Entertainment
Satirical newspaper, The Onion, sees new prime-time comedies as logical extension...
CHICAGO — Even when The Onion was just a scruffy free weekly found in Madison, Wis., vestibules, its conceit was that it was the centerpiece of a big media empire...
Shonda Rhimes, ABC take medical series formula ‘Off the Map’
If you've seen "Grey's Anatomy" and "Private...
Hefner in deal to buy back Playboy
LOS ANGELES — More than a half-century after launching Playboy from his South Side Chicago apartment, Hugh Hefner is buying back the bunny...
Jeff Tweedy dominates the Boulder Theater
How could one man possibly expect to carry the tightly knit...
The troubled flight of the ‘Green Hornet’ to screen
What's the buzz on "The Green Hornet"? Enough to make Michel Gondry...
Black humorless
Low-brow. Just expect it from Gulliver’s Travels. When Gulliver ( Jack Black) first arrives at the kingdom of Lilliput and puts out a raging fire by dropping his shorts and urinating, I was astonished by the audience laughter. This is a film unabashedly aimed at teen...
Missed payoff
Maybe in a few years, the high-flying machinations of notorious Washington puppet-master Jack Abramoff and Michael Scanlon, his partner in crime, will be funny. But even with Kevin Spacey trying his carnival barker hardest in Casino Jack, it still feels too painfully...
Unity of style and identity
It seems that every month brings a new article announcing the demise of classical music...
Tried and true troubadours
These days, the word “troubadour” has become virtually synonymous with “singer.” Yet if you take a look back to medieval days when the word emerged, you’ll see that the original meaning was much less inclusive. In order to be classified as a troubadour, one couldn’t ...
Good golly, Miss Dolly
Mere weeks ago candles glowed warmly in menorahs. Christmas lights twinkled on eaves and living room trees. The riotous colors of Kwanzaa accompanied the celebration of Umoja and Kuumba. Children from 1 to 92 smiled wide at unexpected presents. Families rejoiced with...
