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Depardieu intervened for widely panned FIFA movie

Wednesday, 17 June 2015, 14:01 Last update: about 10 years ago

Actor Gerard Depardieu personally intervened to persuade the CannesFilm Festival to show the FIFA-funded movie "United Passions" that sank almost without trace at the box office after being...

New Edna O'Brien story anthology spans 5 decades

Wednesday, 17 June 2015, 13:27 Last update: about 10 years ago

Put on a pot of tea and curl up with "The Love Object," the new collection of Edna O'Brien stories. If you're lucky, it'll be cold, damp and misty outside. Many of the 31 stories published...

Chris Birdd - It’s been a long time coming

Sunday, 14 June 2015, 16:39 Last update: about 10 years ago

You recently released the song 'L O R D' - what is the song about? The song is about who I am and what I stand for, which is following and believing in a dream. I use the concept of religion as...

Montgomery Gentry shine on 'Folks Like Us'

Sunday, 14 June 2015, 15:46 Last update: about 10 years ago

Montgomery Gentry were pumping out bro-country sounds and themes years before it became the dominant sound in contemporary country music. On "Folks Like Us," the duo of Eddie Montgomery and Troy...

Lake Bell enjoys juggling titles of actress and director

Sunday, 14 June 2015, 14:22 Last update: about 10 years ago

Lake Bell can be annoying when she's watching TV or a movie with her husband. That's because she tends to watch with a director's eye. "My husband gets very frustrated," she said in a recent...

'A Good Killing' is ripped from the headlines

Sunday, 14 June 2015, 13:56 Last update: about 10 years ago

"A Good Killing," Allison Leotta's new legal thriller, has sex-crimes prosecutor Anna Curtis heading home to defend her sister, who has been arrested in the death of a high school coach. Anna's...

Mike + Ruthy Band serve up musical melting pot

Saturday, 13 June 2015, 15:42 Last update: about 10 years ago

On "Bright As You Can," the husband-and-wife duo The Mike + Ruthy Band sing that their heroes are all on the other side, and it's true the album draw on sources a Smithsonian Folkways archivist would...

Girl power! 'Pitch Perfect 2' hits those sweet notes

Saturday, 13 June 2015, 14:22 Last update: about 10 years ago

And yes, they sure do run the world. The highly anticipated sequel to the 2012 surprise hit "Pitch Perfect" is now, more than ever, a celebration of girl power, girl bonding, girl harmony, and...

'Hey Mama,' 'Monster' songwriter shines on debut EP

Friday, 12 June 2015, 15:40 Last update: about 10 years ago

Bebe Rexha may not have originally received on-screen credit as the vocalist behind David Guetta and Nicki Minaj's latest smash, "Hey Mama" - which Rexha co-wrote - but it's all good: the singer's...

'Entourage' embraces, celebrates Hollywood excess

Friday, 12 June 2015, 14:20 Last update: about 10 years ago

This is a world where you might land your helicopter on someone's lawn to crash a business meeting, or take a little yacht to meet up with your buddy on his bigger yacht. It's a land of celebrities,...

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