Arts & Entertainment

Box-office numbers for Academy Award nominees

“American Hustle,” Sony, $103,565,129, 10 nominations, H (Durango Stadium 9). “Captain Phillips,” Sony, $105,010,295, six nominations. “Dallas Buyers Club,” Focus,…

Roberts upstages Streep in ‘August’

actresses nominated for Academy Awards

Globes leader ‘American Hustle’ gets Oscar boost

Bradley Cooper got a Golden Globe nomination as Richie Dimaso and Amy Adams won Best Actress in a Comedy or…

Fox chief: Forget pilot season for us

Kevin Reilly has taken a step in that direction by doing away with pilot season – the frantic period in…

Independent Film Channel drops film; now just IFC

Viewers of “Portlandia” or other quirky comedies had probably figured that out by now. But the network’s general manager, Jennifer…

U.S. Best-selling books for Jan. 14

Fiction 1. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown and Co.) 2. The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton (Little, Brown and…

No color, no problem

Movies in 2014 to keep an eye on

2013 was a tale of two cinemas. Blockbusters like “The Lone Ranger” and “After Earth” flopped spectacularly while many in…

Timberlake, Thicke have top-selling album, song

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…

New year brings few new ideas to cinemas

John Lloyd Young as Frankie Valli, Erich Bergen as Bob Gaudio, Vincent Piazza as Tommy DeVito and Michael Lomenda as…

Former journalist finds new career is a joke

comedian to kick off comedy series at Strater

The rough road to ‘Armstrong Lie’

Documentary changes course with cycling champ’s downfall

Cable television is holding its own, and then some

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…

‘Oz’ auditions bring in theater experience

retirees help with local production

Hearing is believing

KDUR will air a recording of the Dec. 13 production of “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” at…

The ‘Wonderful’ town?

Falls, N.Y., claims link to ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’

’Fast & Furious 7’ delayed until April 2015

Universal Pictures has delayed the release of “Fast & Furious 7” for almost a year following the death of Paul…

U.S. Best-selling books for Dec. 24

The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism by Doris Kearns Goodwin has broad…

Who’s scamming whom?

‘American Hustle’ a wry look back at ’70s scandal

‘Nebraska’ adds to an already crowded awards field

From left, Dennis McCoig as Uncle Verne, June Squibb as Kate Grant and Bruce Dern as Woody Grant in a…

Rarely seen Vincent Van Gogh moves to National Gallery

“Green Wheat Fields, Auvers” by Vincent Van Gogh has been hidden away at a Virginia estate for decades and will…

Gift Guide: Streaming players project video to TV

An Apple TV device, left, is shown alongside Google’s Chromecast, center, and the Roku 2. Streaming video devices project video…

The AP’s top 10 movies of the year

1. “12 Years a Slave” – Steve McQueen’s masterful adaptation of Solomon Northup’s 1853 memoir is simply a powerhouse. McQueen,…

2013 brought surprises, good and bad, to viewers

What a fine surprise was “The Returned,” a French-language zombie series aired by Sundance Channel. And Tatiana Maslany was startling…