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Mike Colter brings the pain as the indestructible Luke Cage

Thursday, 5 July 2018, 14:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

"Black Panther" broke box office records, but "Luke Cage" once crashed Netflix. The streaming service suffered a massive outage for more than two hours in 2016, one day after the premiere of...

Xavier Rudd's 'Storm Boy' inspired by childhood film

Thursday, 5 July 2018, 11:44 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Xavier Rudd, "Storm Boy" (Nettwerk Records) The title track of Xavier Rudd's latest album was inspired by a pelican he saw while sitting by a river sipping tea. The water bird reminded him of Mr....

'Adrift' is a woman vs nature tale for the MeToo era

Thursday, 5 July 2018, 11:15 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Woman vs nature. It certainly has a ring to it, especially when woman wins. But there are too few such stories in our popular culture, and certainly on our movie screens. Enter "Adrift," based on...

Stephen King goes inside mind of new evil in 'The Outsider'

Thursday, 5 July 2018, 10:57 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

"The Outsider" (Scribner), by Stephen King Stephen King's new novel, "The Outsider," opens with witness interviews in a typewriter font, laying out the details of a grisly crime and setting the...

Fox News Channel faces backlash from Hollywood creators

Wednesday, 4 July 2018, 13:59 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Fox News Channel faces a growing backlash among Hollywood creators that intensified Tuesday following Laura Ingraham's description of "zero tolerance" detention facilities for children separated from...

Roger Daltrey aces set of soulful covers, originals

Wednesday, 4 July 2018, 11:42 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Roger Daltrey, "As Long As I Have You" (Republic Records) It may seem paradoxical to begin a review of a Roger Daltrey album by mentioning Pete Townshend, but The Who vocalist himself credits his...

A timely parenting drama in 'A Kid Like Jake'

Wednesday, 4 July 2018, 11:13 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

The 4-year-old character referred to in the title of the new film "A Kid Like Jake " does not actually get much screen time at all. He's around and always being talked about, as his gender-fluidity is...

Scottoline has new publisher, writing book inspired by Roth

Wednesday, 4 July 2018, 10:56 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Lisa Scottoline, the best-selling crime writer, has a new publisher and is working on a different kind of book. A book inspired in part by Philip Roth. G.P. Putnam's Sons told The Associated...

Streisand gives early nod of approval to Lady Gaga's 'Star'

Tuesday, 3 July 2018, 13:57 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Barbra Streisand's "A Star Is Born" is being reborn online with scenes she'd cut from the 1976 movie. Long known as a perfectionist, Streisand tinkered with the film to restore an exchange...

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