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John Gorka's new album bridges the past and present

Friday, 16 February 2018, 09:28 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

John Gorka, "True In Time" (Red House) The past is present on "True In Time." John Gorka digs into his songwriting archives for several tunes, including two he had lost, and the title cut was...

Tonya Harding tale 'I, Tonya' sticks the landing

Friday, 16 February 2018, 08:47 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

"I, Tonya" is the Tonya Harding film you never knew you wanted: an outrageously entertaining reappraisal of the Olympic figure skater who, in 1994, was involved in a scheme to injure her main rival,...

Author creates equivalent of 'Cheers' bar

Friday, 16 February 2018, 08:24 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

"The Music Shop: A Novel" (Random House), by Rachel Joyce Author Rachel Joyce has created the equivalent of the "Cheers" bar in a record store: "The Music Shop" is a warm, familiar place where...

Candice Bergen to star in CBS' 'Murphy Brown' revival

Thursday, 15 February 2018, 09:48 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Candice Bergen is returning to TV in a revival of "Murphy Brown," the agenda-setting 20th-century comedy. CBS said in a Wednesday announcement that it's ordered 13 episodes of the sitcom for its...

For songwriter Marc Cohn the Grammys aren't in his past

Thursday, 15 February 2018, 09:26 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Marc Cohn is rightly proud of his Grammy Award but it's not the most valuable thing in his house. The trophy sits in a heaving bookcase right above a copy of Bob Dylan's "The Lyrics." That thick...

Q&A: Woody Harrelson is ready to tap the brakes

Thursday, 15 February 2018, 08:45 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

There are some years when prolific doesn't begin to describe Woody Harrelson's output. In the past 12 months, Harrelson has appeared on screen as acerbic history teacher ("The Edge of...

'The Immortalists' is sweeping family saga

Thursday, 15 February 2018, 08:21 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

"The Immortalists" (G.P. Putnam's Sons), by Chloe Benjamin To describe Chloe Benjamin's second novel, "The Immortalists," as a story about the evolution of a family would be true, but wholly...

Stage of unique open air arena to be restored

Wednesday, 14 February 2018, 12:18 Last update: about 10 years ago

The stage of a unique open-air arena tucked away in the premises of the Zabbar Band club, known as Tal-Grazzja, will be restored after the Planning Commission gave its consent for works to be carried...

In 'Alienist,' Dakota Fanning breaks 1890s rules for women

Wednesday, 14 February 2018, 09:46 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Dakota Fanning was unfazed by being on her own for six months in Budapest or the dark nature of the TV series that brought her there, TNT's adaptation of "The Alienist," Caleb Carr's 1994...

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