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A welcome dose of short stories

Thursday, 19 July 2018, 09:18 Last update: about 9 years ago

KlabbKotba Maltin have recently published Alex Mizzi’s second book of short stories in Maltese, Sbiehil-Hadd.Novelli. I just love short stories. I had passed through a phase when I...

Alyson Hannigan plays TV mom to glitter-loving 'Fancy Nancy'

Thursday, 19 July 2018, 09:10 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Alyson Hannigan is clear about why she pursued a role on the "Fancy Nancy" TV series: Her daughters, ages 6 and 9. Hannigan said there's a "love affair" between her family and the books by Jane...

Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park explores personal loss

Thursday, 19 July 2018, 08:59 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Mike Shinoda, "Post Traumatic" (Warner Bros.) "Post Traumatic" is the first album Mike Shinoda has released under his own name and it's pretty obvious that this wasn't the way he wanted to do it....

The hype is justified for horror hit 'Hereditary'

Thursday, 19 July 2018, 08:28 Last update: about 9 years ago

In Ari Aster's intensely nightmarish feature-film debut "Hereditary," when Annie (Toni Collette), an artist and mother of two teenagers, sneaks out to a grief-support group following the death of her...

Publishers embrace, and ponder, audiobooks' rise

Thursday, 19 July 2018, 08:08 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

As the audiobook market continues to boom, publishers find themselves both grateful and concerned. The industry gathered over the past week for BookExpo and the fan-based BookCon, which ended...

Baxx Baxx to open at the Manoel Theatre

Wednesday, 18 July 2018, 13:53 Last update: about 9 years ago

The highly anticipated debut of ‘’Baxx Baxx’’ by  theatre production company Grokk Teatru will premiere this weekend at Manoel Theatre, Valletta, from the 20th-22nd...

Why 2015 was the year that changed TV forever

Wednesday, 18 July 2018, 09:08 Last update: about 9 years ago The Conversation

“The end of television” is a headline that’s been liberally thrown around for the past 15 years. Indeed, the past year saw audiences becoming more and more amenable to adopting...

Johnny Marr scales new heights with 'Call the Comet'

Wednesday, 18 July 2018, 08:58 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Johnny Marr, "Call the Comet" (New Voodoo Records) The two leading forces behind The Smiths have offered new music lately, but that's pretty much where the similarities end. This fall, we found...

Lasseter, Pixar co-founder, to step down at end of year

Wednesday, 18 July 2018, 08:26 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

John Lasseter, the co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios and the Walt Disney Co.'s animation chief, will step down at the end of the year after acknowledging "missteps" in his behavior with staff...

New novel fleshes out Jean Rhys' troubled life

Wednesday, 18 July 2018, 08:06 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

"A View of the Empire at Sunset" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), by Caryl Phillips Novelist Jean Rhys is best known for her lyrical masterpiece "Wide Sargasso Sea," in which she gives in an...

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