Book calls Kanye West music & pop culture changer
Thursday, 10 September 2015, 14:26
Last update: about 12 years ago
Anyone who's glanced at a tabloid recently knows Kanye West as a flashy rapper who is married to reality TV star Kim Kardashian. But "Kanye West: God & Monster" by Mark Beaumont argues West's...
Beyonce offers female empowerment themes at Philly show
Wednesday, 9 September 2015, 15:01
Last update: about 12 years ago
Beyoncé sang her usual hits, changed multiple times and hit high notes at the Budweiser Made In America music festival in Philadelphia. She also pulled more than ever from her...
Fall Movie Preview: Spielberg plunges into the Cold War
Wednesday, 9 September 2015, 14:38
Last update: about 12 years ago
The nearly three year wait since Steven Spielberg's last movie (2012's "Lincoln") comes to an end this October with the spy thriller "Bridge of Spies." Good news for moviegoers: There won't be...
Selznick, Franzen, Kaling among authors with books this fall
Wednesday, 9 September 2015, 14:24
Last update: about 12 years ago
Brian Selznick and Edwidge Danticat, authors of two of fall's most anticipated works for young people, both know something about living in multiple worlds. Selznick has been traveling, in his...
Ricasoli Soldier: The Froberg rebellion at Fort Ricasoli
Wednesday, 9 September 2015, 09:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Noel Grima
The Froberg mutiny was a mutiny staged between 4 and 12 April 1807 at Fort Ricasoli by the Froberg Regiment. The regiment had been formed using dubious methods, with personnel...
The St Paul Choral Society on tour in Paris
Sunday, 6 September 2015, 11:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Towards the end of August, some 50 choristers of the St Paul Choral Society led by the music director, Hugo Agius Muscat and accompanied by their organist, Elisabeth Conrad, were in Paris to sing and...
Country music provocateurs Maddie & Tae come out swinging
Saturday, 5 September 2015, 13:47
Last update: about 12 years ago
The country duo Maddie & Tae took on gender stereotypes in their first platinum single, "Girl in a Country Song," and now they are targeting another overused effect in today's country music:...
'U.N.C.L.E.' is high style, low substance
Saturday, 5 September 2015, 13:03
Last update: about 12 years ago
It's not until the climax of "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.," a colorful, Cold War-era spy thriller, that its main failing becomes clear: The plot doesn't matter. The characters don't care. The script...
Kip Moore explores gray areas on 'Wild Ones'
Friday, 4 September 2015, 13:46
Last update: about 12 years ago
Of all the backward-ball cap-wearing male country singers, Kip Moore takes the dirt road less traveled. The songs on his debut album tended to search his soul. But on "Wild Ones," Moore...