Arts & Entertainment

Daniel Radcliffe finds interest in actors ‘weird’

British actor Daniel Radcliffe stars in “What If,” which opens Wednesday in the UK.Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/Associated Press While promoting…

August 15, 2014

Film

Agent gives Hollywood edgy look with ‘real’ people

Hollywood talent agent Sid Levin, right, shake hands with actor Mike Dalager, who is currently serving in the U.S. Coast…

August 15, 2014

Music

Actor Michael Cera releases album he calls ‘honest’

Actor-singer Michael Cera released an 18-song indie folk album “true that,” on his Bandcamp website last week.Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/Associated…

August 15, 2014

Film

Movies playing in Durango Aug. 15-21

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Words and Pictures A witty romantic drama, “Words and Pictures” stars Juliette Binoche and…

August 14, 2014

Music

The soul-pop sensibilities of Lake Street Dive

4-piece band to play a KSUT show Saturday

August 14, 2014

Film

Review: ‘Let’s Be Cops’

In case you didn’t deduce it from the title, the film concerns two stumblebums who decide to impersonate policemen for…

August 14, 2014

Film

Review: The Expendables 3

Despite some ruthless new tactics, there’s no saving “The Expendables 3,” the overpopulated third outing of Sylvester Stallone’s all-star action…

August 14, 2014

Film

Review: ‘The Giver’

Brenton Thwaites, left, and Odeya Rush in a scene from “The Giver.”Associated Press photo/ The Weinstein Company, David Bloomer Lois…

August 14, 2014

Performing Arts

A prince and a player

There are only two more chances to catch The Durango Arts Center’s colorful and unconventional summer musical, “Pippin.” The play,…

August 14, 2014

Film

‘Don’s Plum’: A film that fell into obscurity

Black-and-white movie features celebrities on the cusp

August 14, 2014

Books

Hikers rescued amid ‘Into the Wild’ bus pilgrimage

Three hikers, two from Wisconsin and third with no known address, needed help last week after one of them tripped…

August 14, 2014

Performing Arts

You too can be a Broadway producer with just $10K

Associated Press photo, file This 1950 photo shows Gene Kelly, right, and Frank Sinatra in a scene from “On the Town.”…

August 14, 2014

Film

Bacall’s legend more than just acting and Bogart

Associated Press Photo, file Actress Lauren Bacall, photographed here in 1950 with her husband, Humphrey Bogart, died Tuesday. She was 89.…

August 13, 2014

Film

Bacall’s legend more than just acting and Bogart

The wife and co-star of Humphrey Bogart. A Tony Award-winning actress. A National Book Award-winning author. A giant of fashion.…

August 13, 2014

Books

Magician’s Land closes a trilogy that matures

The Magician’s Land is the final book in Lev Grossman’s the three-book Magicians trilogy.Associated Press Photo/Viking Quentin Coldwater – a…

August 13, 2014

Books

Haruki Murakami’s new novel journeys to the past

Japanese author Haruki Murakami’s new novel, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, was just published in the Unites…

August 12, 2014

Performing Arts

Marvel heroes and villains fight it out – live

Marvel characters perform in the new live arena show called “Marvel Universe Live!” The show has begun an 85-city over…

August 12, 2014

Music

Age is not a cage: 90-year-old musicians go strong

Clarinetist Sol Yaged, left, and comedian Fyvush Finkel, both 91, rehearse at the Baruch Performing Arts Center in New York.Associated…

August 11, 2014

Music

Leonard Cohen due to celebrate 80th with new album

Rolling Stone;http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/leonard-cohen-new-album-80th-birthday-next-month-20140811 is reporting that the revered singer/songwriter, who will turn 80 Sept. 21, is set to unveil a new…

August 11, 2014

Books

Bunny Mother looks back at 1960s

author tells true story of sister at her Playboy Club gig

August 10, 2014

Music

Dean Ween keeps playing

of seminal band Ween plays show at ACT today

August 10, 2014

Music

Son of Nigerian star Fela talks of father’s legacy

Singer Femi Kuti performs at the New Afrika Shrine in Lagos, Nigeria.Associated Press Photo/Jon Gambrell, File NEW YORK – Femi…

August 8, 2014

Performing Arts

In ‘Phoenix,’ hooking up is hard to do

Associated Press Photo/ Polk & Co., Harry Fellows Julia Stiles and James Wirt in a scene from “Phoenix” in New York.…

August 8, 2014

Film

Movies playing in Durango Aug. 8-14

(128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) Lucky Them More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran…

August 7, 2014