Entertainment
Neeson vs. wolf
The title 8 Million Ways to Die was already taken, so The Grey had to settle for The Grey, named for the plus-size wolves waging war on the desperate human survivors of an Alaskan wilderness plane crash. Tough situation. Frostbite. Wolf bite. Drowning. Falling from ...
Details matter
A man edges along the 21st-story ledge of a midtown New York City hotel. He’s an ex-cop and a convicted thief on the lam, straight out of Sing Sing, and he’s threatening suicide. Sam Worthington, of Avatar and Clash of the Titans, plays this character, Nick Cassidy, ...
reel to reel | Week of Feb 2, 2012
Addiction Inc In the 1980s, Victor DeNoble was a research scientist at a major tobacco company, where he was given the task of finding a substitute for nicotine that would not cause heart attacks. He succeeded, but in the process he proved something that the ...
In the heart of Cirque du Soleil
Put the name of Quebec billionaire Guy Laliberté, the mercurial founder of Cirque du Soleil, into YouTube, and the first result isn’t circus-related but a six-and-a-half-minute clip from a high-stakes game of Texas Hold ’em...
Curiouser about Curious
About 10,000 playwrights live and work in the country, but in the past 10 years, there have been an average of two new plays produced on Broadway each year, according to Jason Loewith, executive director of the National New Play Network. The task of finding new ...
Keep it simple
Bands are chemistry experiments, and the introduction of a couple new elements can change the mix in not readily apparent ways. Dr. Dog has been together for more than a dozen years and released six albums of widescreen psych-pop, redolent of hooks and rather ...
Gesturing across the country
It’s rare for people to live out their childhood dreams, but the Diminico brothers are doing just that...
Willie Nelson Re-Signs to Sony Records, Announces New Albums
Today marks a homecoming of sorts for Willie Nelson: he has inked a deal to return to Sony Records, his label from 1975-1993...
Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, Comic Dana Gould Developing Comedy at FX
FX is adding another rock star to its potential lineup...
‘Soul Train’ Creator Don Cornelius Dead of Apparent Suicide
Don Cornelius, who created the long-running R&B and dance-music showcase Soul Train, was found dead...
DC Entertainment Returning to ‘Watchmen’ with 7-Book Prequel Series
In what will surely be a controversial move, DC Entertainment is returning to the universe of Watchmen, the acclaimed 1986 graphic novel by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons...
‘X Factor’ Shake-Up: How Simon Cowell Fired Paula Abdul, Steve Jones...
The X Factor news came fast and furious on Monday night -- first, that host Steve Jones would not be returning, then that judge Nicole Scherzinger was exiting (both confirmed by Fox) and finally, according to sources, that Paula Abdul also would be shown the door. ...
