Rapper Big Freedia brings bounce to TV audience
Friday, 1 November 2013, 16:50
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
New Orleans hip-hop artist Big Freedia is twerking his way to TV screens. The openly gay rapper, a representative of the city's vibrant underground musicscene, debuted his weekly...
Jamie Dornan replaces Hunnam in 'Fifty Shades'
Friday, 1 November 2013, 15:30
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
"Fifty Shades of Grey" has its male lead, again. Jamie Dornan has been cast as Christian Grey, the lead role that Charlie Hunnam withdrew from recently. Dornan will star...
Journals of Alice Walker coming in 2017
Friday, 1 November 2013, 14:36
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Along with writing novels, stories, poems and essays, Alice Walker has been keeping a diary. The author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Color Purple" has a deal with Simon...
Europeana at the National Book Fest
Thursday, 31 October 2013, 17:14
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Europeana, Europe’s digital museum, library, gallery and archive, together with its Maltese partner, AcrossLimits, invites the people of Malta to The National Book Fest from 12-16 November. We...
Pearl Jam's 'Lightning Bolt' fizzles out
Thursday, 31 October 2013, 16:49
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Pearl Jam, "Lightning Bolt" (Monkeywrench/Republic) Pearl Jam's "Lightning Bolt" is a rock jukebox set to shuffle. The Seattle survivors' 10th...
George Clooney's 'Monuments Men' pushed to 2014
Thursday, 31 October 2013, 15:29
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
George Clooney's World War II drama "The Monuments Men" is being pushed to 2014 and out of this year's awards season. The movie will now be released in the first quarter...
Jim Lehrer's JFK novel 'Top Down' lacks impact
Thursday, 31 October 2013, 14:34
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
"Top Down: A Novel of the Kennedy Assassination" (Random House), by Jim Lehrer "What if?" is a tried-and-true starting point for a novelist. In the case of "Top...
Mackelmore & Ryan Lewis lead with 6 AMA nods
Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 16:48
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Newcomers Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are the top contenders at the 2013 American Music Awards. The rap duo is up for six awards, including artist, new artist and single of the...
Q&A: Alec Baldwin on 'fetid septic tank' movie biz
Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 15:22
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
In "Seduced and Abandoned," Alec Baldwin and James Toback present a portrait of today's movie business and an elegy to what it once was. In person, Baldwin's even more candid,...