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'Jane the Virgin' creator says finale should bring closure

Tuesday, 19 February 2019, 09:49 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

The upcoming final season of "Jane the Virgin" is already drawing tears. The CW show's creator, Jennie Snyder Urman, said she's crying in the editing room as she works on the concluding episodes...

Dave Keuning's solo album has a homemade feel, alas

Tuesday, 19 February 2019, 09:41 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Dave Keuning, "Prismism" (Thirty Tigers) The Killers' founding member and guitarist Dave Keuning shows off some very different sides of his music on a new solo album. The question is who besides...

'Transformers' gets a great saviour in 'Bumblebee'

Tuesday, 19 February 2019, 09:23 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

The "Transformers" movie universe has lately been leaky and rusted out. It's become shorthand for bad blockbuster moviemaking — male-driven, mindless spectaculars with sophomoric humor. How can...

Ruffin's debut novel is challenging, thought-provoking

Tuesday, 19 February 2019, 09:15 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"We Cast a Shadow" (One World), by Maurice Carlos Ruffin A fear-driven, racially charged world is the land in which the narrator of "We Cast a Shadow" lives. Half the black community — and...

Gates hopes to enlighten Americans about Reconstruction

Monday, 18 February 2019, 09:47 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Historian Henry Louis Gates can trace the roots of his upcoming PBS documentary about the Reconstruction to his days in school, when he'd hear about the end of slavery during the Civil War, then...

Gunn adds intimacy to guitar-led folk-rock album

Monday, 18 February 2019, 09:44 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Steve Gunn, "The Unseen In Between" (Matador) Steve Gunn has teamed up with stellar musicians over the years, from Kurt Vile to Michael Chapman, and his own albums — little gems like "Time...

Deerhunter balances bleak with upbeat on new album

Monday, 18 February 2019, 09:39 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Deerhunter, "Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?" (4AD) Leveled, steady, Bradford Cox coaxes, "Come on down from that cloud/And cast your fears aside." That perfect line leads...

Laurel and Hardy movie 'Stan & Ollie' is a joy

Monday, 18 February 2019, 09:21 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

There are lot of movies in theaters right now trying to grab your attention, and dollars, from big superhero spectacles and musical extravaganzas to awards darlings and wannabes.  It's easy to...

'Nowhere Child' is Christian White's stunning debut

Monday, 18 February 2019, 09:13 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"The Nowhere Child: a Novel" (Minotaur), by Christian White A young woman's fond memories of her happy childhood and loving parents are turned upside down when she learns she may have been...

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