Arts and Entertainment

Richard Roundtree, who brought ‘Shaft’ to the big screen, dies at 81

Richard Roundtree attends the premiere of “Shaft” on June 10, 2019, in New York. Roundtree, the trailblazing Black actor who…

October 25, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Burt Young, Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie in ‘Rocky’ films, dies at 83

Burt Young, the Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie, the rough-hewn, mumbling-and-grumbling best friend, corner-man and brother-in-law to Sylvester Stallone in…

October 19, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Horror icon John Carpenter on being a college dropout, ‘Barbie’ and telling true scary stories

Director John Carpenter chats in his office Oct. 3 in Los Angeles. (Chris Pizzello/Associated Press)Chris Pizzello LOS ANGELES – While…

October 11, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Durango High School graduate can be seen in new film ‘The Post’

will open Oct. 20 at the Gaslight Theatre

October 5, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Actor Bijou Phillips files for divorce from Danny Masterson after rape convictions

Danny Masterson, right, and his wife, Bijou Phillips, arrive for closing arguments in his second rape trial May 16 in…

September 19, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Publicist: Game show host Bob Barker has died

Legendary game show host Bob Barker films a special prime-time episode of “The Price Is Right,” in 2007, celebrating his…

August 26, 2023

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Carol Fleisher named new executive director of Durango Film

‘We need storytellers’

August 24, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Films to help forget the heat

inside and chill with these ice-cold flicks

July 20, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

How and where to watch Sunday’s Oscar broadcast

Antje Menikheim, lead scenic painter for Sunday’s 95th Academy Awards, readies an Oscar statue for the event Wednesday near the…

March 11, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Durango Film Festival announces this year’s winners

“Ibiza Blue,” by Jesus Lloveras, took home the best narrative feature at this year’s Durango Film festival. (Courtesy) The 18th…

March 9, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

‘Boy Meets World’ star Ben Savage enters U.S. House race

Actor Ben Savage arrives at night one of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles in 2016. Savage has…

March 7, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Tom Sizemore, ‘Saving Private Ryan’ actor, dies at 61

Actor Tom Sizemore arrives at the premiere of “The Expendables 3” in 2014. Sizemore, the “Saving Private Ryan” actor whose…

March 4, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Durango Independent Film Festival turns 18

fest runs through Sunday

March 2, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Bruce Willis has frontotemporal dementia, condition worsens

Bruce Willis attends a movie premiere in New York in 2019. Nearly a year after his family announced that he…

February 16, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Hollywood sex symbol Raquel Welch dies at 82

Raquel Welch attends the Los Angeles premiere of “How to Be a Latin Lover” on April 26, 2017. Welch, whose…

February 15, 2023

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Shakespeare goes to the movies

downtime from Snowdown? Hunker down with these flicks based on Bard’s plays

February 2, 2023

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Actor Julian Sands missing in Southern California mountains

Authorities said actor Julian Sands, star of several Oscar-nominated films, including “A Room With a View,” has been missing for…

January 19, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Alec Baldwin to be charged with manslaughter in shooting

Prosecutors announced Thursday that actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons specialist will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal…

January 19, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

Gettin’ weird for the holidays

of smoochy Hallmark flicks? Check out these gems ...

November 24, 2022

Arts and Entertainment

Sci-fi drama ‘Westworld’ canceled by HBO after 4 seasons

Luke Hemsworth, left, Jeffrey Wright, Aaron Paul, Angela Sarafyan, Tessa Thompson, Evan Rachel Wood and James Marsden attend the premiere…

November 5, 2022

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Fort Lewis College graduate, artist on Netflix’s ‘Unsolved Mysteries’

Shaggy draws on Episode 5 of iconic show

November 3, 2022

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‘The Crown’ back in November for season 5 with new queen

Flowers and a photograph are placed for Queen Elizabeth II outside the British Consulate in Hong Kong on Sept. 16.…

September 24, 2022

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Oscar-winning ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ actor Louise Fletcher dies

Louise Fletcher holds the Academy Award she won for her leading role in “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest” in…

September 24, 2022

Arts and Entertainment

Durango High School student goes behind the camera

filmmaker Aiden Hurley directs short Western

August 25, 2022