Entertainment
Under a rock
With 127 Hours, the Oscar-winning director of Slumdog Millionaire proves it’s possible to make a supercharged, perpetually kinetic movie about a man who can’t move. It is something, this film from director Danny Boyle, who adapted Aron Ralston’s memoir Between a Rock...
Train of thought
No matter how blue-collar or red-meat the story, director Tony Scott’s movies revel in his luxe, glossy yet easily distracted technique that ensures every shot is trailer-ready, and every fractured moment strives for maximum coolness. He’s an old-school cliche-...
TV producer is arrested in wife’s Cancun slaying
LOS ANGELES — Federal authorities Tuesday arrested a TV producer accused of killing his wife at a Cancun, Mexico, resort earlier this year...
Woman’s touch improves the aim of ‘Human Target’
LOS ANGELES — Fox's action series "Human Target" is getting a feminine touch. Indira Varma and Janet Montgomery have joined the second season cast...
Russell Crowe doesn’t want to talk about himself or his new...
LOS ANGELES — It's 5:30 p.m. on a Tuesday, and Russell Crowe is complaining...
Asian-Americans garner greater attention in hip-hop
Far East Movement reaching the No. 1 spot on Billboard's Hot...
Natalie Portman writing a raunchy comedy
LOS ANGELES — Natalie Portman goes sapphic with Mila Kunis in the upcoming "Black Swan." Now she's getting her racy on in a different way...
Book of rhymes
For the first decade of its existence, rap music was deemed a fad, another pop culture trend to soon fade like disco and pet rocks. After rap music defied the prediction of its demise, its musicality came into question. Was it real music? After selling billions ...
Fresh perspectives
Peer through A Window Into Your Imagination, the new exhibition of two Colorado artists at SmithKlein Gallery, and you’ll glimpse a vibrant world rife with beauty. The surreal dreamscapes of Tammi Otis hang across from Bryce Widom’s impressionistic meadows and open...