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Martina McBride shines on new album, 'Reckless'

Thursday, 19 May 2016, 15:54 Last update: about 11 years ago

On Martina McBride's first album for the Nash Icon label - created to market veteran country singers - she hedges her bets by co-producing with longtime hit-maker Dann Huff (Keith Urban) and relative...

Fiennes, Swinton simmer and boil in 'Bigger Splash'

Thursday, 19 May 2016, 15:02 Last update: about 11 years ago

A craggy, stormy volcanic island off Sicily. Some fabulous real estate. A little food porn. Tilda Swinton's face, and Ralph Fiennes' - well, a lot more than his face. What more could a film buff...

New Spenser novel is a 5-alarm thriller

Thursday, 19 May 2016, 13:59 Last update: about 11 years ago

A troubling series of fires in mostly abandoned Boston buildings turns deadly in "Robert B. Parker's Slow Burn," the latest crime thriller in the long-running but still potent Spenser...

Dierks Bentley tackles relationships from all angles

Wednesday, 18 May 2016, 15:54 Last update: about 11 years ago

On his eighth studio album, country singer Dierks Bentley goes on a wide-ranging if uneven 13-track journey through relationships, applying his gritty country tenor to the adventures of the...

Deadpan satire 'The Lobster' skewers marriage

Wednesday, 18 May 2016, 15:01 Last update: about 11 years ago

Does anything break through the glum satire and unremitting deadpan that cover "The Lobster" like the gray Irish skies that hover over it? Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos' first English-language...

'I Let You Go'

Wednesday, 18 May 2016, 13:55 Last update: about 11 years ago

The death of a 5-year-old boy in a hit-and-run accident on a rainy British evening jumpstarts "I Let You Go," which melds an intense psychological thriller with a suspenseful police procedural. A...

Cyndi Lauper takes the country roads on 'Detour'

Tuesday, 17 May 2016, 15:53 Last update: about 11 years ago

Cyndi Lauper's "Detour," a trip into country territory after earlier forays into blues and pop standards, is all over the map, held together by her true north of a voice. Lauper brings out her...

Actress Gong Li irked by lack of Chinese films at Cannes

Tuesday, 17 May 2016, 14:59 Last update: about 11 years ago

Actress Gong Li made a head-turning return to the red carpet at the Cannes FilmFestival, but the "Memoirs of a Geisha" star said she's disappointed at the absence of Chinese films at...

Uriah Heep live in Malta this July

Tuesday, 17 May 2016, 13:58 Last update: about 11 years ago

29 July will be a day of celebration for all Maltese rock fans. The legendary classic rock band Uriah Heep will be performing live at Ta' Liesse, Grand Harbour, Valletta. Along with Led...

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