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Nine Inch Nails emerges from darkness

Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 16:24 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Nine Inch Nails, "Hesitation Marks" (Columbia)   Sun-kissed harmonies, funk-flecked guitar lines and — whisper it — a saxophone workout all make an appearance on...

'Fifty Shades' movie casts Dakota Johnson as lead

Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 15:56 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Dakota Johnson will play Anastasia Steele in the big-screen adaptation of E L James' "Fifty Shades of Grey."   Focus Features and Universal Pictures announced the casting...

'Never Go Back' is tight and compelling

Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 15:28 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

"Never Go Back" (Delacorte Press), by Lee Child   The quest begins with a phone call, and when Jack Reacher finally arrives in Washington to meet the woman behind the intriguing...

Ariana Grande's debut 1 of the year's best

Monday, 9 September 2013, 16:22 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Ariana Grande, "Yours Truly" (Republic Records)   While Miley Cyrus is being a wild child to demonstrate she is growing up, Ariana Grande is letting her music do all the...

'42' actor Boseman to play James Brown in biopic

Monday, 9 September 2013, 15:55 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

After bringing the history-making U.S. baseball player Jackie Robinson to the big screen, Chadwick Boseman is going to try another icon: James Brown.   Boseman has been cast to play the...

Latest in Fargo series is good read

Monday, 9 September 2013, 15:24 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

"The Mayan Secrets: a Fargo Adventure" (Putnam), by Clive Cussler and Thomas Perry   The Clive Cussler empire expands with another title in the Sam and Remi Fargo series....

Italian documentary 'Sacro GRA' wins Golden Lion

Saturday, 7 September 2013, 22:17 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Italian film "Sacro GRA," a documentary about life along the highway that circles Rome by director Gianfranco Rosi, won the Golden Lion for best film at the 70th edition of the Venice...

Goodie Mob reunites with CeeLo-led album

Saturday, 7 September 2013, 14:44 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Goodie Mob, "Age Against the Machine" (Alliance Entertainment)   Goodie Mob reunited for their new album, "Age Against the Machine," but the foursome's offering seems...

Spurlock in wrong direction with 1D doc

Saturday, 7 September 2013, 14:13 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The 1980s had New Kids on the Block; the '90s had the Backstreet Boys; and now boy bands are resurgent again with British group-of-the-moment One Direction, currently a chart-topping global pop...

Franz Ferdinand make loud comeback

Friday, 6 September 2013, 14:43 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Franz Ferdinand, "Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action," (Domino)   It's been four years since Franz Ferdinand's last album "Tonight: Franz Ferdinand," and...

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