With acclaim raining down, Casey Affleck tries to enjoy it
Saturday, 24 December 2016, 13:31
Last update: about 11 years ago
After spending the night shooting the most devastating scene in "Manchester by the Sea" - a scene in which, Casey Affleck's character, clutching a bag of groceries, stands before a tragedy that haunts...
Kenny Chesney returns with a rich and varied album
Friday, 23 December 2016, 14:39
Last update: about 11 years ago
Kenny Chesney's new CD is his 17th studio album and it finds the country superstar sounding a little like a 17-year-old - caught between wild abandonment and moodiness. The 11-song "Cosmic...
Will Smith channeled personal grief for his latest role
Friday, 23 December 2016, 13:30
Last update: about 11 years ago
Will Smith had already begun researching his role for "Collateral Beauty" when he learned that his father was terminally ill. Smith said at the film's world premiere in New York on Monday that he...
'This means war' _ New AP book draws on Pearl Harbor reports
Friday, 23 December 2016, 13:02
Last update: about 11 years ago
Seventy-five years after the Japanese attack on Hawaii that brought the United States into World War II, The Associated Press is publishing "Pearl Harbor: An AP Special Anniversary Edition." The...
Jane Siberry haunts, stirs on 'Angels Bend Closer'
Thursday, 22 December 2016, 14:38
Last update: about 11 years ago
Jane Siberry twists genres and conventions on "Angels Bend Closer," a haunting, uplifting album befitting her eclectic style. On the Canadian's first major release in five years, Siberry's lyrics...
'Man Down' waits too long to deliver worthy message
Thursday, 22 December 2016, 13:29
Last update: about 11 years ago
"Man Down" carries a poignant message about American veterans' mental health needs, but you may give up on the movie before it gets there. Nothing is clear until the film's final moments, which...
Highly Suspect prove their rock chops on new album
Wednesday, 21 December 2016, 14:37
Last update: about 11 years ago
When the rock band Highly Suspect nabbed two Grammy nominations last year, the world collectively went: "Wait, what?" They won't do that after listening to the band's stellar sophomore...
In 'Jackie,' a fractured Kennedy fable
Wednesday, 21 December 2016, 13:29
Last update: about 11 years ago
History, lately run amok, is ordered with such tidy, forceful finesse by Natalie Portman's Jacqueline Kennedy in in the piercing "Jackie." Summoning a journalist to Hyannis Port in 1963, not long...