ROME — Monica Vitti, the adaptable movie star of Michelangelo Antonioni’s “L’Avventura” and other Italian alienation films of the 1960s, and afterwards a primary comedian actress, has died. She was 90. Her dying was introduced Wednesday on Twitter by a former lifestyle minister, Walter Veltroni, who reported he had been […]

Wayne Thiebaud, an influential Sacramento art teacher and internationally recognized artist who was best known for his richly textured, brightly colored paintings of ordinary objects and enticing California landscapes, has died. The painter died Saturday at his Land Park home at the age of 101, Acquavella Galleries, which showcased his […]

Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. Michael Nesmith, musician and TV star of ‘The Monkees’ fame, dead at age 78 Michael Nesmith, one of the stars of “The Monkees,” a 1960s TV comedy series about a rock quartet modeled after the Beatles, died on […]