Dark comedy 'Dietland' seems timely in #MeToo times
Friday, 22 June 2018, 12:14
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
If there's any TV show this summer that seems to have both anticipated and fed off the #MeToo movement, it's "Dietland." The AMC dark comedy that debuted this week features as one of its story...
Courtney Barnett talks feelings on edgy new album
Friday, 22 June 2018, 12:04
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Courtney Barnett, "Tell Me How You Really Feel" (Milk! Records/Mom+Pop/Marathon) "I need a little time out," Courtney Barnett pleads on the plaintive signature tune of her third full album. Thank...
'Jurassic Park' dinosaur expert's next big thing: holograms
Friday, 22 June 2018, 11:41
Last update: about 9 years ago
Forget the gray, green and brown dinosaurs in the "Jurassic Park" movies. Paleontologist Jack Horner wants to transport people back in time to see a feathered Tyrannosaurus rex colored bright red and...
Ex-NGO aide probes Bangladesh history in 'The Storm'
Friday, 22 June 2018, 11:30
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
"The Storm: a Novel" (Atria Books), by Arif Anwar Arif Anwar's debut novel, "The Storm," arrives just in time for the Atlantic hurricane season with a subtle, circular tale about the individual...
Creator of 'Pose' says FX show celebrates 'incredible souls'
Thursday, 21 June 2018, 12:11
Last update: about 9 years ago
In the premiere episode of the new FX series "Pose," a young black man hoping to be a star modern dancer is escorted into his first drag ball. Wild-eyed, he eagerly soaks it in. It quite literally...
Potent pop pastiche from Californian Matt Costa
Thursday, 21 June 2018, 12:02
Last update: about 9 years ago
Rock 'n' roll is now old enough to draw social security, which means that for contemporary acts, influences become multigenerational. Such is the case with California singer-songwriter Matt Costa, who...
In 'Solo,' a battle for the soul, and tone, of 'Star Wars'
Thursday, 21 June 2018, 11:39
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
When J.J. Abrams was a "Star Wars" novice, Lawrence Kasdan, the writer of "The Empire Strikes Back" and "The Return of the Jedi," had some advice for him: "Star Wars" is not important. "But what...
Artist, poet publish book about heroin overdose victims
Thursday, 21 June 2018, 11:28
Last update: about 9 years ago
A partnership between a poet and an artist who both lost loved ones to heroin overdoses started with similar phone calls at separate beaches four years ago. Mary Ellen D'Angelo-Lombardi was...
A busy week for Shepard Smith, Fox News' resident contrarian
Wednesday, 20 June 2018, 12:08
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Even for Fox News' resident contrarian, it's been quite a week for Shepard Smith. He's called out the Trump administration as lying about a meeting involving the president's son, punctured claims...