Entertainment
Home on the range
It was just a few years ago that comedian and actor T.J. Miller was pounding the pavement seven days a week doing standup routines at Chicago comedy clubs and touring with comedy troupes. He was paying his dues, as most entertainers do at some point in their lives, ...
REVIEW: Atmosphere at the Fox Theatre
Photos by Jules Keuffer. To read P.J. Nutting's interview with Slug, click here...
Cable networks unveil gaggle of scripted shows
ST. LOUIS — As the broadcast networks announce their...
Cannes 2011: Director Lars von Trier retracts Nazi comment, apologizes
CANNES, France — Danish director Lars von Trier, an...
He’s not giving up his day job, but ‘Jack Sparrow’s dad’...
LOS ANGELES — After decades of dark excess, Keith...
Rapper M-Bone killed in drive-by shooting
LOS ANGELES — Rapper M-Bone, a member of the platinum...
Netflix forges streaming deal with Miramax
CHICAGO — Netflix Inc., focused on building its...
National Geographic Channel show ponders the possibility of an alien attack
PASADENA, Calif. — What if there really ARE little...
Ashton Kutcher to be one of CBS’ ‘Two and a Half...
LOS ANGELES — Memo to Charlie Sheen: Ashton Kutcher...
PBS film remembers a civil rights movement
In May 1961, after a year of training in nonviolent...
Hammer time
At this point in the Marvel Comics-derived superhero cycle, audiences can be forgiven for feeling a tad worn out, both for reasons of quality and quantity. My rear end’s thor just thinking about how many more we have coming. Yet sometimes a product exceeds ...
Class warfare wedding
So few ensemble-driven African- American films make it to market — whether with familiar faces or unknowns — that the ones that do get out of the gate provoke a weird degree of scrutiny regarding what they have to say about the black experience. Who needs the ...
