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Brown hounded for calling Manila ‘gates of hell’

admin — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:15:20 +0000

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in the American novelist's latest book has not gone down well with officials in the Philippine capital.

Paul McCartney writes in support of Pussy Riot

admin — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:45:28 +0000

MOSCOW (AP) — Beatles frontman Paul McCartney has asked a Russian judge to release members of the Pussy Riot punk group from prison.

Review: Google music plan solid, serendipitous

admin — Thu, 23 May 2013 04:03:03 +0000

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Google Inc.'s new music service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to popular services such as Spotify and Rhapsody, and a myriad of playlists curated along different genres provides a big playground for music lovers.

Photographer and forester Wayne Miller dies at 94

admin — Thu, 23 May 2013 00:33:21 +0000

ORINDA, Calif. (AP) — Photographer Wayne F. Miller, who created a ground-breaking series of portraits chronicling the lives of black Americans in Chicago after serving with an elite Navy unit that produced some of the most indelible combat images of World War II, died Wednesday. He was 94.

Dallas exhibit reunites art JFK saw before death

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:42:31 +0000

DALLAS (AP) — Artist Jack Zajac said learning earlier this year that his bronze sculpture was among the last works of art ever seen by President John F. Kennedy left him feeling "reverential."

Capsule reviews of new movie releases

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:03:10 +0000

"Before Midnight" — The final scene of 2004's "Before Sunset" was so romantic it drove moviegoers crazy — happily crazy — especially because it was so tantalizingly ambiguous. Jesse and Celine, that appealing (and extremely talkative) couple played by Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, who had fallen in love in the 1995 "Before Sunrise," had reunited at last. In the gorgeous afternoon light of Paris, no less. But we didn't know what would happen next. Nine years later, we have our answer, and it was sure worth the wait. "Before Midnight," the third movie in the Richard Linklater series, is not only as good as the first two, it's arguably better, tackling weightier, trickier issues with wit, humor and breathtaking directness. The setting is still gorgeous — it's a summer vacation in Greece. (Will these two ever venture to an ugly locale?) But the rest is different. Delpy gives Celine a new hardness here, an edge that we saw only a bit in the previous film. And Hawke is extremely effective as a man who adores his partner but is increasingly frustrated with her. It all comes to a head in a humdinger of a fight — just Jesse and Celine in a hotel room, plus a bottle of wine that doesn't get drunk. It gets poured, though, and you'll be so frazzled, you'll want to reach through the screen and chug it down yourself. Rated R for sexual content/nudity and language. 109 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four.

Review: ‘Fast & Furious 6′ is more of everything

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:25:45 +0000

Ever wonder what it would feel like to suddenly wake up in another universe?

Cannes: James Franco builds a bookish filmography

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:13:11 +0000

CANNES, France (AP) — James Franco's filmography is starting to look like a book shelf — and a very respectable one, at that.

First Look: New Xbox elegant, but much unknown

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:33:49 +0000

REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Will gamers want One?

Monroe’s photos for Prague exhibition stolen

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:39:15 +0000

PRAGUE (AP) — A publicist for an upcoming Marilyn Monroe exhibition in Prague says that photographs of the star have been stolen.