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Tuesday, September 30, 2025

California’s enchanting Danish town goes full Christmas. Now is the time to plan a trip by Tribune News Service

If you're eager to mark the holidays this year with a Danish flair but Copenhagen seems a tad too far away, you might find the answer in Solvang, California. An answer that includes gnomes a…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AM
Monday, September 29, 2025

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban reportedly split after nearly 20 years of marriage by Tribune News Service

Heartbreak doesn’t feel so good in a place like this. Longtime Hollywood power couple Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have gone their separate ways, according to several reports. The Oscar-w…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:57PM
Saturday, September 27, 2025

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ co-director dubs success ‘a little trippy’ by Tribune News Service

The Netflix film “KPop Demon Hunters” has slayed the world. The animated film about Huntr/x — a female K-pop trio who are secret guardians of the world, battling rival boy band the Saj…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AM

Colombian heartthrob Manuel Turizo on his ‘201’ world tour: ‘Let’s keep killing it!’ by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — On Sept. 19 in Los Angeles, before fans trickled into the Peacock Theater for a music-filled evening, the award-winning Colombian singer-songwriter Manuel Turizo gathered his…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:15AM
Friday, September 26, 2025

Jessica Sanchez dizzy over her ‘America’s Got Talent’ win: ‘I feel like I’m in a dream!’ by Tribune News Service

SAN DIEGO — Jessica Sanchez is living proof that it may be time to revise F. Scott Fitzgerald’s famed dictum that here are “no second acts in American lives.” On Wednesday night, the…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:41AM

Q&A: As ‘Law & Order’ starts its 25th season, the case isn’t closed yet for Dick Wolf by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — Even in these tumultuous times, these three things remain constant — death, taxes and "Law & Order." The juggernaut of the "Law & Order" universe created by produce…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AM

Review: ‘House of Guinness’ is loose on historical facts, but like a pint, you may cozy up to it by Tribune News Service

"House of Guinness," as in the famous Dublin brewery, begins with the disclaimer "inspired by true facts," which is another way of saying, "Don't believe everything you'll see." Or, in "Drag…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:45AM
Wednesday, September 24, 2025

‘South Park’ returns after two week hiatus, how to watch episode 5 tonight on Comedy Central by Tribune News Service

After postponing another release, “South Park” season 27 is set to resume its bi-weekly schedule. Episode 5, “Conflict of Interest,” will air Wednesday, September 24 at 10 p.m. ET on…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:31PM

We Fest 2026 will feature two new headliners, one oldie by Tribune News Service

MINNEAPOLIS — It will be another year of modern country hitmakers and “one last ride” for a veteran act at We Fest in 2026. Northwest Minnesota’s enduring musical campout announced i…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AM

Behind the scenes of Morgan Freeman’s blues show by Tribune News Service

TAMPA, Fla. — Morgan Freeman is on his way back to Pinellas County. Not to star in another movie about Winter the dolphin — although he told the Tampa Bay Times that he enjoyed his time …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:30AM
Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Call Patricia Lockwood’s latest a memoir, a novel or anything you want by Tribune News Service

Patricia Lockwood’s life and art are so closely linked that it’s appropriate for a cat meowing in the background during a phone interview from her Savannah, Georgia, home to make it into…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AM

Q&A: She’s the only Deaf Grammy-winning artist. He’s an acclaimed Deaf poet. Their new album is extraordinary by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — On "Sound Machine," a track from the new album "Aloud" from poet Raymond Antrobus and percussionist Evelyn Glennie, Antrobus recalls his fear as a child when he knocked over …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AM
Saturday, September 20, 2025

‘Swiped’ review: Swipe left on this biopic of Tinder and Bumble boss Whitney Wolfe by Tribune News Service

If you've used any dating apps, you at least partially have Whitney Wolfe to thank — or to curse, depending on your experience. Wolfe is one of the co-founders of Tinder, who went on to fo…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AM

He’s made the most incendiary movie of the year. But Paul Thomas Anderson remains an optimist by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — Paul Thomas Anderson's new movie "One Battle After Another" opens in chaos. The sun is setting and the radical California revolutionary group the French 75 is raiding an immi…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:15AM
Friday, September 19, 2025

Mike Wofford, pianist of choice for jazz and pop greats, dies at 87 by Tribune News Service

