Celebrities
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Book review: Cary Grant bio a perceptive look at a captivating star
Oct 25, 2020 7:00 am - “Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise” by Scott Eyman (Simon & Schuster) Self-trained English actor Archie Leach pulled off the role of a lifetime: becoming ...
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Spotlight: Spend 'Halloween in the Sorcerer's Lair' with magician David ParrOct 23, 2020 6:00 am - Virtual splatter The Annoyance Theatre wasn't about to let a global pandemic interrupt "Splatter Theater," its 34-year Halloween tradition of sending up slasher films. U...
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Rocker Lenny Kravitz looks back to when he found his voice
Oct 21, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Lenny Kravitz is a man of extremes - as he readily admits. "I am deeply two-sided: black and white, Jewish and Christian, Manhattan and Brooklynite," he write...
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Book review: Charting Kendrick Lamar's evolution from platinum-selling rapper to protest artist
Oct 20, 2020 6:00 am - "The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America" by Marcus J. Moore (Atria Books) One night during the wrenching summer of 2015, a Cleve...
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Graham Nash on music, reunions - and a strange bathroom edict
Oct 20, 2020 6:00 am - Like so many, national arts reporter Geoff Edgers has been grounded by the coronavirus. So he decided to launch an Instagram Live show from his barn in Concord, Massachu...
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Images: Through the Film Magnifier: Chubby Checker, Harrison Ford, Astronaut Jim Lovell and Dance Fever contestantsOct 19, 2020 5:00 am - See vintage Daily Herald photos of Chubby Checker, Harrison Ford, Astronaut Jim Lovell, Dance Fever tryouts and more in our latest Through the Film Magnifier gallery. ...
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Jeff Bridges says lymphoma prognosis is goodOct 19, 2020 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Jeff Bridges says he is being treated for lymphoma and his prognosis is good. The actor channeled The Dude, his character from "The Big Lebowski," in a sta...
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Album review: Is Springsteen's 'Letter to You' a goodbye note?
Oct 18, 2020 7:30 am - Bruce Springsteen, “Letter to You” (Columbia) Has Bruce Springsteen written a “Letter to You” to say goodbye? The Boss turned 71 just last month. Although his fitne...
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Book review: A moving portrait of John McCain, in all his contradictions
Oct 18, 2020 7:29 am - "The Luckiest Man: Life With John McCain" by Mark Salter (Simon & Schuster) There was no one like John McCain. But readers may come away from Mark Salter's outstand...
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Radha Blank of 'The Forty-Year-Old Version' isn't late
Oct 11, 2020 11:00 pm - If Radha Blank had a tagline for her film, “The Forty-Year-Old Version,” it would be: “You don't age out of your passion.” Blank wrote, directed and stars in her debut f...