Arts & Entertainment
Arts and Entertainment
Dawn Wells, wholesome castaway on ‘Gilligan’s Island,’ dies of COVID-19 at 82
The cast of “Gilligan’s Island” in 1978: from left, Russell Johnson, as the professor; Jim Backus as Thurston Howell III; Natalie Schafer, as Mrs. Howell III; Alan Hale Jr., as…
Music
Petula Clark shocked that ‘Downtown’ played before bombing
“I was told that the music in the background of that strange announcement – was me – singing ‘Downtown’! Of all the thousands of songs – why this one?” Clark…
Arts and Entertainment
‘Club Kid’ killer Michael Alig dies; overdose suspected
Alig’s death late Thursday or early Friday is being investigated as a possible drug overdose, police said. No official cause had been determined, Aja Worthy-Davis, a spokesperson for the New…
Arts and Entertainment
J. Lo, Billy Porter to perform at ‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’
Jennifer Lopez will help bring in the New Year with a headlining performance in New York’s Time Square for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2021.” Because…
Arts and Entertainment
A Yuletide Yule log video countdown
Ozzy to Baby Yoda, here are some made-for-TV fires that will (sort of not really) keep you warm
Performing Arts
Virtual performances span the world from Santa Fe
With theaters shuttered, virtual performances have abounded on websites. The Lensic Performing Arts Center, the Santa Fe Opera, the Santa Fe Symphony, Performance Santa Fe and the Santa Fe Chamber…
Arts and Entertainment
British model, fashion muse Stella Tennant dies at 50
Tennant, the granddaughter of a duke, rose to fame in the 1990s while walking the runway for Versace, Alexander McQueen and other designers. In a statement, her family said: “It…
Music
K.T. Oslin, country singer of ‘80’s Ladies,’ dies at 78
K.T. Oslin, who hit it big with the 1987 hit “80’s Ladies” and won three Grammy awards, has died. She was 78.Douglas C. Pizac/Associated Press file Oslin’s friend Robert K.…
Arts and Entertainment
Music in the Mountains hosts virtual recital
The scholarships are made possible by community support and private music lesson scholarship sponsor Bank of Colorado. To view the recital, visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yx9Jh1chvA.
Music
Teaching music in the key of pandemic
Longtime local musicians, instructors safely share their knowledge
Arts and Entertainment
2021 Colorado Book Awards submissions due Jan. 8
The awards celebrate the accomplishments of Colorado’s outstanding authors, editors, illustrators and photographers. The awards are presented in at least 10 categories, including anthology/collection, biography, children’s literature, creative nonfiction, fiction,…
Film
Jeremy Bulloch, Boba Fett in first ‘Star Wars’ trilogy, dies
Jeremy Bulloch, the English actor who played Boba Fett in the original “Star Wars” trilogy, has died. His agents said in a statement that he died in a London hospital…
Books
Rarely seen Shirley Jackson story is finally published
Jackson was just 48 when she died, in 1965, and left behind an extensive backlog of unreleased material. Her husband, the literary critic Stanley Edgar Hyman, made little effort to…
Arts and Entertainment
Gloria Gaynor to perform at Times Square New Year’s Eve
They had announced previously that the annual event will be virtual this year, with no public audience as in other years, and aimed at broadcast viewers. The broadcasts that usually…
Film
Sundance Film Festival unveils slate for first virtual edition
The festival will kick off on Jan. 28 with the premieres of Nanfu Wang’s documentary about propaganda and COVID-19 in China, “In the Same Breath,” and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s “Summer…
Performing Arts
Tony-winning choreographer, actress Ann Reinking dies at 71
Ann Reinking, the Tony Award-winning choreographer, actress and Bob Fosse collaborator who helped spread a cool, muscular hybrid of jazz and burlesque movement to Broadway and beyond, has died. She…
Arts and Entertainment
Fashion mogul Peter Nygard arrested in Canada on sex charges
Peter Nygard faces criminal charges in New York after his Canadian arrest on charges alleging that he dangled opportunities in fashion and modeling to lure dozens of women and girls…
Music
Charley Pride, country’s first Black superstar, dies at 86
Charley Pride, the son of sharecroppers in Mississippi who became one of country music’s biggest stars and the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died.…
Film
New Orleans stage and screen actor Carol Sutton dies at 76
Actress Carol Sutton, a fixture on stages in her native New Orleans who built a steady career on the big and small screens, including roles in the 1989 comedy “Steel…
Music
Kevin Bacon brings music back to venues for charity concert
Kevin Bacon will co-host and executive produce “Play On: Celebrating The Power of Music to Make Change” a one-hour benefit concert special to raisemoney for the NAACP Legal Defense and…
Film
Disney unveils plans to stream a galaxy of new series, films
Scarlett Johansson stars in “Black Widow,” which is still on course for a theatrical release.Marvel Studios/Disney via AP In a virtual presentation for investors, Disney chief executive Bob Chapek laid…
Culture Gulch
Merely Players theater company finds home
Marc Arbeeny, far left, Sarah Syverson, left, and Ian Thomas perform in the Merely Players production of “Metamorphoses.”Durango Herald file “Right now, our new space is simply a large storage…
Books
Looking for book ideas for young readers on your holiday list?
Courtesy ‘The Box Turtle’ “The Box Turtle,” by Vanessa Roeder, is a delightful picture book for little listeners. Terrance is a little box turtle who was born without a shell.…
Film
Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister, who played Deebo in ‘Friday,’ dies
Tommy “Tiny” Lister, a former wrestler who was known for his Deebo character in the “Friday” films, has died. He was 62. Lister manager, Cindy Cowan, said Lister was found…
Arts and Entertainment
DeGeneres: Positive test for coronavirus but ‘feeling fine’
Production on her daytime talk show has been paused until January, producer Telepictures said in a statement that came after DeGeneres’ Thursday announcement. In an Instagram post, DeGeneres said anyone…
Books
Colorado’s Tattered Cover bookstore sold to local investors
An investment group led by Denver natives Kwame Spearman, who will serve as CEO and operations manager, and David Back purchased the Tattered Cover for an undisclosed amount of money.…
Music
Taylor Swift surprises fans with another album due tonight
“To put it plainly, we just couldn’t stop writing songs,” Swift wrote in social media posts Thursday morning. “I’ve never done this before. In the past I’ve always treated albums…
Books
Sinead O’Connor memoir coming out in June
du1-i-syn Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books & Media announced Monday that the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter’s memoir, “Rememberings,” will come out June 1. Houghton Mifflin is calling the book a “revelatory” account of…