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There's no place like home for the 'The Brady Bunch'

Tuesday, 6 August 2019, 16:12 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

There's no place like home for "The Brady Bunch," even if was just a facade. An HGTV renovation of the Los Angeles house that was used for exterior shots of the TV sitcom reunited six cast...

Ed Sheeran wins again with new terrain, new friends

Tuesday, 6 August 2019, 16:10 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Ed Sheeran, "No. 6 Collaborations Project" (Atlantic) If anything, Ed Sheeran's new album does two things. It lets him show off his tremendous range. And it lets him show off his impressive...

'Emanuel' explores life after tragic church shooting

Tuesday, 6 August 2019, 16:05 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Jennifer Pinckney was hiding under a desk holding the mouth of her then-6-year-old daughter when Dylann Roof fired more than 70 shots in Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina,...

Alison Gaylin probes how violence affects families

Tuesday, 6 August 2019, 16:04 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"Never Look Back" by Alison Gaylin (William Morrow) The popularity of true crime podcasts bleeds into the tightly plotted "Never Look Back" by Alison Gaylin. Her fictional hero Quentin Garrison...

HBO's 'Dark Materials,' 'Gemstones' both grapple with faith

Monday, 5 August 2019, 09:25 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

HBO's forthcoming fantasy series "His Dark Materials" and its new televangelist comedy "The Righteous Gemstones" bring wildly different worlds to the screen, yet both grapple with the same central...

Blanco Brown has the next country rap hit with 'The Git Up'

Monday, 5 August 2019, 09:15 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

After "Old Town Road" kicked off a trend of country-trap this year, Blanco Brown felt the timing was just right for his dance hit "The Git Up." Brown, who grew up in Atlanta, has been living in...

'Toy Story' lives on, but should it have?

Monday, 5 August 2019, 09:12 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Like "Casablanca," ''Toy Story 3" concluded with the beginning of a beautiful friendship. It's an ending that has very possibly produced an ocean's worth of tears, not to mention countless...

Old friends return in Doiron's 'Almost Midnight'

Monday, 5 August 2019, 09:11 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"Almost Midnight," by Paul Doiron (Minotaur) In nine previous crime novels, Paul Doiron's protagonist, Maine game warden Mike Bowditch, has made more than his share of friends and enemies. Now,...

HBO chief: Sorry, fans, no 'Game of Thrones' do-over

Thursday, 1 August 2019, 10:10 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

The clamour from "Game of Thrones" fans for a do-over of the drama's final season has been in vain. HBO programming chief Casey Bloys said Wednesday there was no serious consideration to remaking...

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