Singer, songwriter, record producer and flamboyant businessman Prince Rogers Nelson – yes, believe it or not, Prince was his real name – died five years ago in his combination home, music and movie studio complex near Minneapolis. He was 57.

American travel writer and novelist Paul Theroux joined a virtual gathering of the Northwest Passages Book Club to discuss his career and his novel, “Under the Wave at Waimea,” at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Say what you will about Ben Wheatley’s “Rebecca” – his Netflix remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1940 classic – as his 2020 adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s Gothic melodrama was unexpected. 

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh – who died April 9 at 99 – spent most of his life as a stalwart companion to his bride, who became Queen Elizabeth II unexpectedly soon upon her father’s death in 1952.

It’s a jittery time to be an American. Hyperpartisanship, media rabbit holes and competing realities regarding everything from mask wearing to structural racism form a knife edge.

Jamie Foxx returns to his episodic TV roots in “Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!” (TV-14) playing an entrepreneur and single dad learning to parent when his teenage daughter (Kyla-Drew) moves in with him. 

Whitney Cummings has enjoyed a great deal of TV success. The actress and writer co-created and executive produced "2 Broke Girls" in 2011, which, after six seasons on CBS, is in syndication.

Prince loved playing eccentric and wild guitars – often custom instruments designed to make as much of a visual statement as they did a musical statement. But his favorite guitar couldn’t be more traditional-looking.

Eric Church doesn't care about convention. If Church did paint it by the numbers, the country superstar, who has 10 Grammy nominations, wouldn't release three albums in the span of a week.

An almost movie-like stroke of luck took Moscow native Izzy Burns, 18, from a music-loving and guitar-playing teenager to a notable up-and-comping independent artist. 

The North Idaho College Theatre Department will present livestream performances of “A Permanent Image” by Samuel D. Hunter at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. 

HBO’s “Mare of Easttown,” set to premiere Sunday, follows detective Mare Sheehan (Kate Winslet) as she struggles to contend with a cold case in the small Pennsylvania town where she grew up.

Stage Left Theater Virtual Performance: “I Am My Own Wife” – This one-person play is a true account of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, an East Berlin trans woman who manages to survive the Nazis and East Germany. 

Hello again, dear readers, and welcome to our monthly letters column. We’re happy to hear that our recent focus on your questions regarding the coronavirus vaccines has been helpful. Keep sending them in, and we’ll keep addressing them. Speaking of which:

Months back, I wrote on the subject of physical vs. digital game ownership. Sony recently announced that it would be shutting down all new online purchases for its legacy consoles.

While relaxing at home, Riley and Jena Ayers heard answers to multiple questions about the birth of their first baby. Do they want to bring calming lavender scents and music into the labor room?

Three Dog Night – fronted by vocalists Danny Hutton, Chuck Negron and Cory Wells – didn’t write any of their 21 Top 40 hit songs. Instead, the band excelled by tweaking and perfecting material written or performed by other artists.

Once you learn how simple it is to make teriyaki sauce, you’ll be wondering why you bought it from the store all these years. Traditional teriyaki sauce calls for three basic ingredients – soy sauce, sake and mirin.

About 14.1 million Americans who are age 50 and older (equivalent to nearly 13% of that age group) have osteoporosis, meaning their bones have become weak and brittle and more prone to break.