Just after 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Robby Hauldren and Freddy Kennett of Louis the Child approached the paint-splattered mix table covered just as generously themselves in glow-in-the-dark paint. The crowd went wild. The sun had set over the Spokane River, and the Pavilion was lit up.

It was a shot at those writing bogus articles from the Spokane County Interstate Fair stage from Vince Neil on Wednesday night. There have been recent rumors that Neil's Motley Crue bandmates reached out to vocalist John Corabi to replace the band's longtime singer for its 2022 tour.

In "Blue Bayou," what begins as an affectingly unfussy immigrant story centering on a New Orleans tattoo artist – brought from South Korea to the United States for adoption as a child and now facing deportation in his 30s – is unable to sustain its nuanced, naturalistic tone.

Affecting the exaggerated power-suit shoulder pads of the era, her face spackled with layers of makeup and false eyelashes, Bakker became all the more of a tabloid piñata when the empire she built with Jim was destroyed amid his sexual and financial misdeeds.

There is no rocker quite like Gene Simmons. The KISS vocalist-bassist is refreshingly candid, often amusing and perhaps the most business-minded musician ever. When Simmons, 72, isn't coming up with concepts like the KISS coffin, he's on tour and planning the future. 

The Spokane Symphony will return to the stage of the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox this weekend for two concerts at 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Violin soloist Bella Hristova is featured in Jean Sibelius’ popular “Violin Concerto in D Minor.” 

Anyone who's been waiting for Clint Eastwood to return to his Western-movie roots will be gladdened by the opening scene of "Cry Macho," which features the director, producer and actor as former rodeo star Mike Milo. Brown cowboy hat shading his trademark weathered squint? Check.

The irony of Tom Papa's tour tag, "The Family Reunion," is that the veteran comic, who will perform Friday at the Bing Crosby Theater, has been sequestered with his wife and two daughters for more than a year-and-a-half. "The material I get from them is endless and hilarious," Papa said.

For local artist Caleb Strine, progress in music-making technology has meant the evolution of his own sound. Under his stage name Lost Masters, Strine recently released “Pork Belly Futures,” an album that makes ample use of all the powerful tools at a creator’s fingertips.

Basing a film off true events is often a double-edged sword. While it can make the events of the film come across as humble or brutal, depending on the events, cinema also has a tendency to exaggerate true events for the sake of drama.

Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac play a married couple on the verge of collapse in “Scenes From a Marriage” (TV-14), a five-episode limited series adapted from the 1973 Ingmar Bergman series. New episodes on Sundays. (HBO Max)

For Spokane hip-hop artist All Day Trey and Seattle pop singer Nicky Buell, their newest single “Imma Dip” is more than just a cross-state collaboration – it also marks the first time both creators have worked with another LGBTQ+ artist on a track.

For as long as electric guitars have been peeling the paint off walls, the archetype for any young band making a run at the big time has almost always included finding a label with the conviction to get their music to the masses.

NEW YORK — Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings will split “Jeopardy!” hosting duties for the remainder of 2021. Sony Pictures Television announced the plan Thursday, the same week that episodes filmed by ousted host Mike Richards are airing.

The world was longing for a heartbreak record, so when Lorde and Billie Eilish’s albums didn’t elicit tears the way their previous work did, the eyes of pop culture turned to award-winning country singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves and her new album "Star-Crossed."

Actors can usually be expected to improvise a line or two every now and then, but a whole script? In “My Son,” James McAvoy does exactly that, solving the mystery step by step. An English remake of director Christian Carion’s 2017 French thriller, the film also stars Claire Foy.

When Rogue was a puppy, it was evident that Kayla Murfin's mutt was at the head of the doggie class. Whenever Murfin, a veterinary technician, returned to her north Spokane home, she discovered that Rogue was a canine Houdini.

For better or worse, “Sonic the Hedgehog” was my first video game series growing up. That puts every new release on my radar, and the latest is “Sonic Colors Ultimate,” a rerelease of a 2010 Nintendo Wii game now ported to Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC.

LONDON — Elton John says he is postponing European dates on his world tour until 2023 so that he can have an operation on an injured hip. The singer-songwriter, 74, had been due to play cities in Britain and Europe this year as part of the Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour.