Box Office: ‘Mandalorian and Grogu’ tops charts and ‘Obsession’ grows in second weekend
After nearly seven years away from the big screen, a new Star Wars movie drew healthy but not record-breaking crowds to global theaters this weekend. According to studio estimates on Sunday, "Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu" made $82 million in ticket sales from 4,300 theaters in the U.S. ...
The Reverend Jesse Ray to play at Smarty’s Saloon June 13
NEGAUNEE — Muskegon-based musician The Reverend Jesse Ray will be performing at Smarty’s Saloon in Negaunee on June 13. The Reverend Jesse Ray is a one-man-band, performing rock and roll blues. His stop in Marquette is part of a longer tour taking him all over the midwest, with stops in ...
Bam! Pow! Krakoom! The everlasting allure of the American comic book
BARCELONA, Spain — Pick one up. Be seduced by its glossy cover. Gaze upon the impossibly muscular body clad in a skin-tight suit. Our hero or heroine will surely be soaring, shouting, blasting a villain into next week. They are ridiculous. They are addictively great. Comic books, of the superhero variety, are 100% American. Compare the thin comic book to Europe's graphic novels, and they come off looking flimsy, infantile. Compare the American comic to Japanese Manga and they appear innocent in their fixation with heroism; they hark back to a departed American age. Once a nickel, ...
New Wings exhibit traces Paul McCartney’s reinvention as husband, father and bandleader
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The largest collection of Paul McCartney's personal artifacts ever publicly displayed is part of a new exhibit at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame centering on his life after The Beatles. "Paul McCartney and Wings," which opened Friday in Cleveland, explores the musician's ...