culture and entertainment

Movies playing in Durango June 23-29

The Transformers are back for another round in “Transformers: The Last Knight.”Paramount Pictures/Bay Films via AP (128 E. College Drive,…

June 21, 2017

Music

New Chris Cornell music video, filmed before death, released

The video for “The Promise” was released to coincide with World Refugee Day. The clip was filmed in Brooklyn, New…

June 21, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

O.J. Simpson gets July 20 parole hearing date in Nevada

O.J. Simpson will receive a parole hearing July 20 in Nevada. He has served more than eight years of a…

June 20, 2017

Music

Katy Perry’s half-woke, no good, very bad album

Katy Perry’s new album “Witness” is a solipsistic, flow-sustaining, unwavy, missionless, momentum-deficient, same-old-place kind of pop album.Capitol Records Perry calls…

June 20, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

Glen Campbell’s last record ‘was therapeutic,’ says daughter

Recorded before Alzheimer’s disease took his singing voice, Glen Campbell’s last album “Adios” was therapeutic for the legendary performer. Campbell,…

June 19, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

Artist to offer classes for children and parents

du1-i-syn Each class will feature an interactive art project for children. For more information, call 375-7300.

June 18, 2017

Local News

Motorheads share the love at car show

benefits Mercy’s incoming hospice patients

June 17, 2017

Film

Stephen Furst, Flounder in ‘Animal House,’ dies at 63

Stephen Furst, who played “Flouder” in the film “Animal House” has died at age 63.Courtesy Furst died Friday at his…

June 17, 2017

Film

‘Rough Night’: Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue

From left, Kate McKinnon, Ilana Glazer and Zoe Kravitz star in “Rough Night.”Macall Polay/Sony Pictures Entertainment Not that the movie…

June 17, 2017

Film

Director John Avildsen dies at 81; won Oscar for ‘Rocky’

John G. Avildsen accepts the Oscar for best director for “Rocky” at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles in 1977.…

June 16, 2017

Music

Dr. Dre pledges $10M for Compton High performing arts center

The Compton Unified School District said Thursday that the rapper-producer will help raise additional money for the new facility, which…

June 16, 2017

Music

Yoko Ono gets co-writing credit on ‘Imagine’

David Israelite, the president and CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association, said Wednesday at an event that Ono would…

June 16, 2017

Film

‘Cars 3’ finally running out of gas?

Jackson Storm (voice of Armie Hammer), a frontrunner in the next generation of racers, posts speeds that even Lightning McQueen…

June 16, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

Concerts, arts heat up summer in Durango

Music, festivals, kids events offer plenty to do

June 16, 2017

Music

Anita Pallenberg, muse for The Rolling Stones, dead at 75

Keith Richards from the Rolling Stones, right, arrives at the premiere of the new Beatles cartoon film “Yellow Submarine” with…

June 14, 2017

Film

Movies playing in Durango June 16-22

From left, Zoe Kravitz, Jillian Bell, Scarlett Johansson, Ilana Glazer and Kate McKinnon get more than they bargain for in…

June 14, 2017

Music

James Taylor, Bonnie Raitt touring this summer

In this combination photo, singer Bonnie Raitt appears in New York on March 7, 2016 and singer James Taylor poses…

June 14, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

Worried about your favorite TV show?

Herizen Guardiola and Justice Smith star in “The Get Down,” which has been canceled by Netflix.Myles Aronowitz/Netflix I’m not alone…

June 13, 2017

Film

‘The Mummy’ is an ominous introduction to a new movie universe

That’s some pressure the movie doesn’t shoulder well, considering it’s hardly the unqualified success of other trial balloons, like “Iron…

June 12, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

Reza Aslan becomes second CNN personality dumped after attacking Trump

CNN has dumped author Reza Aslan less than a week after he profanely referred to President Donald Trump in a…

June 11, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

Adam West learned to embrace Batman role he couldn’t shake

West’s deadpan portrayal of the comic hero in a campy 1960’s TV series brought the Caped Crusader into the national…

June 10, 2017

Arts and Entertainment

‘Batman’ star Adam West dead at 88

Adam West, the actor who starred as “Batman” has died at age 88.Courtesy West died Friday night after “a short…

June 10, 2017

Film

Brendan Fraser still has loyal fans – and they’re not happy about ‘The Mummy’ reboot

Tom Cruise stars in the reboot of “The Mummy,” and Brendan Fraser fans aren’t having it.Courtesy “Tom Cruise’s Mummy is…

June 10, 2017

Film

Don’t forget hankies for ‘Megan Leavey’

Kate Mara as Megan Leavey with Rex stars in “Megan Leavey.”Jacob Yakob/Bleecker Street Admittedly, Megan (made both sympathetic and resolute…

June 9, 2017