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Hear (and watch) women roar on new fall TV shows

Friday, 5 September 2014, 11:58 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

"The Good Wife," ''Homeland," ''Scandal," ''Nurse Jackie" and, well, "Girls" are just a few current shows that put women front and...

'Mean Streak' is filled with surprises

Friday, 5 September 2014, 11:35 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

"Mean Streak" (Grand Central), by Sandra Brown   Dr. Emory Charbonneau, a pediatrician and marathon runner, finds herself trapped in an isolated cabin with a man hiding from the...

Dion postpones career to focus on health, husband

Thursday, 4 September 2014, 12:42 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Celine Dion is postponing her music career to focus on her health, husband and three children.   Dion's representative says in a statement Wednesday that the singer is dealing...

Ex-007 actor spying again in 'Nov. Man'

Thursday, 4 September 2014, 11:57 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Onetime 007 Pierce Brosnan embraces a darker take on spycraft in Roger Donaldson's "The November Man," playing a former CIA agent whose autumnal nickname acknowledges his tendency to...

'Bad Feminist' essays are sharp, funny

Thursday, 4 September 2014, 11:34 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

"Bad Feminist: Essays" (Harper Perennial), by Roxane Gay   Roxane Gay may call herself a bad feminist — she cops to loving pink and dancing to misogynist music — but...

Country artists rock out for Motley Crue

Wednesday, 3 September 2014, 12:40 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Various Artists, "Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute To Motley Crue" (Big Machine/Eleven Seven)   Country artists have long paid tribute to rock acts compatible with country music, from...

'As Above' so-so

Wednesday, 3 September 2014, 11:56 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here," is the inscription uncovered by a gang of 20-something treasure hunters in the catacomb-hopping horror flick, "As Above, So Below." But the...

Author's ode to crosswords is right on the mark

Wednesday, 3 September 2014, 11:32 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

"The Crossword Century: 100 Years of Witty Wordplay, Ingenious Puzzles, and Linguistic Mischief" (Gotham Books), by Alan Connor   If you love solving crosswords, you know how it...

Brad Paisley returns to happier themes

Tuesday, 2 September 2014, 12:39 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Brad Paisley, "Moonshine In The Trunk" (Arista Nashville)   Brad Paisley backs away from social issues and strikes up a party on his 10th studio album, "Moonshine In The...

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