting the S.C. State Fair asked avid beekeeper Debbie Fisher how she squeezed the honey out of a bee, she told her husband, Larry Haigh, that they needed to do something to raise awareness about the critical pollinator.

COLUMBIA — Several area track and field stars were among the top performers at Saturday’s Bob Jenkins Coaches Classic at Dutch Fork High School.

DULUTH, Ga. — For the 22nd time in the club’s 23 seasons in the Lowcountry, the South Carolina Stingrays are playoff bound.