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Czech music in aid of research

Wednesday, 12 October 2016, 12:30 Last update: about 10 years ago

The Honorary Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Malta in association with the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Rome is organizing a Czech Cultural Week held in Malta between 17thand 21st...

With new album 'Harder II Love,' Usher gets harder to love

Tuesday, 11 October 2016, 16:25 Last update: about 10 years ago

If music stops panning out for him, Usher has bright prospects in fortune telling; by naming his eighth studio album "Hard II Love," he knew exactly what the future held. Or he recognized the slight...

Jake Shimabukuro takes roaming ukulele to Nashville

Tuesday, 11 October 2016, 16:23 Last update: about 10 years ago

Jake Shimabukuro draws sounds both traditional and innovative from his ukulele on "Nashville Sessions," an adventurous, dazzling album. Using the instrument from his native Hawaii to explore a...

3 years after '12 Years,' Nyong'o's face is back on screen

Tuesday, 11 October 2016, 15:26 Last update: about 10 years ago

The Indian-born, New York-based Nair has been close friends with Nyong'o's family for years. One of Nyong'o's first jobs in the movies was interning in New York for Nair's production company. She also...

Dublin's murder squad hunts for a killer in 'The Trespasser'

Tuesday, 11 October 2016, 15:13 Last update: about 10 years ago

Though Detective Antoinette Conway always dreamed of working in the murder squad, now that she's made it to the Dublin Castle grounds where Ireland's best detectives track down killers, she wants...

The pride of Miss Jean Brodie

Tuesday, 11 October 2016, 11:46 Last update: about 10 years ago

MADC opens its new season with “The Pride of Miss Jean Brodie” directed by Chiara Hyzler, at Blue Box theatre. “Give me a girl at an impressionable age, and she is mine for...

Nate Parker unapologetic in '60 Minutes' interview

Saturday, 8 October 2016, 16:02 Last update: about 10 years ago

In an interview with "60 Minutes," Nate Parker was unapologetic for a 17-year-old rape case that has surrounded his film, "The Birth of a Nation." In excerpts from the interview to air Sunday...

Patterson pulls 'The Murder of Stephen King'

Saturday, 8 October 2016, 15:34 Last update: about 10 years ago

James Patterson has decided that an upcoming novel, "The Murder of Stephen King," wasn't a good idea after all and is having the scheduled Nov. 1 publication withdrawn. In a statement released...

Bragg and Henry shine on rail-inspired, recorded set

Friday, 7 October 2016, 16:56 Last update: about 10 years ago

It might seem paradoxical for a politically outspoken singer-songwriter like Billy Bragg to ride off during a divisive, restive time on both sides of the Atlantic. But he wasn't hiding out: The...

In 'American Honey,' finding family in a hopeless place

Friday, 7 October 2016, 16:00 Last update: about 10 years ago

The face filmmaker Andrea Arnold makes at the thought of storyboarding her films is the kind of bitter, disgusted look most people reserve for a bath full of leeches. Once her "Eww!" has receded,...

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