Gilbert residents Rick and Leslie Roman used to give shares of Boston Celtics stock as gifts to friends and family. The pair was always interested in company stocks and thought they made great presents, and it ultimately led to the couple’s first business venture.

Arizona State University is hoping fans will be happy with the new Sparky mascot design revealed Wednesday afternoon.

Behind the mask of Chandler High School’s mascot, Scruffy, Andrew Sanchez found his “voice.”

In the galaxy of big-screen superheros — a rather glum lot — Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man is the snappy one.

NEW YORK — Recent high-profile attacks on tourists in India, Brazil, Turkey and Mexico — including rapes — have raised questions about personal safety for overseas travel, especially for women. But frequent travelers and those who work in the industry say a few common-sense precautions can go a long way to ensuring personal safety.

Mesa United Way is inviting residents to make a donation to its Community Chest and enter “The Happiest Sweepstakes on Earth!” to win a Disneyland vacation and other prizes.

Experience Disney’s best characters and stories in this all new ice skating adventure featuring everyone from Rapunzel and Flynn to Peter Pan and Tinker Bell.

It may be a “tale as old as time,” but "Disney’s Beauty and the Beast” will never feel old hat to generations of new children or eternal fans of romance and fairytales.

The Little Mermaid Junior: Gilbert’s Studio 3 Performing Arts stages this one act kids version of Disney’s Broadway show, which includes popular songs like “Under the Sea,” “Part of Your World” and “She’s in Love.”

Harmony Korine seems to want it both ways, all day, with "Spring Breakers," his super-stylized descent into a sunbaked hell where bikini-clad, gun-toting college babes serve as our guides.

Get Out is giving away a four-pack of tickets to Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, playing Tuesday, April 9, at ASU Gammage in Tempe. The prize package includes a $100 gift certificate to nearby Z’Tejas restaurant.

NEW YORK — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis aren't the only ones poppin' tags at thrift shops.

LOS ANGELES -- I’m here in a nice getaway from too-early 90-degree temperatures back in the East Valley this weekend. Low 80s here.

It’s no surprise that Chelsea Bain has been attending NASCAR races since she was 5 years old. Her dad, Emmett “Buddy” Jobe, brought NASCAR to Phoenix International Raceway in 1987. Now, Bain is more involved in NASCAR than she ever has been, but not as a spectator — as a rockin’ country musician.

"Oz the Great and Powerful" aims for nostalgia in older viewers who grew up on "The Wizard of Oz" and still hold the classic dear while simultaneously enchanting a newer, younger audience. It never really accomplishes either successfully.

As if a festival celebrating beer and barbeque couldn’t get any better, it just did: Rock bands Smash Mouth and Hoobastank will headline The Great American Barbeque & Beer Festival on March 23.