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Born to write: Springsteen memoir coming in September

Thursday, 25 February 2016, 12:18 Last update: about 12 years ago

Simon & Schuster announced Thursday that Bruce Springsteen has spent the past several years working on a memoir, which will come out Sept. 27, four days after Springsteen turns 67. The title,...

Lovely melding of cultures on Rodriguez' 'Lola'

Wednesday, 24 February 2016, 14:51 Last update: about 12 years ago

On "Lola," singer Carrie Rodriguez alternates between English and Spanish, sometimes switching in midsentence as she creates a distinctive musical language. The melding of cultures can be a...

Bringing legendary Olympian Jesse Owens to life in 'Race'

Wednesday, 24 February 2016, 12:29 Last update: about 12 years ago

The 22-year-old had to, he says, scratch his head to remember when he first heard someone was planning to make a biopic about Owens. Not that a young Canadian actor should necessarily know...

Author of 'Thirteen Reasons Why' has new novel coming

Wednesday, 24 February 2016, 12:17 Last update: about 12 years ago

The author of "Thirteen Reasons Why," the million-selling young adult novel being developed as a Netflix series, has finished his first solo work of fiction in nearly a decade. Penguin Young...

LNZNDRF's debut CD has drive, lacks memorable tunes

Tuesday, 23 February 2016, 14:47 Last update: about 12 years ago

Ben Lanz from the band Beirut and Scott and Bryan Devendorf from The National have combined to form LNZNDRF, a vowel-challenged side project with an eponymous first release. The four...

AP Interview: Angelina Jolie returns to Cambodia as director

Tuesday, 23 February 2016, 12:27 Last update: about 12 years ago

Between bites of spicy Cambodian curry and fried fish with rice, Angelina Jolie Pitt explains how this tiny country with a tumultuous past changed the course of her life. She first visited...

AP NewsBreak: Slavery book author says she had concerns

Tuesday, 23 February 2016, 12:16 Last update: about 12 years ago

The author of a children's book pulled last month because of its smiling depiction of slaves says she herself objected to the illustrations and had expressed early concerns with the...

Qrempuċu f’Belt il-Ġobon republished

Monday, 22 February 2016, 15:22 Last update: about 12 years ago

He's cheeky, he's cute, he adores cheese and he's back! The tale of Qrempuċu, the little mouse who sets off on an adventure-packed journey in search of Cheese Town, has been republished and...

Short films in winter

Monday, 22 February 2016, 15:08 Last update: about 12 years ago

Short films in winter revives cinema for the wintry season: instead of rolling up in your car, as with the drive-ins of yesteryear, you get to sip a hot chocolate in a heated venue as a diverse...

MADC’s The Odd Couple

Monday, 22 February 2016, 15:04 Last update: about 12 years ago

What happens when Felix Ungar, a neurotic, neat-freak news writer is thrown out by his wife, and moves in to share an apartment with his recently divorced friend Oscar Madison? The answer is a...

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