As one of the final motion pictures made by the Duke in the early 1970s, Big Jake is a great film. While many may emphasize the film's particularly violent tone (in fact, this author has before), one ...

Actors releasing albums is a common occurrence, but nobody had John Wayne pegged as the sort of actor who'd enter the recording booth.

To add to the complexity, Tunstall/McSween had briefly enjoyed the imperial support of the richest cattleman in the region, John Chisum. In the Peckinpah film, Chisum is repeatedly invoked as the ...

Karen Escott’s Explorers team defeated Gina Snider’s Queens team in both the gross and net category, but by the narrowest of ...

John Wayne was an iconic actor, best known for his portrayals as a tough guy in Western movies. In his personal life, he was ...

Back in September 1964, John Wayne was set to re-team with Rio Bravo director Howard Hawks and co-star Dean Martin in The Sons of Katie Elder. The Western saw four brothers, with Duke playing the ...

John Wayne and John Ford collaborated on my classic Westerns, but the one that made Duke a star was 1939’s Stagecoach. The 1880-set story followed a group of strangers riding through dangerous ...

The South Dakota high school wrestling tournament begins Thursday and wraps up Saturday night. Follow along here for the ...

Former Houston Mayor and U.S. Rep Sylvester Turner has died, current Mayor John Whitmire said Wednesday during a council meeting. Turner was 70. U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner died Wednesday at home ...