HBO's 'Deadwood' series to get new life as TV movie
Friday, 17 August 2018, 11:24
Last update: about 9 years ago
"Deadwood" fans can exhale. HBO says it's greenlighted a long-discussed movie based on the Western drama that ended a dozen years ago. HBO programming chief Casey Bloys said Wednesday that...
Charlie Puth charts his own course with album and tour
Friday, 17 August 2018, 11:14
Last update: about 9 years ago
Charlie Puth is done playing by the rules. "I've wanted to make music like this for a very, very long time, but I almost wasn't, dare I say, allowed?" Puth said of his recently released sophomore...
'This Is Congo' explores everyday voices amid conflict
Friday, 17 August 2018, 08:40
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
— "To grow up as a child in Congo, according to God's will, is to grow up in paradise," Col. Mamadou Ndala says in the opening scenes of "This Is Congo," a film making its theatrical release...
Dan Fesperman's 'Safe Houses' is superior thriller
Friday, 17 August 2018, 08:26
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
"Safe Houses: a Novel" (Knopf), by Dan Fesperman In "Safe Houses," author Dan Fesperman superbly melds a character-strong espionage thriller with a suspenseful mystery that also aligns with the...
Bobby Brown says he's no 'bad guy'; denies hitting Houston
Thursday, 16 August 2018, 11:23
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Bobby Brown says he made some bad choices in his life but denied that his marriage to Whitney Houston ever turned violent, a reversal of a past admission. Brown, speaking with reporters Friday...
Years of dues led Carolina Story to stellar debut
Thursday, 16 August 2018, 11:12
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Carolina Story, "Lay Your Head Down" (Black River Americana) Ben Roberts comes from Arkansas, his wife Emily is from South Dakota, and they met in Memphis a decade ago. But Nashville was always...
Slow down with the low-key drama 'Leave No Trace'
Thursday, 16 August 2018, 08:38
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Like the pleasures of slow cooking, purposefully slow cinema can be a welcome respite from the craziness in both our world and multiplexes. And that is exactly what you'll get with filmmaker Debra...
A sense of sadness permeates 'It All Falls Down'
Thursday, 16 August 2018, 08:25
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
"It All Falls Down" (William Morrow), by Sheena Kamal Canadian author Sheena Kamal continues to show how cultural touchstones reverberate into adulthood in her intriguing look at Vancouver...
Walter White may appear in 'Better Call Saul,' creator says
Wednesday, 15 August 2018, 11:18
Last update: about 9 years ago
"Breaking Bad" is gone, but Walter White may be coming back to television. "Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan said Thursday at Comic-Con that there is an excellent chance that the Bryan...