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CBS looks back for its reboot-heavy new TV season

Friday, 1 June 2018, 09:46 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

— Glance at next season's schedule for CBS and you could be forgiven for wondering what decade it is. The network is adding remakes of 1980s series "Murphy Brown" and "Magnum, P.I." to a...

Eleanor Friedberger's Greek sojourn is her 'Rebound'

Friday, 1 June 2018, 09:45 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Eleanor Friedberger, "Rebound" (Frenchkiss Records) Inspired by a 2016 trip to her ancestral Greece, you can feel the electricity in "Rebound," Eleanor Friedberger's fourth solo album since The...

Rachel Dolezal documentary fascinating, well-crafted

Friday, 1 June 2018, 09:42 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

There's a scene at the end of the Netflix documentary about controversial figure Rachel Dolezal when she enters a DMV and comes out a few minutes later with a new name. "A new start," she says. The...

Words of praise for great cooking, great cooks

Friday, 1 June 2018, 09:39 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

"The Best Cook in the World: Tales from my Momma's Table," (Alfred A. Knopf), by Rick Bragg. Rick Bragg's latest book — "The Best Cook in the World" — is unusual enough in its...

Broadcast networks go for milk-and-cookies comfort this fall

Thursday, 31 May 2018, 11:13 Last update: about 9 years ago

If provocative, psyche-jangling shows like "The Handmaid's Tale" are your taste, head directly to streaming or cable. But if you're feeling the urge for milk-and-cookies comfort, broadcast television...

Twin Shadow once again flirts with '80s bombast

Thursday, 31 May 2018, 11:05 Last update: about 9 years ago

Twin Shadow, "Caer" (Warner Bros./Reprise) For someone who was likely only in the first or second grade when the 1980s ended, George Lewis Jr. seems to have been powerfully affected by that...

New Italian movie explores Berlusconi's relations with women

Thursday, 31 May 2018, 10:36 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

— Italian voters' love affair with Silvio Berlusconi may be waning, judging by the slumping fortunes of his Forza Italia party in recent elections. But Italians are invited to explore the...

'Our Little Secret' is remarkable debut by Roz Nay

Thursday, 31 May 2018, 10:16 Last update: about 9 years ago

"Our Little Secret: a Novel" (St. Martin's Press), by Roz Nay Ten years ago, in the little town of Cove, Vermont, a quiet girl named Angela Petitjean fell in love with the dashing captain of the...

'Arrested Development' stars stand by co-star Tambor

Wednesday, 30 May 2018, 11:11 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

The creator and executive producer of "Arrested Development" acknowledges that some people will not like his decision to keep Jeffrey Tambor on the show after allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced...

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