Arts & Entertainment

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…

January 12, 2014

Music

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…

January 8, 2014

Film

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…

January 2, 2014

Performing Arts

Former journalist finds new career is a joke

comedian to kick off comedy series at Strater

January 2, 2014

Film

The rough road to ‘Armstrong Lie’

Documentary changes course with cycling champ’s downfall

January 2, 2014

Film

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…

January 2, 2014

Performing Arts

‘Oz’ auditions bring in theater experience

retirees help with local production

December 23, 2013

Performing Arts

Hearing is believing

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

December 23, 2013

Film

The ‘Wonderful’ town?

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

December 23, 2013

Film

’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…

December 23, 2013

Books

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…

December 23, 2013

Film

Who’s scamming whom?

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

December 19, 2013

Film

‘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…

December 19, 2013

Visual Arts

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…

December 19, 2013

Film

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…

December 19, 2013

Film

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,…

December 19, 2013

Film

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…

December 19, 2013

Music

AP music writers’ top 10 albums of the year

The Grammys got it right; Sara Bareilles’ third release, “The Blessed Unrest,” is one of the year’s best thanks to…

December 19, 2013

Performing Arts

The AP picks its Top 10 theater of 2013

1. “The Glass Menagerie”: There’s magic from start to finish in this new production of Tennessee William’s great play about…

December 19, 2013

Books

Lawsuits, mergers, and, yes, books, in 2013

It was a blockbuster year for the legal profession. A federal judge ruled that Apple had conspired with five publishers…

December 19, 2013

Books

U.S. Best-selling books for Dec. 17

Fiction 1. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown and Co.) 2. Dog Songs by Mary Oliver (Penguin Press HC)…

December 16, 2013

Books

Louis L’Amour re-imagined

L’Amour’s graphic novel brings to life his father’s work

December 16, 2013

Film

‘The Spectacular Now’ is a refreshingly ‘real’ look at teenage life

Sutter Keely (Miles Teller), a high school senior and effortless charmer, unexpectedly falls in love with good girl Aimee Finecky…

December 16, 2013

Books

Books are great gifts for kids

The Snatchabook is an entertaining picture book by Helen Docherty and Thomas Docherty. It has darling illustrations that will appeal…

December 16, 2013