Entertainment
Don’t call them rappers
With its first major label release, 2008’s Remind Me in 3 Days, The Knux immediately got touted as one of the most innovative and different-sounding new acts in hip-hop...
Jay-Z joins Pearl Jam for close of Made in America fest
Rapper Jay-Z hosted the Budweiser Made in America Festival in Philadelphia, but not surprisingly, he didn't stay on the sidelines...
At Telluride film fest, Ben Affleck, filmmakers debate cynicism
Ben Affleck knows movies can change the world. At a roundtable on terrorism in film at the 2012 Telluride Film Festival, the Hollywood star argued that film directors should keep that in mind and "ward off their cynicism...
Stones to start rolling again
The Rolling Stones have somehow made it to 50 — and not just as individuals. The band itself is now at half a century, and to mark the occasion the members are planning to perform for the first time since 2007 before the end of the year...
Monsters in the dark
In the summer of 2010, Jeff Emtman, then a student at Fairhaven College, was suffering a sleepless night when he had an epiphany...
Fender blender
Everybody needs a little help. Writer/director/actor Dax Shepard could have probably used another writer, a third director (David Palmer already co-directed) and a better group of actors for Hit and Run, a movie that is a cinematic traffic accident with multiple ...
Recyclists
This is not a good movie. It’s important to establish that early on so that you can understand how an appreciation of its moving parts doesn’t fully remove one central thesis: Premium Rush is crap. It may, however, be somewhat fun crap, depending on your tolerance ...
True love and music
Nicki Bluhm has a lot going for her. Her country-rock vocals recall the rootsy strut of Linda Ronstadt, while sweet and smooth like a crème brûlée. Her guitarist/husband Tim Bluhm is leader of longtime Bay Area indie-folk icons The Mother Hips, providing a built-...
A final bow
To help generate a buzz for the release of its latest CD, If Not Now, When, Incubus’ management came up with a novel idea. The band would rent out a gallery storefront in Los Angeles, set up its instruments and play shows in this small space for six nights over a ...
Howard Stern says NBC frowned on Leno jab
Outspoken radio host Howard Stern isn't changing his tune just because he's now a judge on America's Got Talent...
Mystery speaker at RNC Thursday: Clint Eastwood
The spot ahead of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney reads "To Be Announced" on the official schedule, but a leak from a GOP source to Fox News has confirmed that actor and director Clint Eastwood will be appearing at the Republican ...
