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Q&A: Francis Ford Coppola on 'Apocalypse Now' 40 years later

Thursday, 17 October 2019, 12:03 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

If filmmaking is a war, then "Apocalypse Now" was very nearly Francis Ford Coppola's Waterloo. The battles Coppola fought while making his 1979 epic nearly destroyed him. A typhoon wrecked a...

Book of letters by Che Guevara coming out in English in 2021

Thursday, 17 October 2019, 12:01 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

A book of letters by Ernesto Che Guevara is coming out in English in fall 2021. "Letters 1947-67" will be released in the United States by Seven Stories, the publisher announced Thursday, and...

Gaulitanus Choir announces France concert tour

Thursday, 17 October 2019, 11:21 Last update: about 8 years ago

The international programme of events of Gozo's Gaulitanus Choir continues with a 2-legged concert tour of France, indeed Paris and Corsica, between the 6th and the 10th November 2019. In...

Cynthia Erivo cast as Aretha Franklin in ‘Genius’ season 3

Wednesday, 16 October 2019, 11:11 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

National Geographic has found its next “Genius.” The network has tapped Cynthia Erivo to play Aretha Franklin in a third installment of the anthology series. The authorized...

The Highwomen flip country narrative with new album

Wednesday, 16 October 2019, 11:09 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

The Highwomen, "The Highwomen" (Low Country Sound/Elektra Records) Throughout history, certain narratives have been silenced — those of women, queer persons and persons of color. And while...

Tweens invade the raunchy teen comedy in 'Good Boys'

Wednesday, 16 October 2019, 11:02 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

The 12-year-old protagonists of "Good Boys" have mastered the use of lingo like "lit" and "burn," but they are foggier on just exactly what a tampon is and swear that a nymphomaniac is someone who has...

Stephen King returns with 'The Institute'

Wednesday, 16 October 2019, 11:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"The Institute" (Scribner), by Stephen King The kids are all right again, in Stephen King's world. Not since part one of "It" or his short story "The Body," which became the "Stand by Me"...

Little Big Town to reveal new album on historic theatre tour

Tuesday, 15 October 2019, 11:35 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Country group Little Big Town always wanted to play Carnegie Hall, but it took more than just practice, like the old joke goes, to get them there. The Grammy winners have been in the studio for...

In 'Blinded by the Light,' growing up with the Boss

Tuesday, 15 October 2019, 11:30 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

After starring roles for Freddie Mercury ("Bohemian Rhapsody"), Elton John ("Rocketman") and the Beatles ("Yesterday"), it's Bruce Springsteen's turn to join the mixtape that the movies have lately...

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