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Africa wildlife films try to inspire amid poaching scourge

Thursday, 20 December 2018, 10:22 Last update: about 8 years ago

A documentary film about rhino poaching won awards at film festivals in Europe and the United States this year. But since bringing "STROOP: journey into the rhino horn war " home to South Africa, its...

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason plans US tour in 2019

Thursday, 20 December 2018, 10:04 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason is planning to tour North America next year to perform some classic Floyd songs, but don't expect "Comfortably Numb" or "Another Brick in the Wall." Mason instead...

Viola Davis on 'Widows,' MeToo and expressing her femininity

Thursday, 20 December 2018, 09:41 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

To Viola Davis, being naked on screen or onstage means more than having your clothes off. It means ridding yourself of self-consciousness and ego. It means exposing yourself. "Oftentimes you do...

Author Liane Moriarty serves up laughs, thrills, surprises

Thursday, 20 December 2018, 09:31 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"Nine Perfect Strangers" (Flatiron Books), by Liane Moriarty Life is good for Liane Moriarty. The "Big Little Lies" novelist who partnered with actress Nicole Kidman to turn that book into a hit...

TV holiday joy means 'Wonderful Life,' Reba, romance, Santa

Wednesday, 19 December 2018, 10:26 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

— In need of a jolt of holiday joy? Or a comforting spot of romance or silliness or spirituality? Television has you covered. There are classic old movies ("It's a Wonderful Life") and a...

Marianne Faithfull digs deep on 'Negative Capability'

Wednesday, 19 December 2018, 10:02 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Marianne Faithfull, "Negative Capability" (BMG) Marianne Faithfull is a great musical survivor. She went from pure-voiced chanteuse of "As Tears Go By" to emblem of 1960s drug excess before...

This new 'Grinch' film will only make you flinch

Wednesday, 19 December 2018, 09:39 Last update: about 8 years ago

Every Who down in Whoville gets a new Grinch this season. Why, you may ask? The idea defies reason. Does the classic need help from a hot Cumberbatch? Or is this strange union a bizarre...

Stephen King raises the bar with 'Elevation'

Wednesday, 19 December 2018, 09:30 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"Elevation" (Scribner), by Stephen King After more than four decades of banging out best- sellers, Stephen King still has the power to surprise his beloved "constant readers." Consider...

'Let's Go Luna!' takes kids on a globe-spanning tour

Tuesday, 18 December 2018, 10:20 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Carmen, Leo and Andy are globe-trotters to envy, jumping from Paris to Nairobi to New Orleans and beyond in the company of a tour guide who knows her way around: Luna the moon. PBS' animated...

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