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Old favourites, outdated attitudes: Can entertainment expire?

Tuesday, 12 February 2019, 10:59 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

The 1940 movie "The Philadelphia Story" opens with a case of domestic assault played for laughs — Cary Grant shoving Katharine Hepburn to the ground by her face while a jaunty musical score...

Russian novel tells story of survival, love in Stalin's camp

Tuesday, 12 February 2019, 10:43 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Guzel Yakhina's grandmother was a little girl when Soviet agents burst into her home and deported the whole family to the frozen woods of Siberia. Decades later, she shared those memories with her...

‘Il-Qtates ta’ max-Xatt’

Tuesday, 12 February 2019, 08:56 Last update: about 7 years ago

The cat's out of the bag! Teatru Malta is delighted to open its 2019 programme with the highly anticipated children's opera Il-Qtates ta' max-Xatt on 23 and 24 February in partnership with...

Watch: Beauty and the Beast Live-to-Film

Monday, 11 February 2019, 11:51 Last update: about 7 years ago

On Saturday 16th February, the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra will be performing to the live action film of Beauty and the Beast. The well-loved music sound-track will be performed as the original...

Charley Pride is in the spotlight with upcoming TV specials

Monday, 11 February 2019, 11:28 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Paging Terrence Howard. Charley Pride still wants the actor to play him in a movie of the country music star's life. The project has been discussed for about 10 years. Pride told TV critics...

With Dr. Dre behind him, Anderson .Paak is feeling epic

Monday, 11 February 2019, 11:18 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Getting Dr. Dre to produce his entire album had Anderson .Paak feeling like "the prodigal son," as he put it, since it's rare that you'll find Dre overseeing an entire music project these...

Nicole Kidman as a hardened LA cop in 'Destroyer'

Monday, 11 February 2019, 10:57 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

A different Nicole Kidman stares out at us under the harsh Los Angeles sun of the neo-noir "Destroyer." The actress who famously donned a prosthetic nose for "The Hours" has here gone to greater...

Real and emotional prisons flow through 'No Mercy'

Monday, 11 February 2019, 10:40 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

"No Mercy" (Minotaur), by Joanna Schaffhausen Prisons come in various forms, as Joanna Schaffhausen shows in her second outstanding novel, "No Mercy." There are the mortar-and-brick prisons in...

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