The country of greed, lust, intrigue and violence
Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 09:52
Last update: about 8 years ago
Noel Grima
In the baking heat of June in Malta, the island is teeming with locals and tourists. Into that cauldron come four strangers each with a separate quest. Soon their destinies collide ... unleashing a...
'Lion King' returns but it's harder to feel the love
Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 09:49
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Life moves in a circle, "The Lion King" tells us, and, increasingly, so does studio moviemaking. Close on the heels of "live-action" remakes of "Aladdin" and "Dumbo" and on the precipice of a...
Looking back at Mike Wallace, who made 'em squirm
Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 09:48
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Vladimir Putin, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Ku Klux Klan leader Eldon Edwards. Bette Davis, Barbra Streisand, Shirley MacLaine, Eleanor Roosevelt. If they were famous — or infamous —...
Rudy Pérez shares his journey from poverty to the Grammys
Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 09:46
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Grammy winner Rudy Pérez has worked with superstars like Beyonce and Julio Iglesias and has been named a Billboard Producer of the Decade. He usually keeps a low profile, but he's stepping out...
Tamron Hall's faith in herself pays off with new show, life
Monday, 23 September 2019, 12:19
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
When Tamron Hall decided to leave NBC after the network gave her prime "Today" co-hosting slot to Megyn Kelly, the journalist threw herself a party — a pity party. That included plenty of...
Redd Kross knead fun into high-energy power pop
Monday, 23 September 2019, 12:05
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Redd Kross continue to swing their pendulum widely and wildly between punk roots and power pop on "Beyond The Door," their latest album arriving after seven lean years in terms of new recordings, but...
In Tarantino's latest, a radiant Hollywood fable
Monday, 23 September 2019, 11:55
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Quentin Tarantino has, for a while now, been reminding us what's so great about movies — or at least, what he thinks is so great about them. He's made an old-fashioned double-feature...
Rare Steinbeck story, set in Paris, published
Monday, 23 September 2019, 11:52
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Ernest Hemingway wasn't the only Great American Writer with something to say about Paris. Hemingway's contemporary and fellow Nobel laureate, John Steinbeck, was best known for "The Grapes of...