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Woody Allen's zany 'Gianni Schicchi' on DVD

Saturday, 15 October 2016, 16:26 Last update: about 10 years ago

Woody Allen brings his comedic touch and sense of movie history to Puccini's "Gianni Schicchi" in this video recorded last fall during live performances by the Los Angeles Opera at Dorothy Chandler...

'The Magicians' author writing novel set in post-Camelot era

Saturday, 15 October 2016, 15:21 Last update: about 10 years ago

The author of the best-selling "Magicians" fantasy trilogy will next take on the aftermath of King Arthur and Camelot. Lev Grossman's "The Bright Sword" will begin with the fall of Camelot and...

'The Dollhouse' is as much about a place as about people

Friday, 14 October 2016, 15:20 Last update: about 10 years ago

Former actress and journalist Fiona Davis' debut novel, "The Dollhouse," is as much about a place as it is about people. Built in 1927, the 23-story Barbizon Hotel for Women on the Upper East...

Smooth grooves rule on Herb Alpert's 'Human Nature'

Thursday, 13 October 2016, 16:25 Last update: about 10 years ago

Why mess with success? Pop-jazz trumpeter Herb Alpert has sold records by the truckload since the 1960s, and if his easy-listening style has become a byword for elevator music, that doesn't make...

Parker's 'Birth of a Nation' reignites art vs. artist debate

Thursday, 13 October 2016, 15:28 Last update: about 10 years ago

"I probably shouldn't say this, but I can't watch Woody Allen films," she said. "And (Roman) Polanski, also a big guy? No, I'm sorry, not being someone who was raped. I can't, I just can't. I have no...

Rachael Yamagata takes her act a little higher

Wednesday, 12 October 2016, 16:24 Last update: about 10 years ago

When tightrope walker Philippe Petit was asked why he did what he did, he replied curtly: "Why - there is no why." Rachael Yamagata was floored by his answer, which led the critically-acclaimed...

Pakistan stops showing Indian movies over Kashmir tensions

Wednesday, 12 October 2016, 15:28 Last update: about 10 years ago

Pakistani cinemas have stopped showing Indian films after India banned Pakistani actors from its movie industry amid soaring tensions between the two nuclear-armed rivals over Kashmir,...

Ralph Lauren working on memoir, scheduled for next fall

Wednesday, 12 October 2016, 15:18 Last update: about 10 years ago

Simon & Schuster told The Associated Press on Wednesday that it will release the book in fall 2017, in conjunction with his company's 50th anniversary. The book is currently...

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