Film
Review: Cake
Jennifer Aniston stars in the new film “Cake.”Cinelou Films/Associated Press I think it was one of the best performances of the year, and I urge you to check out Jessica…
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Film
Review: The Boy Next Door
Ryan Guzman, left, as Noah and Jennifer Lopez as Claire Peterson star in “The Boy Next Door.”Suzanne Hanover/Universal Pictures That is the premise of this future camp classic, in which…
Film
Review: The Imitation Game
Clockwise from left, Keira Knightley, Matthew Beard, Matthew Goode, Allen Leech and Benedict Cumberbatch star in the film “The Imitation Game.”Jack English/The Weinstein Co. As the acknowledged grandfather of artificial…
Film
Movies playing in Durango Jan. 16-22
(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Cake Claire Simmons (Jennifer Aniston) is in pain. Her physical pain is evident in the scars that line her body and the way she…
Books
Alec Baldwin memoir to be published in fall 2016
Baldwin The award-winning actor has a deal with Harper for Nevertheless, scheduled for the fall of 2016. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, told The Associated Press on Thursday the…
Film
Review: Foxcatcher
In 1987, Mark Schultz (Tatum) is a gold-medal winning Olympic wrestler who is overshadowed by his older brother Dave (Mark Ruffalo). While Dave is a family man and successful wrestling…
Arts and Entertainment
Arts & Entertainment Briefs
The Riverside Nature Center is seeking Farmington river-parks photo entries for its annual March Photo Show to be on display from March 7 to April 18. There is a limit…
Music
Why is TLC crowdfunding its album?
Grammy-winning R&B group TLC, including Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas and Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, right, is depending on fans to fund the release of their final album through a Kickstarter campaign.Associated Press…
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Arts & Entertainment Calendar
Portrait painting sessions, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Smiley Building, 1309 East Third Ave., 259-2516. Civil Rights Show opening, photographs from the struggle for recognition in the 60’s, 5-7 p.m., Town Gallery…
Arts and Entertainment
4 accused of stealing Chihuly art from botanical gardens
Five months later, investigators say a tip led them to four suspects, who weren’t professional art thieves but a group of friends who said they were bored and didn’t know…
Arts and Entertainment
Next from Tina Fey: An original Netflix series
Tina Fey arrives at the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 11 in Beverly Hills, Calif.JOHN SHEARER/Inivision via Associated Press The series, created by…
Arts and Entertainment
Robert Redford kicks off Sundance Film Fest
Robert Redford, right, founder of the Sundance Institute, addresses the media as John Cooper, programming director of the Sundance Film Festival, and Keri Putnam, executive director of the Sundance Institute,…
Film
Oscar fever has fans scrambling to watch
“How To Train Your Dragon 2” nominated for an Oscar Award for best animated feature.DreamWorks Animation Between Jan. 15, when Academy Award nominations were announced, and Feb. 22 – the…
Film
My take: Oscar nominations not as versatile as in years past
David Oyelowo, left, as Martin Luther King, Jr., discusses a scene with Director Ava DuVernay, right, on the set of the film, “Selma.” DuVernay was nominated for Best Director for…
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Arts Brief
The Museum at the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College invites up to four Native American artists from the Southwest to participate in its Artist Leadership Program to…
Arts and Entertainment
A&E Happenings Jan. 20-23
Terry Rickard, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Lacey Black, 6 p.m., 6512’ Restaurant, 152 E. College Drive, 247-9083. Super Ted’s Super Trivia Night, 6:12 p.m., Ska…
Music
A winter remedy: Music
Sometimes, the best antidote to a cold January night is a couple hours of foot-stomping, partner-swinging, harmony-hitting, fast-picking bluegrass music. We’re in luck, because that’s precisely what’s in store Thursday…
Arts and Entertainment
#OscarsSoWhite: Academy president responds
media pushes awareness of lack of diversity in Oscar nominations
Arts and Entertainment
Onstage, onscreen: Bradley Cooper sets career sights high
Actor Bradley Cooper, left, with Taya Kyle, widow of US Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, speaks to reporters during the Washington premiere of “American Sniper” in Washington.Associated Press photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta…
Arts and Entertainment
‘The Search for General Tso’: story behind America’s favorite not-so-Chinese dish
But this is not a movie about food – or, rather, it is not just a movie about food – despite a title that evokes a staple of Chinese restaurants…
Music
Blues-rock group Black Crowes calls it quits after 24 years
Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes performs at the Lockn’ Festival in Virginia. Founding member Rich Robinson announced Thursday the group is disbanding.Photo by John Davisson/Invision/AP, File Founding member Rich…
Film
Review: Blackhat
And yet this is exactly what happens at a critical moment in “Blackhat,” when a high-ranking official of the National Security Agency, of all places, falls for this entry-level spoofing…
Film
Movies playing in Durango Jan. 16-22
(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Whiplash Andrew Neyman is an ambitious young jazz drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise to the top of his elite east coast music…
Film
Review: American Sniper
“American Sniper,” based on Navy SEAL marksman Chris Kyle’s best-selling memoir, is both a tribute to the warrior and a lament for war. Shirking politics, the film instead sets its…
Arts and Entertainment
Review: Paddington
January is when studios generally release their low-expectation titles to wither and die against award-nominated fare, so it’s a considerable gamble to watch a film starring a CGI-talking animal released…
Film
Review: Whiplash
The basic plot of a drummer trying to succeed at a music conservatory might sound pretty pedestrian. But on screen, “Whiplash” holds some of the most brutal, unexpected tension of…
Music
A modernist master’s Mozartean face: Rihm writes for Barto’s pianos
Wolfgang Rihm, whose second piano concerto will have its U.S. premiere Thursday at the Kennedy Center, is “an artist of transformations,” conductor Christoph Eschenbach says.The Washington Post/Eric Marinitscht But Wolfgang…