By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press Edie Brickell and New Bohemians, "Hunter and the Dog Star" (Thirty Tigers) The renaissance for Edie Brickell and New Bohemians continues on "Hunter and the Dog Star," the band's second record in just over two years following a 12-year recording hiatus. ...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Three workers in a boat hacked away at ice Thursday to create a watery barrier around the Dutch prime minister’s office, while others in the Netherlands tentatively tested the frozen surfaces of lakes and canals to see if they were safe to skate on. The deep ...
Books for babies and books for young children just learning to read are so important! They help distil a love of books and reading that will hopefully remain with children throughout their lives. Here are some brand new books great for the baby in your life, and the little one just learning how ...
Even before the pandemic, “The Little Things” would have been a throwback. Star-laden thrillers, with studio scale and high-priced craft, are one of those genres that’s been mostly squeezed out by the mega-sized movies that crowd Hollywood’s assembly lines. A movie directed by John ...
Many new films originate from the storylines of very old books. Other books have the film rights scooped up as soon as they are published. Check out some of these pairings from PWPL’s newest DVD acquisitions. The books may be found in various library collections, but the “New” DVDs will ...
NEW YORK — A raging pandemic, tumultuous presidential election and deadly Capitol insurrection have combined to make the annual tradition of Dry January more moist than air-tight for some. Not Sarah Arvizo. She considers it her easiest yet. As much as the 32-year-old Manhattanite would ...
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK — Tom Hanks will host a 90-minute primetime TV special celebrating the inauguration of Joe Biden as president of the United States, with performances by Justin Timberlake, Jon Bon Jovi, Demi Lovato and Ant Clemons. "I was left speechless ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Neil Sheehan, a reporter and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who broke the story of the Pentagon Papers for The New York Times and who chronicled the deception at the heart of the Vietnam War in his epic book about the conflict, died Thursday. He was 84. Sheehan died of ...
Currently I am finishing the last book, “Empire of Gold,” in the Daevabad Trilogy by S. A. Chakraborty. The series, which reads like any classic fantasy, is set in the Muslim world. The main characters are Djinn or Daeva and represent factions of a magical subculture with settings that ...
NEW YORK — Neil Young has become the latest musician to strike gold with his song catalogue, selling a 50 percent stake in his music to a British investment company in a deal announced on Wednesday. The Hipgnosis Songs Fund said it had acquired half of the copyright and income interests in ...
MUNISING — Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore has a new trail for snowshoe users. The trail has been a year in the making, and travels through a variety of habitats of beech, maple and conifer forests. The trail offers visitors a wonderful opportunity to enjoy the quiet and solitude of the ...
When the sun sets on the 2020 film box office, it’ll be difficult to look at the numbers as anything but disastrous. After five consecutive years of North American revenues exceeding $11 billion, this year they’re expected to cap out at an almost 40-year low of around $2.3 billion. ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The final new “Jeopardy!” episodes hosted by Alex Trebek will air this week, with highlights that promise to be memorable. The first of the five episodes will air today and start with Trebek’s “powerful message about the season of giving,” producer Sony Pictures ...
ROCKY MOUNT, Va. — At first glance, Anthony Swann’s fifth grade classroom is no different from any other. Students sit at their laptops on a recent December morning, completing reading assignments as the Rocky Mount Elementary teacher walks around the room answering questions. A white ...
LAS VEGAS — When Hannah Doss bought an old railroad trailer about three years ago, she figured she could convert it into an affordable, cozy place to live — a tiny house, one of the downsized, mobile domiciles that are so popular these days. A few months later, while transporting it to ...
The final days of 2020 seemed to dwindle quickly. But the last little bit of the year offered up a few incredibly bright winter days. Sunshine had returned, sparkling upon the all-encompassing blanket of pure white snow. It was a powerful sun, bold and bright, against a pure blue backdrop of ...
NEW YORK — Renee Zellweger is known for acting but you could easily write a thesis about her love for music. The entertainer won her second Academy Award for portraying Judy Garland in last year’s “Judy,” for which Zellweger did her own singing in front of live audiences. She was ...
NEW YORK — Tis the season to be jolly: A record 39 holiday songs have dominated this week’s Billboard Hot 100 chart, including nine holiday tunes in the Top 10. Mariah Carey’s ubiquitous hit, “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” leads the pack at No. 1 — marking the tune’s fifth ...
NEW YORK — Despite premiering simultaneously by streaming service, “Wonder Woman 1984” managed the best box office debut of the pandemic, opening with $16.7 million over the Christmas weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. That’s only a faint glimmer of typical business during ...
Years ago, Chris Pine turned “Wonder Woman” down. Then Patty Jenkins came on board and suddenly without even much of a script he found himself under a kind of spell listening to her vision for the film over a hamburger in Los Angeles’ Silverlake neighborhood. His no turned into a yes on ...