Publisher seeks 'understanding' of facts in North Korea book
Saturday, 24 January 2015, 16:11
Last update: about 13 years ago
The publisher of an authorized best-seller about North Korean defector and human rights activist Shin Dong-hyuk, who has retracted substantial parts of his story, said Sunday that it is anxious for an...
Grateful Dead to reunite for final concerts in July
Friday, 23 January 2015, 17:06
Last update: about 13 years ago
The Grateful Dead is coming back to life for final concerts in July. The band announced Friday that surviving members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir will perform three shows...
Mariah Carey to launch Las Vegas shows in May
Friday, 23 January 2015, 17:05
Last update: about 13 years ago
Mariah Carey is heading to Sin City. Caesars Palace announced Thursday that the 44-year-old pop icon would open a series of shows May 16 at The Colosseum in Las Vegas. Carey has announced 18...
'Unquiet Dead' is outstanding debut by Ausma Zehanat Khan
Friday, 23 January 2015, 16:10
Last update: about 13 years ago
The Unquiet Dead" (Minotaur Books), by Ausma Zehanat Khan War atrocities reverberate for generations, affecting those who fought on the battlefield and the civilian victims who were...
Israeli man under house arrest for leaked Madonna songs
Thursday, 22 January 2015, 18:15
Last update: about 13 years ago
Associated Press
An aspiring singer who auditioned for Israel's top TV song competition was placed under house arrest Thursday on suspicion of hacking into international pop star Madonna's computer and stealing and...
Mark Ronson's 'Uptown Special' is not that special
Thursday, 22 January 2015, 17:03
Last update: about 13 years ago
Mark Ronson, "Uptown Special" (RCA) Mark Ronson's new album, "Uptown Special," opens with such promising notes - Stevie Wonder's harmonica, playing so soulful and slow that the listener can't...
'Inherent Vice' goes by in a pleasant haze
Thursday, 22 January 2015, 16:20
Last update: about 13 years ago
If you're one of those who fondly recalls spending the '60s luxuriating in a pleasantly disorienting haze, well, consider "Inherent Vice" a reunion of sorts. You'll fit right in. If, on the other...
Novel by Nobel laureate Modiano set for US in 2015
Thursday, 22 January 2015, 16:09
Last update: about 13 years ago
A recent work of fiction by Nobel laureate Patrick Modiano will be published in the U.S. late next year. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced Sunday that it has acquired "So You Don't Get Lost in...
Piano stores closing as fewer children taking up instrument
Wednesday, 21 January 2015, 17:02
Last update: about 13 years ago
When Jim Foster opened his piano store 30 years ago, he had 10 competitors selling just pianos. When he closed Foster Family Music in late December, not one was still selling pianos in...
'Exodus' plagued by casting, script issues
Wednesday, 21 January 2015, 16:17
Last update: about 13 years ago
To what do we owe the second coming of the biblical epic? A genre that was once as moldy as stale communion wafers has been reborn this year, first with Darren Aronofsky's "Noah" and now with...