Statue of singer Amy Winehouse unveiled in London
Sunday, 21 September 2014, 15:56
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Late singer Amy Winehouse has been honored on what would have been her 31st birthday with a life-size statue in her beloved Camden Town neighborhood of north London. Winehouse's many...
'Last Days of Vietnam' shows Saigon's fall
Sunday, 21 September 2014, 14:12
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
There are many differences between America's troubled exit from Iraq and its ramshackle retreat from Vietnam. But the U.S. flight from Saigon as seen in Rory Kennedy's documentary "Last...
Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Tony Auth dies at 72
Sunday, 21 September 2014, 13:40
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Tony Auth, whose sharp and creative commentary appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer for more than 40 years, died of cancer on Sunday. He was...
Robert Plant sets aside rambling ways on new LP
Saturday, 20 September 2014, 15:50
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Robert Plant has been a lifelong rambler with almost no interest in returning home to Great Britain. These days, though, he's as snug as a hobbit in his hole in his native country after returning...
'Gone Girl,' 'Unbroken' lead drumbeat of autumn
Saturday, 20 September 2014, 14:11
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Unable to find her second directing project, Angelina Jolie took to sifting through "generals." Looking for a diamond in the rough, the actress-turned-director searched the...
Gregg Hurwitz delivers in 'Don't Look Back'
Saturday, 20 September 2014, 13:39
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Don't Look Back" (St. Martin's Press), by Gregg Hurwitz A single mother takes a vacation that descends into hell in Gregg Hurwitz's latest thriller, "Don't...
‘Frontera’ an involving cross-border drama
Friday, 19 September 2014, 14:08
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
The contentious policy debate over the U.S.-Mexico border forms the backdrop to “Frontera,” a contemporary crime drama that brings together characters from both sides of that porous...
Dunham, Poehler among those with books this fall
Friday, 19 September 2014, 13:37
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
So many memoirs are coming out this fall, written in so many ways. Neil Patrick Harris, for instance, decided that his early 40s was too young for a "life" story, even for a...
Country singer Merle Haggard: still on the road
Thursday, 18 September 2014, 15:45
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Even Merle Haggard gets nervous about stepping onto a stage when the audience is filled with songwriters, record label executives and fellow artists. "Well, it's glorious but...
Exhibit examines making of 'Gone With the Wind'
Thursday, 18 September 2014, 14:02
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
While public debate raged over who should play Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone With the Wind," producer David O. Selznick was trying to figure out how to get the movie past...