10 Sting concerts in NYC will benefit arts group
Tuesday, 9 July 2013, 18:32
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Sting will hold 10 concerts in New York City this fall to benefit The Public Theater arts organization. The singer announced Tuesday that he will perform at the 260-seat Anspacher Theater...
'White House Down' a silly throwback
Friday, 5 July 2013, 22:31
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Staggeringly implausible, cartoonishly comical, Roland Emmerich's "White House Down" is refreshingly dumb. Refreshing because carefree action absurdity, once the province of...
'Sisterland' is perfect summer read
Friday, 5 July 2013, 22:11
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Sisterland" (Random House), by Curtis Sittenfeld To characterize Curtis Sittenfeld's new novel, "Sisterland," as an ideal beach read isn't meant as an insult....
Grenier on drug documentary, 'Entourage' encore
Thursday, 4 July 2013, 22:29
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Though his party boy character Vincent Chase on all eight seasons of "Entourage" savored life in the limelight, Adrian Grenier says he's quite content to be on the other side of the...
Reporters' Civil War capture, escape saga
Thursday, 4 July 2013, 22:09
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Junius and Albert's Adventures in the Confederacy: A Civil War Odyssey" (PublicAffairs), by Peter Carlson Among the tens of thousands of books written about the American...
Devo drummer dies of brain cancer aged 58
Thursday, 4 July 2013, 17:23
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
The music world mourned the loss of one its most creative drummers following the death of former Devo member Alan Myers last week. The percussionist with the band who spearheaded the New...
No Snow / No Alps at Hard Rock Afterdark
Thursday, 4 July 2013, 16:35
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
The twelfth appointment of Hard Rock Afterdark will feature No Snow / No Alps live on Saturday 13 July at Hard Rock Café. Now based in Copenhagen, No Snow / No Alps will be return...
Bloodsucking 'Byzantium' draws scant blood
Wednesday, 3 July 2013, 22:27
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
I am Eleanor Webb. I throw my story to the wind." So says the ancient child-woman played by Saoirse Ronan in "Byzantium." In a sense that's what director Neil Jordan and...
Fighting and losing in Iran, then and now
Wednesday, 3 July 2013, 22:05
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Children of the Jacaranda Tree" (Atria Books), by Sahar Delijani Let's get one thing out of the way: I admire Sahar Delijani for taking on post-revolutionary Iran as the...
Bullock, McCarthy turn it up in 'Heat'
Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 12:52
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Beverly Hills Cop." ''Lethal Weapon." ''48 Hours." ''Tango & Cash." The buddy cop movie is a reliable mainstay of our popular culture. And the...