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A spiritual Western in Chloe Zhao's 'The Rider'

Monday, 7 May 2018, 10:21 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Cinema might have a worthy successor to early Terrence Malick in Chloe Zhao, whose second feature "The Rider " is a spiritual and poetic journey into the fading world of the Lakota cowboy, starring...

Asher and Alexie books among most objected to in 2017

Monday, 7 May 2018, 10:13 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Before allegations of sexual harassment, Jay Asher and Sherman Alexie were facing criticisms of a different kind. Asher's "Thirteen Reasons Why" and Alexie's "The Absolutely True Diary of a...

'60 Minutes' report details progression of Alzheimer's

Saturday, 5 May 2018, 12:36 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Filmed over 10 years, a "60 Minutes" report this weekend shows in startling detail the progression that Alzheimer's disease takes on a patient. CBS medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook began...

Kylie Minogue puts on cowboy boots for a country CD

Saturday, 5 May 2018, 11:56 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Kylie Minogue, "Golden" (BMG) It was bound to happen eventually. Don't even pretend to be surprised: Kylie Minogue, the pop goddess from Australia, has gone country. Hey, if Justin Timberlake and...

Krasinski's 'A Quiet Place' is intoxicatingly creepy

Saturday, 5 May 2018, 11:25 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Let's start with a popcorn warning. If you're bringing your usual tub of multiplex popcorn into "A Quiet Place," just be aware that you'll be hearing every single crunch. That's because much of...

'The Female Persuasion' tackles timely topics

Saturday, 5 May 2018, 11:16 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

"The Female Persuasion: a Novel" (Riverhead Books), by Meg Wolitzer In the first 15 pages of Meg Wolitzer's new novel, a college student is groped against her will, setting in motion a life...

Shaq attacks verse in new TV series 'Poetry in America'

Friday, 4 May 2018, 12:34 Last update: about 10 years ago

Shaquille O'Neal called himself "The Big Baryshnikov" and "The Big Socrates" in his days in the NBA. Now he can add "The Big Shakespeare." The basketball Hall-of-Famer, TNT TV analyst, commercial...

Simon’s Pub Music Festival: Good music, great cause

Friday, 4 May 2018, 12:22 Last update: about 10 years ago

One of Malta's longest running music festival is back! Celebrating its 20th Anniversary, Simon's Pub Music Festival is set out to be bigger and better. What's great about the line-up is that it...

Ben Harper, Charlie Musselwhite stage blues reunion

Friday, 4 May 2018, 11:54 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite, "No Mercy in This Land" (Anti-Records) With a Grammy for best blues album in their pocket for 2014's "Get Up!" Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite put...

'Ready Player One' takes Spielberg back and to the future

Friday, 4 May 2018, 11:22 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

In Ernest Cline's novel "Ready Player One," the main character drives a DeLorean because of "Back to the Future," and uses a grail diary because of "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." The films of...

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