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How sweet the sound is in Aretha doc 'Amazing Grace'

Friday, 26 April 2019, 09:47 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

After many dangers, toils and snares, the long-lost Aretha Franklin concert film "Amazing Grace" has finally seen the light, and good Lord is it good. Filmed over two sessions in January 1972 at...

'Ladies Who Punch' offers inside look of 'The View'

Friday, 26 April 2019, 09:38 Last update: about 8 years ago

"Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of 'The View'" (Thomas Dunne Books), by Ramin Setoodeh Chances are, if you've never tuned into the talk show "The View," you have heard about it....

A happy ending for 'Game of Thrones'? No thanks

Thursday, 25 April 2019, 10:17 Last update: about 8 years ago The Conversation

With the final season of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” commencing, I imagine most fans are harboring hopes that things will turn out well for the remaining heroes in Westeros.  A...

Lucy Rose's 'No Words Left' is delicate, beautiful

Thursday, 25 April 2019, 10:07 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Lucy Rose, "No Words Left" (Arts & Crafts) "Conversation don't come easy," Lucy Rose softly sings on the opening track of her new album. "But I've got a lot to say." Guitar picking...

Henson, Rockwell bring sensitivity to true-life tale

Thursday, 25 April 2019, 09:46 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

If you didn't know that "The Best of Enemies" was based on a true story, you'd likely find the premise preposterous, and for a movie, probably ill-advised: A lowbrow Klan leader in North Carolina and...

Did a censored female writer inspire Hemingway's famous style?

Thursday, 25 April 2019, 09:36 Last update: about 8 years ago The Conversation

Virtually everyone has heard of Ernest Hemingway. But you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who knows of Ellen N. La Motte.  People should.   She is the extraordinary World...

Rock’N Malta presents James live in concert

Wednesday, 24 April 2019, 12:37 Last update: about 8 years ago

Rock'N Malta are proud to present triple platinum Mancunian band James on the 12th of June at Aria Complex. Since their formation in 1982, James have made The Smith's Morrissey and Johnny Marr...

Go behind the dancing to see what fueled FX's 'Fosse/Verdon'

Wednesday, 24 April 2019, 10:16 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

He was a director and choreographer whose signature was the backward lean and the pelvic thrust. She was his muse and a ferocious dancer in her own right. They were perfect together and they were also...

LOCASH offer a bro-country hoot of an album

Wednesday, 24 April 2019, 10:06 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

LOCASH, "Brothers" (Wheelhouse Records/BBR Music Group) If there's a such a thing as Bingo for country song references, go ahead and spin the latest LOCASH album and brace yourself. You'll get a...

'Dumbo' remake takes flight on its own charms

Wednesday, 24 April 2019, 09:44 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

The original "Dumbo" was released in the summer of 1941 while Germany was spreading across Europe and war was breaking out in the Pacific. Crafted as a simpler Disney fable after the more extravagant...

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