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'The Inkblots' documents history of Rorschach test

Saturday, 22 April 2017, 16:11 Last update: about 11 years ago

A bear. A bat. A butterfly. Images seen in Rorschach inkblots reveal the viewer's unconscious mind, including any serious mental disorders. Or do they? Is the Rorschach test a brilliant...

Little Big Town return to roots, but stay in neutral

Friday, 21 April 2017, 16:53 Last update: about 11 years ago

Regular scheduled programming has resumed for Little Big Town. The quartet gets back to their country roots on "The Breaker" after exploring an electronic side with Pharrell Williams on 2016's...

John Legend to voice, produce a virtual reality series

Friday, 21 April 2017, 16:22 Last update: about 11 years ago

Legend will executive produce and lend his voice to the title character of the upcoming Baobab Studios series "Rainbow Crow." The production company was to announce Legend's involvement Tuesday. The...

New novel imagines Lincoln amid ghosts after son's death

Friday, 21 April 2017, 16:11 Last update: about 11 years ago

Days after his son Willie's death, Abraham Lincoln returned alone, late at night, to his 11-year-old's crypt. In his new novel, George Saunders takes this historical nugget, gleaned from a...

Future shows different sides of himself in 2 albums

Thursday, 20 April 2017, 16:52 Last update: about 11 years ago

Future is easily one of today's hottest hip-hop artists. In the past two years, he's won over a wide range of listeners with his infectious tunes through several mixtapes along with his...

In 'The Boss Baby,' it's clear who wears the diapers

Thursday, 20 April 2017, 16:21 Last update: about 11 years ago

Some of the best animated films have been inspired by fairy tales, ancient Greek fables or mythology. Now comes one clearly inspired by, of all people, David Mamet. The creators of "The Boss...

'Their Finest' stylishly blends wit, romance in WWII

Thursday, 20 April 2017, 16:21 Last update: about 11 years ago

"Their Finest " is a movie about making a movie, specifically a glossy propaganda film meant to bolster morale in Britain in the darkest days of the Second World War. It is also very much a...

'High Noon' book draws down on Hollywood blacklist

Thursday, 20 April 2017, 16:09 Last update: about 11 years ago

Years of risking his life to protect his fellow citizens come to this climactic movie moment: The lawman, his gun still hot from a showdown with an outlaw, tosses away his badge, a rejection of the...

Even 'Middle of the Road' a blast with Eric Gales

Wednesday, 19 April 2017, 16:51 Last update: about 11 years ago

There's nothing bland about "Middle of the Road," former teenage prodigy Eric Gales' 15th studio album ripe with funky blues-rock and blazing guitars. Lyrically rooted in Gales' sobering up, the...

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