PBS' 'Finding Your Roots' looks into political leaders' past
Friday, 15 March 2019, 11:36
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., hopes this season of his popular PBS series "Finding Your Roots" helps a divided U.S. see how all Americans have unique family links and how those family...
'Alita: Battle Angel' is big eyes and big effects
Friday, 15 March 2019, 10:25
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Alita is just like a typical teenage girl. She loves chocolate, breaks curfew and crushes on a bad boy with floppy hair, a leather jacket and a motorcycle. But Alita isn't typical in other ways. For...
A new collection of essays by Janet Malcolm
Friday, 15 March 2019, 10:16
Last update: about 9 years ago
"Nobody's Looking at You: Essays" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), by Janet Malcolm It would be frightening to be interviewed by Janet Malcolm. But the same qualities that make her such a fearsome...
FX's 'Legion' series to come to an end
Thursday, 14 March 2019, 11:34
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
The creator of FX's "Legion" said the time has come to end the series. Noah Hawley said the drama had arrived at a "natural place" to conclude the story of David Haller, the Marvel Comics...
Tedeschi Trucks Band's 'Signs' is inspirational
Thursday, 14 March 2019, 10:44
Last update: about 9 years ago
Tedeschi Trucks Band, "Signs" (Fantasy Records/Concord) You can't avoid being mesmerized by Susan Tedeschi's singing on "Signs." The Tedeschi Trucks Band has a dozen members, including three...
'Serenity' now? No thank you
Thursday, 14 March 2019, 10:24
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
The elevator pitch for Steven Knight's "Serenity" would be: "'Key Largo' meets 'Westworld.'" And it's every bit as ridiculous as that sounds. Seven decades after Humphrey Bogart indelibly steered...
Memoir of Northern Appalachia tackles regional myths
Thursday, 14 March 2019, 10:14
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
"Appalachia North: A Memoir" (West Virginia University Press), by Matthew Ferrence. Since the 2016 election of President Donald Trump and the publication of J. D. Vance's memoir "Hillbilly Elegy"...
Comedy 'Atlanta' will be back later than expected
Wednesday, 13 March 2019, 11:32
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Donald Glover's comedy "Atlanta" will be back. Just not as soon as expected. FX Networks CEO John Landgraf said Monday the series is behind schedule. The Georgia-based show was renewed for a...
Robert Ellis switches to keys on 'Texas Piano Man'
Wednesday, 13 March 2019, 10:42
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Robert Ellis, "Texas Piano Man" (New West) Texans play guitar. Stevie Ray Vaughan? Willie Nelson? Buddy Holly? Johnny "Guitar" Watson? Guitarists. Elton John is not a Texan, but when he recorded...