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Pussy Riot founder's guide to political activism

Wednesday, 28 November 2018, 14:03 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

"Read & Riot: A Pussy Riot Guide to Activism" (HarperOne), by Nadya Tolokonnikova Power to the people: Where have we heard that before? In the 1960s, to be sure. And again today in "Read...

Michael Douglas, Alan Arkin act their age for laughs, tears

Tuesday, 27 November 2018, 14:45 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Without a screenwriter in sight, Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin are trading wisecracks just like the kibitzing longtime pals they play in "The Kominsky Method." Arkin got the ball rolling when...

Jason Isbell's live album from the Ryman falls flat

Tuesday, 27 November 2018, 14:37 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, "Live from the Ryman" (Southeastern) Jason Isbell has been on a roll of late, finding sobriety, domestic bliss and fame and fortune, thanks to three consecutive...

McCarthy and Grant on New York, forgery and friendship

Tuesday, 27 November 2018, 14:12 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

"Can You Ever Forgive Me?" is a film about Lee Israel, a biographer who started a side hustle writing fake letters as Noel Coward, Louise Brooks, Dorothy Parker and other deceased luminaries and...

Lou Berney keeps tension high in 'November Road'

Tuesday, 27 November 2018, 14:01 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

"November Road" (Morrow,) by Lou Berney Although set in the aftermath of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, "November Road" avoids being another novel about that fateful day in Dallas....

'Little Drummer Girl' remains relevant in new miniseries

Monday, 26 November 2018, 14:44 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

John le Carre's best-selling novel "The Little Drummer Girl" was released in 1983 but remains timely — and that disturbs Alexander Skarsgard. Skarsgard and Michael Shannon star in a...

John Hiatt finds inspiration doing romance dance

Monday, 26 November 2018, 14:35 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

John Hiatt, "The Eclipse Sessions" (New West) At age 66, John Hiatt is still writing love songs — and good ones. On "The Eclipse Sessions," he sings about the wonder of love, the trouble...

'Johnny English' sequel is an ode to low-tech charm

Monday, 26 November 2018, 14:11 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

There's nothing really new or fresh or bold in "Johnny English Strikes Again," the third installment of Rowan Atkinson's bumbling-spy saga/James Bond spoof. And for some of us, maybe that's not...

'Laughing grandmother' video makes picture book a big hit

Monday, 26 November 2018, 13:59 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

The country's hottest book isn't a hit because of Oprah Winfrey or Donald Trump. It's all because of a laughing Scottish grandmother. Thanks to a viral video of Janice Clark reading Craig Smith's...

'The Hate U Give' should be seen by everyone

Friday, 23 November 2018, 10:20 Last update: about 9 years ago

"The Hate U Give " begins with a scene at the family dinner table where a father is giving his young kids "the talk" — the one in which he explains to his 9-year-old daughter, Starr, and toddler...

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