SAN DIEGO — In a career that stretched across seven decades, Mike Wofford provided exactly the right touch on piano in any and every musical setting. His death Friday morning just after mi…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:07PM

Film and TV writers — and Michael Eisner — blast Disney for benching Jimmy Kimmel by Tribune News Service

NEW YORK — More than 100 members of the Writers Guild of America East and their supporters jammed the sidewalk in front of Walt Disney Co.'s Lower Manhattan headquarters Friday to protest …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:42PM

This week’s bestsellers from Publishers Weekly by Tribune News Service

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Sept. 13, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, power…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AM

Troy Kotsur made you laugh and cry in ‘CODA.’ But in ‘Black Rabbit,’ he wants to scare you by Tribune News Service

"CODA," the heartwarming drama about the child of deaf adults, made a resounding noise at the 94th Academy Awards in 2022. In addition to winning for best picture, the film's triumph was hig…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:45AM

Jordan Davis on the country hit he can’t believe he didn’t write by Tribune News Service

It never takes long when you're listening to country radio to hear a song by Jordan Davis. Since 2017, this singer and songwriter from Shreveport, Louisiana, has put 10 singles on Billboard'…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:40AM

Tucker Wetmore on CMA Awards, waving the PNW country flag by Tribune News Service

SEATTLE — It was a well-earned off day for Tucker Wetmore. Two nights earlier, the burgeoning country star had opened for Thomas Rhett in Savannah, Georgia, and with 12 more days before th…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:20AM

A life-changing Oscar. A split. A reunion. The Swell Season still sounds like a Hollywood story by Tribune News Service

CHICAGO — Oscar speeches come and go. Each year a new batch replaces the old with only a select few penetrating public consciousness enough to make a best-of reel. Fewer still can survive …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AM
Thursday, September 18, 2025

The 15 most exciting shows to see in New York this fall by Tribune News Service

In the spring, I wrote that we were in the most electrifying season we’ve had on Broadway in years, and it was capped by a magnificent Tony Awards telecast hosted by Cynthia Erivo. This fa…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Saturday, September 13, 2025

Clifton Powell drops the name of the agent he says fired him for doing another ‘little Black movie’ by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — Clifton Powell is unapologetically dropping the name of the agent who he alleges fired him for taking a role in the 2005 musical "The Gospel." "My agent at the time, and I'll…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:15AM

‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle’ movie review: An amusement park ride from hell by Tribune News Service

Six years ago, a boy in a checkered green and black cloak found the dead bodies of most of his family members, murdered by the demon Muzan Kibutsuji (voiced by Toshihiko Seki). His sister Ne…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AM

Prince fans disappointed with reissue before it’s even released by Tribune News Service

MINNEAPOLIS — Here comes another Prince reissue — 1985’s “Around the World in a Day” — but fans are overwhelmingly disappointed that, unlike other posthumous Purple reissues, the…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AM
Friday, September 12, 2025

This week’s bestsellers from Publishers Weekly by Tribune News Service

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Sept. 6, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powere…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AM
Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Peacock’s ‘Bel-Air’ will return for a fourth and final season in November by Tribune News Service

PHILADELPHIA — Peacock’s "Bel-Air," the streaming network’s hourlong drama based on the ’90s sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" starring Will Smith, will return for its fourth and …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AM

Movie review: ‘The Long Walk’ lets talented young cast stretch their legs by Tribune News Service

Things are very, very grim in “The Long Walk,” the adaptation of Stephen King’s 1979 novel (published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman), which is essentially “The Hunger Games” …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:30AM
Tuesday, September 9, 2025

‘Hamilton’ on the big screen might be the most political film of the year by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — You'd be hard-pressed to find any greater pop-culture rebuke of the anti-immigrant, anti-DEI messages promulgated by the Trump administration than in the big-screen spectacle…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AM
Saturday, September 6, 2025

Guitar great Peter Sprague’s latest album is 23 years old — and brand new by Tribune News Service

SAN DIEGO — San Diego guitar great Peter Sprague’s album-release concert at Tio Leo’s Sunday should be one for the record books. The album’s 23-year-long gestation is almost worthy o…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AM
Friday, September 5, 2025

This week’s bestsellers from Publishers Weekly by Tribune News Service

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Aug. 30, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powere…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AM

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