Arts &amp; Entertainment

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Music

Timberlake, Beyonce have year’s top iTunes albums

Justin Timberlake’s comeback album, “The 20/20 Experience,” is 2013’s best-selling album on the U.S. iTunes Store.RCA/Associated Press Apple announced Tuesday…

December 17, 2013

Dench eyes Oscar for ‘Philomena’

Judi Denc and Steve Coogan co-star in “Philomena,” which explores the benefits and costs of faith through the true story…

December 17, 2013

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)…

Louis L’Amour re-imagined

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

‘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…

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…

Visual Arts

Detroit mulls options to maintain its art

The bankrupt city is expected to learn this week the value of roughly 2,800 pieces at the Detroit Institute of…

Music

Influential country singer Ray Price dead at 87

Associated Press DALLAS – Good friends like Willie Nelson and Merle haggard got more credit for their contrary ways and…