Entertainment
‘Divorce Court’ judge had to overcome her own marital problems
PASADENA, Calif. — She may be the presiding judge on the syndicated show "Divorce Court," but Lynn Toler had to pass more than the bar to get there...
Review: The Portal: A Cosmic Rock Odyssey
Billed as modern interpretation of a classic shamanic journey, The Portal: A Cosmic Rock Odyssey combines film, music and lighting to try and create a surreal, out-of-body, perhaps even religious experience for its audience. In the case of the audience at the Boulder...
‘Mad Men’ creator Matt Weiner agrees to new deal
LOS ANGELES — "Mad Men" creator Matt Weiner has signed a new deal to remain with the cult cable show for at least two more seasons...
Lionsgate signs Tyler Perry to a new three-year deal
LOS ANGELES — Lionsgate has renewed its movie and home entertainment agreement with its most prolific supplier, filmmaker and actor Tyler Perry...
He’s hired: Donald Trump to join ‘Fox and Friends’
WASHINGTON — The heartburn that a prospective Donald Trump presidential bid gives to other Republican candidates will now be delivered on a weekly basis...
John Hughes for kids
Released a year ago, the first Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie captured remarkably little of the sly charm of the Jeff Kinney books that line my son’s bookshelf. The film did, however, capture enough of the fan base to warrant a sequel. And here we are. And it’s a little ...
Sucker punched in the head
Imagine a building where one side is a dark, dreary insane asylum populated by sadistic guards, doctors and attractive female inmates, and the other side is a popular brothel and speakeasy. Sounds like the heart of a B-movie exploitation film, and that’s what Sucker ...
Rockabilly Renaissance
She's the Queen of Rockabilly and she's not ready to put down her crown...
From politics to Boulder jazz
During the 2000 election, the second Carmen Sandim saw a waving field of grain or a Rockwellian downtown tableau flash across the screen, she knew what was coming next...
The anguish of slavery
For many, the word “Klezmer” conjures up images of Jewish brides in chairs being hoisted in the air by friends and family while “Hava Nagila” plays in the background, or perhaps the scene in Fiddler on the Roof where men dance with bottles on their heads. But a group...
The legalized gambling, not the children’s song
When I first saw that Woof! Theatre Productions was going to present its next show at the Dairy Center, it was listed as Bingo: The Musical. When I arrived for the show this past Saturday night, I noticed that the program had the title of the production as Bingo: The...
‘American Idol’ and ‘Dancing With the Stars’ duke it out at...
LOS ANGELES — CBS and Fox took the prime-time spoils last week, with not many ratings goodies left over for ABC and NBC...
