Shortly after hosting the Grammy Awards broadcast on Feb. 1, Trevor Noah took a relaxing flight home. Yet any sense of peace that he was feeling wouldn’t last long.
Screenwriter John Logan has achieved named recognition in Hollywood working with some of the biggest names and franchises in the business, and he’s the writer behind Antoine Fuqua’s “Michael,” a musical biopic of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, that uses some creative screenwriting to skirt more than a few controversial topics in the singer’s life. But Logan’s career as a screenwriter is ...
Dear Doctors: A year ago, I had fluid in my eustachian tubes that didn’t clear. I ended up needing drainage tubes and sinus surgery. Both tubes are now clogged with thick gunk, and my hearing is worse. What would cause this? Is there anything that can stop it from happening?
Dear Annie: My wife and her sister have always had a close but delicate relationship. They can talk for hours, laugh about old family stories and check in on each other several times a week. But every so often, something shifts, and my sister-in-law becomes sharp, angry and deeply hurtful toward my wife. The source of it almost always goes back to her divorce.
There are many uncanny things in “Michael,” the Michael Jackson biopic directed by Antoine Fuqua, that literally made my jaw drop. For example, Miles Teller’s eyebrows, inexplicably tinted and placed. He plays John Branca, the bulldog entertainment lawyer Michael Jackson hires to fire his abusive father/manager. Then there’s the computer-generated menagerie that Michael keeps on his family’s ...
DENVER — A dearly departed, geriatric Colorado beaver with a tree allergy served as a major inspiration for Pixar’s latest animated delight, “Hoppers.” Pixar creators studied Ginger, formerly a resident of the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, as part of their research for the beaver-centric film with an eco-friendly message. Ginger retired to the big dam in the sky in 2022 when she ...
Christina Applegate is speaking out amid reports of an extended hospitalization. The acclaimed comedy actor, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2021, has been the subject of regular news coverage in the years since her health first began to decline. TMZ on Thursday reported that she had been hospitalized in Los Angeles for undisclosed reasons, leading her friends and fans to extend ...
Pascal Rogé, internationally recognized for over 50 years as one of the world’s most engaging and illuminating pianists, arrived in Spokane last week for an extended stay. Violating the expectation honored by most touring musicians – arrive on Friday night for a rehearsal on Saturday morning, a performance that evening, and a departure early Sunday morning –Rogé, accompanied by his wife and duet partner, Elena Font, will be here for nearly two weeks. This will allow sufficient time for a radio interview, a master class and three public performances, the first two of which took place this past weekend in the recital hall of the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center on the Gonzaga campus. Another opportunity to see and hear Rogé will come at 7:30 pm April 27, in the Fr. Bernard J. Coughlin, S.J. Theater at the Woldson Center, when he and Elena Font will join the Gonzaga Orchestra and their conductor, professor Kevin Hekmatpanah in a performance of Francis Poulenc’s Concerto for two pianos.
Dear Annie: About six months ago, I grew close to a woman I had known casually for some time. She had recently come out of a painful breakup, and what began as friendship quickly turned into something much more emotionally intimate. We talked every day, shared deeply personal things and became part of each other’s routine in a way that felt meaningful and serious.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I received a “save the date” email from a friend’s sister. She described how the family was going to celebrate all the milestones occurring this year, including my friend and his wife’s 50th wedding anniversary and the milestone birthdays of 13 other family members. They have rented a very prestigious venue that will easily hold several hundred people. It has been billed as a no-gifts event.
Not enough time, too many distractions, no clue what to create – there can be a lot of reasons to not pick up the pen, the paintbrush, the instrument collecting dust in the corner.
Don Schlitz, a prodigious songwriter whose credits include Kenny Rogers’ “The Gambler,” Randy Travis’ “On the Other Hand” and many other chart-topping country hits, most of them from the 1980s and ’90s, died Thursday at a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. He was 73.
Most people see Spokane’s West Plains as a wide-open plateau of flood blasted basalt and grasslands surrounding marshes and clusters of pines topped off with a lot of airplanes. The winds sweep across it, and the frosts come early. Among this rugged landscape, however, are people who have built close knit communities that look after each other and celebrate their friendships. And their art.
With bees as a story-telling vehicle, Eileen Garvin’s latest novel explores something anyone can relate to: the search for human connection for those feeling out of place.
As the cost of dining out continues to rise, everyone from college students to empty-nesters is looking for ways to re-create the restaurant experience at home. And they’re doing it creatively, with a surge of interest in artisanal tabletop products found in thrift stores and high-end boutiques alike.
This month, if you read just one former “Arrested Development” writer’s comic novel about a woman who used to write for TV but has shifted gears, make it “Go Gentle.”
In 1977, a 19-year-old African American musician arrived at Sound 80, the world’s first digital recording studio, in the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis. After the studio technicians set up the equipment, the musician reportedly said, “OK, now leave the studio,” much to the bewilderment of the engineers, according to Steven Orfield, who owns Orfield Laboratories, the building that houses Sound 80.
If you have a blank canvas, empty wall or bland space, consider adding an inviting and perhaps unexpected architectural detail: wood paneling. If you are looking to modernize or give a boost to a bland space, one of the best ways to do this is by adding elements of wood to create a design element.
