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Cameron Crowe's 'Almost Famous' rocks out on Broadway

Cameron Crowe's 'Almost Famous' rocks out on Broadway

NEW YORK (AP) — Composer Tom Kitt got a compliment the other day that any songwriter would sing about.
Cormac Roth, musician and actor Tim Roth's son, dies at 25

Cormac Roth, musician and actor Tim Roth's son, dies at 25

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cormac Roth, a musician and son of actor Tim Roth, has died at 25 after a battle with cancer, the family announced Monday. Roth “died peacefully in the arms of his family who loved and adored him” on Oct.
Review: Cormac McCarthy returns with cryptic ’The Passenger'

Review: Cormac McCarthy returns with cryptic ’The Passenger'

“The Passenger” by Cormac McCarthy (Alfred A. Knopf) It’s been 16 years since Cormac McCarthy released “The Road” and won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, cementing his reputation as a master American novelist.
Review: 'Someday, Maybe' earnestly embodies widow's grief

Review: 'Someday, Maybe' earnestly embodies widow's grief

“Someday, Maybe” by Onyi Nwabineli (Graydon House Books) “Someday, maybe” is a phrase that noncommittally encapsulates hopes and fears alike. It's a response that lacks urgency, stagnating in the purgatory between “yes” and “no.
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 6-12

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 6-12

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 6-12: Nov. 6: Actor June Squibb (“Nebraska”) is 93. Singer P.J. Proby is 84. Actor Sally Field is 76. Jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval is 73. TV host Catherine Crier is 68.
'Barbarian' director: 'original horror is working’

'Barbarian' director: 'original horror is working’

LOS ANGELES (AP) — With the box office success of “Smile,” “The Black Phone" and his “Barbarian" this year, writer-director Zach Cregger says it's clear that “original horror is working right now.
Review: 'It's Not TV' account of HBO's rise and challenges

Review: 'It's Not TV' account of HBO's rise and challenges

“It’s Not TV: The Rise, Revolution and Future of HBO” by Felix Gillette and John Koblin (Viking) Streaming and on-demand services are so commonplace nowadays, one can take for granted how revolutionary HBO was when it was first launched.

Toulouse-Lautrec work hit with fake blood at Berlin museum

BERLIN (AP) — A painting by famed 19th-century French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was doused with fake blood at a Berlin museum in an act reminiscent of recent climate activist protests, although there was no apparent link between them, official
German climate activists glue themselves to dinosaur display

German climate activists glue themselves to dinosaur display

BERLIN (AP) — Two environmental activists glued themselves to a dinosaur display at Berlin's Natural History Museum on Sunday to protest what they said was the German government's failure to properly address the threat of climate change.
Cable 2.0: Netflix and other streamers bring back ads after disrupting TV landscape

Cable 2.0: Netflix and other streamers bring back ads after disrupting TV landscape

TORONTO — Canadian Netflix users will see a new membership option starting Tuesday that costs less but comes with a catch: commercial breaks inserted into their favourite shows.
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