Spectacular ballet gala at the Hilton on 30 December
Friday, 19 December 2014, 17:09
Last update: about 10 years ago
Malta Art Events will be presenting a Spectacular Ballet Gala, a night of extravagant talent from Europe’s best ballet theatres, on 30 December at the Hilton in St Julian’s. The...
Idris Elba inspired by Mandela on album
Friday, 19 December 2014, 15:53
Last update: about 10 years ago
Playing Nelson Mandela in 2013's theatrical release, "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom," clearly struck a chord with British actor Idris Elba - a musical one. On "Idris Elba Presents mi Mandela," a...
'Madagascar' spin-off hatches family fun
Friday, 19 December 2014, 15:44
Last update: about 10 years ago
For a movie that's more paint by numbers than Picasso, "Penguins of Madagascar" begins with something completely unexpected: a Werner Herzog voiceover. Parodying his own work and documentary...
King returns to true horror in 'Revival'
Friday, 19 December 2014, 15:35
Last update: about 10 years ago
Remember when Stephen King announced that he was retiring? That was more than a decade and at least six books ago, and he's done nothing but crank out best-sellers ever since. The latest novel -...
Lorde's 'Mockingjay' soundtrack gets dark
Thursday, 18 December 2014, 15:53
Last update: about 10 years ago
Various artists, "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" (Republic Records) It was only a matter of time before Lorde graduated from contributing a song for...
Strayed to try screenplays after 'Wild' experience
Thursday, 18 December 2014, 15:41
Last update: about 10 years ago
When she hiked more than 1,000 miles through California and Oregon wilderness, Cheryl Strayed didn't expect to end up in Hollywood. The author of "Wild," opening this week as...
First Alice Munro collection since Nobel Prize
Thursday, 18 December 2014, 15:33
Last update: about 10 years ago
A year after Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize for literature and was cited for her mastery of the modern short story, her publisher has collected 24 of her stories published over the past two...
Former boy band Take That back as a trio on 'III'
Wednesday, 17 December 2014, 15:52
Last update: about 10 years ago
What to make of Take That? The 1990s boy band was adored by a generation in its native Britain. When Take That returned in 2005 as a grown-up "man band," fans embraced the group as if it had never...
Good performances can't save 'Miss Julie'
Wednesday, 17 December 2014, 15:40
Last update: about 10 years ago
The battle of the sexes and classes rages on in director Liv Ullmann's adaptation of August Strindberg's infamous 1888 play "Miss Julie." One tempestuous Midsummer's Eve finds a vast country estate...