Entertainment
Strength and decay: One strongman’s quest for the American dream
New Jersey strongman Stan “Stanless Steel” Pleskun, the “Strongest Man in the World at Bending Steel,” and his struggle to build a career performing feats of strength are the subject of New York filmmaker Zach Levy’s award-winning documentary Strongman, which will ...
Passion and performance are the heart of Lil Sum’n Sum’n
When I first saw Lil Sum’n Sum’n listed on The Laughing Goat’s event calendar for this month, I told my wife, “I hope to God this band is as cool as their name because I already want to interview them!” Turns out not only is this band talented, creative and ...
Don’t bother keeping up
Since The X Files, David Duchovny’s air of undentable diffidence has been his strength (to those who find him dreamy) as well as his limitation (to the others). In the social satire The Joneses, Duchovny plays a salesman who, at a key point, when he truly deserves ...
Violence that bores
In a new introduction to the eight-part comic book series Kick-Ass, which was created in tandem with the film version, Image Comics co-founder Rob Liefeld describes the chief strength of Mark Millar’s superhero lark as extolling “hyper-real super-violence,” “so far...
Natural-born talent? Author sheds new light on nature-nurture debate
Like most Americans, I was given an IQ test in the first grade and was told I fell just short of what my...
Comeback? Jennifer Lopez says she never really went away
LOS ANGELES — Jennifer Lopez...
Them Crooked Vultures eat Denver alive
Before I start describing Monday’s Them Crooked Vultures show, I think a little discussion of the group itself is in order. After all, some people (an unfortunate few) may not yet have had the privilege of hearing the self-titled disc from three of the most ...
Kevin Eubanks is looking past ‘Tonight’ to tomorrow
PHILADELPHIA — "American Idol" will have an easier time replacing Simon Cowell than "The Tonight Show" will filling the shoes of Kevin Eubanks...
Otis Taylor challenges your concept of the blues
Otis Taylor’s got a lot going for him when it comes to the blues. He’s got a Randy Newmatic voice, a masterful grip of how blues guitar should be played, and some pretty imaginative ways of making the blues sound fresh. All of these tools come into play on his new ...
A Coachella state of mind
INDIO, Calif. — Jay-Z's most talked about Coachella performance might not have been his headlining set on Friday...
Jennifer Lopez’s career: J. lows and highs
Dancer-singer-actress Jennifer Lopez hadn't danced, sung or acted much since taking time off to have kids — though since People reportedly paid her and husband Marc Anthony $4 million to $6 million...