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James Cameron talks 'Avatar' sequels, Cirque du Soleil show

Friday, 23 September 2016, 16:02 Last update: about 10 years ago

The first "Avatar" sequel is still years away from hitting movie theaters, but fans of the blue-hued Na'vi can get their fix at a touring Cirque du Soleil show that James Cameron helped create -...

The action never lets up in 'The Dread Line'

Friday, 23 September 2016, 15:50 Last update: about 10 years ago

Liam Mulligan is juggling several intense cases in "The Dread Line" by Edgar Award-winning author Bruce DeSilva. A baffling heist of valuables from a safety deposit box has left few witnesses, and no...

M.I.A.'s new album 'AIM' is a messy, thrilling ride

Thursday, 22 September 2016, 16:48 Last update: about 10 years ago

M.I.A., the world-beat rapper and enemy of confection pop, has never gone in only one direction. So it's kind of weirdly fitting that on her latest album she's joined by someone few expected...

'Morgan' a cool, if predictable, exploration of AI

Thursday, 22 September 2016, 16:01 Last update: about 10 years ago

Played by relative newcomer Anya Taylor-Joy, Morgan is enigmatic and otherworldly, at once childlike and wise. She's also an expensive, top-secret experiment, and she appears to be...

'The One Man' is heartfelt and compelling

Thursday, 22 September 2016, 15:49 Last update: about 10 years ago

Andrew Gross, known for his contemporary thrillers, takes the reader back to World War II and the brutality that Jews faced in the concentration camps in his novel, "The One Man." The dilemma...

Macy Gray returns to jazz, covers Marley, Metallica

Wednesday, 21 September 2016, 16:48 Last update: about 10 years ago

Macy Gray reinterprets some of her hits with a jazz combo on "Stripped," seasoned with a few new songs and Bob Marley and Metallica covers. Gray's patented purr-and-growl vocals thrive in the...

New film shows how The Beatles helped fight segregation

Wednesday, 21 September 2016, 16:00 Last update: about 10 years ago

Music aside, the true power of The Beatles wasn't the volume of their fans or the popularity of their hairstyles - it was the pull of their politics. The band's refusal to play to segregated...

'The White Mirror' by Elsa Hart is compelling novel

Wednesday, 21 September 2016, 15:48 Last update: about 10 years ago

Warring nations, divisive politics, a fear of foreigners and a distrust of what seems to be an unusual religion were challenges facing China during the 1700s as Elsa Hart shows in her compelling...

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