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Chris Brown is multi-dimensional on 'Royalty'

Saturday, 9 January 2016, 17:07 Last update: about 12 years ago

Chris Brown knows his strengths, and on his seventh studio album, "Royalty," the singer plays to them with solid success. It's a feat worth applauding, considering how disparate the multi-dimensional...

A sensitive Will Smith anchors worthy 'Concussion'

Saturday, 9 January 2016, 16:25 Last update: about 12 years ago

One of the most impactful scenes in "Concussion" is a brief and wordless one: Just a few seconds, really, of a high school football team going through its drills. We don't know who these young,...

Phillips, who found Elvis, Cash, Perkins and Lewis, gets bio

Saturday, 9 January 2016, 16:09 Last update: about 12 years ago

It was getting late at Sam Phillip's tiny studio in Memphis, Tennessee, maybe time for a break. The local kid Phillips had called into the studio, Elvis Presley, had a good voice, but had yet to show...

Frederick Ashton’s Rhapsody & The Two Pigeons

Friday, 8 January 2016, 18:22 Last update: about 12 years ago

Live from London's Royal Opera House to Eden Cinemas' on the 26th of January at 8.15pm, are two outstanding ballets performed by The Royal Ballet. Exclusively showcasing Frederick Ashton's work that...

As awards season takes shape, diversity out of the running

Friday, 8 January 2016, 16:25 Last update: about 12 years ago

Hollywood's awards season is taking shape, but if early indications are anything to go on, the Academy Awards won't be fielding a much more diverse batch of nominees a year after the academy was...

Preston & Child return with 'Crimson Shore'

Friday, 8 January 2016, 16:09 Last update: about 12 years ago

FBI Special Agent Pendergast returns in a simple theft case that takes a turn and soon becomes more elaborate and terrifying in "Crimson Shore" by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Pendergast...

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