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Blues to make you dance
Around the same time Robert Johnson was emerging from the crossroads with his newfound guitar-picking skills, wailing about how all his love was in vain, blues music was going through a transformation of its own. The genre was spreading from its humble beginnings on ...
Sweet like baklava
If you missed New Year’s the first time, Planina offers you another chance to celebrate...
A tale of two predators
In 1989, a jury found Brent Brents, then 18, guilty of raping two children. He spent the next 15 years in jail, and when he got out in July 2004, he went on a terrifying rampage, raping and assaulting dozens of men, women and children until his capture in February ...
Fox series gives an improbable second act to ‘Napoleon Dynamite’
PASADENA, Calif. — It’s time for the return of “Napoleon Dynamite...
Coachella festival unveils expanded lineup
LOS ANGELES — Rapper Dr. Dre will close the 2012...
Fox is going after ‘SNL’ with new block of cartoons
PASADENA, Calif. — Fox Broadcasting Co. is betting on cartoons to challenge NBC’s “Saturday Night Live...
Oscar nominee Don Cheadle stars in new Showtime series
LOS ANGELES — From his Oscar-nominated performance in...
Iron performance
On the surface, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher might not seem like a good subject for a biopic. She wasn’t flamboyant, there’s no romantic back-story, and she was more known for her steel will than her diplomacy. In these politically charged times, ...
Alabama memories
You might say Jason Isbell’s third studio album Here We Rest began at his grandparents’ house in Alabama. It’s there that he first learned his love of music, and it’s to that area that he returned to recharge his batteries. It’s reflected in the album’s quiet, oft ...
