Arts & Entertainment

Bullock sweeps People’s Choice Awards
Arts and Entertainment

Bullock sweeps People’s Choice Awards

January 9, 2014

The actress was named favorite movie actress, comedic actress, dramatic actress and shared the favorite movie duo award with “Gravity” co-star George Clooney. Bullock’s buddy comedy, “The Heat,” co-starring Melissa…

Star-Spangled banner, song to be joined in DC
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Star-Spangled banner, song to be joined in DC

January 8, 2014

The manuscript is normally on display at the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore and the flag has been at the Smithsonian since the early 1900s. They will be displayed together…

Timberlake, Thicke have top-selling album, song
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Timberlake, Thicke have top-selling album, song

January 8, 2014

Nielsen Entertainment announced late Tuesday that Timberlake’s “The 20/20 Experience” was the top-selling album with 2.4 million units sold. Thicke’s ubiquitous “Blurred Lines” was the best-selling song with 6.4 million…

Theater, arts and music lined up at FLC
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Theater, arts and music lined up at FLC

January 6, 2014

The Music Department has a very exciting endeavor in January: The Colorado Music Education Association will host a clinic/conference in Colorado Springs. The event features clinics by national educators and…

‘Aftermath’ alleges WWII atrocities
Film

‘Aftermath’ alleges WWII atrocities

January 6, 2014

The story is told without a single flashback to WWII and with an all-gentile cast of characters. The setting is many decades after the war (the number of elderly characters…

U.S. Best-selling books for Jan. 7
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U.S. Best-selling books for Jan. 7

January 4, 2014

Fiction 1. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown and Co.) 2. Dog Songs by Mary Oliver (Penguin Press HC) 3. Sycamore Row by John Grisham (Doubleday) 4. The Luminaries…

Arts Briefs for Jan. 3
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Arts Briefs for Jan. 3

January 2, 2014

The San Juan Square Dance Club of Durango will open square-dance classes to newcomers for three weeks, beginning tonight. Introductory classes will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. today,…

New year brings few new ideas to cinemas
Film

New year brings few new ideas to cinemas

January 2, 2014

John Lloyd Young as Frankie Valli, Erich Bergen as Bob Gaudio, Vincent Piazza as Tommy DeVito and Michael Lomenda as Nick Massi will star in the film version of the…

Cable television is holding its own, and then some
Film

Cable television is holding its own, and then some

January 2, 2014

Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and Carol (Melissa Suzanne McBride) in AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” cable’s top-rated program in 2013.Gene Page/AMC Viewers spent a record 17.2 hours per week watching ad-supported…

A&E Happenings for Jan. 9
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A&E Happenings for Jan. 9

January 2, 2014

Roxanne E. McKnight will be the first featured artist of 2014 for the Southside Artisans’ Guild. An opening reception for her work will be held Thursday at Raider Ridge Café…

The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store
Music

The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store

December 31, 2013

Top Songs 1. “Timber (feat. Ke$ha)”, Pitbull 2. “The Monster (feat. Rihanna)”, Eminem 3. “Counting Stars”, OneRepublic 4. “Say Something”, Christina Aguilera,A Great Big World 5. “Royals”, Lorde 6. “Dark…

Netflix tests new price tiers for video service
Film

Netflix tests new price tiers for video service

December 31, 2013

A movie selected from among Netflix’s “Watch Instantly” titles begins to download on a home computer screen in New York. Netflix is testing new price plans for streaming video as…

More cars and coffee on Seinfeld’s Web talk show
Film

More cars and coffee on Seinfeld’s Web talk show

December 31, 2013

Louis C.K. and Jerry Seinfeld in a scene from Seinfeld’s new web series talk show “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.” The series launched on the Crackle digital network in 2012,…

The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store
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The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store

December 31, 2013

Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. “Minecraft – Pocket Edition”, Mojang 2. “Cut the Rope 2”, ZeptoLab UK Limited 3. “Heads Up!”, Warner Bros. 4. “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas”, Rockstar…

A year of Mileystones
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A year of Mileystones

December 30, 2013

contest: Cyrus was our 2013 pop-culture queen

‘Hobbit,’ ‘Frozen’ at the top over weekend
Film

‘Hobbit,’ ‘Frozen’ at the top over weekend

December 30, 2013

Martin Freeman, left, John Callen and “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” continued to top the box office, landing at No. 1 over the Christmas holiday for the third weekend…

U.S. Best-selling books for Dec. 31
Books

U.S. Best-selling books for Dec. 31

December 30, 2013

John Grisham revived his character Jake Brigance from A Time to Kill for his latest legal thriller, Sycamore Row. The novel has remained near the top of national best-seller lists…

At the Movies
Film

At the Movies

December 26, 2013

(Playing at the Durango Stadium 9) The Wolf of Wall Street Digging into deep-pocket gluttony, Martin Scorsese’s dark comedy “The Wolf of Wall Street” highlights a world rich in drugs,…

A&E Happenings for Jan. 2
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A&E Happenings for Jan. 2

December 26, 2013

Holiday Happy Hours<br><br>Greg Ryder will play the first set of the New Year on Wednesday from his familiar perch at the Diamond Belle Saloon.Steve Lewis/Durango Herald Souper Thursday with Bacon…

Local’s pic picked for calendar
Visual Arts

Local’s pic picked for calendar

December 26, 2013

Durango photographer Kim Todd displays his photograph of the Wilson Peak area that was selected as the cover of Colorado Weather Calendar for 2014.SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald “I have been in…

Yale, renowned nightclub spar in property dispute
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Yale, renowned nightclub spar in property dispute

December 26, 2013

But after years of fighting, Yale and Toad’s can’t find what they’re looking for in a dispute over a walkway. And if Toad’s can’t get any satisfaction, the popular hangout…

Q&A: Ben Stiller dreams of a shift with ‘Mitty’
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Q&A: Ben Stiller dreams of a shift with ‘Mitty’

December 26, 2013

“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” starring and directed by Stiller, is adapted from James Thurber’s classic short story that first appeared in The New Yorker in 1939. Since then,…