Entertainment
Great Big Sea rides wave into Boulder
Great Big Sea founder and lead vocalist Bob Hallett was still shaking off the airline rattles when we caught him earlier this week, back in the Maritimes after a victory-celebration gig in Vancouver, the Friday before the Olympics went off the air. Y’know, you can be...
Rusty Anderson firmly grounded for latest album
Rusty Anderson has been an unsung hero of popular alternative music in the last 20 years. He’s been Paul McCartney’s right hand man and lead guitarist since 2001. He’s worked with Willie Nelson, Elton John and Regina Spektor. He even contributed the now-famous guitar...
Downhill
Lyz Lopez started skiing when she was 4. Who knows what first drew her to the sport, but 11 years on the slopes have...
‘Prince of Persia’ provides recess for the serious Jake Gyllenhaal
Up to this point in his career, Jake Gyllenhaal...
CBS beats FCC again in Janet Jackson ‘wardrobe malfunction’ case
LOS ANGELES — CBS scored another legal victory in its...
Warner Bros. to Make ‘Substantial’ Donation to Colorado Shooting Victims
Warner Bros., the studio behind The Dark Knight Rises, is making a donation to charities supporting victims of the Aurora, Colo., shooting rampage...
Bass logic
When Victor Wooten, arguably the greatest electric bass player of his generation, rolls into town this week, he will uncharacteristically be playing without any of his brothers — his band instead will consist of some longtime friends and players, several of whom ...
It’s gonna be Ladies Night at the Grammys
Line them up: Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Pink, Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus and Rihanna. Go ahead and bring in Madonna, too, and Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas and even Susan Boyle. Then hand the microphone to Beyonce...
Carano lacks punch
In terms of its title, Haywire doesn’t quite go there; it’s more “Haywire-ish.” But it’s eccentric, and the on-screen violence is sharp and exciting — brutal without being either subhumanly sadistic or superhumanly ridiculous...
Strays & runaways
The metamorphosis of folk trio The Waifs, who play at the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in Lyons this weekend, is equal parts gritty survival story and enchanting fairy tale. Beginning in 1992, sisters Vikki and Donna Simpson, selftaught guitarists, began traipsing...
There will be blood, promise the vampires of ‘Twilight Saga: Eclipse’
The family that slays together, stays together. At least that's the case for the Cullen brood...
Good old-fashioned art cinema
His name is Martin Eden (Luca Marinelli), and he calls no nation home. He’s a sailor by trade — the kind mothers warn their...
