Entertainment
Killin’ it
It’s hard to tell whether Tyler, the Creator is a complete ass or a total genius. However, it is safe to say he’s probably a little bit of both. Born Tyler Gregory Okonma, the 24-year-old mastermind behind hip hop collective Odd Future Wolfgang Kill Them All is on ...
A strategic tactic
Through layers of white voile draped over their faces, two members of Hexus Collective maintain the semi-autonomous nature of the performance art group even...
Henry ‘Fonzie’ Winkler returns to TV in USA’s ‘Royal Pains’
STUDIO CITY, Calif. — Fonzie's leather jacket may be in the Smithsonian, but the man who created him is still scaling the treadmill. In fact, Henry Winkler is beginning a new challenge to match the multitudes behind him...
An insider’s perspective: the making of a Fringe Festival act
I never thought that I would write a play about healing from sexual abuse, but as I was driving to Winnipeg to perform another play, scenes for just such a play kept popping in my head. I pushed them away and told myself that if I get into the Victoria Fringe ...
Mavis Staples visits her folk-gospel past, with the help of Wilco’s...
LOS ANGELES — It's early July, and Mavis Staples is sitting in the offices of Epitaph Records, a truth that is surprising to her. The 71-year-old gospel and soul legend from Chicago...
Paramount Sues to Stop New ‘Godfather’ Book From Mario Puzo Estate
Paramount Pictures is demanding that the estate of author Mario Puzo not license any more literary sequels to The Godfather. The studio has filed a lawsuit against Anthony Ruzzo...
Remaining Beatles to reunite at Grammys
There aren't many Beatles left, but Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the two that are still standing, will reunite for a musical performance at this year's Grammy awards on February 9, exactly 50 years after the band made its U.S. debut on The Ed Sullivan Show...
Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, 82, dies in Boston
Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian author often called the father of modern African literature, has passed away in Boston. He was 82...
Lotus: Cleaning out the grease
We asked Luke Miller, guitarist and one-half of the brother team that comprises the core of the funktronica quartet Lotus, about the flyer we came across in Cleveland last January, while we were in town visiting family. It was a little slice of home, not even so much...
Review: Technicolor Tone Factory with Tauk and Aspen Hourglass
Progressive rock was the theme of the night at the Fox Theatre on Friday, Feb. 7. Three groups each played their own version of the genre. Garage band Aspen Hourglass from Fort Collins opened up with a bang to get the crowd ready for a loud night. The trio consisting...
Unmixed tape
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 feels like a suitor who discovered that his beloved enjoys chocolate and then filled an Olympic-sized swimming pool...

















