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The latest at ‘Downton Abbey’ – exit signs
Arts and Entertainment

The latest at ‘Downton Abbey’ – exit signs

January 1, 2015

Richard E. Grant as Simon Bricker and Elizabeth McGovern as Cora, Countess of Grantham, in “Downton Abbey.”Nick Briggs/Carnival Film & Television Limited 2014 Eh, it’s not worth getting political over…

Filmmaker Luis Estrada on Mexican culture and politics
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Filmmaker Luis Estrada on Mexican culture and politics

January 1, 2015

Within the first minutes of his most famous film, the 2010 drug-war indictment “Infierno” (Hell), the main character gets deported, held up at gunpoint, robbed by police, and falls in…

Stage, screen actor Edward Herrmann dies at 71
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Stage, screen actor Edward Herrmann dies at 71

January 1, 2015

Associated Press photo, File<br><br>In this 1976 file photo, Tony winners, from left, Edward Herrmann, Carole Bishop, Shirley Knight and Sammy Williams, pose with their awards at the 30th Annual Tony…

New Year’s won’t halt our First Thursday
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New Year’s won’t halt our First Thursday

December 31, 2014

Phyllis Stapler’s “Coyote” is the featured artwork for a previous First Thursday Art Walk at Sorrel Sky Gallery. The gallery will be open for the January First Thursday Art Walk…

Three New Year’s resolutions for the entertainment industry
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Three New Year’s resolutions for the entertainment industry

December 31, 2014

1. Get better in-house cybersecurity. And then get angry: Sony Pictures Entertainment’s handling of “The Interview,” an action-comedy about a plot to assassinate North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, in…

You might not know them … but you will
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You might not know them … but you will

December 30, 2014

Alicia Vikander, who stars in “A Royal Affair,” has acted with several Hollywood A-listers.Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures Sound familiar? Might as well start engraving the Oscar statuettes for them now.…

Luise Rainer, first to win consecutive acting Oscars, dies
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Luise Rainer, first to win consecutive acting Oscars, dies

December 30, 2014

Luise Rainer, a star of cinema’s golden era who won back-to-back Oscars but then walked away from a glittering Hollywood career, has died. She was 104.Associated Press photo/Adam Butler, file…

How do you play a master painter? First: Learn to paint
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How do you play a master painter? First: Learn to paint

December 29, 2014

Timothy Spall stars in “Mr. Turner.”Associated Press Photo/Sony Pictures Classics Achieving his acclaimed performance as the masterful British landscape painter J.M.W. Turner in “Mr. Turner” took so much out of…

A year-end game that never gets old: Best songs
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A year-end game that never gets old: Best songs

December 28, 2014

Klingsporn With fantastic releases this year from ODESZA to Future Islands to Sturgill Simpson and Wet, it was no easy task. In the end, I went with what moved me.…

TV star ‘Screech’ charged in bar stabbing
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TV star ‘Screech’ charged in bar stabbing

December 28, 2014

Dustin Diamond, who played Screech on the 1990s TV show “Saved by the Bell,” was charged Friday with felony second-degree recklessly endangering safety, disorderly conduct and carrying a concealed weapon…

Review: Wild
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Review: Wild

December 25, 2014

This image released by Fox Searchlight Pictures shows Reese Witherspoon in a scene from the film, “Wild.”Anne Marie Fox/Fox Searchlight Pictures She’s also not the sort we’ve often encountered on…

Review: The Gambler
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Review: The Gambler

December 25, 2014

In this image released by Paramount Pictures, Mark Wahlberg appears in a scene from “The Gambler.”Claire Folger/Paramount Pictures But there’s a bigger problem with that line, because it inadvertently makes…

Movies playing in Durango Dec. 19-25
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Movies playing in Durango Dec. 19-25

December 25, 2014

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Rosewater “Rosewater” is based on the memoir Then They Came for Me: A Family’s Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival, written by Maziar Bahari.…

Review: Unbroken
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Review: Unbroken

December 25, 2014

And it’s fine. “Unbroken” isn’t a bad movie; it’s just safe to a fault. Director Angelina Jolie has made a beautiful film based on Laura Hillenbrand’s best-selling book. Her respect…

The Weekender
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The Weekender

December 25, 2014

top picks of what to do this weekend in Durango

A&E Happenings Dec. 26-Jan. 1
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A&E Happenings Dec. 26-Jan. 1

December 25, 2014

Black Velvet, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Greg Ryder, 5:30 p.m., live in the plaza, Durango Mountain Resort, 1 Skier Place. Robby Overfield, 6 p.m., 6512’…

Company loses bid for rights to superheroes
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Company loses bid for rights to superheroes

December 25, 2014

Stan Lee Media lost its latest fight against Disney over the rights to Marvel’s iconic comic book characters Tuesday when a federal appeals court ruled it could not claim ownership…

Arts briefs
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Arts briefs

December 25, 2014

The Durango Arts Center invites emerging and professional playwrights to submit works to its fourth annual 10-Minute Play Contest. The deadline for submissions is Feb. 13. Submissions will be judged,…