Beirut's new album is a celebration of cultures
Tuesday, 26 February 2019, 11:14
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Front-man Zach Condon of indie folk rock band Beirut has a penchant for world music, pulling various cultural influences into every record he's made. "Gallipoli" feels especially inspired. Some of the...
'They Shall Not Grow Old' is an immersive marvel
Tuesday, 26 February 2019, 11:00
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Director Peter Jackson is upfront about what audiences should not expect from his unconventional World War I documentary, "They Shall Not Grow Old." This is a film made by a non-historian for an...
Inmate freed with help by Kim Kardashian West gets book deal
Tuesday, 26 February 2019, 10:49
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
An inmate whose life sentence was commuted thanks in part to the efforts of Kim Kardashian West has a book deal, along with deals for film and television rights. Harper, an imprint of...
Karlie Kloss part of 'Project Runway' twists in Bravo return
Monday, 25 February 2019, 11:25
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
"Project Runway" is going home, back to its original network with several new twists. The biggest change is new host and executive producer Karlie Kloss, who takes over from the departed duo of...
Beck, Patti Smith, Unkle inspired by 'Roma'
Monday, 25 February 2019, 11:12
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Various Artists, "Music Inspired by the Film Roma" (Sony Music Masterworks) Beck, Patti Smith, Unkle, DJ Shadow and Billie Eilish are part of a large and diverse group performing songs inspired...
The underwhelming rollercoaster of 'Glass'
Monday, 25 February 2019, 10:59
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Samuel L. Jackson's Elijah Price, or Mr. Glass, as he prefers to be called, was by far the most compelling part of M. Night Shyamalan's slow-burn comic book send-up "Unbreakable." A brilliant,...
Holocaust scholar surveys rising tide of anti-Semitism
Monday, 25 February 2019, 10:48
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
"Antisemitism: Here and Now" (Schocken Books), by Deborah E. Lipstadt Deborah E. Lipstadt was surprised at how hard it was to write her latest book. A leading authority on the Holocaust, she was...
'Homeland' last season pushed back to autumn
Friday, 22 February 2019, 09:57
Last update: about 9 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 9 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,...