While Bono was touring the US following the release of U2's fifth studio album, he stopped by the Nashville home of country music icon Johnny Cash, who along with his wife June had invited him for lunch.
In the parlance of Olympic diving -- a good analogy for blockbuster movie-making -- "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" faced an inordinate degree of difficulty, addressing the tragic death of Chadwick Boseman. That the movie manages to strike that somber chord and still deliver as Marvel-style entertainment represents a major accomplishment, though the tension created by those two forces grinding in different directions can't entirely be ignored.
Leslie Phillips, the British actor who starred in the Carry On movie franchise and later voiced the Sorting Hat in the Harry Potter films, has died at the age of 98.
If you subscribe to the theory that Willie Mays was the greatest baseball player who ever lived, consider "Say Hey, Willie Mays!" additional ammunition for bar arguments, as well as a whole lot of fun. Throw in the fact that the 91-year-old Giants all-star lends his voice to the proceedings, and it's a solid HBO documentary for anyone who loves the game, with one glaring error.