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Gaulitanus Choir makes history in Taormina opera

Monday, 24 July 2017, 12:53 Last update: about 10 years ago

Gozo's Gaulitanus Choir recently made history by becoming the first local choir ever to participate in an operatic production abroad. Indeed, on 5 and 6 July the choir participated in the two...

Auerbach taps veteran acts in Nashville for solo album

Friday, 21 July 2017, 16:49 Last update: about 10 years ago

The recording of Dan Auerbach's new solo album was so magical he wanted to film the process, which included him collaborating with some of the most veteran session musicians of all time. But...

'Valerian' director says Rihanna is focused, generous on set

Friday, 21 July 2017, 16:16 Last update: about 10 years ago

Director Luc Besson says getting Rihanna's team on board for her role in the sci-fi epic "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" was a little painful at first. Rihanna's manager Jay Brown...

'UNSUB' is intelligent, compelling page-turner

Friday, 21 July 2017, 16:08 Last update: about 10 years ago

A serial killer known only as "The Prophet" terrorized the San Francisco Bay area with a series of ritualized killings in the 1990s, taunting the authorities with cruel mind games that left the lead...

Back from the past, TLC still sounds great on new CD

Thursday, 20 July 2017, 16:49 Last update: about 10 years ago

TLC, the iconic '90s-era girl group, is back after 15 years away and these women are clearly not wasting anymore time. "We don't need no introduction," they boast on the first song of their new...

Bedouine's debut is hushed, haunted, delicate wonder

Thursday, 20 July 2017, 16:48 Last update: about 10 years ago

Bedouine is Azniv Korkejian's alias and the title of her debut. It's a hushed, haunted, delicate wonder - a collection evoking 1970s singer-songwriters which pairs her thoughtful words with unfussy...

Christopher Nolan didn't know how famous Harry Styles was

Thursday, 20 July 2017, 16:15 Last update: about 10 years ago

Director Christopher Nolan and actor Mark Rylance didn't know quite how famous Harry Styles was before "Dunkirk." The young people in their lives certainly did. "I don't think I was that aware...

'The Marsh King's Daughter' invokes raw emotion

Thursday, 20 July 2017, 16:07 Last update: about 10 years ago

Karen Dionne takes a standard story involving the kidnapping of a woman and the life she experiences with her captor and elevates it to a new level in "The Marsh King's Daughter." Jacob Holbrook...

In 'City of Ghosts,' true heroism in an IS capital

Wednesday, 19 July 2017, 16:16 Last update: about 10 years ago

So-called heroes sling into action just about every weekend of the summer movie season, but if you want to see the genuine article, you'll have to make your way to "City of Ghosts," Matthew Heineman's...

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