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Jenny Mollen shares more wacky stories in her new book

Monday, 27 June 2016, 16:22 Last update: about 9 years ago

Her new book, "Live Fast Die Hot," is a follow-up to her best-selling "I Like You Just the Way I Am." The 37-year-old actress-writer shares her thoughts on social media, spouting off hilarious -...

The one that stayed behind: an extract

Monday, 27 June 2016, 14:44 Last update: about 9 years ago

That one Saturday in March 1942 remains in my mind to this day.  It was in the afternoon. The siren had sounded so often that day that there was no point in going up and down at the end of...

Music on the global stage

Monday, 27 June 2016, 14:16 Last update: about 9 years ago Nikki Petroni

The Fête de la Musique is a massive street music festival for both professional and amateur musicians held every year on 21 June. The first edition of the festival was held in 1982 and was...

Gritty and visceral, Brandy Clark reaches for greatness

Saturday, 25 June 2016, 16:25 Last update: about 9 years ago

Brandy Clark isn't the first singer-songwriter to bring a smart feminist perspective to country music. Loretta Lynn sang defiantly about "The Pill" 40 years ago, well before her audience was ready for...

'Finding Dory' is no trophy fish but it's a keeper

Saturday, 25 June 2016, 15:33 Last update: about 9 years ago

In Pixar's hands, the ocean - equal parts danger and wonder - is a vast metaphor for the choppy waters of parenting. Cloistered coral reefs of home are surrounded by frightful drop-offs and strong...

History, travel & comedy collide in 'Wonder Trail'

Saturday, 25 June 2016, 15:14 Last update: about 9 years ago

Steve Hely's plan is vague: travel south and make lots of stops along the way until he reaches the end of the world. And so begins "The Wonder Trail," Hely's account of everything from the history of...

Little Big Town's Pharrell-shaped CD is fun but lightweight

Friday, 24 June 2016, 16:25 Last update: about 9 years ago

Little Big Town, country music's top vocal group, achieved widespread fame by continually taking artistic risks and pushing boundaries. With "Wanderlust," they step out even further, working with...

The hocus pocus of 'Now You See Me 2' wears thin

Friday, 24 June 2016, 15:32 Last update: about 9 years ago

The magician heist movie "Now You See Me 2" disappears with not a poof, but in a hyper-kinetic blur of hectic plot mechanics, ceaselessly nattering characters and so many ploys of...

'Ink and Bone' is a tale of horror and mystery

Friday, 24 June 2016, 15:13 Last update: about 9 years ago

Lisa Unger returns to the small town of The Hollows with "Ink and Bone," another gut-wrenching tale of horror and mystery. Finley Montgomery has been visited by ghostly figures and experienced...

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