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With shake-ups, AC/DC perseveres with album, tour

Friday, 12 December 2014, 15:24 Last update: about 10 years ago

AC/DC finally joined iTunes in 2012 after years of refusing to do so, but make no mistake, the Australian rock band is still old school. "I would like everybody to buy vinyl again," guitarist...

'Wild' finds salvation in the woods

Friday, 12 December 2014, 15:10 Last update: about 10 years ago

Cheryl Strayed, as played by Reese Witherspoon in Jean-Marc Vallee's "Wild," is, bless the Lord, not an easily discernable type. She's also not the sort we've often encountered on the well-trod...

Karen Pirie is on the case in 'The Skeleton Road'

Friday, 12 December 2014, 15:03 Last update: about 10 years ago

Author Val McDermid melds the political thriller with the police procedural for an intense novel that gives equal attention to each genre. McDermid pulls together a complicated tale of war and...

Wu-Tang look to cement legacy on new album

Thursday, 11 December 2014, 15:23 Last update: about 10 years ago

Old Dirty Bastard once proclaimed: Wu-Tang is for the children. On their sixth album, "A Better Tomorrow," U-God reinforces the sentiment: We "construct these jewels so they can live through my...

Fans go wild over 88-second 'Star Wars' teaser

Thursday, 11 December 2014, 15:08 Last update: about 10 years ago

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a helmetless storm trooper appeared in frame, panicked and sweaty in the middle of vast desert landscape, kicking off the first official look at "Star Wars:...

Brooke Shields writes of life with her mother

Thursday, 11 December 2014, 15:02 Last update: about 10 years ago

Brooke Shields, the iconic model-actress-Princeton grad, entered the literary scene in 2005 with her memoir about postpartum depression. This time, she sheds light on the relationship she shared with...

Watch: Kirk and Anne Douglas reflect on 60-year romance

Thursday, 11 December 2014, 09:10 Last update: about 10 years ago

Kirk Douglas is done with writing. The rakish screen legend with the famously dimpled chin made that abundantly clear on a recent afternoon at his Beverly Hills home, a few days before the...

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