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Chris Cornell’s wife writes note: ‘I know that was not you’
Vicky Cornell writes in the note published online by Billboard on Wednesday that she’s sorry she didn’t “see what happened to you that night.” Cornell was pronounced dead on May…
Film
Movies playing in Durango May 26-June 1
Johnny Depp is back as Jack Sparrow in “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.”Disney via AP (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)(For more information, visit www.animascitytheatre.com.) Gaslight…
Arts and Entertainment
ABC’s chemistry-lacking ‘Dirty Dancing’ has two left feet
In this TV musical adaptation of the 1987 film “Dirty Dancing,” Abigail Breslin (Baby) and Colt Prattes (Johnny) lack the chemistry their counterparts had that made the original so endearing.Courtesy…
Arts and Entertainment
How did Rashad Jennings win ‘Dancing with the Stars’? It’s still an athlete’s show
Emma Slater and Rashad Jennings celebrate winning “Dancing with the Stars.”Eric McCandless/ABC “I don’t know if you were necessarily born to win this competition,” judge Carrie Ann Inaba told Jennings…
Music
Parents weigh in on concert fears after Manchester
People attend a vigil in Albert Square, Manchester, England, on Tuesday, the day after the suicide attack at an Ariana Grande concert that left 22 people dead as it ended…
Arts and Entertainment
Roger Moore had prouder achievements than playing James Bond
dies Tuesday at 89
Music
Harry Styles’ next direction: Self-deprecation in song
Harry StylesCourtesy of Harley Weir But few have taken advantage of this radical opportunity with the gusto of Harry Styles, who, after six years of service in that sentient Abercrombie…
Arts and Entertainment
‘Game of Thrones’ might spawn new HBO shows, says creator
Author and co-executive producer George R. R. Martin attends the “Game of Thrones” fourth season premiere in New York. HBO’s “Game of Thrones” is in its home stretch. But the…
Arts and Entertainment
‘Twin Peaks’ in a time of peak weirdness
Those darn owls. That cryptic phrase, just one of the popular puzzlers that defined “Twin Peaks,” was spoken by a bald, bow-tied giant who appeared to Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) in…
Film
Get ready for a ‘Dynasty’ reboot
Elizabeth Gillies, left, stars as Fallon and Nathalie Kelley plays Cristal in the new “Dynasty.”Mark Hill/The CW The new version of “Dynasty,” the prime-time soap that aired on ABC from…
Performing Arts
Annual Party in the Park to be held Saturday
Drummer Ruth Bernardo holds down the rhythm for the band “The MetroGnomes.”Courtesy of Stillwater Music Stillwater Music will be holding its seventh annual Party in the Park, and between Stillwater,…
Arts and Entertainment
Deadline nears for Autumn Arts Festival submissions
du1-i-syn Apply online at http://bit.ly/2rxg5iU. For more information about the festival, call 259-2606 or visit www.durangoarts.org.
Music
Chris Cornell’s family believes prescription drugs may have caused his death
Chris Cornell, 52, who gained fame as the lead singer of the bands Soundgarden and Audioslave, died at a hotel in Detroit and police said Thursday that his death is…
Arts and Entertainment
Pine River Library to show ‘Passengers’
du1-i-syn Starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt, the film tells the story of a spaceship that transports thousands of passengers to a distant planet. A malfunction in the sleep-chamber system…
Arts and Entertainment
Durango Arts Center to stage readings of five 10-minute plays
du1-i-syn The five plays were chosen out of 121 total contest submissions received from locations in North America, England and New Zealand. For more information, visit www.durangoarts.org.
Arts and Entertainment
Sweetwater String Band to play in Durango
du1-i-syn General admission is $15 in advance, $18 at the door. Box seats are $20 in advance and $22 at the door. For tickets and information, call 375-7160 or visit…
Music
Animas High School seniors unite for concert at ACT
Courtesydu1-i-syn For four seniors at Animas High School, it’s also a time to put on a show. Derek Junttonen, Perrin Kileen, Dana Stahl and Julianne Marqua will take the stage…
Music
Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, a founding father of grunge, dead at 52
Courtesy of chriscornell.com Police said a family friend called 911 around midnight after finding Cornell unresponsive on the bathroom floor in his hotel room. He was pronounced dead a short…
Arts and Entertainment
‘Alien: Covenant’ doesn’t reinvent the squeal
The ill-fated crew of the Covenant in “Alien: Covenant.”Mark Rogers/Twentieth Century Fox A largely turgid, often thoroughly unpleasant affair, this sequel-to-the-prequel – a follow-up to Ridley Scott’s 2012 “Prometheus” –…
Film
Movies playing in Durango May 19-25
The crew from the colony ship Covenant are in for a wild ride in “Alien: Covenant.”20th Century Fox via AP (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Norman: The Moderate Rise…
Music
Katy Perry is the first judge named for new ‘American Idol’
Katy Perry will join the list of judges on the upcoming “American Idol,” singing competition series.Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, file The show, which pulled in 38 million viewers at its peak and…
Film
Familiar faces turn up in summer kids movies
With so many sequels – and a few new kids movies – we had to narrow our list of recommendations. We’ve picked a half-dozen that offer action, laughs and maybe…
Arts and Entertainment
Michael Moore making Trump film titled ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’
This combination photo shows President Donald Trump and filmmaker Michael Moore. Moore has been secretly making a Trump documentary that he has dubbed “Fahrenheit 11/9,” titling it after the day…
Arts and Entertainment
Jimmy Kimmel set to return as host for 90th Oscars
Host Jimmy Kimmel appears at the Oscars in Los Angeles on Feb. 26. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday said Kimmel will return for the 90th…
Books
Book World: Ivanka’s tips is for some working women
Women Who Work: Rewriting the Rules for Successdu1-i-syn A narrow focus on women who live upper-middle-class lives is not uncommon in the genre of work-life manuals, in part because those…
Arts and Entertainment
Here’s how ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ could set up Marvel’s next deep-space hero
NovaCourtesy of Marvel Entertainment But if intergalactic cards are played right, it could be another classic Marvel Comics character that could lead Marvel Studios to their next deep space franchise.…
Arts and Entertainment
Depp to star in film as McAfee antivirus software inventor
In this combination photo, actor Johnny Depp, left, appears at the premiere of “Alice Through the Looking Glass” on May 23, 2016, in Los Angeles. and anti-virus software founder John…