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Novel to ask: What if Hillary Clinton hadn't married Bill?

Thursday, 25 May 2017, 16:02 Last update: about 10 years ago

A best-selling novelist is imagining how Hillary Clinton's life might have turned out had she never married Bill Clinton. Random House announced Monday that Curtis Sittenfeld will tell the story...

Gaulitanus Choir in Rome’s Festival di Pasqua

Thursday, 25 May 2017, 09:06 Last update: about 10 years ago

Gozo's Gaulitanus Choir has recently participated at the 20th edition of the Festival di Pasqua held in Rome, Italy. This followed an invitation by the Associazione Festival di Pasqua - a direct...

John Moreland has something urgent to say on new CD

Wednesday, 24 May 2017, 16:27 Last update: about 10 years ago

Singer-songwriter John Moreland sings like a man on the edge of his seat, leaning forward as though he has something urgent to say. And on his latest album, "Big Bad Luv," it turns out he...

Emily Dickinson tale 'A Quiet Passion' burns bright

Wednesday, 24 May 2017, 16:20 Last update: about 10 years ago

There is something deeply funny and also beautiful about the idea that it would take a British man in his 70s to make the definitive film about one of America's greatest female poets. But that's what...

Faith Hill, Tim McGraw weigh in on famous musical couples

Tuesday, 23 May 2017, 16:26 Last update: about 10 years ago

Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, who embarked on their third Soul2Soul tour last week, talk about what they admire about other musician couples both inside country music and outside the...

Dazzling 'Ghost in the Shell' is lost in translation

Tuesday, 23 May 2017, 16:20 Last update: about 10 years ago

"I've been having glitches," Scarlett Johansson's part-human, mostly cyborg robot says in "The Ghost in the Shell." "It will pass." Rupert Sanders' remake of Mamoru Oshii's 1995...

'Lola' is tough, gritty, graphic crime thriller

Tuesday, 23 May 2017, 15:59 Last update: about 10 years ago

Melissa Scrivner Love's "Lola," her first novel, utilizes her television background and familiarity with law enforcement to craft a tough, gritty and graphic crime thriller. Lola, who had a rough...

An uneasy mishmash, 'Unforgettable' is forgettable

Monday, 22 May 2017, 16:14 Last update: about 10 years ago

True story: Right after the final line of "Unforgettable" was uttered, I felt a sudden stinging on the side of my face. Someone in a nearby row at the multiplex had thrown a roasted peanut toward the...

Laukkanen's brisk pacing gives urgency to 'Forgotten Girls'

Monday, 22 May 2017, 15:58 Last update: about 10 years ago

The frigid northwest provides a fitting background for "The Forgotten Girls," Owen Laukkanen's sixth chilling police procedural featuring Kirk Stevens and Carla Windermere of the joint FBI and Bureau...

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