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Big Band Easter Sunday Concert at Teatru Manoel

Tuesday, 15 March 2016, 12:05 Last update: about 12 years ago

On Easter Sunday (27th March 2016), and for the second year running, the Big Band Brothers will be featuring in another fun concert aimed at the whole family (children aged 6+) – a perfect...

Dio bandmates line up to carry on singer's legacy

Saturday, 12 March 2016, 16:35 Last update: about 12 years ago

Since the death of singer Ronnie James Dio in 2010, something of a cottage industry has sprung up, dedicated to keeping alive the memory and spirit of the vocalist who starred with Black Sabbath,...

'London Has Fallen,' a ludicrous sequel on steroids

Saturday, 12 March 2016, 15:31 Last update: about 12 years ago

"London Has Fallen" never pretends to be anything it's not. The sequel to Antoine Fuqua's big, dumb and kind of fun "Olympus Has Fallen," is bigger, dumber, jaw-droppingly shameless and also kind of a...

Willie Nelson beautifully interprets Gershwin songs

Friday, 11 March 2016, 16:36 Last update: about 12 years ago

Willie Nelson has drawn material from the great American songbook throughout his career. Notably, his five-million-selling 1978 album, "Stardust," featured Broadway standards, including George and Ira...

Emitt Rhodes breaks 43 years of silence on 'Rainbow Ends'

Friday, 11 March 2016, 16:34 Last update: about 12 years ago

A prodigy who recorded mostly on his own, Emitt Rhodes' early '70s albums drew comparisons to Paul McCartney and Harry Nilsson for their effortless melodies and soaring vocals. Music industry...

'Whiskey Tango Foxtrot' looks inside war reporting

Friday, 11 March 2016, 15:30 Last update: about 12 years ago

Days after the journalism procedural "Spotlight" won best picture at the Academy Awards, Paramount is releasing "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot," a comic drama about war reporting with Tina Fey as a rookie...

Shatner reflects on friendship with Leonard Nimoy

Friday, 11 March 2016, 14:39 Last update: about 12 years ago

William Shatner reflects on the death of Leonard Nimoy and their tumultuous friendship that began when both were cast on the original "Star Trek" TV show in "Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship With a...

Novel probes fiery end of airship era

Friday, 11 March 2016, 14:35 Last update: about 12 years ago

Images of the Hindenburg's fiery crash landing in 1937 are seared into memory, framing an unforgettable end to the era of great, vulnerable airships. In film and still photographs, the sleek gray...

Diversity not the only issue with 'Gods of Egypt'

Thursday, 10 March 2016, 15:23 Last update: about 12 years ago

First things first. Could the timing be any worse for a movie with a diversity problem as extensive as "Gods of Egypt"? Only two days before #OscarsSoWhite Sunday, a movie comes out set in ancient...

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