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'Homeland' last season pushed back to autumn

Friday, 22 February 2019, 09:57 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

"Homeland" fans will have to wait longer than expected for the start of the last season. Showtime said that the drama's planned return in June has been pushed back to fall. The complexity of...

Leyla McCalla puts down cello for 'Capitalist Blues'

Friday, 22 February 2019, 09:46 Last update: about 7 years ago

Leyla McCalla, "The Capitalist Blues" (PIAS/Jazz Village) Look, Ma, no cello! After a pair of albums on which New York-born Leyla McCalla accompanied herself on her trademark instrument,...

'Escape Room' is high-concept and not half bad

Friday, 22 February 2019, 09:27 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

In retrospect, it's actually kind of surprising that there hasn't been an escape room-themed horror movie until now. The popular interactive mystery games are kind of mini films. There's a built-in...

Henry Winkler enjoying a run of very cool coincidences

Friday, 22 February 2019, 09:19 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Things are coming full circle for Henry Winkler in many ways. The actor, best known for playing "The Fonz" on the 1970s hit sitcom "Happy Days," is also a prolific author of children's books and...

The cat’s out of the bag

Thursday, 21 February 2019, 10:33 Last update: about 7 years ago

Tell us about the process of developing Clare Azzopardi's award winning children's book Il-Qtates ta' max-Xatt into an opera together with Clare herself and composer Euchar Gravina. We...

With 'Second Act,' Jennifer Lopez makes her own opportunity

Thursday, 21 February 2019, 09:26 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Jennifer Lopez learned a long time ago that in the entertainment business you can't just sit around waiting for opportunities, you have to make them for yourself. It's the simple reason "Second Act,"...

Don Winslow writes novel about war on drugs

Thursday, 21 February 2019, 09:18 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

"The Border" (William Morrow), by Don Winslow Don Winslow's epic trilogy about America's longest war, which he launched with "The Power of the Dog" in 2005 and continued with "The Cartel" in...

‘An Inspector Calls’ to be staged at the Blue Box Theatre

Thursday, 21 February 2019, 08:57 Last update: about 7 years ago

English dramatist JB Priestley's famous thriller An Inspector Calls is set to be staged in Malta next month by local long-running theatre company MADC. As one of Priestley's best-known plays, An...

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