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Hollywood actor Bo Hopkins, best known for his roles in films like “American Graffiti” and “Wild Bunch,” has died at the age of 80. The star’s death at a California hospital on Saturday came several weeks after the actor had experienced a heart attack. Hopkins’ was confirmed by his wife Sian Hopkins, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The outlet reported that Hopkins died in Van Nuys, California at Valley Presbyterian Hospital. One of the actor’s earliest film roles was playing Clarence “Crazy” Lee in the 1969 Sam Peckinpah film “The Wild Bunch.” A few years later in 1973, he appeared...

Leave it to Wyoming to figure out a way to conquer the challenge of social distancing. Several of our cities are hosting cruising nights to give citizens an outlet for being social and safe at the same time. Check out this video from a cruising night hosted in Wheatland last week. Thanks to Rod Russell for sharing. I have had friends tell me these types of cruising events have happened in Rawlins and Lander also. Wyoming is not alone in our "let's go cruising" idea. The Clipper shared a story about cruising nights that happened in Nebraska last month, too. There are reports that cities...

In George Lucas' best film - no, not Star Wars Episode 12: The Force Awakens the Empire's Return of the Revenge of the Awakening of the Force, but American Graffiti - there's a scene where young Harrison Ford and young Cindy Williams are sitting sullenly in his '55 Chevy during a rather awkward moment in their relationship. Ford suggested to Lucas that it might be a good idea for him to serenade her in a somewhat sardonic fashion. The director liked the idea, and they tried the scene with a couple of Everly Brothers tunes (all the music in the...

On this day in 1973, “American Graffiti,” a nostalgic coming-of-age tale set on the streets and steeped in the car-centric culture of suburban California, is released in theaters across the United States. The movie went on to become a sleeper hit. --SNIP-- The 1970s saw a boom in classic-car restoration, even as more and more Americans were driving Japanese imports. The era also saw an increasing number of “lowriders”–or classic cars or trucks with suspensions that had been modified so that they rode as low to the ground as possible

American graffitiA U.S. Secret Service agent was suspended with pay last week after reportedly admitting that he scrawled anti-Islam slurs on a Muslim prayer calendar while searching a suspect's home. The agent allegedly wrote, "Islam is Evil, Christ is King'' on the calendar in the Dearborn, Mich., home of Omar Shishani, arrested for allegedly possessing $12 million in fake cashier's checks. The agent could face criminal charges.